A Voluminous Ponytail | Tutorial

It's nice to add some extra volume to a normal ponytail just to liven it up and give it some texture. Methods used can range from teasing to simply tipping your head upside down, but as you know, some do damage hair more than others. So i thought i would be a good person and do the a tutorial for the 2 examples I've just given, so whether you would rather tease or tip, you can do it your way! Enjoyyyyy.

Teasing

You Will Need:

• A hair brush
• A teasing comb
• Hairspray
• A hair tie
• Hair grips
• Texturising spray (optional)
• A scrunchy or hair bow clip (optional)

1.      Thoroughly brush though your hair so you don't get any nasty tangles and knots. 

2.      Use your finger or the end of a tail comb to separate a part of hair at the top of your head, and lightly spray hairspray at the back of the part.

3.      Use your comb to lightly or roughly tease your hair, depending on how volumized you want your hair to be.

4.      If needed, tease around the sides of your head if you want a more natural style. Brush down all the hair so the teased parts are even and all level with each other.

5.      If needed, you can grip the teased parts down to your head before doing the ponytail so they stay put.

6.      Its now time to gather up all the hair and tie it up! 

7.      Once you have your ponytail, you can pull bits out from the side to frame your face, and pull bits out until you're happy with it. 

8.       Take the pony tail and spray some texturising spray, then scrunch. This will make your hair look more voluminous.

9.      If wanted, add a scrunchy to cover the hair tie or hair grips, or a clip in bow at the base of the hair tie.

ALL DONE:)

Tipping

You Will Need:

• Hair tie
• Hair spray (optional)
• Hair Grips (optional)
• Texturising Spray(optional)
• Accessories (optional)

1.      Brush you hair all out, no tangles or knots.

2.      Tip your head upside down and gather up all your hair into a ponytail. This should naturally give it some volume. 

3.      Bring your head back up and make some adjustments if needed e.g. pulling bits out, gripping bits together.

4.      When you're happy with your pony tail, add hairspray to avoid any fly away's, and if wanted, some accessories like the last style.

If you want to know how to get volume to everyday hair, you can click on a previous case here, and i hope i helped and you enjoyed these tutorials!! Byee!

TQ xo

Big Hair, Don't Care!

Volume can sometimes be very hard to achieve if you have long or fine hair, or you may just not 

know what products to use or what techniques to do.

Having volume makes your hair look more alive and less dull, and lets be honest, no one flat hair do they?

So i put together some tips on how to get volume or make your hair 'bigger'... if you like.

ENJOY:)

• Before blow drying, you need to use a volumising product, for example Tresemme 24 Hour Dramatic Volume Blow Dry Lotion, which came with my hair dryer, or you can just use mouse. I don't really like to use mouse on wet hair, don't know why but i just never have. Also, mouse is alot sticker than spray, so i suggest if you want to start out with volumising products, you start off with a spray. 

• After you applied the product, the next way to get volume would be to blow dry your hair upside down. This is also very damaging for your hair though, so i would suggest A LOT of heat protectant all over the hair. When blow drying hair backwards, you need to use a vented brush, which are very cheap
• After blow drying your hair, you should have a lot of volume and style. If you wanted more volume, and some slight curls depending on the size, you could try Velcro rollers. These are very popular and come in different sizes to determine what size you want your curls / how much volume you want, and they're also very cheap. Hair grips maybe needed to hold them in place, but by around 1-2 hours, you should have nice voluminous hair:) You can do this with wet hair too.

• Hairspray and back combing can also have an effect on volume. I wouldn't suggest back combing to anyone as this can cause extreme damage and knots and tangles, but hair spray at the routes of your hair can make it look tall and voluminous, as long as you use a good brand and not one that makes your hair look crispy and feel brittle and breakable. This works well because if you get it in the wrong place, you can just brush it out and start again. So a win-win situation. 

• I sometimes find that products such as the 'Studio Matte and Messy' salt spray can add volume, not necessarily to roots, but to the middle and ends of your hair, making it look beachy and cute. 

• If you would prefer not to blow dry your hair backwards, then i suggest you try a diffuser. This is quite a threatening looking object, which can be tricky to get used to if you're a beginner, however can achieve amazing volume AND waves in a few minutes. You attach it to your blow dryer, and instead of blowing it around your head, you scrunch. For a tutorial on how to diffuse your hair, click here.

I hope i helped someone with these tips, and in no time, you can get nice, voluminous hair in no time, possibly with some curls! Please share this post around if you enjoyed it, and i shall be writing again soon:) Bye!

TQ xo