Keep your crowning glory healthy, lustrous and stylish and it will definitely add to your beauty. You can tell a lot by a person’s locks and well a groomed hairstyle will flatteringly frame your face. Curly or straight, we show you how to get salon styles in the comfort of your own home.

If you have straight hair and you want sleekness

Apply styling lotion to damp ends and work it through with a wide-tooth comb.

Flip head upside down and aim dryer at the roots. Get hair three quarter dry, then divide hair into four or five sections and secure with clips.

Start with a back section and using a large, round brush, dry hair from roots to ends, moving brush and hairdryer (with nozzle attached) downward together.

Work a pea-size amount of a shine-enhancing gloss thorough hair, from ends to roots. Run a flatiron down top layers.

 

If you have straight hair and you want volume

Smooth in a dab of texturizer to towel-dried roots.

Lift hair with fingers and focus dryer at roots from 6″ away.

When hair is nearly dry, spritz roots with volumizing spray. Rolling hair forward around face with medium-size brush, blow-dry a bit more.

Wrap hair around large rollers and pin. For a natural look, leave hair around face alone. Aim dryer at rollers; spritz with more spray. Remove rollers. Flip head upside down and shake.

 

If you have curly hair and you want soft waves

Prep wet hair with a tiny amount of styling lotion at roots. To control frizz, work in a pea-size amount of serum or smoothening balm mid-strand down to ends.

Pin down any natural waves near your face before starting on rest of hair. Place a diffuser on your dryer, set it on low (warm or hot) and dry.

While drying, use your fingers to comb through hair, and pull some pieces at the ends to loosen and elongate curls. When dry, gently shake your head form side to side and lightly push curls into place with fingers.

 

If you have curly hair and you want sleek, straight hair

Apply straightening balm to damp locks, then blow-dry face-framing hair with a nozzle. Use a round brush to pull hair taut.

Next, work on sides, clipping hair from top out of the way. Run brush over each layer while drying from roots to ends.

Roll ends under with brush and dry. Pull top strands down front with brush to dry.

Coax hair back to the sides to dry. Last, brush your hair for sleekness. You could also apply a heat-protector, then smooth down small sections with a flatiron.

 

Blowing Tips

Straight hair

Don’t use conditioner on roots and rinse thoroughly

Don’t blow dry super wet hair because it’s fragile and likely to break. Towel-dry until hair feels damp.

Don’t dry against direction of hair growth. Angle nozzle towards ends for smoothness.

Don’t be a flat top. Do use volumizing spray on roots; lift hair away from scalp when drying.

Don’t overwork fine hair. It will flop if handled too much.

Curly hair

Don’t shampoo daily; rinse and use an oil-free conditioner instead to help control flyways.

Don’t try to blow-dry hair straight unless you’ve got at least 45 minutes. It’s a disaster to only do they front and not the back.

Don’t pull hard on hair when blowing straight (it can break). Glide brush and dryer from root to end. Repeat.

Don’t flip head over to blow-dry. It makes curls balloon.

Picture credits to: Marie Claire, Allure, In Style, OSalon, Mis Quince Mag

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