Hair Crisis! How to curl?!?

Question

My hair is naturally curly, but not super curly. I'm supposed to be Marylin Monroe for a party tomarrow night, but my hair isn't quite curly enough. My parents are divorced and I forgot my curling iron at my mom's house. my dad won't buy me a new one. How can I curl my hair w/out the iron? I have thick hair and it's medium length. In a side pony, it's about a hand past my shoulder. I don't have any curlers and my dad won't buy me anything! I have tonight and tomarrow until 4 o' clock. Please help!

Answer 1

well first of all... your screwed. But you can talk a shower and after, brush it, blow dry it, then put mouse on it, then blow dry it again, then use more mouse. Ok now if your hair isn't like super naturally curly (like mine) then you might have to take like a pencil and curl small curls with that, and then hairspray it so it will stay. Good Luck with that!

Answer 2

no such thing. You must get a curling iron, and if you do I suggest Enzo Milano.
You can also try Mousse but It won't make your hair toooo curly, but you could slap some mousse on and wrap your hair around a circular object. But it might take a while

Answer 3

My sister taught me this trick it only works on some hair but after you get out of the shower put your hair in a pony tail then wrap alittle around your finger at a time then just pull your finger threw dont unravel it will mess it up and dont use a hair dryer it that dont work I guess your outta luck but my sister taught me that and it only works on some kinds of hair

Answer 4

do u want to have it look like there was no hair spray or can it look like its been hair sprayed. because if u have it wet and than put jel and hair spray get the bottems and push them up and blow dry a little and hair spray again because i have the same kind of hair as u and thats ho i get it to look curly with out the iron

Answer 5

If you don't have a curling iron or rollers and you don't have a friend you could borrow one from, I would say you're SOL. Try blowdrying it with a round brush if you have one, but it's going to be difficult.

Answer 6

Umm my only suggestions would be to try scrunching it to make it curlier, or see if you can go to the dollar store-they have cheapy curlers that would work for a quick fix (better than nothing).

Answer 7

hmm... i have naturally curly hair too! buttt... maybe u should scrunch curl it? like with gel, and use a towel, some hair spray, aussie? ... butt.. it may make it toooo curly! ahhaha, hm... goodluck!! :/

Answer 8

You can make rag rollers out of cloth. Here's how:
"Preparation Work

If you'd like to make rag curls, which are softer and even gentler on the hair than pin curls, you will need to make a good sized stock of rag strips to prepare. These strips are very inexpensive to make, as I suggest old sheets as the perfect material to use. They are usually very lint free, usually cotton, are very soft and durable and wash very well!

I cut or rip the sheets to make 6" long by 1" wide strips of rags. This leaves you plenty of rag left to tie with no matter how large a section of hair you are rolling up. This might be the best option for very long and very thick hair. I have a supply of 40-50 of these strips handy at all times.

It is safe to say that persons with hair to the middle of their back and shorter can still easily use the pin method, which is a bit quicker to do. If you choose to do pin curls, please invest in a new box of bobby pins with well-coated plastic tips. When bobby pins get old, the plastic coated tips starts to separate from the pin and will start to grab your hair and can possibly rip or tear the hair. For those who prefer them, hair pins will work well although you will need to use more of them.
Now You're Ready

In the evening, before you go to bed, wash and condition your hair as you usually would. Finger pick the tangles out of your hair and allow your hair to air dry to an almost complete dryness. The dampness/dryness ratio will depend upon how thick/long your hair is. If your hair dries very slowly, please make sure that your hair is almost completely dry before proceeding. If you do not have time or do not need to wash your hair, just dampening it slightly with a mister or wet comb should do the trick.

Then start sectioning off your hair into small sections. This may be in only one inch sections or a bit more or less, again depending upon the thickness and length of your hair. Roll the section around your finger (for pin curls) or around a strip of rag. This may take a bit more practice to do with rag curls; getting the hair to stay wrapped around the rag.

You will know that the section is too large for pin curls if you cannot easily secure the curl with 1-2 bobby pins or 3 hair pins. For rag curls, you can generally make the sections as large or small as you wish as long as your strip of rag is long enough to accommodate it.

Roll the section of hair up to your scalp (tightness and diameter of roll determining your curl factor) and secure the section with pins (coated bobby or hair pins) or by tying off the rag strip with a nice bow.

Now you're ready for a good night's rest! When you awaken in the morning and you are ready to style your hair, take it down out of the pins or rags. Your hair will be free of tangles and should have taken a very nice curl. Your hair will also feel very soft; I've noticed this every time that I've done my hair up in pin curls. The pins won't leave any marks in the hair, nor will the rags. Style as needed.

You may have fun experimenting with how tight you roll your curls up. I can get my straight hair into a huge mass of curls just below my shoulders, from my straight mid-back length and it keeps very nicely. However, keep in mind, humidity does play a factor in how long you keep your curls. If it is very humid and you spend any time outside, you may lose quite a bit of curl.

However, you will not lose the overall body in your hair. It will not go completely flat, so far as I have personally experienced. I find that pretty amazing! On the days that I am not sure of the humidity, I bring a nice barrette with just in case I need to clip my hair back due to a loss of curl.

However, if you prefer body and waves over curls, you can still pin or rag curl your hair, but do so very loosely. But an even easier way to get that body is to roll your hair up in a tight bun/twist or two (or more) and pin up on the top/back of your head while slightly damp. This works very well. Just make sure not to make your bun/twist too high up front on your head, or you'll notice a crease in the front of your hair when you take it down in the morning!" http://www.hairboutique.com/tips/tip049.htm

The other option is to put your hair up in a chignon. Here's how: http://www.ehow.com/how_17117_make-modern-bun.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_2046038_pin-chignon.html