As salons around the globe have shut down amid the coronavirus pandemic, beauty lovers are coming up with a host of genius ways to style their own hair – and one particularly easy curling trick is taking social media by storm.
The clever hack calls for nothing more than a pair of stockings or a robe belt, and it requires heat – yet according to those who have tried it, the trick results in perfect, professional-looking curls.
Indeed the hack has proved so popular that social media app TikTok has been flooded with videos from users who have put it to the test – including celebrity hairstylist Justine Marjan, who admitted that she was stunned with just how well it worked.
Easy peasy: A hairstyling hack that allows you to curl your hair using just a pair of stockings or a bathrobe belt has gone viral on TikTok
Results: Celebrity stylist Justine Marjan put the hack to the test and was stunned with the impressive results
After testing out the hair curling trick for herself, Justine then posted a tutorial on her own TikTok account, detailing exactly how to replicate the style at home.
For her take on the hack, Justine used a pair of old stockings – however plenty of other users have experienced near-identical results while using the belt from their bathrobe.
She begins the hack with her long hair in a center part, and notes that the styling trick works best if your hair is ‘a little damp’.
‘Roll up the stockings and clip to the top of your head,’ she explains, while fixing the crotch area of the tights to the very top of her head.
Having already parted her hair down the middle, she then pulls those sections to either side, and splits them into two again, so they can be braided, using the stockings as the third strand of the braid.
Method: Sharing a video tutorial on her TikTok account, Justine explained that you should roll your stockings to make them a bit thicker, and then clip the crotch area to the top of your head
Next step: Justine, who counts Ashley Graham and Kristin Cavallari among her clients, then braids each half of her hair, using a leg of the stockings as the third strand of the braid
Done! After both braids are completed, Justine tied off the ends using the remaining lengths of stocking, revealing that she then sleeps with the braids in place
‘Create a regular three-strand French braid all the way to the ends,’ the TRESemme and GHD ambassador continues. ‘Each time you add hair from the sides to the braid, make sure you don’t add any hair to the section that has the stocking.’
Once you have braided both sides of your hair with the stockings in place, fix them in place at the ends, either using a hair tie, or by tying the remaining fabric in a knot, and then remove the clips.
She then advises that you sleep in the braids, and when you wake up in the morning you can unravel the hair from the stockings.
‘Loosely unravel so that you don’t cause any frizz,’ she warns, before adding that you can then remove the stockings from the hair, and break up the curls slightly using your fingers ‘to create texture and add volume’ to the waves.
‘Then look at your gorgeous hair!’ Justine, who counts Ashley Graham and Kristin Cavallari among her celebrity clients, concludes while showing off her perfectly-curled tresses.
Easy does it: In the morning, Justine unravels the braids, explaining that you should make sure you treat the hair gently so as not to create frizz
Shake it up: The celebrity hairstylist then rakes her fingers through the waves in order to ‘add texture and volume’
Results! Justine then revealed her perfectly-curled hair, admitting she was stunned by just how well the hack worked
Viral: Dozens of TikTok users have put the trick to the test, including Bri Harmon, who said she would ’10/10 recommend’ trying it
Since trying the hack for the first time, Justine revealed on Instagram that she has been using it ‘every night’, explaining that she ‘loves this technique because it creates more of a loose curl in the hair as opposed to a crimped effect like regular braids’.
‘Still can’t believe this curls were created without any heat!!’ she added.
And Justine is not the only one to have been left stunned by the results of the hair hack; dozens of TikTok users have put the trick to the test in recent weeks, with many posting videos to document the process.
Bri Harmon filmed herself experimenting with the hack, for which she used a bathrobe belt, and confessed at the end of the clip that she was over the moon with how her hair looked.
‘OK, what?’ she said after unraveling her hair, while adding in her caption that she ’10/10 would recommend’.
‘Tried the robe curls and I was NOT disappointed,’ another person commented, while another added: ‘These curls save me from frying my hair with a curling iron!!’