Gel: indispensable for short styles
Using gel:
Gel is mainly used on short hair to style individual strands or create spikes. It's also used for hold and for taming rebellious strands.
How to apply:
Take a blob of gel and apply from the roots to the tips using your fingers. Careful not to get clumps: aim for even coverage over your whole head.
Effects:
- Wet: apply gel directly onto wet hair and leave to dry naturally.
- Dry: squeeze a blob of gel into the palms of your hands, then rub through your hair and leave to dry naturally.
- Styled: appy section by section to create the effect you want.
Hairspray: the Eighties do!
Using hairspray:
Hairspray holds your hair in place whilst retaining its movement, and is also used while blow-drying. Spritz and roll your hair around a round brush while you blow-dry it and your hair will stay put for longer.
How to use:
Spray at a few centimetres' distance from your hair.
Effects:
- Natural: Spray hair at a distance of 30 centimetres from your head in circular movements. However, this won't give you very strong hold.
- Sophisticated: for a more marked effect (big occasions only, otherwise it may look too harsh), spray at a distance of a few centimetres, paying particular attention to areas with free-moving strands.
Mousse: the secret of volume
Using mousse:
If you want extra volume or defined curls, mousse is what you need!
How to apply:
Apply over the whole of your head while your hair is wet, fluffing with your fingers.
Effects:
- Volume: apply to the lengths of your hair and then dry your hair sat with your head down.
- Natural: structure individual sections with your fingers and then dry naturally.
- Curls: apply mousse over the whole of your head from the roots to the tips, then dry your hair sat with your head down, making circular movements with your hairdryer.
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