Do you want lots of volume while keeping hair shiny and flexible? You can achieve amazing results by “cocktailing” your hair products, adding color and getting the right cut to help your hair swell to desired fullness, yet remain soft and flowing.
Try cocktailing different hair products together; Use small amounts of each to start… you can always add more… Have fun and experiment! Try concoctions you might not think of… the curl defining gel with a straight and shine product. This will create a whole different texture to your hair. Don’t be afraid to try new things, and don’t let product just sit unused! The usual shelf life is approximately one year… Use it or lose it!
Incorporate a clarifying shampoo into your rotation. Clarifying shampoos will strip hair of environmental toxins and product build-up, allowing hair to swell. However, clarifying formulas should be used sparingly!
Hair color along with highlights and lowlights will cause naturally fine or thin strands to fatten due to the chemical change that occurs in the cuticle when color is applied. The outer hair shaft is less slippery after coloring or bleaching. This means that hair has more friction making your hair appear fuller with more volume and movement.
Work with a hair color professional for strategically placed highlights or lowlights that are placed to add the illusion of fullness. Skillfully colored hair with a dimensional pattern of contrasting light and dark colors will appear to have more volume.
Anyone can add volume to their look whether they have short, medium or long hair. While some hair textures are more conducive to bigger hair looks, almost any texture from thick to thin can also have a fatter head of hair.
Hair will definitely benefit from cuts that are formed from well-conceived and executed layers, shapes and edges. Bobs and skillfully layered styles are often perfect to give hair more instant movement and fullness. In some cases very fine hair looks fatter when cut all one length.
Keep in mind that the longer the hair, the heavier it is and the harder it becomes for the roots to support it. For maximum volume consider going shorter rather than longer.