Techical File: Finger waving.

This weeks session was all about finger waving, this reflects the 20's/30's era however is very popular today as it often gives the look a glamorous feel.

Health and safety for this:

• Ensure you have washed your hands before working on you client. 
• Make sure you take consultation notes before starting as this will let you know if your client has any allergies or skin conditions.
• Be careful not to spray products or water in your clients eye as this will be uncomfortable. 
• When using heat tools ensure you are careful not to burn your client. 

There are four ways to complete this look. 

1) 

• Make sure the hair is wet. 
• Taking you sectioning comb and your fingers place the comb in the hair and push up. 
• Use the comb to move the hair and push the section up.
• Pinch the section of hair with your index and second finger. 
• Use sectioning clips to hold this in the hair, this is optional however it may help set the hair better. 
• Then place the comb in the opposite direction and complete the steps again.
• The hair should be moving the opposite direction to the first section as this will then leave the hair looking like a wave.

2)

• Using your fingers push the hair into an 'S' shape
• Clip each section down with a sectioning clip 
• Once section should be facing the right and then the left and so on. This is the 'S' shape you are going for.

Both of these methods should end up looking like this image:

You can either dry the hair or leave the hair to dry in this shape.

3)

• Using dry hair take a sectioning comb and take a small section of hair.
• Then take a curling tong, this should be quite small and take to the end of the hair and wrap around until it is just above the clients scalp. (be careful not to burn them).
• Follow this procedure all the way around the head.
• Brush out the hair with a Denman or large brush using your hands to shape the hair into the waved shape that you are looking to achieve.

Here is the outcome of this.

4)

• Using dry hair take a sectioning comb and take and small section of hair.
• Place the tong on the hair at the top of the section an gently roll the hair around the barrel.
• Let go of the section of hair and move down the section. 
• Then repeat the step. 
• Follow this procedure all the way around the head. 
• Finally take a brush and brush through the hair using your hands to shape the hair into the wave you are looking to achieve. 

Here is the outcome of this.