How To Style A Wavy Lob With Flat Iron

My hairdresser styled my hair with a flat iron and I am determined to learn how to do it myself. Makes for a fun casual wavy style on a lob or a bob. And oh yeah, I'm doing it for the first time right in front of you.
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[@lesliesauls473]

As an exhairdresser I kept saying "oh no...no no no..." but it turned out perfect casual waves! You are just too cute!!!

[@tooziefaloozie]

Wrap the hair around the straightener and pull. That will curl it all including the ends! Like curling ribbon with a scissors! I'm a hairdresser x

[@angie9430]

Alice Ribeiro thanks Alice I will try that too ! Angie from UK x

[@JoanneLFisher]

Yes,that's what I do. Funny I should see this video now. After about a month or so of using my new flat iron for exactly that style, I decided to blow dry it straight today and it looked great. Nice to have options except I think I've now inadvertently trained my hair to go wavy instead of naturally curly. It doesn't retain the natural curl after washing any more. Anyone else have this problem after using a styling tool frequently?

[@lissalack1490]

great tip, thanks

[@MonkeyLillianLouise2016]

I thought the results looked very pretty. You are a beautiful woman, Monique. You have given me so many tips and ideas. Thank you so much for your videos :)

[@margaretmachinena5626]

Love it! I am also growing out my gray & am so happy to report I can now wear a ponytail or a French twist! I love your hair so much & give you all the credit for my not cutting it or coloring it! I live in Running Springs...next time you're in the neighborhood, would love it if you could pop in & say hi! We're going down to 31 at night in a few days so I think we're going to have an early snowfall 😀

[@lindaperez3870]

I love how you do your hair so many different ways. I need a change . You inspire me to go for it! Thanks!

[@deniset2115]

Monique you need a round curling iron to get full volume and rounded ends. Flat curling irons leave scraggly ends.

[@patkay7311]

Glad to know I'm not the only one who has trouble curling my hair on the right side with a flat iron! :D

[@lindamoore6044]

I LOVE this! My hair is same length and I never though of trying a flat iron. Can't wait to try this.

[@Amber-wz4mq]

I find that if you clamp down the flat iron at the base of the hair, then turn it a bit against the hair, then simply pull it through to the ends instead of curling it up, it actually makes much more uniform waves (also, looks better not tossled(sp?)). On the other hand, you would look gorgeous no matter! I am so jealous at how fast your hair takes a curl!

[@nise5281]

It has that beachy look, and yet it still has a soft look and could be worn on a dressy night out, I'm impressed!

[@sharonmooney95]

Hi I found your u-tube journey lately and have now watched nearly most of your videos, im 48 and you've shown me so many tips and tricks with your makeup tutorials, so a big Thank you I Love your hair like this , I've also got fine hair, sadly no curl of any kind what so ever, lol so glad I found your videos'.xxx

[@lilyrose6984]

LOVE your videos, Monique. Your wit and personality make them so watcheable too. Thanks for all the good hints.

[@rmth9827]

I love how spontaneous you are. When I am looking to watch a quick video and I want good info plus a lot of humor and relaxing comfort, I go to your channel. No pressure and good stuff! Thank you.

[@stacygreene3473]

I just ordered this flat iron yesterday! I started watching you this morning. So glad I did a search on the flat iron and was really excited when your video popped up. :-)

[@josephlujan5959]

What? You cant make over 136,000 people happy? Oh, how dare you. 👄 Thx 4 all u do💚...HUGE FAN👋

[@jod5339]

I absolutely love the color of your hair. Beautiful!

[@kayallen7603]

WOW !! Your hair turned out GREAT !!!

[@greenpurl8482]

Cannot wait to try this!

[@griselpadron312]

I love your videos. They're detailed information with a twist of fun. I have almost completely straight hair and lots of it, even tough it's not fine or thick. It's tough to curl so I opt for straight iron to add shine. However, I've used it to add a little curl using it to pull on the hair from the crown, and then curling as I get to the end of the hair. Works great but in Florida's humidity, nothing stays for long on healthy hair. Great watching you do your magic.

[@natthebratster]

Hello Monique new subscriber here and I've binge watched about 6 of your videos!! It's great having someone my age doing make up and hair tutorials I can actually attempt and I love your tips and sassy attitude!! I'l be 55 in September and I'm "over it"-hour long make up sessions of contouring, highlighting, correcting etc, so i loved your get ready in 5 min video. Keep them coming-you're inspirational, helpful, and gorgeous. Love!!!!!

