When you spend the time and money getting a blowdry, you want it to last. However, since we’re not all professional hairstylists, that often becomes more of a wish than a reality. We have helped determine the top tips for making your blowdry last overnight and even for days to come. Curious how to maintain your blowdry? Keep reading to discover our nine tried-and-tested voluminous hair hacks.
1. Use Dry Shampoo, But Don’t Overdo It
If you’re someone who naturally gets very oily roots very quickly post-shower, lightly apply dry shampoo before you actually need it gravely. This will absorb unwanted moisture and impurities that can way down your hair and wreak havoc on your hairstyle. Just remember, less is more! No need to cover a fresh blowdry in dry shampoo. For the best result, sprits dry shampoo in sections – not once over your part. Make partings and open up your hair, spray it right on the roots (section by section), then work it in with your fingers and brush it out with a boar or natural bristle flat brush. The ingredients absorb oil from your scalp and roots like tiny sponges, but you want to remove that oil loaded product with a brush. Don’t let it sit in there.
2. Use a Silk Pillowcase
If you don’t trust yourself to not roll around in your sleep, opting for the hair-ver-the-pillow method might not be the best option for you. Sleeping on a silk pillow will help keep your blowout looking freshly styled. That’s because the ultra-smooth finish of the pillowcase won’t inadvertently snag the structure of your hair, so you’ll be able to maintain smoothness and shine without worrying about waking up to frizz come morning.
3. Try a Restyling Spray
Following a fantastic blowout, you might be afraid to introduce any sort of wet mist to your mane. That said if you have bangs or your hair’s begun to fall a touch flat, reach for a restyling spray. By spritzing your hair with a restyling spray before a spritz of dry shampoo, you can style your hair with a brush and hairdryer to make it look fresh out of the salon once more.
Fun fact: Restyling sprays are great beyond trying to extend the life of your blowdry. They work wonders at releasing ponytail wrinkles, rehydrating dry ends, protecting hair against heat, and reactivating products already within the hair.
4. Add a Dry Texturising Spray to Your Routine
Following a blowdry, we recommend finishing the look with a dry texture finishing spray to give it a little hold and a lot of styles. Then steer clear or products for a couple of days before reintroducing the texture hero back into your hair care routine.
5. Sleep With Your Hair Up Over The Pillow
(Rather than under your head and neck). Extending the life of your blowdry goes beyond knowing which haircare products to use. It’s also important to know how to sleep on your blowdry without messing it up. One such way is to sleep with your hair pulled up over the pillow. Snoozing this way will prevent you from rolling over on your volume and curls, hopefully protecting it from deflating overnight.
6. Sleep in a Top Knot (Or Ponytail)
No time to run out and buy a new silk pillowcase? Or perhaps you don’t like the sleek feel? Whatever the case may be, another option is to pull your hair into the highest ponytail possible and to gently tie it at the roots (preferably with a silk hair tie or other non-crimping option) before twisting it into a topknot. This way you won’t have a kink (at least not in your hair) come morning.
7. Avoid Touching Your Hair as Much as Possible
Last but not least – and, quite honestly, it should probably be mentioned before you even step out of the salon – don’t touch your hair. Your hands are covered in dirt, bacteria and natural oils that can quickly take hair from fab to drab. So, as stunning as your locks look all blown out, do your best to keep your hands off.