After a truly epic homemade pupusa recipe fail today (I’m officially leaving that one to the experts!) I decided to scrap a dinner post in favor of sharing a fantastic tip for adding tons of volume to otherwise flat hair via, what else, Pinterest.
I realize this is primarily a food blog, but hey, variety is the spice of life! Pun intended.
A Ridiculously Easy Way to Add Volume to Flat Hair:
(Pardon the fuzzy iPhone pic!)
Backstory:
I have the most ridiculous hair in the world (is it just me, or does every girl feel this way?!) Each hair is fine, but there’s lots of it, and my mane will hold a curl for approximitely 13 seconds before becoming flat and stringy. Therefore I can wear it straight, straight, or – wait for it – straight.
Because of my hair’s texture, it’s also really hard for me to achieve volume at the roots and crown of my head without a wicked teasing sesh and half a can of hairspray. It works, I suppose, but then I’m walking around with crusty hair all day, you know?
Anyway, last week I was surfing Pinterest when I came across a post for giving straight hair, lasting volume. The post (which I can’t find now) was great, but a lot of the tips had to do with blow drying your hair upside down. This worked really well for the gal in the post, but I have wicked baby hairs and flyaways that stick straight up in the air all day if I blow my hair out upside down.
Still with me?
The moral of the story is, there was one tip in the post for achieving epic volume at the roots of your hair that I had never heard before, and was positively giddy to try.
The Tip:
Shampoo your hair with volumizing shampoo, then rinse clean like normal. Next, condition your entire head – roots to tips – with volumizing conditioner. Before you rinse the conditioner out, squeeze a bit of shampoo into your hands, then add a little water and work it into a lather. Work the lather into just your scalp, then rinse the shampoo and conditioner out. Blow dry and style like normal.
I am telling you, with no other changes made to my hair routine, I have gone from nearly no volume at the roots and crown of my head, to this (which is a lot of volume, for me!)
(Pardon the same fuzzy iPhone pic!)
I was leery about putting conditioner into my roots, because I’ve always heard it weighs hair down creating the dreaded flat-head effect, but from just this one, teeny-tiny change in my shower routine, my hair now has oomph like it’s never had before. Plus it lasts all day! I just had to share. :)
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Do you have “challenging” hair? What products and tips do you love?
Haha you really made me laugh with this one! Not because of the topic, but how you put it :D I must say I’m blessed with volume, but this trick is awesome! Your hair looks great :) One of my friends has very ‘flat’ hair, so she’ll love this, I’ll make sure to tell her!
ooh i need to try this, my hair is exactly like yours thanks for the tip :)
I’m laughing because as I was reading your post about flat hair I’m trying to flatten mine out. I went for a haircut today and the hairdresser always poofs it up. I have too much hair and it’s course so in the blink of an eye it’s well…poofed big time. Ah we are never happy with what we have, are we?
I have tons of baby fine straight hair. The only thing i have found works for me, in addition to the blow drying upside down, is Redkin Wool Shake 08 Gel-Slush Texturizer. You put it on your roots and then either leave it be, or if you dry your hair afterwards, it softens up but still holds. Pretty awesome.
My hair is super thick and super fine at the same time, so I know your pain! Thank you so much for sharing.
Tresemme dry shampoo changed my world. It’s amazing for volumized roots without backcombing, and if I spray a fine mist of it all over my clean hair before I curl it holds the style so much longer. There’s also a product called Dust It that my stylist uses for my sad flat hair – it’s a little pricey (you can get it at Ulta) but it is awesome.
I love that shampoo and conditioner too! The price isn’t too shabby either :)
Sigh. I have super thick, long, wavy hair. Not nice waves either. I’ve found hairs that have curled up on themselves or ones that look similar in texture to African American hair. I’m completely hairstyling inept so I usually just toss it in a braid.
I use Aveeno shampoo and conditioner. It doesn’t wow me, but I hate going to the store and having to pick from the hundreds upon hundreds of shampoos. Anyone have any recommendtions? Has anyone ever tried the baking soda shampoo/ACV rinse method?
I have the same exact hair that you do! To get some body, I’ll tease the crown a tad and use hairspray. I’m definitely going to try your trick though. One Question: Do you air dry or blow dry?
I blow dry. If I air dry, my hair just sticks straight against my head like a helmet :(
I have super flat hair too but have always heard ‘don’t condition your roots’…I’ll give this a try though. Thanks for sharing!
I have curly hair, but it’s fine and I have a lot of it. I use something called sebastian potion 9. I just come it through and let my hair air dry. It works great every single time. Of course, I think it’s being discontinued because I have problems finding it in stores. I can still get it at ulta, or I buy it on amazon.
At my last haircut, my stylist introduced me to a crazy product called “Resurrection Dust” by Label M – just a sprinkle under a few sections of hair creates all sorts of funky volume. [I felt like Bill Nye the Science Guy should be there.] Throughout the day (or the next day), you can re-scrunch at the roots to bring it right back. At almost $30 for a teeny tiny jar, I couldn’t bare to buy it… but I think I will take the plunge soon!
http://labelm.com/uk/product/344/label.m-resurrection-style-dust
Love Kenra Platinum line for color treated hair. Feel like my color stays fresher looking a bit longer. Thick curly hair for me so just keep it short and I don’t have fuss with it too much. My favorite product is the Kenra Platinum Texturizing Taffy…it’s bright lavender-Fun! Adds definition to my curls & smells great :-)