[@animasolaani551]

Love your videos. I always look for your videos when I want to see how to put on new make up styles or hairdos. You are such a confidence inspirer.

[@CieloAzulEstrella]

Love the style

[@vivianleigh16]

I thought this do came out well... Im so happy to see elnet is still around!! i havent had the hair to buy it but got the length this year and was sad i couldn't find any at my store... I must find it!!💘

[@ericavanderlinde1277]

Haven't watched you for a while, but I still love what you do! My hair is so important to me and I've tried flatirons but prefer curling irons. But...you made it look easy so maybe I'll try it again. Thanks beautiful you!

[@lindarobinson2453]

I love this style on you! Yes I have used a straightener to curl my hair but every type a curl falls out in 5 minutes then with a little humidity turns into a frizzy mess.

[@truecrimenut6696]

Great job Monique!! 💕

[@lunalove69]

Your hair turned out amazing!

[@pjmundy8257]

It looks GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@lisanutini5183]

I like the look!

[@micki777]

It turned out better than I expected lol! Looks great!! Love your vids!

[@sherricarr6127]

Always curl with a flatiron. I am loving you growth. Looking great all over.

[@Dragon-wl5ic]

that looks awesome on you!!

[@burnice3901]

I love it. I'm going to try it. Thanks. Love all your videos😘😘😘😘😘

[@carableu]

Beautiful results and the manicure is really nice, as well!

[@traceyjackson8552]

Great video...I love winging it and it turns out great 😀

[@r.melindar.1349]

Also bought me some of the Jihn Freida spray in the small can! BEST hairspray I have ever used to hold fine hair in humid weather

[@chattycathie2268]

I was watching you work the hair around the iron....the shades in you hair color are gorgeous

[@lissalack1490]

thanks for this idea, I will try it! you look great by the way!

[@tiffanystevens9088]

Looks great

[@barbararuiz3638]

You make it look easy.it turn out beautiful.love your videos. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@stephanieleathers6624]

I love gel nails!! I will have to try your color 😉

[@sherriheckathorn931]

Loved how your hair turned out!! Kenra 25 is my favorite hairspray.

[@dinachristine]

GORGEOUS! 😃💖

[@dawnpleasant2319]

Fun video! I tried using a flat iron to straighten my hair and it burnt my silver into an orange color. You must be able to use really low heat to keep from damaging the fragile texture of your silver hair.

[@nise5281]

Cute! Soft and wavy, I like it!

[@jeannawalton8107]

It looks adorable :)

[@mmom4969]

" Because I'm THAT level of crazy!" HAHAHAHAHAHAH. I love u and ur videos.

[@wendyraye]

Love your energy and "go for it" attitude. I need to try new things like this - my default is a ponytail too because if I don't know how to do something I give up too easily. Thanks for this "awkward" video - lol. You are gorgeous!

[@susanrehm1057]

Looking good! My hair is of very similar texture to yours and I have the same issues with one side being easier to work with than the other and then guessing about the back. That technique just doesn't work for me but happy that you had success! My hair is somewhat longer, so I just ended up having a bunch of layers cut into it and using my 20-year-old hot rollers for a completely different look. I like the beachy waves look but it's not in the cards for me. Love you! Hope your date went well!

[@joannecosmo3535]

You look so pretty love the style , my favorite haispray in John Frieda non aerosol.

[@lynnchappell]

I love the way it turned out. Gave it some body and pretty waves. Tried curling with a flat iron once, didn't turn out as good on me. Look forward to your next video. love ya bunches too.

[@Marka870]

Looks so good! :-) ...anyone else curious about the new man in Moniques life? :-)

[@karenhollywood1808]

love it

[@aylettkish2924]

beautiful, as always! luv ya!

[@KittyinVA]

Interesting experiment. You're fortunate that your hair holds a curl so easily. My naturally curly hair uses a real curling iron and then I pin it up in pin curls for a couple of hours, time permitting, to set the curls in. I use Paul Mitchell Freeze and Shine Super Spray. I tried Elnet, but the fragrance gave me allergies from hell!! Had to take it back. Enjoyed the video!

