How to dry your hair quickly but with surprising results? What are the most effective options for drying your hair? What are the healthiest and safest techniques to leave your hair dry and shiny?
Drying your hair appears to be a simple task, but improper drying can lead to unintended results: curly, loose or tangled hair.
There are different techniques, and each one needs proper care. In this article you will discover the steps and tips to dry your hair and give it the style and texture you are looking for, whether you use one of the best hair dryers, or if you choose to use a towel as a turban.
How to blow-dry your hair
Leave home on time: learn how to dry your straight or curly hair faster and more effectively.
Get the right tools
Choose a dryer with at least 1,800 W and with a heat and air regulator. Medium heat is perfect for styling the hair, while high heat is dedicated to shaping and styling the hairstyle.
Don't overlook the use of heads as they are crucial for a soft touch and keeping hair close to heat. Rounded bowls, meanwhile, serve to create waves, while saving time.
Choose your products
Mousse is useful for adding thickness to your hairstyle. The cream adds softness to dry or damaged hair if you apply it before and after styling. While the hairspray helps you put your hair in place.
Step 1: Presect and section
After removing excess water with a towel, set your dryer to medium or medium-high power and blow fast. Pat dry until 70-80 % dry.
Gather the hair at the nape of the neck and secure it with a bobby pin. Begin to blow dry in the lower layers with a brush, using more heat. Point the head down to help create a smooth, shiny look.
Step 2: Dry the top coats
Remove the barrette and use and use it to hold the lower layers that you have already dried. Change heads and use one to add waves.
Finish drying the top. Bring it close to the roots to add volume, and work from start to finish, using a brush to stretch the hair from the inside out.
Step 3: Finish by giving it the final shape
Remove the pin. Direct the hair back. Dry around the entire head. For curly finishes, roll the hair with a round brush, apply heat, and finish with cool air. For a smooth finish, use the brush and blow out with hot air; fixed with cold air. Use a cream for a glossy finish, or use some hairspray for the finishing touch.
How to dry hair quickly with a turban
Drying your hair can be a time-consuming process. Wrapping your hair in a towel turban is a great way to speed up the process to continue with your routine while the hair dries and get perfect hair without too much effort. Turbans are an effective and easy method of drying hair quickly.
Step 1: choose the right towel
You need the towel to be big enough to cover all of your hair when it's wrapped, but not big enough that it weighs too much and falls off.
The towel should cover your head and reach your shoulders when you are standing. If your hair is past your shoulders, you will need a larger towel. Thin towels are better than thick ones. Microfiche towels and T-shirts work perfectly as turbans.
Step 2: Cover your hair with the towel
While your hair is hanging, use the towel to cover your hair from your back to your head. Place the long part of the towel on the hairline that joins your back with your neck. Center the towel in the center.
Step 3: Wrap the towel over your hair from back to front
Fold the towel over your head joining one side to the other. Keep your hair inside the towel while you wrap it around your head.
Step 4: Turn the two sides of the towel on themselves with your hair inside
And keep rolling it until it reaches your forehead.
Step 5: stay upright
The knot should be at the top of your head, going from the forehead to the nape.
Step 6: Secure the turban by tucking the excess into the back of the towel
Place the excess part of the towel on the inside of the back of your head. Use a pin for additional security.
Step 7: Repeat the process with a dry towel
If you have enough time, you can swap your wet towel for a dry one to speed up drying even more. The more moisture your towel absorbs, the faster your hair will dry.
How to dry your hair healthily and without damaging it
What is the safest way to dry your hair? If you say "outdoors," obviously you're wrong.
With the correct technique, using a blow dryer is the best for the health of your hair, much more than letting it air dry.
How can that be? you will ask yourself. The main thing is for the anatomy of the hair: each hair is basically a tube with inner cortex and an outer layer that protects it (called cuticle), joined by delicate proteins. When the cuticle layer is in perfect condition, the hair is shiny and resistant. Too much heat can damage the cuticle and trap water inside that can boil.
This may make it seem like air drying is best, but while the heat from a blow dryer can do more harm than not using it, using a blow dryer at the proper distance and temperature can be less damaging than air drying it.
Hair swells when it comes in contact with water, so the longer that swelling lasts, the more pressure it puts on the delicate proteins that protect your hair. This is why blow drying your hair properly is better than letting it air dry on its own.
