August Styles, Tips & Tricks

How to properly blow-dry your hair

 I hear more times than not “I wish I could style my hair the way you do”. Here are some very easy techniques to get you closer to a salon quality blowout!

Tip #1…

Let’s start thinking of the blowdryer as a styling tool rather than a machine that blows hot air to just dry our hair. Every tool has a method in which it was designed to be used. 

-Air flow should always be traveling in the same direction as your hair.

-When blowdrying, your hair should not be blowing all over the place…it should be controlled with tension the entire time. Pull straight up for volume and straight down for leanness. 

 

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Tip #2…

Blowdrying hair is a lot like baking cookies

The smaller the cookie, the faster and more evenly it cooks

*The smaller the section…the faster and more evenly it dries. 

When each cookie is equal in size the more consistent your batch

*When each section of hair is equal in size and done neatly and orderly the more  consistent your results

When you try to pick up a hot cookie fresh out of the oven it falls apart, but when you pick it up after it’s cooled it keeps it’s shape

*The exact same thing applies to the hair…wait for it to completely cool to touch   it so it keeps it’s shape 

-Baking requires patience and proper use of tools and ingredients to turn out exactly how you want

*For a killer blow-out make sure you are patient…take small, neat sections…point the blowdryer so the airflow is blowing each hair in the same direction,  keep the heat to a medium setting as not to burn the hair