TikTok Satisfied Me to Curl My Hair With a Soda Can

I imply it after I say I’ll attempt any magnificence hack that goes viral on the Web. So that you higher consider that after I noticed individuals utilizing a can (sure, an aluminum beverage can) to twist their hair, I had to attempt it to see if it labored. 

To present you some context, individuals throughout TikTok and Instagram (together with myself) are placing a bit of their hair right into a can, swirling it round, placing a scorching blow dryer into the can, and pulling out the hair to disclose a wonderfully curled piece of hair. I first noticed the pattern on TikToker Jonathan Ok Monroe’s web page, who claimed the can curled his hair to perfection. I imply, it actually seemed like he used a curling iron. After being one of many 2.5 million viewers on his video, it was time for me to attempt it out. 

I will be sincere, previous to making an attempt I used to be satisfied it wasn’t going to work. However I placed on my magnificence editor sneakers and gave it a go. First issues first, I washed the can out as a result of the very last thing I wished was sticky hair. Consider for those who do do that at dwelling be extraordinarily cautious when cleansing it out because the edges are sharp. 

To begin the method, I sectioned my hair off and inserted a small piece from the entrance into the can. As soon as my ends had been in, I twisted the can upwards till it landed near my roots. At this level, the total piece of hair was contained in the can. I took my Dyson Airwrap with the blow dry attachment on its hottest setting and commenced to, actually, blow dry the skin of the soda can. 

Within the movies I noticed, there have been no clear instructions on how lengthy to carry the warmth to the can, so I simply blow-dried the can till it acquired too scorching to carry. As soon as that occurred, I slowly pulled the can away from my hair, and nicely, to say I used to be shocked could be an understatement. The can of Coke created not simply any curl however the excellent curl. 

Now that I had been confirmed unsuitable, I needed to know the way the hell that is doable. I checked in with New York Metropolis-based hairstylist Nicole Rolleri for the solutions. “The explanation this works is as a result of warmth hitting the can together with your hair in it, the recent air is blowing in a single singular course, the identical manner it could blow to activate a curl with a scorching software,” she says. Rolleri provides {that a} professional tip for this may be to hit the can with chilly hair after the recent air. “This provides you with a longer-lasting curl.”