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The unusual way an ex-Amish woman used to curl her hair without electricity

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Updated 16:34 3 May 2024 GMT+1Published 16:21 3 May 2024 GMT+1

The unusual way an ex-Amish woman used to curl her hair without electricity

People are calling the hair hack 'genius'

Rhiannon Ingle

Rhiannon Ingle

Featured Image Credit: TikTok/carolyoder_78/ RichLegg/Getty Images

Topics: Hair, Beauty, Style, Hacks, TikTok

Rhiannon Ingle
Rhiannon Ingle

Rhiannon Ingle is a Senior Journalist at Tyla, specialising in TV, film, travel, and culture. A graduate of the University of Manchester with a degree in English Literature, she honed her editorial skills as the Lifestyle Editor of The Mancunian, the UK’s largest student newspaper. With a keen eye for storytelling, Rhiannon brings fresh perspectives to her writing, blending critical insight with an engaging style. Her work captures the intersection of entertainment and real-world experiences.

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From plaits and silk scrunchies to velcro rollers and bobby pinned barnets - it's clear we're all pretty obsessed with finding heatless ways to curl our hair.

Not only is to better for your locks to give them a break from the heat, but it's also better for your wallet - and the planet - to not use so much electricity too.

So, to help provide a little more insight into the whole zero-electricity curls phenomenon, one former Amish woman has shared all the interesting ways she used to curl her hair without electricity.

Carol Yoder revealed how she used to curl her hair when living in the Amish community. (TikTok/@carolyoder_78)
Carol Yoder revealed how she used to curl her hair when living in the Amish community. (TikTok/@carolyoder_78)

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Carol, who goes by the handle @carolyoder_78 online, took to TikTok to reveal her secrets - first sharing how her brother and sister-in-law's house runs without electricty.

She began: "I'm here at my sister-in-law's house. And I just kind of want to show you their lighting and what they use for power."

Carol explained a little more about the set-up in the house, saying that everything was powered by gas, batteries and solar panels rather than electricity.

She then explained how things had become more 'modernised' since she was a child, admitting: "So this is way modernised than it was when I was growing up.

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"When I grew up, we didn't have any of these luxuries."

Carol carried on: "As far as for doing my hair [...] I would take my curling iron and an oil lamp that had like a chimney on it.

"And I would set my curler on top of the lamp so that it would heat up and then I would curl my hair that way and then put it back on the lamp to keep the iron hot.

"Then I would just keep doing that until my hair was done."

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And hundreds have since rushed in to share their reactions to the video. with one TikTok user writing: "Thank you for showing us this. I’ve always wanted to see inside one of the houses."

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"It just seems like a really hard way to basically still have power in your room and the gas lines sound so dangerous," wondered a second.

A third said: "That would give me so much anxiety."

"Seems unnecessarily complicated to me," a fourth piped up, while a fifth echoed: "The gas line sounds so scary."

"Beautiful, but isn't it dangerous?" asked a another before Carol assured: "Thanks for asking instead of quickly judging. Even Amish housing has to pass state and federal coding laws. So no it’s not actually."

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And a final TikToker praised: "How did you blow dry your hair growing up? Curling it! Genius!!!"

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