How to Curl Your Hair Using a Pencil

You'll need three specific items to pull off pencil curls: a flat iron, aluminum foil, and a regular wood pencil. Beginning with the underneath layers of your hair, wrap one inch sections around the pencil from roots to ends. If you don't wrap close to the roots, you'll be left with a straight segment that can look strange with the tight spiral curls this style creates. Once hair is wrapped around the pencil, wrap the pencil in a square of aluminum foil, then clamp with your flat iron to heat the wrapped hair. Remove the foil and slide the pencil out from your hair, and you'll be left with a springy spiral curl. Repeat on the rest of your head, then gently separate each curl to reveal bouncy, natural looking texture! Depending on how long or thick your hair is, this method can be time consuming. For best results, be sure to give yourself enough time to pencil curl your entire head.