Stop Clamping Your Bob: the Curling Wand Technique Stylists Swear By
By Alexander Ross
Barrel diameter determines whether your short style looks like a relaxed, undone wave or a Victorian ringlet. Picking an oversized 1.5-inch barrel on hair that barely touches the chin produces little more than a slight bend that collapses within an hour. Conversely, a 0.5-inch barrel turns a short bob into tight spiraling coils that shrink the overall length by half.
A straight 0.75-inch or 1-inch barrel hits the sweet spot for curling short bob cuts. It provides enough surface area to form an "S" wave while allowing at least one-and-a-half turns around the ceramic or tourmaline core. When working with cropped crops, adopting a tapered wand technique, which narrows from 1 inch at the base down to 0.5 inches at the tip, grants precision. You can wrap the roots around the wider base for soft body while guiding shorter nape hairs over the slim tip without burning your neck.
Alexander Ross has covered the video game industry for a decade, writing deep dives on game design, esports tournaments, VR developments, and gaming culture.
