Easy Everyday Waves
Truth be told, I’ve always wanted to have wavy hair.
When I was younger, I had waist-length hair, and I would always put it in a bun every morning so that when I let it out later in the day, it’ll look naturally wavy. Oh, the efforts we go through just to have beautiful hair!
And speaking of efforts, we all want to know the easy way to wave hair. The good news is that I did the research and tried a couple of techniques to get wavy hair. Based on my experience and observations, here’s a short list of ways to get easy everyday waves that you can do during your break, in your downtime, or just whenever you have five minutes spare time!
Here’re three methods to add waves to your hair.
1. Bun waves
This is a very easy way to get waves. In fact, it may very well be the simplest and most hassle-free way to get waves in your hair.
I was born with naturally straight hair, and as I said above, I always wanted to have wavy hair. And this was the method I used, almost every day at school (except for bad hair days.)
You do have to have at least chest-length hair to be able to do this, though. First, when your strands are still slightly damp, gather all your hair and twist it tightly. Once you’ve twisted it enough, wrap it around to create a bun in the middle part of your head. Use the ends to ‘lock’ the bun in place, by inserting it inside the middle of the bun.
When your hair is already dry a few hours later, just remove the bun and voila, you’ve got gorgeous natural-looking waves! That was a super easy way to get wavy hair, wasn't it?
2. Braided waves
(c) UnsplashBesides buns, this is probably the quickest way to get waves. The process of getting this type of wave is similar to the bun waves tutorial above, except, in this case, you have to put your hair in braids and not in a bun. And you do need elastics in this one, unlike the bun waves where you can use your own hair to lock your hair in place.
The only upside is that if you do this, you’re sure to get waves. Sometimes, especially when my hair was feeling particularly rebellious, it wouldn’t retain waves no matter how long I left the bun on my head. Frustrating, isn’t it?
But while it does come with some perks, I personally prefer bun waves to this one. For one, waves from a bun look so much better than waves from braids, at least in my opinion. At least bun waves look natural. This one, on the other hand, just looks like you had your hair in braids earlier, which is definitely not the look we’re going for. With that in mind, if you’re looking for quick waves for short hair, the braided waves hairstyle has you covered because it helps to keep your strands locked in place.
3. Twisted waves
This is yet another easy way to make waves in your hair. While I've always been interested in this style, I never got the chance to try it. I saw my friends doing it sometimes but I never figured out how to do it myself. And yes, they already gave me a step-by-step guide.
Still, I’ll share it with you, in case you’re interested. To make twisted waves, simply twist small sections of your hair around themselves until they resemble a tight coil. Do that for the rest of your hair and leave them on for a couple of hours.
Later on, when you remove the twisted coils, your hair is going to have natural-looking hair that look tighter than regular waves but definitely not as tight as natural curls.
And that’s it for the three methods. Hopefully, you got something out of this short guide! As always, for more hairstyle tips and tricks, check out the ZALA blog!
