The Power of a Good Hair Day
We all know the feeling of walking out the door with your hair looking perfect. It feels soft, flowy, and bouncy; you feel like you can conquer anything! Recently, we’ve been seeing the “90’s style” blowout come back into fashion, and lets just say we’re obsessed! A bouncy and beautiful blowout makes any of us girls feel so beautiful, and here and The Edge we’re going to tell you how to achieve this perfect look.
Step 1:
Wash your hair using whatever shampoo and conditioner that works best for you. Make sure to scrub your scalp really well and only condition the ends of your hair. If you want to achieve extra volume and softness, we recommend using Moroccanoil’s Extra Volume Shampoo & Conditioner.
Step 2:
After you’ve washed your hair, let it get about 50 percent dry on its own and then apply heat protectant. Heat protectant is vital in order to protect the health of your hair from heat damage and to keep your ends thick. Make sure to spray this all over your hair, especially rubbing it into your ends. Any drugstore heat protectant of your choosing will do just fine. Our favorite is Pantene’s “Thermal Heat Primer,” which you can get for under $10 at your local Target.
Step 3:
Yay! The heat protectant has been applied. Now, for your third step, let the heat protectant sink in. This way, you’re making sure your hair is absorbing the product. Let your hair continue drying until it’s about 60-65 percent dry. Now, this is when the blow drying starts! Grab whatever standard blow dryer and begin drying your hair until it’s approximately 90 percent dry. Personally, I love using the “Conair 1875” dryer. You can get it for under $15 at Walmart, and it always leaves my hair so soft. Here’s a tip: bend down and dry your hair backwards to add even more volume!
Step 4:
This is one of our favorite steps, and one of our all time favorite items. Section your hair off in whatever way works best for the amount of hair you have. You’re going to want to take a blow drying brush. A round brush accompanied by a blow dryer will do just fine as well. Our favorite product is the “Drybar Double Shot Blow-Dryer.” I know it’s on the pricier side. However, it’s an amazing product that’s still in perfect condition after using it for three years and always gives me a voluminous look! You’re going to wrap it around your hair around the brush in circular motions, hold it for about 5 seconds, then let it go and see beautiful, bouncy, and loose curls. Do this for each section of your hair to create that bouncy 90’s style look.
Step 5:
Some might choose to skip this final step, but we promise it’s worth it! Rollers: we’ve seen them all on TikTok and know that hair rollers are making a comeback in 2022. We totally understand how they’re frustrating and don’t always stick in your hair. But, follow along with the Edge’s tips and we promise you’ll thank us later. After you finish using your blow drying brush, before letting your hair cool down, immediately grab a roller and tightly roll it through that strand of hair. Some helpful tips: don’t use the same size of rollers for each strand; start small and use bigger ones towards the top of your head to create lots of volume. Leave the rollers in your hair for about 15-20 minutes, and before taking them out, make sure to use some hair spray to keep the texture and volume!
Take those rollers out gently and there you go! You’ll have beautiful, gorgeous, voluminous hair to take on the day. We hope these tips will help, and remember everyone is beautiful no matter what!