Blow Dry Boot Camp: Voluminous and Bouncy

Want to look like you just stepped out of the salon? Follow these steps and you will produce voluminous and bouncy salon quality styled hair right in your own bathroom!

1. It all starts with a great shampoo and conditioner! Use a shampoo and conditioner that adds volume. Unless your hair is dry or damaged. If so, use a type that will nourish your locks with what it's lacking.
2. Towel dry your hair well.
3. Grab your styling products girls! You will need a root lifter, light gel or mouse, shine serum and hair spray. Apply the root lifter just at the roots (shocking, I know), and everything else but the hair spray mid shaft to ends. By using the right products your hair will be healthier, shinier and more manageable. All meaning....Easier to style! Plus, your style will hold much better! Do not skip this step.
4. Take your dryer and rough dry (do not use a brush) your hair until it's about 80% dry. Please advise, if your hair gets frizzy, do not over rough dry. It will just make it harder to smooth the frizz. 80% dry may be too much for you!
5. If applies, style your bangs.*Please refer to my posts Blow Dryers: Blow Me Away! and Brushing Up On Hair Brush Basics to ensure your using the right tools!
6. Attach the nozzle to your blow dryer (this helps control frizz).
7. Start at the bottom of your hair. Leave a section (the size of the barrel of the brush) down. Clip the rest up. Grab your round brush and dryer and get to work! Make sure you dry each section 100% to ensure no frizz and lock in the curl on the ends. *Remember the smaller the barrel on the round brush the more curl you will achieve and the opposite for larger sizes.
8. Continue up the rest of your head using the same size sections.
9. Shoot your hair with cold air to really set your style. 
10. If desired, grab your teasing brush and tease your hair a little in areas you want more lift.
11. End with an aerosol hair spray for extra hold.

Practice makes perfect and perfection takes more than 5 minutes to achieve! When your hair looks good, you feel good. You'll be doing double takes in the mirror!