Pro Curler and pin curls tutorial

So I have been playing around with the Pro Curler I bought on ebay. I figured it would work for pin curls, and guess what?! It does! Granted it does take a little work and practice to get it just right, but it does work. Here is how I did it....

The tools

First of all lets talk tools of the trade...I like to use setting lotion( I like lottabody with olive oil), satin covered sponge rollers, and bobby pins. However for the sake of the tutorial I am using a curling iron instead of rollers. Normally I would sleep on the rollers overnight because I get a better curl that way and also those curls tend to last longer into the day.

So section off a small portion of hair and spray with setting lotion. Since my hair is naturally curly and I have to straighten it with a hot-comb I don't use much setting lotion. So for the quick set, I curl the hair because it is easier for you to roll if it is curled a bit on the ends.

Once I have curled the hair I then take the Pro curler and with the lever on the top facing the ceiling place the end of the curled hair in between the clamp. 

Then I proceed to roll the hair toward my scalp. It is important that when you do this that you roll it loosely because the curl will not slide off easily if you don't. Once you have reached the scalp, slide the hair off of the pro curler and fasten with a bobby pin or with a metal clip. Your finished curl should look like this...

Another way I like to do pin curls for those of you who don't have a nifty tool to use, is to wrap my hair around two fingers like so...

Then I take the index finger of my free hand and place that on the inside of the curl and roll upward..

I finish the sides of my head in pin curls and then in the back use rollers or "standing" pin curls if I am setting it in the morning. This is what it typically looks like when I am finished...

I hope that this little tutorial was helpful!