How To Use A Sock To Get Beautiful Curly Hair Without Heat

If you are a mom on the go with long hair you HAVE TO try this.  It will  knock your socks off and have you wrapping your hair up in them!  This is all about how to make your hair beautiful with no heat and no time.  Curl your hair in your sleep with a sock.


Yup, you heard me right.  Have you heard of this sock bun?  You really can curl your hair in your sleep with a sock.  If you have ever ran out the door in a sweat, with two different earnings in, desperately trying to throw some bobby pins in your hair in hopes that you don’t look like a mess.  You know what I am talking about Mom’s – This is for you.  In my house I get everyone else in the family ready first.  They are all looking adorable for every function  before I have even given a thought to what I am going to do to with my own hair.  Any busy mom knows exactly what I mean.  Whatever time is left is what determines your look for the day (good or bad), right?

I was very skeptical at first. Basically they were saying that you could wrap your hair in a sock overnight and wake up with beautiful curls.  Before I started staying home with my kiddos I was a cosmetologist by trade.  I am forever trying new products and styling techniques, and love all things that have to do with hair. Now that I am a mom of two, my hair is at the bottom of the list of things to worry about.  It’s more about looking presentable than having a great style each day. This blows me away.
Why?
Because:

• It literally takes a minute to do
• NO heat at all – just a soft little sock in your hair
• No product (for me anyway)
• You can sleep in it very comfortably
• It works Marvelously and is simple beautiful

This is the sock bun before and after of my hair. I have long hair with a cut that includes a lot of layering.  I have a natural wave to my hair and would say it curls very easily. From what I have read, this works on hard to curl hair too.  I do not have to use product for this to work in my hair.




Here are the  step by step instructions on how to make this work.
First steal a sock from your husband’s dress sock collection (that is what I did anyway). I chose a longer, thinner dress sock. Cut off the toe of the sock.


Now roll the sock into a ring.  This is now your new favorite hairstyling styling tool, I promise you!  This is all you need to make the curls in the picture above. To do this you start with dry hair.

Put your dry hair into a high ponytail. Get it as high on top of your head as you can. I flip my head over and gather the hair to put into a ponytail.  Secure the hair with a hair tie.

Now spritz just the hair in your ponytail with water.  You do not want it to be  wet.  I would call it slightly damp.  Remember you want it to dry overnight – if it is too wet it will not dry completely.  After you have tried this a few times you will know the perfect dampness for your own hair.



Now grab your rolled up sock and put your ponytail through the hole.  Pull the sock straight up to the tip of your ponytail.  When you pull the sock to the top of your ponytail – slide it back down just a bit.  With the hair that is sticking out spread it all the way around the sock evenly.   After the hair is spread around the sock it should go up and over the sock and then get tucked under the sock.   You should now have all of the ends of your hair neatly underneath the sock ring so you can begin rolling the hair onto the sock.  Start rolling the sock down so your hair is being fed through the hole, then up and around the sock.



Now simply roll all of your hair onto the sock until you reach the base of your ponytail.  Try to keep the ponytail straight up while you roll so that the hair is taught.



When you are finished rolling the hair onto the sock you have a  bun on top of your head.  I’m not going to lie I have dropped off my son at school with the bun in my hair.  There is no need to secure it with anything else.  It will stay put perfectly just the way it is.  Now go to sleep and dream about how beautiful your hair will be when you awake!  In the morning remove the bun and TA-DA!!!  You have a head full of soft pretty curls.



This is my new go-to styling technique. I have been doing this at least four times a week to my hair.   It looks great all down, in a simple ponytail, or half up.  I would do this for a fancy evening out or to curl my hair for an up-do as well.  It gives me such natural looking  perfect curls.  So simple and so beautiful. Anyone can do this.  It is nice to be able to leave the house and not feel like a mess for a change.  This look is quite different from my normal hair in a messy bun because I ran out of time to do anything with it look – and it takes the same amount of time.

Homemade beauty is the bees knees, but better

Firstly, making homemade beauty products is awesome.

Secondly, as far as I can tell bees have knees, but they’re not very fancy, therefore…

Homemade beauty wins!

I’ve made my own beauty products since I was a teenager and in all those years I’d never stopped to think about the reason I do it. This is funny because I love doing it so much I studied beauty therapy, aromatherapy, some cosmetic chemistry and in July I declared my Beauty Independence – only using homemade beauty products on my skin – except for mascara and sunscreen (and just quietly, my skin has never, ever been better).

I confess all I want to do is get a loud speaker and roam the streets telling people it’s easy to make your own skincare exactly the way you want, cheap as chips, and your skin will thank you.

Yup, I have big love for homemade beauty.

A little while ago the lovely Sarah asked me, ‘Why homemade beauty?’ and when I drilled down and discovered the real reason, I was a bit shocked. There are a lot of sensible reasons to love making beauty bits, but they’re not my reasons.

The one true reason I loooove making homemade beauty products

I’d love to tell you it’s because I get annoyed by the beauty industry and how unregulated it is. They can stick toxic nasties in stuff we apply to the largest organ in our body and make practically any claim without having to prove it. On top of that, they have the balls to create advertising campaigns that make us feel stupid and ugly. But that’s not the main reason.

I’d love to tell you it’s because it saves me hundreds of dollars every year. It does, but that’s not the main reason.

I’d love to tell you it’s because homemade beauty has something the cosmetic giants would kill for… fresher active ingredients. Bought products can be sitting around for years before we get them home and by then so much of the active stuff is gone. This a big factor for me, but not the main reason.

I’d love to tell you I find it really empowering to make my own after so many years believing those people in the fancy ads telling me that the stuff is really, really complicated. I’ve read cosmetic chemistry books they’re not. Anyone who can make a bolognese sauce is beyond capable of making a beauty product. I do find it empowering, but it’s still not the main reason.

I’d love to tell you I do it because it’s more environmentally friendly to make my own, because of the reduced resources it takes for me to make my own. That’s a big bonus, but not the main reason.

The truth is I do it because it’s FUN. It’s a creative outlet. It’s like cooking, but simpler. It’s something I love to do for me or my friends and every time I wash my face or moisturise my hands it makes me happy. It smells and feels exactly how I want it and that’s when I start to think about all the other benefits.

Are you curious about starting your own beauty independence adventure and make some of your own skin care products?

It’s a mighty fine day to start here.