Trying to curl my hair with a straightener, not working, please help...?

Ok, so I'm trying to curl my hair using a ceramic hair straightener (low quality about $40, 2 inches, up to 200 degrees). My hair is naturally slightly wavy and comes about two inches below my shoulders. So I take a section, clamp it in the straighteners, then 'turn' the straightener once towards my head. Then, I try to pull down. But I can't -- my hair is kind of 'stuck' since I wrapped it once around the straightener, so I can't pull down. Does anyone understand what I'm saying? Help!!!

Trying to curl my hair with a straightener, not working, please help...?

search this question on youtube. Ive seen instructional videos on it there that show you how to do.

I think your straightner is also a little big to be trying to curl with.

Trying to curl my hair with a straightener, not working, please help...?

Buy a hair curler. They are like $20.

Trying to curl my hair with a straightener, not working, please help...?

straighteners straighten hair they dont curl!! by a curling iron!!

Trying to curl my hair with a straightener, not working, please help...?

i think you're straightener doesn't do that.

there are special straighteners that you can buy that both straighten and curl when you do what you described.

the cheapest one i've seen is $100 , but worth it because they curl %26amp; straighten really easily.

Trying to curl my hair with a straightener, not working, please help...?

well duh you cant curl your hair with a straightener

its like common sense

its a STRAIGHTener

it make yours hair STRAIGHT

you want to curl your hair

then but a CURLing iron

simple

Trying to curl my hair with a straightener, not working, please help...?

How to Curl Your Hair With a Hair Straightener

http://homebeautytips.blogspot.com/2007/...

Trying to curl my hair with a straightener, not working, please help...?

The curling iron definately has to be a rounded shape in order for it to curl right. All you have to do is take the hair as though you were about to flat iron it at the root...then take the ends and flip it over the iron while twisting the flat iron and pulling it down the hair strands. and you still might need to twist the hair with your fingers when you complete the curl. and remember to spray it with hair spray afterwards.

Trying to curl my hair with a straightener, not working, please help...?

first off, that flat iron is way too wide to curl. the flat irons that curl are at the most one inch wide. with a smaller one, all you do is clamp it around your hair, and wrap it up like you would a curling iron, let it sit for a minute or two, then unravel it. don't pull on it, you're using a flat iron-which is meant to straighten and that's exactly what it's going to do if you do that.