Add bounce to your hair and max up the glamour with my tips on how to do a bouncy blow dry at home.
Kick start your preparation for styling with deep conditioner, Restore and Shine Hair Masque. Treat your hair before styling for improved strength and elasticity. It leaves hair flexible for easy styling and holds the style for longer.
Creating a Bouncy Blow Dry for long hair takes time and can be tricky if you don’t have experience of working with brushes.
However, doing some up front preparation and breaking the process into small, easy steps will give you the best results.
Start by preparing your hair styling tool kit.
Shampoo and condition your hair. Gently squeeze excess water from the hair with a towel. Hair should be damp, not dripping wet before applying styling products.
A quality hair volumiser spray will help with adding volume and giving the finished style hold. Boost your bouncy blow dry with Styling Mist for Natural Hold and Volume. It also detangles and speeds up drying time to reduce heat stress on the hair.
I recommend you focus application on the ends and mid-lengths of the hair. Leave for a few seconds and either comb or use your fingers to push through the hair.
Use your comb to create a centre parting.
Parting in place, the easiest way to style a bouncy blow dry is to split your hair into 4 sections.
Imagine a horizontal line running across your head from ear to ear as near to the crown as possible. Then a vertical line, front to back, through the middle of your crown.
Use your comb to create the 4 sections; 2 at the front and 2 at the back of the head.
Use your section clips to hold your sections in place so that you can work on one section at a time.
When doing a bouncy blow dry at home, I recommend you start with the two back sections. Working with the back of the hair can be the most awkward with the angle of the brush. By getting this out of the way, you can avoid compromising the front sections of the hair. Use a round brush. They come in different sizes; smaller brushes for small waves and movement and fatter brushes for big waves and movement.
Within the sections you’ve created, take small sections of hair, starting with the hair underneath and working your way up.
Hold the brush at the end of the hair. Don’t cover the entire width of your brush. Keeping space at either end of the brush roll it to the mid-lengths. Or, wherever you want the movement.
Maintain a firm but gentle tension on the hair as you position and roll the brush. This is important as it helps prevent tangles.
If you want volume at the roots, you can gently lift the brush upwards at an angle away from the head.
Once hair is rolled and ready, apply a quick blast of heat to the hair. Leave to cool for a few seconds, or if you prefer, you can give the hair a quick blast of cool air. Unroll the brush and work on the next piece of hair to complete the whole section.
The hairdryer’s nozzle should always be parallel to the hair and angeled downwards so that you don’t lift the cuticle.
For additional movement, you can partially roll the hair. Try giving it a quick blast of heat, then roll again, giving the hair another blast of heat. I advise caution here. Be careful not to overdry the hair, as this can leave hair looking dry and brittle.
Another option for creating more movement and waves is to twist the angle of the brush as you work with the hairdryer.
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Norris Ogario is founder and Creative Director of Ogario London. Developed in his London salon, the Ogario London haircare products reflect his belief that hydration is the key to fixing most hair problems. Hydrated hair can be styled with ease. Plus, hydration leaves hair shiny and healthy. Norris has over 35 years of hair know-how. With expertise in all hair types; from dry hair to fine or grey hair, from frizzy hair to damaged or bleached hair, curly hair and afro hair, Norris has created a healthy hair blog to share his expert advice.
I write about all aspects of healthy, shiny hair. From preventing frizzy hair to stopping split ends and styling bob hairstyles I share my experience of how to get the best from hair.
Whether I’m working with hair, writing about hair or developing hair care products I stay true to 3 principles.
This is a principle I have adhered to all my hairdressing career and it gets the best results. I like to minimise the heat stress to hair from heated styling tools and take a simpler approach to styling. Over working the hair can leave it dry, damaged and flat. A simple approach is the best way to add volume to hair and keep hair looking and feeling smooth and shiny.
Moisture is the foundation of good hair care. Hair needs a routine of deep conditioning to stay frizz free and retain flexibility and strength. When it has moisture, hair elasticity is maintained, making hair easier to style.
Holistic in the context of hair care is about making sure we eat a healthy, balanced diet and that we feed our hair with nourishing products. Maintaining hydration in the body contributes to good quality hair growth. Using nourishing hair products ensures our hair can retain moisture.
You’ll see these principles threaded through my blogs. My goal is to share the simplest tools and techniques to give you easy ways to care for and style your hair at home.
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