Health & Fitness
Best Holiday Blow Out Can Be Achieved In Your Own Home.
HOW TO DO IT YOURSELF BLOW DRY!
You may not have time to make it to the salon for that perfect professional blowout. Ahhhh, the perfect blowout. How is it you never really look as put together as you do when you leave the salon after a professional blow dry? Is there magic to the hair care and achieving the perfect blowout or is it possible, just possible to do it yourself? Actually, it is, as long as you follow the right steps.
A good blowout can last several days. Once you learn how to do it the right way and you take your time, you should be able to keep the look for several days. If you find hair is getting greasy, a bit of baby powder along the crown not only soaks up oils, it adds body. Or you can use a dry shampoo. I like Bed Head's 'Dirty Little Secret'
Here is a step by step on how to get the blow out you get at a salon.
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What You Need
- Styling product for your hair type
- Wide-tooth comb
- Clips or ponytail holders
- Blowdryer
- Wide-barrelled brush, preferably a mix of boar and synthetic bristles
Difficulty: Average
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Time Required: 15-30 minutes, depending on length and thickness of hair
Here's How:
- Start with freshly-washed hair.
If you have dry hair, use a conditioner in the shower. If you have fine hair, condition only the ends. Towel dry to get rid of excess moisture. You can't do a blowout with super wet hair or it will take forever.
- Apply product to towel-dried hair.
A good styling product is key to the perfect blowout. Aerate by Redken adds body to limp fine hair. And Dieci by La Brasiliana helps to smooth out thick course hair.
If hair is still pretty wet, use a dryer to remove excess moisture before you start the blowdry or let hair airdry for a few minutes. I like to get the hair almost 90% dry before I put a brush to it!
Divide combed hair into sections and secure with clips or ponytail holders. I find winding hair into mini buns -- two in the back and one on each side — works best. If you have super thick or heavy hair, try dividing each of your sections. One above the other helps manage the blowout. Leave out a section to start with.
Stylists know the secret to the perfect blowout is to start with your fingers. Pull your fingers through hair starting at the roots. Pull hair out a few inches and hold it while you use the dryer to shoot air at the crown on down. A brush can only get so close to the scalp!
Now that your roots are dry, it's time to move on to a round-barreled brush. Pull the brush through hair as you blowdry, pointing the nozzle downward onto hair (this supposedly helps with frizz).
As you pull the brush through hair, follow the brush with the dryer. Make sure the dryer is in the same direction as the hair. DON'T blow the dryer the opposite way of the hair shaft. That will cause frizz!
The last step for each section is to pull hair taut with the brush and blast it with cool air from your dryer.
Weigh down random frizzy bits with a shine serum or balm. We like "mineral elixir" by Redken. Skip this step if you have limp, oily hair.
