Heat damage is one of the most common causes of unhealthy hair. As women around the world desire long healthy tresses, heatless alternatives are popping up left right and center. From the African tradition of hair stretching using string to extend the strands or twist outs to provide natural healthy curls. From natural kinks and curls to voluminous Hollywood curls, curly tresses have always been rave. Today millennials and gen z have found the love of “sock curls.” regardless of its origin sock girls consist of a method using fabric to mold the hair into beautiful voluminous curls with minimal effort and no heat.

Influence Abby Bafoe shares some dos and donts to achieve the perfect look.

Her main tips include:

• Tight wraps around the fabric
• Dry hair
• Minimal Hair Spray

If you do not want  to use socks, Kitsch and other companies have great heatless tools you check out on Amazon here.