4 ways to create volume in your hair
How many times have you been fooled by yet another hairspray, powder, or mousse that promises to give life to your flat, lifeless hair only to work for a matter of minutes?
Women with thin and limp hair know the battle all too when it comes to creating volume. Here are four, simple ways to combat flat hair at home.
1. Cut back on washing
This may seem strange since hair tends to be limpest when oily, but if you over-wash your hair, you strip it of essential oils that keep in healthy and lifted.
2. Wash with baking soda
When you do wash your hair, use one part baking soda and three parts water. It clarifies and adds volume to your hair by removing the build up from dirt, shampoo and conditioner that could be weighing down your roots.
3. Change your part
Never let your hair get use to a part, this can lead to cowlicks and even hair thinning. Switch up your part every morning to help keep your roots lifted, or, simply wear a different hairstyle.
4. Blow dry upside-down
Let gravity take its natural path and blow dry your hair from the roots down while it is flipped away from the scalp. Use a light hairspray that you find works for you, but wait 30 seconds after spraying it before you stand up straight again. This is how long hairspray takes to set.
Do you have a go-to technique, or product that creates hair volume for you? Share it with the community in the comments below.
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