Need curl ideas?

The glamour never stops when you can toss a head of curls over your shoulder, so twirl it up big time with our experts’ fave twirls

1 SOFT, FRIZZY, CURLS

Tong the hair all over in inch-wide sections. Pull each curl apart and backcomb each ringlet using your fingers. Akin Konizi, British Hairdresser of the Year 2009. (HOB image, left) 

2 CHUNKY PIN CURLS

Blowdry the hair smooth then set it in jumbo velcro rollers. Remove them when they are cool.Desmond Murray

3 ROLLER CURLS

Blowdry your hair smooth, comb in a curl activator, wind the hair onto heated rollers and remove when cool. Leo Bancroft, London

4 PRE–RAPHAELITE CURLS

Apply setting spray, split into three sections and wind around a medium-sized tong for three to five minutes. Wayne Hill, Broad Street

5 TENDRIL WAVES

Be a beach babe by adding a sea salt spray to your hair and making tendrils by twisting it around your fingertips. Phil Smith, TONI&GUY

6 TIGHT AFRO CURLS

Wet-set your curls with a setting lotion, wind them onto small rollers and leave in for 30-45 minutes. Edward Hemmings, Creative Director at Alan D

7 50’S PIN CURLS

Add a blob of gel to the hair and blowdry. Beginning at the top, curl the hair in sections. Remove the curl leaving the barrel curl intact. Pin at the base of the curl. Juan Juan, Beverly Hills

8 GLAMOROUS CURLS

Dry the hair using a curl product allowing curls to form naturally. Tong the hair into loose spirals. Spritz on a glossing spray and pull strands out loosely with your fingers. Martyn Maxey, London

9 WAVY CURLS

Add a gel or mousse to damp hair, section the hair and twist it back onto itself. Clip the ends to the roots and leave it to dry. Unravel and shake your hair out. Taylor Ferguson, Glasgow

10 SCRUNCHED CURLS

Mist damp hair with a volumising spray, tip the head forward and diffuse on a low heat scrunching with your hands. Trevor Sorbie

11 FINGER CURLS

Divide damp hair into sections. Apply a curl gel to each one and twist. Repeat and leave to dry.Darren Ambrose, D&J Ambrose

12 SOFT, BRUSHED CURLS

Spray large sections of hair with hairspray. Wrap around heated rollers and leave to cool. Remove the rollers and use a flat bristle brush and brush through once. Antoinette Beenders

13 PINNED CURLS

Split hair into sections, wind into a circle and pin. Repeat all over. Hairspray, dry then remove the pins. Guy Kremer, Winchester

14 CLAMPED CURLS

Plait hair from the mid-lengths to the ends. Clamp with hot irons and cool. Unravel plaits with your fingers. Greg Morgan

15 SUPER-SHINY CURLS

Divide dry hair into sections and tong. Repeat all over the head then use your fingers. Mist with a spray serum for shine and that extra sparkle. Beverly C