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Six tips for great hair

Give your hair a lift with these expert curl and clever styling tips.
Healthy Hair

It’s time to think big when it comes to hair. Modern looks are all about texture, movement and volume, so now’s the time to swap your straightening irons for curling tongs. layered haircut with framing around the face to give you more texture and movement and allow volume to be created.

Stylist Brad Lepper of Auckland’s French Revolver Studio says:

1. Go for a… layered haircut with framing around the face to give you more texture and movement and allow volume to be created.

2. Invest in… curling tongs with a medium-sized barrel and try this technique for any length of hair: Take vertical sections of hair, curling one section forward and then the next section back, always directing hair towards the nose of the tongs. Then spritz a light hairspray onto your hands and squeeze into the curl. Shake out to achieve a looser result. Never brush a curl!

3. Or why not try… creating a curl with your straightening irons? Use them in the same motion as you do scissors when curling a ribbon. You’ll get a softer and more natural result.

4. Get root lift… by blow-drying hair upside down on a hot setting and then on a cold.

5. Revive next day hair… by using the blow-dryer on a cold setting and some Sebastian Thickefy Foam $40 to reactivate your style and smooth out any wayward frizz.

6. Fake it… with colour. The balayage freehand colouring technique is a great way to create movement and separation in a hairstyle.

Take a look at these six of the best hair volume products here.

Image: Sevak Babakhani/ bauersyndication.com.au

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