Hair Tech File

Blow Drying

For all blow drying first you need to:

• Wash the hair.
• Then apply mousse from tip to root if you want the extra volume (only apply a small amount in wet hair).
• If roots are damaged apply some serum to the hair to give it that shine.
• Section the hair in to three and start from the back.
• Take neat sections as this is important to achieve sleek smooth finish.
• Face the direction of the blow dryer towards you as you want to smoothen the cuticle down. This will give you a smooth finish.

Volume Blow Dry

For volume blow dry the aim is to achieve root lift to get that lovely volumised hair.

• Use a round brush medium/big size depending on the hair.
• Take a section from the bottom working your way up.
• start from the root and apply blow dryer direction towards you.
• when brushing through your section pull up giving the roots a lift.
• Repeat process.

Curl Blow Dry

For curl blow dry the aim is to achieve lovely loose curls in the hair giving the hair some texture and movement.

• Take a neat section.
• Use a round brush.
• First blow dry through get the hair to an angle going up to get root lift
• brush through and apply heat.
• Wrap the hair around the brush and apply heat from blow dryer to get the curl shape.
• Once done hold the brush for a few seconds to let it cool and set.
• Then pull the brush out and twist the hair back in to a barrel curl and pin in to place
• leave it to set.

Straight Blow Dry
The aim is to get sleek straight hair.

• Use a Paddle brush.
• Take neat sections.
• Don't take any sections bigger then the brush.
• Once you have your section get the blow dryer to an angle towards you and blow-dry downwards. This will help to smoothen the cuticles and achieve lovely sleek hair.
• Repeat process.

Finished Look for All three styles of Blow dry

Curls/ Roller setting the Hair

This look is to help achieve loose curls and flicks

1. Take the front fringe section out
2. From a side parting add medium size rollers in the hair.
3. Apply rollers on the opposite direction from you front parting.
4. Once fron rollers are in start working from the middle of the top of the head
5. For this use big rollers as you want volume.
6. follow the same process until you reach the end of the crown of the head.
7. Apply large rollers on each side of your middle rollers
8. Then apply medium side rollers on the side next to your big rollers
9. For the end apply small sized rollers side by side
10. Now let the hair cool down and set.
11. Take out hair rollers.
12. With a denmin or paddle brush. Brush out the curls to make them loose and curly
13. Shape the hair how you want and apply hair spray.

Adding Accessories to an Up-do/ Creating an up-do

This is a really easy up-do that can be used on bridal and even everyday look.

• First make sure the hair is smooth and straight
• From the tip of the ear section the hair in half.
• Tie the back in to a pony tail and leave the front section out.
• Wrap the ponytail in to a barrel curl and pin inside.
• With the front you can style how ever you want I first went with an off centre parting added some back comb and pinned it in.
• For second look I went with a centre parting and pinned it in to place.
• Then my look was done.
• I then took different accessories and applied it to the hair.

Beach Hair

There are three different ways to create beach hair.

• For the first look wet the hair and apply some mousse and sea salt to the hair.
• then get a diffuser with a blow dryer.
• Diffuse the hair starting from the tip of the hair pushing in to the roots of the hair.
• repeat this process all over and once dry you should get beach waves in the hair.

• For the second one use a medium size curling iron.
• take sections out the hair and curl
• repeat process all over
• Once they have cooled down loosen curls with fingers.

• For the third one grab a medium size section of the hair.
• Twist the hair
• grab another section next to the first one and twist the hair
• then twist both hairs together and leave it to dry
• repeat the process all over hair.
• once the hair is dry you will achieve nice twist curls in the hair.

Creating Sleek Ponytail

• first make sure the hair is straight and sleek
• from the crown of the hair make a section ending with a V shape
• Leave front section out
• Tie the back in to a ponytail using a bungee 
• make sure ponytail is brush and made sleek add hair spray to the hair.
• Then get the top section and brush down make it smooth and sleek
• join the other ponytail and top section and tie them together.
• make sure hair is sleek and smooth apply hairspray to prevent any fly away
• then grab a small section of the hair from under the ponytail and wrap around to hide the bungee
• Pin in to place and your done.
• To create a quiff back comb the front section
• then smoothen out the front section making sure it looks sleek
• then pin in to place and your done.

Finger waves