Many people are turning their backs on styling their hair with heat due to the damage it can cause. As great as the results can be from using styling tools, over-straightening or curling hair can wreak havoc on tresses. According to Phys.org, researchers have found that flat irons and curling irons can damage 85% of your hair's keratin proteins, causing it to become brittle and dry, resulting in split ends and breakage, which isn't the look anyone is going for.
Thankfully, that doesn't mean you have to skip doing your hair for work or a night out, because there are heatless methods available, and you've likely dismissed them because they seem a little too good to be true. One beauty guru has shared one technique that really works, and people can't get enough of it online.
TikToker Yesenia Hipolito, who posts under username @yeshipolitoo, shared her heatless curling hack, hailing it as an 'absolute game-changer'.
In the video, she took 'heatless overnight blowout rods' and bent them on the camera to show how malleable they are. She then pops them into a sock and bends the sock so the rods move to make a new shape.
Heatless rods are a great alternative to heat styling - they're usually 12-24 cm long foam rods that can bend and twist as you desire, meaning your hair will be left in a certain position overnight. When you remove them, it should give you that bouncy blowdry look.
As the tutorial continues, Yesenia then brushes a large section of her hair and wraps it around the sock-rod contraption, leaving it in the hair.
Finally, she puts a silk sleeping bonnet over her hair, to protect the style from coming out. Her follow-up videos show incredible results from the heat-free hack, as her blonde locks held a perfectly bouncy curl - a style she claims lasts all day long.
In the comments, people said that it really was better than using heat on the hair, with some agreeing it was 'game-changing'.
Someone wrote: "I've been doing this and it's a life changer! Thanks for the idea!"
"Omg this is GENIUS", another praised, whilst someone else gushed: "I've been doing this but with only one rod in the sock! I tried with two in there and it's 100% perfect big blowout curls for my length!"
"You cracked the code with this one", a TikToker commented.
Will you be trying this hack? Let us know in the comments.
