DEFINITION OF FINGER WAVING
FINGER WAVING is the art of shaping or moulding hair while wet into “s”-shaped curved undulations with the fingers and comb. These waves when dried without being disturbed will fall into beautiful deep waves. Finger waves differ from marcel waves in that there are no irons used on the hair. Not only naturally curly or permanently waved hair can be finger waved, but it is equally successful on straight hair.
PREPARING THE HAIR FOR WAVING
In preparing the hair for finger waving, the first requisite, of course, is that the hair is clean. Finger waving can be done especially well after a shampoo inasmuch as the hair must be wet to insert the wave. Some hair-dressers prefer to dry the hair after it has been washed before wetting it again for the finger wave (on the same principle that clothes are allowed to dry thoroughly before they are dampened for ironing). Most patrons prefer, however, to have a finger wave immediately follow the shampoo, and in most beauty shops the time element is so valuable that it is a far more practicable procedure.
After being washed, the hair must be thoroughly dampened with water or curling fluid and combed completely free of all snarls whatsoever. If the hair is naturally wavy or if the patron has been given a perfect permanent wave, the finger wave can be inserted when the hair has been wet with water only.