Blow dry
Now every woman has a hair dryer, because it is necessary not only to dry her hair, but also to make spectacular styling. Blow-drying is quite simple and can still look very impressive. Therefore, it is important to know how to blow-dry your hair correctly and how you can make the perfect styling for hair of different lengths.
Types of nozzles
For ease of use, the following nozzles are used:
- The most convenient is a hair dryer with a nozzle called a nozzle. This is a tip that has a shape tapering towards the end. It allows you to properly direct the air to the hair and dry them faster.
- Another useful hair dryer attachment is a diffuser.. It is necessary in order to create stylish and voluminous hairstyles.
- There are also professional models with a round comb. This is a great option for those women who have short hair, as well as for women with bangs. A hair dryer with a round comb nozzle allows you to twist the ends or make styling more voluminous. Nozzles in the form of a round comb can be both large and small. Moreover, in case you have long hair, it is better for you to choose larger nozzles, and for short hair, small combs-tips for a hair dryer are suitable.
- There are also hair dryers with rotating brush at the end, they are very convenient to use, because you only need to bring the nozzle to the ends of the hair and hold it for a while, it will curl the hair itself. In addition, you can easily straighten your hair with the brush attachment. This is a very convenient nozzle with which you can quickly dry your hair and do any styling. This is much more convenient than using a regular hair dryer and comb, since this option includes both of these elements at once.
How to dry your hair properly?
In order to properly dry your hair, you need to do it, following a number of rules and not making mistakes. Many people violate the rules of styling with a hairdryer, which leads not only to damage, but also to a deterioration in the condition of the hair:
- So the first rule is that it is necessary to blow-dry only not too wet hair. After visiting the shower or bath, you need to dry your hair a little with a towel, it will remove excess moisture by absorbing it.
- In no case should you proceed to styling if there are still drops of water on the tips, hair should be about 60% dry before styling. This rule must be observed, since the hair dryer can have a negative effect in this case: wet hair overheats very quickly, water literally boils on the hair, which leads to overdrying, splitting, dandruff and even loss.
- The next rule is not to forget that the hair needs to be dried not only at the ends, but also near the roots, after all, mostly women dry their hair along the length, not paying attention to the root zone. This can create the effect of dirty hair, because the hair will hang ugly. Drying hair near the roots allows you to create a beautiful and natural volume.Thus, you can make the perfect styling, which will be comparable to the salon.
- It is also better to use a product for hair volume near the roots., gently driving it into the hair at the base. This must be done with your fingertips. After that, you can already move on to styling your hair with a hairdryer, and it is necessary to dry them starting from the roots, gradually descending lower and lower, as if letting the moisture down. To do this, it is better to use a comb that will help you expel the water, so the hair must be combed smoothly throughout the entire blow-drying.
What is needed for the procedure?
For styling at home, it will be necessary to use various means. First of all, you will need a hair dryer, it is desirable that it be a professional or at least a semi-professional tool. It must necessarily give a flow of hot and cold air. To create beautiful and perfectly smooth strands, you will also need an iron. When styling, you may also need a curling iron or curlers, with their help you can create curls or perfect curls.
Also, when laying, thermal protective agents are very often used. They are able to prevent the negative effects of all devices that give high temperatures. Another necessary attribute of perfect styling is a small comb, which has a long pointed tip on the back. It is needed so that you can make an even parting or break your hair into parts and sectors during styling.
Necessary for laying will be brushing is a round comb that has teeth all over the working surface.It is better if you have such combs of different sizes in your arsenal, they will help create both small and rounded curls, with their help you can make perfect curls without using a curling iron. Also, this kind of comb will help to give a beautiful volume. Also, during styling, some need a massage comb. It allows you to evenly comb your hair before styling, without tearing it out.
And, of course, any styling assumes that you will transform the curls one by one, dividing them into strands and sectors. To do this, you will need to use various accessories, such as crabs, clips, elastic bands. They are integral attributes of any female styling.
Also, you will definitely need to use various gels, hair waxes, mousses, foams. All of them have their purpose: mousses and foams with a light texture allow you to make styling more natural and get a spectacular hairstyle. Gels are used in modeling, because they perfectly fix the strands in the right position, without weighing them down. Waxes are usually applied to the ends of the hair or individual strands in order to highlight an individual curl and give it shine. They are designed for point use and are able to complete the hairstyle. A very important element in styling is hairspray, it allows you to perfectly style each strand and fix the entire hairstyle as a whole.
General Tips and Tricks
In order to make the hair dryer itself, it is necessary to use specialized tools for their intended purpose.Do not try to use one - a protective agent for the entire styling, even if it is written on it that it can create volume and make hair smoother, as well as fix it in the desired position. For each manipulation there are special tools, such as varnish, gel or foam. They do their job like nothing else, so they should not be replaced. Thermal protectants, on the other hand, should only protect the hair from drying out, so you should not attach more importance to it when modeling.
An important recommendation is that it is better to use foam for styling dark hair, it is also acceptable to use gel. In this case, you can even use wax, because dark curls will look very smooth and beautiful.
But if you have a fair head, you better not use gels, otherwise you will create the appearance of dirty hair. It is also better for owners of blond hair to refuse to use varnishes with a dense texture during blow-drying, as they make the strands heavier and make the styling not so elegant. This rule also applies to owners of fine hair.
Another important tip for proper drying is that in no case should you ignore the nozzles for a hair dryer. The most versatile is the nozzle that comes with any hair dryer, that is, round with a tapering tip. It is able to concentrate hot air exactly on the part of the hair where you direct it. If you refuse to use it, you will not make beautiful styling, but randomly arranged hair.
