Right about now, the last trace of volume from your Sunday-night blowout is deflating. Good thing we're here to drop some easy tricks that hairstylists use to eke one last day out of it. (If you're not a blowout kind of gal, they work on air-dried hair, too.)
Get fake-clean with dry shampoo.
If you dread washing your hair, you probably already know that dry shampoo is a godsend. (Sachajuan Volume Powder and Oribe Dry Texturizing Spray are two of my personal faves.) For everyone else: Not only does dry shampoo soak up oil, it also adds volume to your roots. Mist it along either side of your part, and then massage it in with your fingertips. Or get a little ambitious and tease the area with a comb. Either way, you'll get impressive volume.
Use it to add volume and body to the length of your hair, too.
Flip your head over and mist dry shampoo on the underside of your hair. It'll give you a fuller overall look while keeping the shine in your top layer. That's a trick I picked up from hair genius Serge Normant, who works with celebrities like Julia Roberts. And it's saved me from having to start over on my hair around a zillion times.
Do the ol' wavy-hair switcheroo.
Soft, wavy hair looks fuller than pin-straight strands (and when you change up your look a little, no one will guess that your hair is on day three). Grab a medium- or large-barrel curling iron—the bigger the barrel, the looser your waves—and twist your hair around it from about ear-height down. Just keep in mind that it's best to leave out the bottom inch or so: It's the difference between natural-looking waves and prom hair. Brush the waves out with a boar-bristle paddle brush. Voilà.
Use your hands.
If you're really in a pinch (as in reading this at work and all of sudden wishing you kept a curling iron or dry shampoo at your desk), there's a bonus to having hair that's a little dirty. It holds styles better than clean hair, meaning that just massaging it will add a little bit of volume. Use the pads of your fingertips to lift your hair at the roots, the crown, on the lengths—wherever you need a little boost.
RELATED LINKS
⋅ Ask Allure: Three Tips for Fine Hair
⋅ Daily Beauty Reporter: Hair: How to Get the Most Out of a Volumizer
⋅ Daily Beauty Reporter: Hair: Our New Favorite Volumizing Hair Trick
