Here's How To Do Your Own Finger Waves At Home

TikTok influencer Britney, who goes by Lovequeenb_ on the app, demonstrates the finger waves process on short hair. She recommends using a heaping portion of mousse and combing it through the hair to ensure that every strand is coated. Once this is complete, Britney uses her comb to curve a section of her hair in a C shape. She then uses the pointer finger on her other hand to hold the hair in place while she forms another wave in the opposite direction. She repeats this process from her forehead to the base of her neck.

YouTube channel Create Beautiful Hair offers a finger waves tutorial for longer hair. In the video, she uses a curling iron to create three barrel curls on the side of the head where the waves will appear. Once the curls are pinned and have rested a while, she brushes them out and begins creating the waves with a small-tooth comb. "The comb needs to be parallel to your finger," she states. "Don't have the comb at an angle." The YouTuber combs the section into the first C shape, then clips the wave into place. She repeats this with the waves going in opposite directions, then lets the hair rest in clipped sections. When the hair can hold its own shape, she takes out the clips and replaces them with small, hide-able pins. The style is complete with a few spritzes of hairspray.