Beauty Hair Styles

Blow Dry To Get Shiny and Smooth Hair. Heat is a great enemy to your hair. That means hair dryers must be used with great care and on a moderate setting. A blow dryer on its hottest setting will reach temperatures above that at which water boils. This can be disastrous on the hair. You can have that flawless look by spending only a few extra minutes blow-drying your hair! Ditch the designer hair products and follow these simple instructions to give your hair the same beautiful look and soft feeling.

It is much easier to blow-dry your hair with a brush if you start when it’s nearly dry. It’ll shape more easily and take less time. So rough dry your hair first by blasting it with a hair dryer. The quickest way is to do this with your head upside-down – it also gives your hair more lift and volume. Only when your hair is mostly dry, blow-dry with a brush. Large round brushes are best for giving a smooth finish with volume. Metallic brushes are most effective for shaping and blow-drying. You can use a thinner round brush for your fringe. Paddle brushes are good for finishing long hair. Avoid heat damage. Always keep your hairdryer or your hair moving. Never expose one section of your hair to intense, sustained heat from hairdryers (or hair irons) as this will result in fuzzy damaged hair that lacks shine.

The most important feature of a blow dryer, airflow, depends on its motor. However, unless you buy your dryer from a beauty-supply store that lets you test it first, there’s really no way to determine motor quality before you plunk down your money. Powerful motors reduce drying time, but some also sound an awful lot like jets taking off in your bathroom. Blow-dryer manufacturers are addressing this by developing quieter motors. For example, several of the CONAIR Ion Shine hair dryers feature a Quiet-Tone motor.