How to add volume to your hair

How to add volume to your hair

Beautiful curls are an undeniable advantage for the owner. Beautiful hair looks shiny, healthy and holds volume perfectly. How to give volume to the hairstyle? There are several ways. Use them together and enjoy the marvelous volume of your hairstyle.

Washing and care

Some girls think that it is necessary to give volume to curls only in the process of styling. This is an erroneous judgment, because only healthy and well-prepared strands can hold volume. Today there are a lot of shampoos on sale to give volume. Choose a product depending on the type of hair, because the product that suited your friend perfectly, can harm you. If your hair is dry or normal, buy a regular volume shampoo. There are shampoos with silicone and professional products with keratin and proteins. The former will work for you if you wash your hair often. Use the latter if your locks suffer not only from lack of volume, but also from more serious problems. For oily hair, the above shampoos will not work. Use your regular shampoo, and buy a balm to add volume. If you use products containing silicone, your strands will look extremely unkempt just a few hours after styling.

It is useful to make special masks. Pharmacies and hairdresser stores offer a lot of therapeutic oils that give volume. There are cheaper methods - masks for hair at home. To prepare such a remedy, mix 2-3 tablespoons of fat sour cream or jam, a shot of cognac and a couple of teaspoons of honey. Keep the remedy for about an hour. The mask will make your curls voluminous and give them incredible shine and silkiness.

Laying tips

How to add volume to your hair while styling? First of all, use styling products. It is better to use sprays rather than foams or mousses. Sprays are lighter in texture and stay on your locks longer. These products contain alcohol, so they do not quickly contaminate the hair.

Just before styling, lift hair up with your fingers and apply the spray to the roots. Make sure it doesn't get on the ends. Lower your head and blow dry with a hot stream of air, occasionally helping yourself with your fingers. Before the end of drying switch the hair dryer to cold mode. This will help to fix the result. Spray the roots with nail polish, but do not overdo it.

Take a fine-toothed comb and comb the hair from the roots. If you have a short haircut, you can do a generous amount of combing along the entire length or at the nape of the neck. For long-haired girls, a little combing at the back of the head is enough. Once again spritz the curls with lacquer at the roots. Then start styling. Do not comb your hair! Help yourself with your fingers.

Ladies with long hair can use a large or medium sized curler or use a curling iron. Curl your hair on them immediately after drying it  blow dryer. Remove them after 20 minutes, lower your head and lightly shake your strands.

Before you go to the hairdresser

Finally, remember a few secrets that will help you when you go to the salon. Haircuts give volume to curls hairdressing scissors with a deep fillet. If you have long hair, ask your hairdresser to only thin out the strands at the roots. Extremely short hairs cut at the back of the head work well. Trust me, they won't ruin your hairstyle, but you can comb or wax them to create the volume you need.

The visual volume is given by warm shades of hair. This is golden blond, light walnut, milk chocolate, any honey colors. Blondes can do a light melting.

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