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The return of the Bigoudi: the trick at less than 5 euros to give volume to its fringe and open the eye

A professional hairdresser shares her technique to give volume to her fringe in a few seconds, without using heated device.

No need to invest large sums in a hair accessory to display a glamorous haircut.The American hairdresser and makeup artist Emma Chen offers a clever method to enhance a curtain fringe (or its new more trendy version, the "Bottleck Bangs").This requires only a simple object at a lower cost: a bigoudi.

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In a hairstyle tutorial posted on her official Instagram account, the expert rolls up a few locks in front of the face of her model around a velcro cylinder (a self-acting material) with a fairly wide diameter.She pulls the fringe backwards, vertically.After a few minutes of installation on the top of the head, she defeated the coil and separates the hair into two sections on both sides from the line, while styling it with the Bigoudi.Finally, she vaporizes a little lacquer while remaining about fifteen centimeters from the face to fix the hairstyle.

Bigoudi's return : l'astuce à moins de 5 euros pour donner du volume à sa frange et ouvrir le regard

The wicks on each side of the face seem significantly larger thanks to the effect of the Bigoudi which has taken off the roots.The ends of the fringe are also adorned with a slight ripple backwards, which opens the eye and gives movement to the cut.This technique can be done on dry or slightly damp hair for better grip, with any brand of Bigoudi in Velcro: an accessory that can be found in large and medium -sized areas for less than five euros per unit.

"Our mothers have always been ahead of the trends ... Who remembers them, going to work with a Bigoudi in fringe?" Asks Emma Chen to her subscribers in legend his publication.

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Bigoudi's return

This vintage accessory particularly adulated in the 1960s and popular until the 1980s seemed to make its return to our bathrooms.The hashtag #hairrollers (the English term which designates the Bigoudis) accumulates more than 130 million views on Tiktok, where the Gen Z tries the permanent and the English revisited using this little tube.We also saw it on the head of actress Maude Apatow in a scene from the Euphoria series.

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Even the hairdresser of the stars Chris Appleton recommends and uses them to create large curls or a Hollywood brushing on his customers (like Jennifer Lopez, Kim Kardashian or Dua Lipa.)

Admittedly, the Bigoudis are not as high-tech and efficient as a straightening or buckling iron.On the other hand, they are particularly effective in creating beautiful undulations with rebound, without the damage caused by heat.