The 3 Most Common BLOW DRYING MISTAKES

Do you think you’re a pro at blow drying?  Or do you think you could use a few new hairstyling tips? 

Keep reading to see if you are actually making any of these common blow drying mistakes: 

SCENARIO 1.  YOU FLIP YOUR HEAD OVER AND START BLOW DRYING TO GET THE WATER OUT.  

WHAT REALLY HAPPENS: When you flip your head over your hair is lifted as far away from your scalp as possible, and then drying it like that is going to make it stick straight up when you flip your head back to a normal upright position and encourage the cowlicks to pop up.  

THE FIX: Before you get the water out, just wrap dry the very front hairline with a fine tooth hard rubber comb.  Follow with a paddle brush.  This gets the baby hairs, bangs, or cowlicks to lay flat to the head.  Then you can flip your head over to get most of the water out before you tackle the rest of the blowout.  Spending the 2 minutes to do that while your hair is still wet, before any kinks settle in, will give you a way better end result, and you won’t have to rely on your straightener to fix it after. The most fragile little hairs are around the hairline, so you want to spare them heat whenever possible.    

SCENARIO 2.  YOU BOUGHT A REALLY GOOD BLOW DRYER – NO, LIKE A PROFESSIONAL ONE, BUT YOU THREW OUT THE CONCENTRATOR NOZZLE.

WHAT REALLY HAPPENS: Your hair is still frizzy and kind of wavy/curly at the roots.   If you don’t have the nozzle/concentrator on the end of your blow dryer and you start drying your hair, you are actually drying hair outside of your “controlled zone” on the brush, that doesn’t have any tension on it, so you  end up drying the wave into it and trying to smooth it out after it’s dried in, when it’s too late. 

THE FIX: There is a possibility that you can purchase a replacement nozzle/concentrator for your specific blowdryer.  OR there is a chance that an aftermarket universal one may fit your blowdryer.  Blow drying with a concentrator will give you a smoother, shinier blowout and you’ll be able to focus on drying just the hair in the brush and not the rest of it, until it’s that section’s turn.  You won’t need the straightener after, because you will only have dried in the style you want, not the ridges you don’t.  Another way to spare your hair a few passes with the flat iron = #WINNING.

SCENARIO 3. YOU CLIP YOUR HAIR UP AND START BLOW DRYING SECTIONS AT THE NAPE OF YOUR NECK AND YOU WORK YOUR WAY UP.

WHAT REALLY HAPPENS:  Your arms end up tired by the time you get to the top, and it doesn’t have any volume. The fronts of hair styles for women is the most important part!  If you start in the back, you’re wasting good arm strength on the part no one ever sees.  It makes more sense to attack the tricky part that matters the most when your arms are fresh.

THE FIX:  Start at the front (from your ears forward).  Begin with the first 2″ of hairline around the perimeter, and then side, other side, and the top last.  This is where you have the opportunity to set the top (in rollers, or brushes) while you finish up the back.  It gets it out of your way, plus it gives it time to cool down while lifted up to achieve the most volume.   

TO sum up this post:

DON’T DO THIS:

1. Flip your head over and start blowdrying to get the water out first.

2. Throw out the nozzle/concentrator.

3. Start blow drying at the nape of your neck first.  

Click here to see how I wrap-dry the front hairline.

Know somebody that needs some blow drying help? … Share this! Xo Ashley

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