Surprisingly everyone who has been properly introduced to my new hair, loves it. It’s either all my friends are pretty good lie or my new hair does really looks good and most importantly “suits” me.

As I’ve promised, during my hair transformation I’ve demanded (or asked politely whichever way you’d choose to believe) Barney what’s the secret to curling hair, making curls last, curls that looks natural, shiny, down right to the products and tools to use.

Here are his tips and what he used to created the curls as seen in picture above:

1. Star with clean fresh hair of course. (For my seriously lack of volume hair, he recommended me Pantene Sheer Volume Shampoo & Conditioner $8 each)
2. Towel dry the hair and apply some Pantene Body Builder Mousse ($7) all over the crown area to help hold the hair. A small lump should cover the crown don’t go OTT on it
3. Blow dry hair as usual with hairdryer and comb through to detangle
4. Barney uses VS Sassoon Ultimate Salon Curler in his salon! Depending on your hair length; there’s 2 sizes to choose from – 19mm $49.95/32mm $59.95 . He used the 32 mm on my hair for a more natural airy curl look.
5. Part hair into sections, grab a strand of hair and clip the ends with the tong and roll it upwards. Once you reach the top, hold it for a couple of seconds, gently release the tong while holding the hair and keeping it in a round curl on top of the head and pin it up. (Tip: While doing this make sure you don’t wrap the hair too tightly around the tong)
6. Repeat with the rest of the hair and let it cool down for 5 – 10 minutes.
7. Spray Pantene Body Builder Hairspray ($7) all over hair and remove all clips.
8. Once hair is down gently comb through with your fingers and respray the hairspray to keep hair shiny and keeps style in place.

I was honestly thrilled when Barney told me he is pro-tong rather than straighteners. If you follow me on twitter, you’d noticed that I’ve been on a hunt for the perfect tong to recreate perfect curls. Curling tongs is like a massive thing among runway hair stylist and celebrities because they often creates the most natural curls and are quick too! Want Gisele curls? Curling tong!

Here’s an image of the curling tong he used and said curling tong is also sitting happily next to my dressing table!

While I know alot of girls are big on straighteners in creating curls, I have always found it hard to manage. To me, it felt like it requires a degree to master the perfect curls. This is the reason why I choose curling tong over straighteners. However, Barney did mention not to go crazy with heat styling as they will all evitably damage hair. Limit yourself to 2-3 times a week max.

For an alternative way to create curls without damaging the hair as much as curling tong and straighteners will; Barney recommended hot rollers (something I’ve never tried and was excited about).

I have been using the VS Sassoon Ultimate Salon Setter ($89.95) for the past couple of weeks and I have to say I’m liking it. It’s easy to use, create curls for dummies (like me!), doesn’t burn your face/fingers like a tong/straightener would and is generally bit more gentle on your hair. Comes in various sized curler and a handy retra-cord system; I’m torn between hot rollers and tong at the moment!

To recreated the look at home from Step 5-8 and it only takes me 10 mins max to curl all my hair and another 10 mins to cool it off (apply makeup while you wait). Too easy!

*All products mentioned above were used during my hair transformation session except for the hot rollers. If you squint your eyes hard enough, you’ll be able to see the Pantene products that was used too.