- The 43-year-old posted a helpful TikTok last week giving her hacks
- Jen advised viewers to use a magic wand to hold the bottom up
- But when using a curling iron, she recommended keeping the bottom down
A celebrity hairstylist who works with the Kardashians has revealed the 'right' way to hold a curling iron and wand that will completely change the way your hair looks.
Jen Atkin, 43, posted a helpful TikTok last week demonstrating her go-to tips for using the popular hair essentials.
She told her viewers, “I'm going to show you the right way to hold your tools, to get the same look on each side of your head, because I promise you, you're doing it wrong.”
Jen believes that following her tips will give your locks volume in the form of “really beautiful loose waves.”
Jen Atkin, 43, posted a helpful TikTok last week demonstrating her go-to tips for using the popular hair essentials
In the clip, which has been viewed more than 324,000 times to date, Jen began instructing viewers on how to properly use the wand.
Jen then held her curling iron to create a “nice loose wave or bend,” but admitted the process is “different” from a wand
In the clip, which has been viewed more than 324,000 times to date, Jen began with inviewers learn how to use the magic wand correctly.
She advised to “always keep the cord pointing upwards” before taking a section of her own hair to demonstrate.
“You're going to wrap your hair if you hold it vertically… but the butt is always facing up.”
She then switched hands and demonstrated the technique on the other side, trying to make her hair “look uniform.”
Jen then held her curling iron to create a “nice loose wave or bend,” but admitted that the process is “different” than using a wand.
Contrary to her first recommendation, she suggested keeping the “butt down” this time.
She then showed her 241,000 followers how to do a “spiral bend to get a really nice loose wave.”
Jen wrote in her caption, “The way you hold your tools is such an underrated important part of what the look looks like! Good luck over there.'
Her video was quickly flooded with more than 320,100 views, 10,400 likes and dozens of comments.
Her video was quickly flooded with over 320,100 views, 10,400 likes and dozens of comments
One person asked what brand of tools Jen uses, to which she replied Mane Sustainable Haircare – a line she launched in February 2023
One person wrote: 'I've always needed this explanation! Thank you!!!'
Another person wrote: 'Omg finally someone reassured me I wasn't crazy.'
A third person added: “Almost positive that this video could have changed the course of my life if it came out in high school.”
'This was sooo useful! THANK YOU,” a fourth commenter wrote.
Another person added: 'That's exactly how I curl my hair.'
“I needed this,” one person wrote.
Even Kim Kardashian's former assistant said comically, 'The butt is always up,' you heard it here first folks.”
One person asked what brand of tools Jen uses, to which she replied Mane Sustainable Haircare – a line she launched in February 2023.