le brushing épingle

21:28 Oct 30, 2015

French to English translations [PRO]
Cosmetics, Beauty / Hairdressing techniques

French term or phrase: le brushing épingle

From a hairdresser's description of how to make hair wavy:

Créer des ondulations avec le brushing épingle.
Prendre une petite mèche, l’enrouler autour du fer à boucler, tenir le mouvement quelques secondes, dérouler la mèche du fer.
Puis, former, aux doigts, une petite boucle et positionner la pince.
Répéter l’exercice sur toute la chevelure, laisser prendre 15 minutes.

It's briefly mentioned again further on:

Passage incontournable pour les obtenir? Un brushing épingle, qui s’avère impeccable à condition de maitriser la gestuelle sur le bout des doigts...

I know "épingle" is a hairpin and "le brushing" is to create waves using a round brush and a hair dryer (according to Wikipedia), but what is "le brushing épingle"? Is it an actual thing in itself, or does it just mean to perform "le brushing" (and if so why are they talking about a curling iron?) with the added use of hairpins?

Any ideas would be appreciated with thanks in advance.

Christina Bertoli KudoZ activity Questions: 31 (4 open) (4 without valid answers) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 9 Canada
Local time: 00:39

Summary of answers provided

ceramic barrel curling brush

Louise McTavish (X)

pin curls

Silvia Bernini

blow dry ringlet/tight curls

B D Finch

Summary of reference entries provided

Maybe something like this?

writeaway

Discussion entries: 3

Answers

27 mins confidence:

pin curls

Explanation:
I think it could be a way of fixing curls with pins in order to better keep them in shape. Please take a look at the link below.

Reference: http://www.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http://www.hairboutique.c...

Silvia Bernini
Germany
Local time: 06:39
Native speaker of: Italian

14 hrs confidence:

blow dry ringlet/tight curls

Explanation:
http://www.hair-dosalon.com/blowdrybar/
"A small curling rod is used to create tight bouncy ringlet curls."

B D Finch
France
Local time: 06:39
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 37

45 days confidence:

ceramic barrel curling brush

Explanation:
Hi,

I'm pretty sure they are talking about a ceramic barrel curling brush, although it sounds pretty clumsy in English compared to French.

Reference: http://www.international.boots.com/en/Denman-Extra-Large-Cer...

Louise McTavish (X)
France
Local time: 06:39
Native speaker of:

English

Reference comments

13 hrs

Reference: Maybe something like this?

Reference information:
Remington Pro Steam Hot Hair Brush Curler/Styler CB4N

http://www.shaverchoice.com.au/remington-pro-steam-hot-hair-...

writeaway
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Note to reference poster

Asker: Use of a tool like that would satisfy "le brushing" requirement. Maybe it's just also called a curling iron and it's understood to be a brush-type by the use of "le brushing".... thank you, I can work with this.

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