This is my natural hair. Boring. Straight. No volume. This is about two days posh wash here. So it's not really clean, but it's also not completely dirty either. I find this is the best state to curl my hair in, because it gives that extra bit of grip my hair need's to keep the curls in tact. When preparing my hair to use this styler, I like to brush it through and make sure I  have got rid of any nots. Once this has been done, I like to spray a bit of dry shampoo over my roots and through my hair, just to give it a bit of texture before curling. My favourite to use is Bastite. Next, I'll spray some heat defence, like this one from Treseme to protect my hair from being damaged by the temperature of this tool.

Once I have prepared my hair and the styler has heated up, I like to section off the bottom half of my hair. To do this, I run my fingers behind my ears and from the top of my ears, I take a small section of hair and pull it forwards. The rest of my hair, I normally either pin or tie up on the top of my head. The reason I like to section off the back/bottom part of my hair is because I find this the hardest to reach when working round my head. Bringing it forward helps me to get as closest to the root as possible, as these parts of my hair are slightly shorter than the rest of my hair length, so it ensures that the curls will sit around the same place when all my hair is brought together.

To curl my hair with the chopstick styler, I take a small strand of my hair and wrap it around the barrel. Then I leave it on there for roughly ten seconds. Gently, I pull the hair off the styler and it leaves me with a gorgeous tight corkscrew curl. To ensure these type of curls, you need to make sure you're taking small strands. If not, bigger strands will products bigger and more bouncier like curls. I then repeat this processes for the bottom sections of my hair, before I move onto the rest of my hair which I chose not to section.

Instead, I like to repeat the same steps but with the remainder of my hair. I tend to start on the left side of my hair. Taking a small section from the front, I will wrap the barrel around the section of hair from where it starts just in align with my cheek bone. This creates curls that don't come from the root. Instead, they sit a lot further down and flow down. Hopefully that does make sense to you. Although it is up to you where your curls will start from. After I done the front hair strand, I then work round my head to produce curls that are from the similar starting height. However, I do alternate each strand. For example, one may start slightly higher up than the other and then the next might start slightly lower. This way you don't end up with your curls sitting on top of each other.


My first initial thought was that the styler was going to be a little too pricey for my small budget, but I was proved very wrong! This styling tool is an absolute bargain for the look and hold it produces. Available at most  It retails at only £19.99 in Superdrug and Argos.I was lucky enough to get it for only £15.99 from Tesco's. At the moment it is currently out of stock online, although it is worth having a look in-store to see if they have it.

I'm really glad I invested in this tool! It's sooo good for the price and creates the most perfect tight corkscrew curls, which stay in place for a generous few days. I've used this so much already since getting it and have gotten so many lovely compliments.