This has to be one of the coolest hair-styling hacks we've seen in a long time - and it's ridiculously easy to boot.
Meet single dad Greg Wickherst, the man behind Dad's Guide to Surviving Hair. In a viral video posted to his Facebook page, Wickherst shows his followers how to achieve gorgeous curly hair - using straws and hair ties.
In the clip, which has now been viewed over 8 million times, the talented dad shares a step-by-step tutorial.
- Wrap hair around each straw and hold in place with an elastic
- Head off to bed
- In the morning, remove all hair ties and straws (Wickherst uses nail clippers)
- Separate the strands
- Voilà!
According to Wickherst, no brushing is required. "Just use your fingers to pull apart the stands, and barely do that!" he writes. " I just used a water spray bottle to mist the hair and dampen it before we curled it. When completed I used a bit of hair spray to hold it."
Here's little Izzy rocking the straw curls as Princess Merida:
Wickherst's followers tried the hack in droves, many posting their own results to his page. Take a look:
Along with straw curls, the dad's Instagram account is full of fantastic ideas and hair-spiration.
There's this impressive "Triple Heart" hairstyle:
This side pony is too cute (and very 80s):
Up your ballet-bun game with this twist on an old classic:
We might steal these Heidi-inspired braids for ourselves ...
For Wickherst, it all began with a failed ponytail after he and his former wife separated. "I have her [Izzy] most of the time," he told
ABC news. "I used to just part her hair. Then one day I started trying to put pony tails in and for some reason, I couldn't figure it out."
And so, he turned to the cosmetology students at IntelliTec College, where he works as a college admissions counsellor, for a few pointers. "After meeting with a student I learned a bunch of different styles," he said, adding that he also found it a bonding experience between himself and his daughter.
"It's really crazy that it has gotten all the attention it has," Wickherst said of his following on social meida. "All I did was I took an interest in doing my daughter's hair. It shows people that dads can do this kind of stuff and I absolutely love it."
You can find more in-depth tutorials on Wickherst's YouTube channel
here: