Step 1:

Start with a section of hair and slide the iron down the shaft to warm the hair in preparation for molding the curl formation with the iron. In sectioning for the finished style, work from the underneath sections of the hair towards the outer sections.

Step 2:

Starting from the base of the section, place the hair between the iron plates, holding the iron at a 45° angle, turn the iron, laying the hair flat on the ouside of the chrome surface. Use your free hand to guide and hold the iron closed while manipulating the iron in one turn. The back side of the iron is now facing you.

Step 3:

Slide the iron down the hair shaft using even tension against the outer edge of the iron (which shpes the curl formation). Keep the hair on the upper portrion of the iron plates, and watch that the ends do not slide out of the plates. Slide down the entire length of the shaft through the ends, maintaing the same angle.

Finished!

Once the ends pass through the iron, release the hair and see the curl pop out! The slower the movement, the tighter the curl.

Note: For waves position the iron more parallel to the floor during the entire 3 step process.