Hair styling apparatus and method for styling a person's hair
A glove can be worn on a person's hand and, using several different techniques, can be used in styling a person's hair to produce curly or straight hair. The glove can be used to curl hair in a fist closing-type motion while hot drying air is applied. Hair may also be curled around the fingers, or the fingers may be used to put tension on hair to straighten it.
1. An absorbent glove to be worn on a person's hand for styling a person's hair, the glove comprising:
a forehand area;
a backhand area substantially opposite the forehand area;
a plurality of fingers, each finger extending away from the forehand area and the backhand area and each finger attached to the forehand area and the backhand area;
at least a portion of the glove having an outer layer of absorbent material adapted for absorbing moisture from a person's hair, an inner layer of insulative material adapted to protect a person's hands from excessive heat, and a middle layer of impermeable material which substantially prevents moisture from the absorbent layer from reaching the insulative layer;
an enlarged palm area that includes extra material, creating a loose-fitting forehand and a backhand area; and
the length of the plurality of fingers is small compared to the overall size of the glove.
2. The glove of claim 1 wherein at least some of the plurality of fingers are sized to be substantially shorter than the user's fingers.
3. The glove of claim 1 wherein the plurality of fingers comprises a middle finger whose length is between 1¾ to 2¾ inches.
4. A method of styling a person's hair with a glove comprising: wearing a glove on a persons'hand;
repeatedly partially closing the glove on the person's hand around sections of wet hair of a person to hold the wet sections of hair, the partial closing of the glove causing at least some of the wet sections of hair to form a new shape;
absorbing some moisture from the wet hair into the glove; and
applying hot air to dry the wet hair while the glove is holding the wet sections of hair;
the glove having an enlarged palm area that creates a loose-fitting forehand and a back-hand area and the length of the fingers being small compared to the overall size of the glove and at least a portion of the glove having an outer layer of absorbent material adapted for absorbing moisture from a person's hair, an inner layer of insulative material adapted to Protect a person's hands from excessive heat, and a middle layer of impermeable material which substantially prevents moisture from the absorbent layer from reaching the insulative layer.
5. The method of claim 4 further comprising:
initially wetting the person's hair with water and separating the person's hair into sections before use of the glove.
6. The method of claim 5 further comprising:
applying a temporary fixing agent to the person's hair to facilitate retention of the hair's shape as it is drying.
7. A method of styling a person's hair with a glove comprising:
wearing the glove on a person's hand;
using the glove on the person's hand to shape sections of wet hair on a persons'head;
absorbing moisture from the wet hair into the glove while the glove is being used to shape the wet hair; and
applying hot air to the wet hair to dry it while the glove is being used as a backdrop to stabilize the shape of the wet air;
the glove having an enlarged palm area that creates a loose-fitting forehand and a back-hand area and the length of the fingers being small compared to the overall size of the glove and at least a portion of the glove having an outer layer of absorbent material adapted for absorbing moisture from a person's hair, an inner layer of insulative material adapted to Protect a person's hands from excessive heat, and a middle layer of impermeable material which substantially prevents moisture from the absorbent layer from reaching the insulative layer.
8. The method of styling a person's hair according to claim 7 further comprising:
shaping the wet hair and applying hot air to render shape.
9. The method of styling a person's hair according to claim 8 further comprising:
holding the hand wearing the glove around the wet hair to coax the wet hair into a shape.
10. The method of styling a person's hair according to claim 7 further comprising:
applying a temporary fixing agent to the hair to retain its shape.
11. The method of styling a person's hair according to claim 10 further comprising:
curving the wet hair around an upper portion of a finger of the glove to produce a bend in the hair.
12. The glove of claim 1 wherein the plurality of fingers are not separate thereby creating a mitt.
13. The method of styling a person's hair according to claim 7 further comprising:
wetting the hair on the person's head with water before separating the hair into sections and placing the sections in the glove.
14. The method of styling a person's hair according to claim 13 further comprising:
separating the hair into substantial sections while wet or damp.
15. The method of styling a person's hair according to claim 14 further comprising:
creating a shape with sections of wet hair.
16. The method of styling a person's hair according to claim 15 further comprising:
holding the hand wearing the glove around the wet sections of hair in order to stabilize the shape of the hair lying in the glove.
17. The method of styling a person's hair according to claim 14 further comprising:
applying a temporary fixing agent to the hair to retain the shape once it is dry.
18. The method of styling a person's hair according to claim 17 further comprising:
curving the wet hair around an upper portion of a finger of the glove to produce a bend in the hair.