A voluminous, airy hairstyle is a highly desirable product of a real salon experience. By providing your clients with the right blowout, you can keep them coming back, month after month, year after year. Fortunately, doing so doesn’t have to be time-consuming or difficult. Let’s take a look at a few of the key components.
Start with the Right Tools
A salon-level dryer is essential if you want to deliver a salon-level experience. You’ll want something that delivers a reliable stream of air. That means shopping for a professional quality hair dryer. A higher wattage tends to correlate with a more powerful motor and fan. Thick, coarse hair might require anything up to 2000 watts.
If you’re worried about things like efficiency and running costs, then it’s worth bearing in mind that a more powerful dryer will be able to get the job done more quickly. It’s rarely efficient to have a client sitting in a chair for longer than they have to. By getting hair dry quickly, you’ll be more productive. Other features, like ionic technology, will allow the dryer to work more quickly by bombarding your hair with negatively charged ions. This is a game-changer for those prone to frizz.
Section Your Hair
Drying an entire head of hair in one go will be hugely time-consuming. Moreover, the chances are good that certain sections will be dry while others are still soaking wet. The solution is to divide your hair into sections. This will also help you to achieve consistent, even results when curling or straightening.
Use clips to carefully lift sections out of the way, so that you can address them one at a time. Work upwards from the bottom layers, so that you can dry thoroughly. Do this diligently, and don’t be tempted to rush; you’ll save time with this approach, and, with practice, you’ll be able to do it almost automatically.
Use a Round Brush
A round brush can help you to generate extra volume as the hair dries. Larger brushes tend to work best at the roots, while smaller ones might allow you to create curls closer to the tips. Going too small can be more difficult, especially when you’re unfamiliar with the techniques. Thus, to begin with, it’s better to stick with larger ones.
Finish with a Cool Blast
A cold blast of air at the end of a drying section can confer a number of benefits. These all stem from the fact that cold air tends to seal the cuticle – which is the outermost layer of a strand of hair. This will protect the strand in question, and give it the lustrous shine that defines the salon look.
