THE BEST WAY TO GET VOLUME IN YOUR HAIR.
Lets face it, the higher the hair, the closer to Heaven :) Just kidding.Whether your hair is fine, medium, or coarse, there are a few IMPORTANT details that you'll need to achieve the MOST out of your hair. "Most" meaning volume, height, thickness, voluptousness, BIG, bulk, mass, victorias secret hair... you get the point...
1. CLEANSE YOUR HAIR.
Simple and easy. Make sure you use a deep cleansing shampoo such as Bumble & Bumble Sunday shampoo to remove excess BUILD UP and products that may be left on your hair and cause greasy ness and heaviness. Also, use the clarifying shampoo along with a daily volumizing shampoo such as Kerastase Bain Volumifique with Kerastase Gelee Volumifique or L'Oreal Professional Paris Volumetry Shampoo and Conditioner.
2. STYLING PRODUCTS.
This goes along with No. 1, it all starts in the shower what you are washing and condiitoning with. Next, is your base products. They need to be light, have good control (hold) for your style, and also be the RIGHT type for your hair. Some of our favorite volumizing products here at Salon Envy are by Kerastases Couture Styling Line.
Kerastase Mousse Bouffant.
- -Buildable volume and body
- -Adds fullness and structure without weight
- -Not stiff, flexible movement
- -UV and heat protection
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- Kerastase Volumifique Mousse (for fine hair)
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-Ampliflies and volumizes hair
- -Gives more body while adding strength and substance
- -Provides flexible hold with a soft touch
- -Hair has added strength and substance, with blow-dry protection
- -Protects style with an anti-static effect
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Kerastase Lift Vertige
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-Provides volume and lift at roots
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-Long-lasting root support
- -Adds shine
- -UV and heat protection
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- Bumble & Bumble Thickening HairSpray
- -Begins styling lift-off for any hair type
- -(thick, thin or otherwise)
- -moderate hold.
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-Provides volume and lift at roots
- Bumble & Bumble Dry Spun Finish
- -Translucent dry spray creates instant fullness
- and texture to spin hair into an airy silhouette.
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3. The Blow-Dry
After you get the products in, next the most important step is your blow dry. Don't let your hair air dry and let gravity get the best of you. Blow Dry your hair right away and either blow dry the opposite way of your hair growth (upside down) or keep the blow dryer pointed up to get the MOST volume at your roots!
4. Set your hair with the round brush, velcro rollers, or hot rollers.
Another very important step is the way you roll your rollers, curling irons, or brushes. This goes back to the basics we learn in beauty school. Make sure it is ON BASE. BY that I mean look at the picture blow to show what it is to roll on base and off base. This will make a dramatic difference as to how much volume you'll get it in your hair!
The first picture the hair is pulled STRAIGHT up and rolled down. This will create much VOLUME and lift at your root.
Another very important step is the way you roll your rollers, curling irons, or brushes. This goes back to the basics we learn in beauty school. Make sure it is ON BASE. BY that I mean look at the picture blow to show what it is to roll on base and off base. This will make a dramatic difference as to how much volume you'll get it in your hair!
The first picture the hair is pulled STRAIGHT up and rolled down. This will create much VOLUME and lift at your root.
As you can see in the picture below, the root area of the maniquins hair is flat. The hair in the red rollers was pulled to the side then rolled, this will leave your hair will less volume.
5. Back-combing, Teasing, Ratting, Whatever you like to call it!
This is a simple easy step, too! You take your comb and comb the hair BACKWARDS, hence the name, Back-Combing. Here is a picture to show how to do it! This will create volume and help hold your volume throughout your day. I like to back-comb and then hairspray to make sure I get the maxium hold from the back-combed area.
Thats all! Happy Blow Drying!
