Tips and techniques from L’Oreal Professionnel’s top hair stylists on how to get stunning volume that will last all day!
TECHNIQUE #1: BASIC ROUND BRUSHING WITH A BLOW DRYER
This is a fool-proof technique for getting volume every time! First apply volumizing mousse to the roots of your hair and work it through with fingers or wide tooth comb. Power dry your hair until it is about 80 to 90% dry. Then use a large round brush and blow dryer to smooth and add lift at the same time.
Place the brush at your roots and wrap a section of hair around it. Direct a stream of warm air onto it for a few seconds, and then gently brush down the hair shaft as you dry. When you’re almost finished, use the brush and the cool setting on the dryer to “set” each section with a blast of cool air for about 5 seconds. The cool air will give your hair added shine in addition to helping your style stay in place for longer.SALON TIP: For best styling results, use a round brush with natural boar bristles and a wide barrel. The boar bristles will give you gorgeous shine and volume without frizz.
TECHNIQUE #2: ADDING VOLUME TO FINE HAIR
Fine, thin hair needs the help of a texturizing product to thicken strands so that they’re capable of sustaining high lift and volume. L’Oreal Tecni Art Densite is a thickening primer that works perfectly for giving fine hair some muscle. Just mist Densite onto damp hair from roots to ends, and use a wide tooth comb to work it through before you start styling. Use a blow dryer with a concentrator attachment to power dry hair one section at a time. As you’re drying each section, hold it upward away from your scalp to begin creating lift. Next, reach for a round brush. Warm the brush up a bit with the blow dryer, and start working with hair at the crown. Roll a section of hair around the brush, direct a stream of warm air onto the barrel, and hold. Then release and secure each curl with a pin near the scalp so that it can cool and set. Continue all over your head. For added curl, you can use a medium barrel curling iron to go back and curl each section, and then secure each curl again with a pin or clip and let cool & set for 10 to 15 minutes.
When hair has cooled, remove clips and use your fingers to gently fluff to get salon perfect hair. It’s amazing how much volume you can get with this method. As a finishing step, mist L’Oreal TechniArt Extreme Lacquer all over to give your curls all day hold.
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TECHNIQUE #3: CREATING HIGH VOLUME, HOLLYWOOD GLAMOUR WAVES
This method works really well for long hair, and with a little product, your hair can get volume that lasts all day!Start by applying L’Oreal Tecni Art Volume Envy Mousse to your hair. Next, power dry with a blow dryer. When hair is no longer damp, use a round brush with a large barrel to blow dry & style. Then, working one piece at a time, mist a section with L’Oreal Tecni Art Infinium 3, and wrap it around the barrel of a curling iron. Hold for a few seconds and then release. When each curl is released, use your fingers to coil it back up, and secure it near your scalp with a hair clip or pin. Continue doing this, until you have coils of curls all over your head. After curls have had a chance to cool and set, remove the pins and lightly brush to create Hollywood glamour waves! Mist once more with Infinium 3 for all day
hold.
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TECHNIQUE #4: VOLUME WITH VELCRO ROLLERS
If you’ve got a set of Velcro rollers, then you can create a great voluminous blowout in under 30 minutes. This is perfect for when you can’t make it into the salon for a professional blowout, and for those hectic days when you’re running late and don’t have enough time to go through the entire shampoo, blow dry and style rigmarole.
To get the look----wrap 2 inch sections of dry hair around large Velcro rollers. Then give each roller a shot of warm air from a blow dryer. Mist lightly with L’Oreal Tecni Art Infinium 3 hair spray, and then let the rollers cool down for about 20 minutes while you’re doing your makeup. When you take the rollers out, you’ll have a gorgeous blowout with great volume at the roots and bend at the ends.
TECHNIQUE #5: BLOW DRY YOUR HAIR UPSIDE DOWN
By using this technique of drying your hair, you are guaranteed to create volume when you toss your hair right side up! Apply a little Volume Envy mousse or Densite thickening primer to damp hair before you begin drying to give your hair added lift. Blow dry hair upside down, and then flip hair right side up to fluff and style when you’re done.
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