Fingerwave Fail

Remember this post promising you guys a marcel wave tutorial based on Reese Witherspoon's character in Water for Elephants?  

Well I ran into some serious snags!  Every time I waved my hair and set it overnight I woke up to a frizzy mess and the wave structure was horrible. Certainly nothing to do a tutorial on.  Then when I used my three barrel waver it looked too kinky and unnatural.  Sigh.  

So that's the bad news. Good news is that Tami over at My Moving Finger Writes as an excellent how-to on finger waves & I think we can all agree she's got it nailed!

Tami from My Moving Finger Writes

definitely check out her blog here as she's wonderfully funny & stylish

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So! In light of my finger wave fail 

I decided to go for a Veronica Lake look last night

By adding just a few wave indentations into my hair

I first sprayed heat protectant on the strand then

took my curling iron 

flipped it upside down (also a technique I learned from Tami)

and then put a section of hair in the barrel clamp (with it still upside down)

held for about 4 seconds

 and then released, voila!

It's nowhere close to Reese's waves but I like the Veronica Lake subtleness of it!

xoxo BHB