Also, when drying, it is necessary to direct the hair dryer to each strand separately, moving along it slowly and gradually, you should not dry your entire head at once in a chaotic manner.
At first glance, it seems that if you dry the entire head, then this process will take you much less time, but this is not so: if you dry the strands one by one, you will get a beautiful styling in a shorter time, and all hair will dry evenly.
With a diffuser
Everyone knows that hair dryers, and especially professional models, have several nozzles in their kit. One of them is a diffuser. It is presented in the form of a round nozzle with long and slightly closed tips, which contribute to faster drying of the hair and their straightening during the drying process. There are also short semi-protrusions on the diffuser, with which you can easily make the volume yourself and achieve the perfect hair texture after styling. The technique is as follows:
- So, as with any styling, you first need to wash your hair. It is necessary to remove excess moisture by squeezing the hair several times with a towel, then you can wait about 5 minutes, and after that proceed to blow-drying.
- Before using this device, you must apply a protective agent, if you need it, as well as varnishes, foams, gels and so on.
- The diffuser is used to make a lush hairstyle, but do not disturb the structure of the hair.
Diffuser styling is perfect for those women who have unusual haircuts in layers or ladders. Laying with this device will help lift each strand near the roots and dry it quickly. It is usually done only on short or medium length hair.
- So, when the hair is prepared, you need to use foam to add volume. Apply just a little of this product in the palm of your hand and rub, and then gently distribute through all the hair.
- Bring the hair dryer with a diffuser to the roots, and only then turn it on.
- Laying should be carried out with massage circular movements. Thus, it is necessary to dry the head until all areas are completely dry. So you get a very interesting styling in a short time.
For long
In order to make beautiful styling on hair below shoulder length, you can not only give it volume or straighten it, but also achieve elegant waves. To do this, you need a medium-sized round mesh brush. With it, you can create a classic Hollywood hairstyle on long hair:
- Initially needed wash your hair, comb it and gently apply the foam on them.
- Then you need wind each curl separately on such a round comb, starting from the ends and ending with the base of the hair.
- After that you can turn on the hair dryer and dry the curled curls with hot air through the comb.
- As soon as the hair is dry, the strands need to be removed from the comb, straightened a little with your hands and smooth, and then fix with varnish. This procedure must be repeated on all strands.
For short and medium lengths
Short hair can be styled in different ways. You can make the famous “cascade” styling, which will add volume to your hairstyle. To do this, it is better to use a round comb with a small diameter. This is a multi-layered styling, which is very lush and interesting. Any styling of short hair with a hair dryer involves more volume than on long hair, so all strands must be lifted with your fingers and not smoothed after drying.You can even tilt your head forward and comb the bottom hair a little, and then style the top.
Any hairstyle on short curls should be well fixed with varnish. The easiest way to do the following styling option:
- a round comb with a large diameter must be brought to the roots, place strands of hair on it, and then start them drying on the outside;
- this should be done with all hair.
This way you will quickly cope with styling short hair with a hairdryer.
In order to blow-dry medium-length hair, you can do voluminous styling with both a diffuser and a round comb. You can even twist curls and stretch your hair, because the average hair length is the most versatile, so in this case, almost any styling will do. The following is very interesting:
- Initially need tilt your head down and dry your hair at the base using the classic hair dryer attachment without touching the middle and bottom part.
- After the roots have dried a little, hair should be treated with foam along the entire length.
- After that you need change from regular nozzle to diffuser and take a wide strand, wrapping it around him.
- Then it is necessary bring the hair dryer to your head and gently dry each strand.
- Then you need spray varnish and squeeze each strand a little.
- Then you need tousle the curls a little with your fingers, to give them more volume.
This is a very simple and effective styling that any woman can do.
Making curls
In order to learn how to make beautiful curls on your own at home, you need to follow some recommendations. To do this, you will need a hair dryer and a comb, as well as a curling iron or other device with which you curl the strands.
First you need to apply a modeling agent to each strand. The main thing is that it does not include alcohol in its composition, since it can damage the hair structure, especially under the influence of high temperatures.
While you distribute it, run through each strand with a comb. This will allow you to most correctly and evenly apply this product to your hair.
You need to take a comb in one hand, and a hair dryer in the other. In order to make waves, you need:
- Retreat from the roots about 3 cm and insert a comb clove into this gap at an angle of 90 ° from each strand.
- Then you must gradually move the comb to the right side by about 1.5 centimeters, so the strands will be laid out in the direction to the right in the form of a wave.
- After that you need turn the comb with the teeth towards you, while the waves must be kept on the teeth.
- Pull the comb forward about an inch towards you.. Then it will be necessary to direct the hair dryer with hot air to the left side and gradually dry the resulting wave line.
- This procedure is necessary repeat several times until each line is dry.
- Then after each such wave you need to step back a few centimeters and repeat the steps again, withforming other curls.
- Then you need to carefully straighten them, carefully spreading them over the head.
So you can make a beautiful wavy styling and get even curls.
Bangs
It is very easy to style bangs with a hair dryer. You can do this with ordinary curlers and a hair dryer:
- For this it is necessary wind the front hair on large curlers and dry them with a hairdryer.
- After that you can fix the bangs with varnish for hair.
This is a very simple method that is perfect for adding volume to straight bangs.
You can also very beautifully lay the bangs on the side. To do this, you need to treat the wet strands with mousse or foam, and then gently comb them with pulling movements with a round brush and dry them with a hair dryer at the same time, and you need to pull the bangs in the direction of one of the sides. The result should be fixed with hairspray.
How to do blow-dry styling and where to start, see the following video.