Curling iron to wand

So I really love the look of wand curls (like these), but I didn't really want to spend the money to buy a wand.

So I decided to make my own!

I removed all of these parts from my curling iron, and I was left with a wand!

 

It's a little bit larger than the wand I had used before, so I ended up with more relaxed curls.

 

I never really used that curling iron anymore, and now I will use it all the time!

 

Yay! 

Wand curls

After being introduced to the magic (haha) that is the styling wand by my friend Amy, I have become obsessed with re-creating the look. She curled my hair at around 9 pm one night and we went out dancing after and the curls were still there even 5 hours later! I have thick hair that is very stubborn and will NOT keep a curl. Even better, when I woke up the next morning I had soft, loose curls that I was sad to wash away. 

I have dreamed of doing my hair this way again and thankfully, my roommate happens to have a wand! She has a CHI which worked fabulously (see pictures below) but I got pretty much the same results with Amy's Remington (on sale here).  

Here's my hair post-wanding:

 And after I ran my fingers through my hair I was left with this wild mane:

Love it! The best part is that I know it will last until I wash it again!