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Author Bio: Tara McAdams-May is a Gulf Coast Holistic Hairapist, After opening two salons over the last 20 years she has began personally consulting stylist on making cleaner decisions within their salons and educating on Holistic Haircutting practices and Organic color certification. Tara is a IMBD listed Movie stylist thats worked with many inspiring actors and actresses and gains pleasure in sharing have to achieve those star quality looks with the public.

Love the look of a professional blowout, but can’t seem to give yourself the same look? Or might you be frustrated with finding a stylist that understands your hair texture and how to achieve with the desired look without all the frizz? Tara McAdams-May, Holistic Hairapist is here to give us some Hair Drying Tips to save you time and energy when it comes to mastering a blowout.

TIP #1 It’s All in the Prep

Beginning with freshly shampooed and conditioned locks is key to getting the best from your styling session. The next step is to decide upon the look for this blowdry. Curly or Straight?

How we attack the prep is similar but slightly differs. Curly hair should be detangled in shower with conditioner and left soaking wet and undisturbed using a microfiber or t-shirt to catch excess water dripping from the ends. While with Straight hair you have a little more ability to squeeze out as much water as possible before applying a styling aid. My curly friends will want to apply their styling products to very wet hair in a prayer hand application method, then squeezing that product further in while pushing out excess water. I like to use the S.M.I.L.E method to remember these steps.

S- Squeeze Dry

M- Maniplulate

I- Inspect

L- Leave in Product

E- Evaporate Moisture

TIP#2 Bangs get the first Blow

Ever get to the end of a style and hate the way your hairline looks? Me too. That’s why is always a good idea to start with the fringe. People including yourself always see your face and front of hairline when having a conversation or looking in that mirror to check yourself before heading out the door. It’s also happens to be the area shorter and finer hair lives, allowing it to be able to dry out faster than the rest of our head. Attacking the styling and drying of this area before worrying about the back will ensure that you have as smooth of a style as possible.

For curly hair just diffuse this area first with goes without saying you need to apply your styling aid there first also.I love the way curly potion by Oway Organics gives me plenty of hydration will defining my curls and still leaving my hair super soft to the touch, unlike most gels that leave behind a casting. For my straight haired people using the blow dryer in the direction of the hair growth. Meaning the nozzle is pointed from the base root of where the hair leaves the scalp pointing down the hair strand will give a smooth flat look, while opting to go against the natural direction will give you lots of volume. This can also tend to frizz up hair that’s porus therefore I reserve this for short pixies with lots of texture. For the perfect bumpin the bang without the 80’s look I suggest pointing the nozzle down the hair strand towards the mirror and pushing the bangs left to right and right to left consistently while drying. This allows the curvature of your forehead to make the bangs bump exactly right for your face shape. Of course having a fresh bang trim always helps. For growing out bangs that you’d like to have a curtain look you can round brush backwards away from your face with a round brush to keep them in the perfect position all day.

Tip#3 Don’t Rough Dry unless you want a RUFF look

Teaching folks to rough dry their hair to 80% dry before going in with a round brush seems like a good idea right? You’ll have less work to do and get done quicker…Well jury is still out on that one as I wholeheartedly disagree. For some hair types, this may actually work well. But if you have any bit of wave or texture to your hair strands then you’re creating more work for yourself later. As a stylist for over 2 decades I always apply my products into towel dried hair and squeeze out any excess moisture I can, but never begin with a rough dry. This rough drying allows the hair to kink as it normally would during the drying process leaving you with texture that later needs heat styling. You can avoid this by sectioning your hair and blowing wet to dry section by section to complete your desired style. Tension is key in creating smoothness and the hair needs to be held taught with a brush from its wet state all the way to bone dry. I love using a heat protector during this phase to protect the hair, like glossy nectar or any serum of your choice. Just be sure to know your hairs ability to absorb what you are using. Applying too much will leave your hair greasy and needing to be restyled sooner.

Let’s recap on a few common mistakes that take place when you try to give yourself salon looks from home.

• Not starting off with an appropriate cleansing and conditioning routine

• Skipping the S.M.I.L.E

• Blow drying in the wrong direction for desired result

• Rough drying instead of difussing or round brushing while hair is drenched.

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