[@angelar.williams951]

Beachy Waves, love it! You know you are doing something right when your Grey Silver White Puter whatever you want to call it, Your Grey hair Shines. You put that little bit in the front in a clip and I said Dang Her hair is Strobing tonight. My grey hair shines also but my grey hair is so harsh so I color it. It's starting to turn whiter so when it gets the way I want it I might go all grey :-)

[@brookecantrell8561]

That looks great!! Flatiron make the best waves. Fave hairspray is Kenra level 25. 3 sprays stays all days 🍃

[@adrianbrown1254]

Love, Love, Love the make-up. Do you have a tutorial on it?

[@KarenPrudensLetsStitchMakeup]

Great video. I've never curled my hair with a straightener but my daughter has used a straightener to curl my hair and it turned out wonderfully. She is a hairstylist/barber so she has the talent that I lack in that area, lol. :-)

[@annettehinchliffe4198]

i love your attitude. Just roll with the punches. And I thought you did a pretty good job with the hair as well.

[@redwolfjoy]

Beachy waves! I love that look on you! My hair is way too long to curl with a flat iron the way you ate doing it.

[@happytrails699]

I love your longer hair Monique.

[@izabeau1953]

I do like the end results, you always look fabulous.....❤️🌹

[@christineleask-lennis9449]

You are crazy brilliant, l love your channel 👍

[@jaclynmoylan1905]

Favorite hairspray is Joico Flip Turn

[@kaiklaarika8943]

I've never seen gray hair as beautiful as yours. The fineness ( :) ) seems to be a pro, not a con. I have fine hair too, 36, not yet gray.

[@jeanettec6212]

I use the straight iron all the time to curl, u just put it in wrap and pull all the way to end. Watch carli bibles kinda recent video of curling her hair. She has hair to rear end and it curls great. Looks great Monique! ♡♡♡

[@GlitzyFritzy]

Wow I think that came out gorgeous! xoxo Mary

[@lauraarmstrong7464]

Very.cute, I love it. Your hair is so pretty. Mine still has too much dark, baby fine and way too straight. I'll have to try this.

[@radicalaccounting]

I love that nail color on you too. What is jel nails, 86? Can you put a link please?

[@donnasmith7633]

I am going to try that with my hair! I am also silver, but my hair is very heavy and hard to handle. I love the Moroccan oil texturizing spray for my hair...😘🤓

[@deekobald9260]

wow I love your hair color! you are sssooo cool. love u bunches from canada

[@isol]

Love it! I was scared at the beginning though! I’ve tried to curls my hair with my flat iron and it has gone disastrous 😂

[@tkucey8689]

Monique we have really similar hair cut and texture. What do you use to keep the flyaways and frizz manageable on the bottom half? Love your vids btw ❤

[@jaclynmoylan1905]

I'm a hairstylist so I would like to give you advice to make flat iron curls easier for you. You do not need to keep twisting the iron. If you just do one turn/flick of your wrist and slide the iron down it will be much easier. Hope that helps.

[@neeleydum]

That has never worked in the 20 times I've tried it on my own hair. I've watched tons of videos and still cannot do this on my hair. I think it's a myth...hehehehe for me anyway.

[@carmenroupp653]

I have never curled my hair with a curling iron or a flat iron. I once had a perm put in my hair ( it was really -really long then ) and one side turn out beautiful and the other side turned out flat , and no matter how many times I went back to the hair dresser it stayed flat , so I finally gave up. yours turned out wonderful.

[@stephanieleathers6624]

Looks pretty good!! I hope to grow mine out so I can have more flexibility. I am really learning a lot of beauty tips from you! Keep them coming😉

[@daxxydog5777]

I have one of those flat irons with extendable "wings" made exactly for this purpose. My fave softer hold hairspray is Tresseme Tres Two Ultra Fine Mist in the big black can. I had a hairdresser who used something very similar that I loved, but it was god-awful expensive. I found the Tresseme and can't find anything I like better and it's dirt cheap!

[@curlymama-rachelle9192]

Super cute!!!!!! 👍💕. I have really curly hair naturally.... so I don't curl it. But I LOVE the "big sexy hair" firm hold hair spray!!!! I love when Ulta has their "buy 1 get 1 half off" of that brand! I stock up!!!

