Here are a few ways to do so.
Crimping
It goes without saying that you need to protect your hair from the heat that it is going to face from the flat-iron. Spray a heat-protective product on your hair, leaving out the areas of your scalp. The next step would be to tie all your hair into several closely-knit braids. Run a flat iron over every braid and wait for your hair to cool down. Untie your braids to have achieved fabulous crimps. The final step would be to slightly comb your hair and set it using a hair-setting-spray.
*Waving
This is an extremely common hack of a straightener. Those who tend to stray from pokey-straight hair can wave out their hair using the flat-iron. The method is similar to that of curling your hair. While you twist your hair closely around the curling rod to achieve bouncy curls, you need to space out the wrapped twists around the straightener for soft waves. Pressing your hair at distanced intervals will give you those natural waves and make your hair look voluminous at the same time.
Beach Waves
Beach waves are slightly different from your normal waves. They dangle in between curls and waves. To attain these, you need to divide your hair into thin sections, twist these sections and run a flat-iron over them one-by-one right from the roots till the ends. Voila! There you have them, flowy beach-waves that make your hair look easy-breezy and fun!
