Tired of lifeless hair that keeps sticking to your scalp? You’ve come to the right post. It’s time we deal with limp locks once and for all.
Voluminous hair might seem impossible, but all hope is not lost yet. You can still achieve big, bouncy strands with the right treatments and hairstyles.
Scroll down to find out how to better care for your ultra-fine hair. Here are all the essential tips to add more volume and texture to your scalp without damaging anything.
You can lift your roots with the simplest methods down here, so don’t miss out!
1. Keep Product Away From Your Roots
Avoid Weight: Applying heavy conditioners, oils, or styling creams directly to the roots is the fastest way to weigh hair down and make it look lifeless or greasy. Roots simply don’t need that much moisture.
Lift and Cleanse: Shampoo, on the other hand, must be concentrated at the roots and scalp to cleanse the oils (sebum) that naturally accumulate and flatten the hair. Lifting the hair at the root during shampooing and blow-drying is the secret to getting maximum volume and airiness.
Prioritize Ends: By starting treatment products (conditioner, masks) at the mid-lengths and ends first, you give the thirsty, often damaged parts of the hair the moisture they need, while ensuring the roots remain light and lifted.
2. Use Volumizing Shampoo and Conditioner
Speaking of hair products, what you use also affects how your hair looks a lot. If you have ultra-fine hair, shampoos and conditioners with volumizing properties are your best friend.
Their formula will help you with product build-up and add a light feeling to your hair. They will also make your hair less dull and appear bouncier.
3. Go Light on Conditioner
Too much of a good thing can be bad for you. Conditioner is necessary for every type of hair, but adding too much conditioner can weigh down your hair and make it stick to your scalp.
This is the worst nightmare for people with thin hair, so we want to avoid that at all costs.
You shouldn’t over-condition your hair, but you shouldn’t swear off the moisturizing hair product altogether either. Start with a small amount. You can always add more, but you can’t take it away.
4. Blow-dry Upside Down
The “blow-drying upside down” technique is a classic and one of the most effective tricks you can use at home.
- Gravity Reversal: By flipping your head over, you are essentially using gravity to pull the hair away from the scalp. This is the opposite of how your hair naturally dries, which is flat against your head.
- Air Flow: Directing the airflow up and into the roots while upside down ensures that the hair is dried at an unnatural, lifted angle.
- Lasting Volume: When you flip your hair back up, the roots are set and locked into that lifted position, giving you that beautiful, lasting natural volume and bouncy look.
5. Don’t Overbrush
Your hair stands are delicate, so treat them delicately. Avoid rough-drying your hair before styling at all costs, and don’t brush your hair while it’s still wet. You should never be aggressive or careless with your hair.
Breakage and damaged hair stands are the last things we want. Angle the nozzle toward your roots, and moving it around to distribute the air evenly throughout your hair is the best way to dry your ultra-fine locks.
6. Be Gentle
Gentleness must be the priority, even when aiming for lift and texture.
- The Danger of Aggression: For fine hair, aggressive tugging or brushing while styling can easily lead to breakage, which causes frizz and weakens the hair structure, making it look even thinner and less full.
- Finger Raking for Lift: The technique of raking a section with your fingers and lightly tugging is perfect because it creates separation and lift at the root without putting undue stress on the fragile strands.
- Reframing “Rough-Drying”: Even when “rough-drying” (air-drying or low-heat blow-drying for texture), the process should be gentle.
7. Use Your Fingers as a Styling Tool
Your fingers work great as a brush. Using your fingers to comb through your hair can help loosen the curls without causing frizz or fluffiness.
After you take your rollers out, massage your scalp and fluff the roots with your hands.
8. Be Patient When Styling
Do not try to rush the styling process. Always make sure that your hair is 100 percent dry before using any hot tools.
Styling dry hair means you will have more volume and less hair damage. Plus, your waves are secured much better this way.
9. Try Layers
Adding layers to your hair is a great way of making it look thicker. With the right haircut, you can build much more volume and save your hair from looking dull and lifeless.
Choose the best style for your face shape, and ask your hairdresser for a few light layers. You won’t regret it.
10. Select the Right Cut
Getting the right hairstyle is very important. Not only can it make your hair appear more voluminous, but the right haircut can also enhance your best features.
Shorter styles are great options for people with ultra-fine hair, and so are blunt collarbone-length cuts. These styles won’t weigh your hair down.