Think you’ve impervious to burning and breakage if you’re wielding the latest and hottest high-tech hair helper? Don’t be complacent. Your post-shower mop is at its most vulnerable, so always play it safe by prepping your pouf with a pampering pre-styling protectant. That means smoothing your strands with a follicle-fortifying serum – try Original & Mineral’s antioxidant-stuffed Atonic Thickening Spritz, $38 – from the midshaft down for a buoyant bounce with none of the unwieldy weight.
Simply spritz on damp hair, paying extra care to the ends for easier styling. Want even more volume? Dig right in with your bare fingers and scrunch it up at the roots for added airiness and that meticulously mussed up Snapchat-friendly look. Tissue off any excess and you’re good to go!
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Oils are perfect for taming pesky flyaways – for this purpose, dispense a drop or two between your palms and lightly skim across the surface for a generous shot of shine; spread the wealth by massaging whatever’s left into the tips of your tresses.
What to try, what to buy? There’s a veritable oil field’s worth of products to “mine”, but my obsession du jour has got to be Sachajuan’s superbly soothing Intensive Hair Oil, $62, a “bodybuilding” salve stuffed with cuticle-conditioning agents to shield your strands from the fiery fury of your dryer.
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Now, speaking of dryers, get a head start with your hairdryer by heeding this mane maxim: Low heat makes for lovely locks. Moderation is of the essence when it comes to your coiffure, so always opt for the medium heat setting on your dryer – minimising moisture loss is the name of the game here.
Take it from my mane man Michael Chiew of Hairloom Salon, who says that you should crank up the thermostat with caution. “Be conservative and stick to the lower settings if you have fine and fragile hair,” he says. Besides, this best practice also dramatically diminishes your chance of accidentally singeing your hair. Simply spritz on your pre-styling primer, set your dryer on the lowest heat possible, then use a boar-bristle brush to fluff up the fringe until it’s semi-damp to the touch.
Want more? Spritz, slather and scrub yourself to a fabulously fine finish with these beauty tips I bet you haven’t heard of before, and check out these tried-and-tested “sleeping aids” to fend off fatigue for softer and smoother skin, even if you’re running on empty. Get your daily dose of beauty at www.herworldplus.com/beauty.
Reuse and recycle! There’s something super gratifying about repurposing your household dregs and dross – like your good ol’ toothbrush, for instance.
Here’s how. Whip out your trusty toothbrush, bathe the bristles with a blast of high-shine hairspray, then tamp down errant “baby hairs” encircling your forehead by raking them upwards into your hairline. This #BeautyHack is great for instant gratification – one sweep is all it takes to lend your moistureless mane a shampoo ad-worthy sheen.
Applications abound for this trick – you can even use the very same toothbrush to tame bushy brows. In both cases, what you’re essentially doing is combing your hairs in the “right” direction, before holding them down with a stiffening agent. So incredibly ingenious, right?
Want more? Spritz, slather and scrub yourself to a fabulously fine finish with these beauty tips I bet you haven’t heard of before, and check out these tried-and-tested “sleeping aids” to fend off fatigue for softer and smoother skin, even if you’re running on empty. Get your daily dose of beauty at www.herworldplus.com/beauty.
No time to fuss with your fringe? When in doubt, do an Ariana Grande – and no, we’re not referring to the diminutive diva’s howling histrionics and sparkly stage ensembles. Instead, if the “bad hair day” thing is impossible to salvage, simply shrug your shoulders and pull it all back into an Ariana-esque ponytail – you’ll find that the grease at the roots is good for holding up the entire shebang.
Better yet, try sticking a pair of bobby pins (positioned diagonally to each other to form a sort of criss-cross pattern) right at the base of your ponytail. This boost in volume will lend the illusion of an instantly fuller updo and is subtle and superbly convincing to boot – a top trick that should come in very useful for close-up selfies and such, methinks.
Right, then. You know the drill: Spill the #deets if these hair hacks works for you, and have lots of follicular fun. Cheers to looking like shampoo ad models, y’all!
Want more? Spritz, slather and scrub yourself to a fabulously fine finish with these beauty tips I bet you haven’t heard of before, and check out these tried-and-tested “sleeping aids” to fend off fatigue for softer and smoother skin, even if you’re running on empty. Get your daily dose of beauty at www.herworldplus.com/beauty.