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    Posted: October 02 2007 at 10:02pm

I posted a thread about how I curl my hair a long time ago. Let me see if I can find it....

Ah ha, found it! I use a very inexpensive connair 1" curling iron (about $15 at a drug store). I don't use the arm on the curling iron and I don't get a crease. I've got a picture of how I hold my curling iron and written directions in the 2nd post I made on this page:  
 
 
 
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I know how you feel!  I have had the dent problem before when I used a curling iron and when I curled my hair under with my straightener.  It took practice until I got it perfect, haha.  Try a bed head curling iron in 1 1/2".  It works really well and should give big and full curls.  I also think it will help with the dent :)  
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Originally posted by metalgirl metalgirl wrote:

There should be no dent.   I place the iron midway up long hair and turn the iron  feed the ends in.
 
I just got a new curling iron,  a Fusion Tools ceramic iron, that heats up to 450 degrees and I love it!
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There should be no dent.   I place the iron midway up long hair and turn the iron  feed the ends in.
 
I just got a new curling iron,  a Fusion Tools ceramic iron, that heats up to 450 degrees and I love it!
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Originally posted by disasterbarbie disasterbarbie wrote:

I am on the never ending search for a good curling iron. I just want to make some curls at the end so the hair isn't always stick straight. I'm not talking big banana curls here though. Anyways, I have a cheap curling iron from conair. It makes great curls but it dents the end of my hair! I guess it's from where I clamp the hair, it gives it a funny (ugly) looking dent! I have tried placing it several different ways to avoid the dent but it doesn't work. Am I doing something wrong or does my curling iron just suck?
 
I currently have 18" d-lux installed in #2.
 
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Have you tried rolling the hair around the OUTSIDE of the clamp?  It is a little more challenging but if you are careful you get a good hot curl formation but no dent.  Robert Hallowell taught me this little trick and it really works.  I am curious, which Conair do you have?  I love their hot rollers.
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if you pull the iron all the way down to the ends of the hair, so that the ends are under the clamp/arm and not sticking out you shouldnt get a dent.
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I use a 1 1/2 inch Chi that I am in love with!  Never funky curls, just really loose curl.  I'm not sure where your dent is coming from, that sucks!
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I am on the never ending search for a good curling iron. I just want to make some curls at the end so the hair isn't always stick straight. I'm not talking big banana curls here though. Anyways, I have a cheap curling iron from conair. It makes great curls but it dents the end of my hair! I guess it's from where I clamp the hair, it gives it a funny (ugly) looking dent! I have tried placing it several different ways to avoid the dent but it doesn't work. Am I doing something wrong or does my curling iron just suck?
 
I currently have 18" d-lux installed in #2.
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