Volume for Hair

Volumizing Shampoo all over. Volumizing conditioner only on the very ends (conditioner weighs down hair).

Flip head over (like lean way over) when you blow dry till it's just about done.

Roller brushes - roll hair around brush right up to your scalp (think big roller) and hit with heat. Leave brush in your hair for a minute or two as you do another section with another brush. I have three brushes, I roll up one section of hair, blast it with heat, then roll up another, go around head. I use BIG brushes to get lots of volume. It comes out looking like you've had huge rollers in it - big bounce.

I use Bumble and Bumble volumizing spray. Any kind of volumizing product should work though - the key is to get it on your roots mainly and just comb through. Don't use more than a dime size amount if it's a cream or gel type product, or about 6 good squirts if a pump. Lift hair in sections to really get it at roots.

If you're into hairspray, you can spritz your hair with your head hung over upside down and then hit it again once you're standing upright. I haven't done that in years, but used to gift it lift.

Good luck :)

Oh - and a layered cut works for me - I get way more body if it's layered on the bottom (long layers).

I have straight as a board, never curl hair... Think Pocahontas due toy Native American heritage.

Still... I don't do "big" hair but I dont want it flat either.

I've got healthy hair. My trick is no extra products or goo... I dry my hair opposite to how the roots fall, therefore, giving lift.

I don't use special brushes, etc... Just my fingers tousling it in different directions so my dried hair does not lay flat.

Good luck!!

Try rinsing your hair with beer.

I have a friend with REALLY REALLY fine thin hair.
She always goes back to Aussie Volume ( of all things) and swears by a vinegar rinse twice per week.
Oh--a root lifter too! (Not sure what brand-sorry)

I only use conditioner on the ends of my hair (last inch or two), and I put an egg-sized dollop of mouse on the roots. I flip over and dry the roots thoroughly, using my fingers to separate the strands a bit. Then I do the ends with a large round brush. If I want extra volume and have time, I stick in some velcro rollers and leave them in while I do other stuff. When I take the rollers out, I don't brush a lot which will flatten the hair, but I do some backcombing on the upper part (up to about an inch or two from the scalp), then smooth the top, and arrange the ends. I put a little pump hair spray on it. My hair is also longer now (like it was in college) but I keep it on long layers which means the top part doesn't have as much weight on it to pull it down.

Me, too. This is what I use.
http://www.ulta.com/ulta/browse/productDetail.jsp?product...#
:)