3 BLOW DRYING TIPS That Will Change Your Life
My top 3 tips to help you achieve a salon blowout at home everyday:
TIP 1: Start your blowout by wrap-drying the front hairline (bangs, baby hairs, temples). Focusing on the hairline first is crucial because the hairline is where the finest hairs on your head live, and they dry the quickest. Before you do anything else, dry the hairline and control any cowlicks.
TIP 2: Always use a concentrator. The concentrator allows you to really seal the cuticle of the hair flat, and give yourself a blowout that will hold up in wetter or more humid weather. (*if your blow dryer comes with 2 concentrators, I recommend keeping the smaller, skinnier one – it will give you more control). Using a concentrator will allow you to dry the hair you have tension on in your brush and not the surrounding hair with no tension. What’s the point of sectioning if you’re hitting everything anyway…right?
TIP 3: Blow dry hair in this order: front hairline, side, other side, top, set top (optional), nape, crown. The reason for blow drying in this order is to get the most important parts before your arms get tired and before any cowlicks settle in. It also gives the hair on top time to set while you’re working on the back. It’s the most effective and efficient pattern I follow for every blowout.
DO THIS! (( RECAP)) :
1. Wrap-dry the hairline perimeter with a fine tooth hard rubber comb before getting the extra water out of your hair. The one I’m using in my video is the Y.S. Park 339 Fine Cutting Comb.
2. Nozzle/concentrator (if yours is too big, you can put a tiny elastic band around the end of the blow dryer and then wedge the concentrator on so it has a something to grip).
*Buy a replacement universal concentrator here.
3. Start blow drying the front half of your hair first, back half last.
*If anything, you can always re-wet a piece and blow dry it over again. It’s better to have a re-do on that section and get it right instead of drying in the mistake and fixing it later with the flat iron. My goal is always to try to get the best result with the least amount of heat and damage to the hair. 🙂
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