[@janemcgrath4907]

Monique you have such talent in hair and makeup.I would be in A and E by now with burnt ears.I like Silverkrin wirh the purple band,its about a third of the price of Ellnett and has great flexable hold.Thankyou.♥

[@tammylynn1040]

You make it all looks so easy and stylish Ms. Lady! :0)

[@SandraGarcia-gv9tu]

LOVE how this turned out! I curl my hair with a flat iron ALL d time. for added volume I curl alternating directions and I use BEACH BABE spray. I noticed u struggled a little bit. Try twist and glide vs trying to curl around the flat iron and u will get much rounder and bouncy curls. You look BEAUTIFUL! ❤

[@beguileme3743]

I can never curl mine with the flat iron like my stylist. You did good! I love Humidity RX by ColorProof. It smells devine. Hope the date went well.

[@elizabethstallings3876]

I love your hair and the cut Wish mine would do all that went from curly hair to straight as a stick and fuzzy , It sucks

[@jenniferannfox2316]

turned out great! I can't work with a curling iron. I just use hot rollers. I like the effect it gives but I am not as smooth so it won' burn my hair. My fave hair spray is Shaper Plus by Sebastian.

[@loveeaother3180]

Yup I'd say it worked I think i will give it a whirl as we have the same type hair

[@lindababb7971]

I also use a flat iron because a really good wiggly one cost to much.. My fav hair spray for a extra extra hold is Paul Mitchell Freeze & Shine.. It can be Sticky & a little hard to comb thru. But your hair will not move😎

[@elainemarie9470]

Another Freeze & Shine fan here 🙋 Discovered the product back when the poofed bump was in style. I have fine & slippery hair, so to achieve the required volume up top, I had to tease my hair and then use F&S to set it. This was the only way I could pull off the look. I use the Sally's generic line dup version.

[@reggievaughan6516]

Monique, have you ever tried Aerogel hair spray by tri. Out here in West Texas where the wind is terribly strong, this product is a life saver. I call it the concrete hair spray. The product is so nice, it feels light on the hair, like air!

[@fellaswoman]

Gah! You are so effortlessly glamorous. I just tried this and looked like Medusa...and then the doorbell went, didn't it?! Still, nearly Halloween, might have got away with it :-0 ❤

[@trudyfalkenberry2015]

I have curled my hair with a flat iron many times, however mine is thick and takes about an hour to do ugh. But always looks great when i am done. As for hair spay whatever is on sale lol. I do prefer the ones in a pump bottle though. I do have a question for you if you don't mind, i know you have said in past video's that you bleached your hair it get it to go gray and i was wondering what method you used. I have been coloring mine red for many years but am ready to just let it go and wonder how difficult that might be.

[@trudyfalkenberry2015]

Thank you so much for sharing that with me. LOL thick naturally curly hair isn't always as great as you might think. A whole new list of issues come up. But thank you.

[@marlenemarken976]

You look beautiful. I like tresammee or nexxssus. No i haven't curled my hair with a flat iron. It looks hard lol

[@angelalopez7704]

I am the same age as you and have the same texture of hair too! My hair is very fine, wavy and unruly. If I let it airdry, I have no idea what the hell I'm gonna wind up with and it's usually way too wild for public! I love using a flat iron to curl my hair (mainly because it heats up so fast, lol) I start about 2 inches from the root and like to alternate toward my face and away from my face. My current favorite hairspray (yes, I had a coupon, ha!) is Pantene Volume high lifting hairspray. It doesn't weight my hair down and is brushable but holds that shit in place!

[@Aflamecrystal]

The style looked kind of beachy. I liked that. I'm still trying to find wearable styles for my shoulder length curly hair. Do you have any suggestions?

[@angie9430]

Monique great video ..your hair looks so healthy and shiny can you let us know what shampoo ,conditioning treatments , products you're currently using. Many thanks Angie from UK x

[@MandyCummins]

Monique, do you get your hair colour cleaned up or enhance? What do you do with it to keep it so beautifully silver? My mother is trying to embrace her silver hair but it just isn't working out for her because it generally looks kinda mousy or yellow.

[@allegra1952]

Monique Parent love that toner! Bought after watch your video. Great stuff 👋

[@caboosebrooks757]

Try the powder dip nails. They are awesome. Better than the gel. Thinner more intense color.

[@kevshellp]

My FAV hairspray is Cibu Finista... but willing to try the one you use. Probably more affordable..HA!

[@robinswaytoday]

Wow...your hair is getting longer. It's a beach wave today. Hair spray gave it a nice touch too. I might try a flat iron with my short hair but will need to buy one first. Have a great time on your date. :-)

[@charlablackburn9333]

Try TYME iron. Love mine. ❤️

[@pinknation5885]

Kenra 25 hairspray n yes i have used one to curl ;)