Blow Drying Techniques You Can Do at Home

by Kyle McManus
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With a little direction and practice you can easily achieve at-home salon style results on your own. The keys to success in the next video clips are the airflow from your blow dryer and the tools/products you use to create your look. You have heard us state – “Product is not an option, it is a necessity” and we will continue to remind everyone that, without styling product, all the work you put into a blow dry will fail you - your look will not hold without styling product!

HOW TO BLOW DRY BANGS WITH A COWLICK

While you are unable to permanently change the growth pattern of a cowlick we are here to provide a simple blow dry technique for you to take control and alter the growth each time you dry your bangs.

For best results, work with your bangs very wet:

• Begin by picking up Sam Villa Signature Series Comb – in a contrasting color to your hair
• Light comb for dark hair and dark comb for light hair
• For this technique you will be working with the fine teeth of the comb to compress the hair giving you maximum control over the cowlick.
• Turn your Sam Villa Light Professional Ionic Blow Dryer on medium to high heat
• Start to comb the fringe area with the fine teeth of the comb from right to left – down toward your face, following with the nozzle of the blow dryer. Be sure to comb the hair directly at the hair line in the cowlick area
• Repeat this 2-3 times and then switch the direction from left to right, again working down toward your face.

​You will discover that you are creating an "X" pattern. The motion and repetitiveness of the "X" pattern will confuse the hair as to which way it should lay, disrupting the growth pattern and allowing it to lay the way you like it.
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HOW TO ROUND BRUSH YOUR HAIR AWAY FROM YOUR FACE

The key to any successful blow dry is the combination of the following:

• Patience!
• Styling product best suited to your hair type
• A good round brush suited to your hair type
• A good ionic blow dryer to assist in less time to dry the hair
• Patience!

 
This article first appeared on SamVilla.com