My failed attempt at pin curls.

So, I had the bright idea at around 3:00am that I'd like to pin curl my hair as I was going out for food and drinks with my friends the next day and thought it would look nice. As you can tell by the title of the post it didn't work out very well.

This was my first ever attempt at pin curls. I used bobby pins to secure the curls in place, I would have liked to have used two prong clips, below you can see the difference between them.

Two prong clips:                                       vs.                                 Bobby pins:

Obviously you can see that two prong hair clips would have definitely been a lot better to secure the curls in place. Bobby pins are definitely not as secure, I had to use between two and four bobby pins for each curl. Bobby pins were the only thing I had to use so I had to make do with what I had at hand, although I do plan to invest in some two prong clips. When I buy them I'll be sure to try and pin curl my hair again and write another post, hopefully it'll work the second time around!

Also, something I forgot to do which is crucial, is to make sure my hair is wet/damp first! If you're going to pin curl your hair please remember that step. This is probably another reason as to why the curls didn't work as well as they could have.

I have extremely long hair, it is very close to the small of my back. So even when I was taking small sections of hair the curls still ended up being very thick making them a lot harder to pin to my head. Here is a picture to give you an idea of just how long my hair is:

I started the process at around 3:00am and finished at 4:22am. It is definitely time consuming and requires a lot of patience.

So here are some pictures I took during the process:

As you can see in the last photo once all the curls were pinned in place I used a bandanna to cover them. This was to help keep them all in place and stop any from falling out whilst I slept. I slept in them for about 7 hours before taking them out the next morning. The bobby pins were extremely comfortable to sleep in, I'm not entirely sure how easy it would be to sleep with two prong clips in though.

It took me around 20 minutes to get all of the bobby pins out of my hair the next morning. The curls were not as good as I'd hoped but this is definitely a learning curve and I know where I went wrong.

This was the final product (please excuse my just woken up face):

As you can see, it worked to a certain extent but it definitely did not give the desired look I was going for. I would have liked the curls to look a lot more voluptuous. I tried to lightly brush the curls together to make them form a few big curls but sadly this didn't work.

I do suggest everyone try this at least once because it is a great way to curl and style your hair without damaging it with heat and styling products. Also, it gives a really authentic vintage inspired look!

Does anyone have any tips or tricks for attempting to pin curl extremely long hair?

- Vintage Von Goth