Natasha Betty Of ASILI GLAM shares her tricks of the trade (via Around The Way Curls):
Well, it’s all in the technique. These simple tips will help you in achieving bigger, more voluminous natural hair.
Step 1.
Do your regular twist out routine to stretch hair. My favorite as you all know is the flat twist method.
Step 2.
Ensure that hair is COMPLETELY dry before taking down twists. Drier hair equals more stretch and defined hair.
Step 3.
Blow dry roots by using the tension method for super stretched coils. The tension technique is quite simple if executed correctly. Grab your blow drier and attach the nozzle. Starting from the back of your head grab a medium size section of hair and blast low heat on just your roots while gently pulling hair away from head. This creates the tension the hair needs to stretch and gives the illusion of more hair!
Step 4.
Proceed to do this to entire head until complete. After blow drying roots, grab a wide tooth shower comb, flip hair upside down and gently comb through roots ONLY to add even more volume. Use the “picking” technique as if you had an afro. Do not disturb the entire curl pattern as you will end up with disheveled, frizzy hair. Only pick the root of your hair.
Step 5.
Flip hair back up and shake from side to side to allow curls to naturally fall in place. Hair will appear bigger, fluffier and 10 times more voluminous!
Results from using the outlined technique:
great tips!!!
I can't wait for my hair to grow long enough to pull it taught that far above my head. WOW
I used this method this morning after reading the post yesterday. I have short, fine, tightly coiled kinks.
My TNC twists were spindly-looking when I removed the perm rods and untwisted. Shielding the curled end in my hand, I aimed the dryer's warm air flow to the roots.
Afterwards I lifted the roots with a pick to camouflage the scalpiness.
pros: Hid the scalpiness and gave a little fullness and height to my tapered style
cons: I will not get 2nd day hair – I will likely wake up with a chunky looking fro.
This technique seems effective but i feel it would be futile to try it on my barely shoulder length hair. Maybe ill just wait until it grows longer lol
I wonder if we can get this same effect by "banding" ones hair while wet?
i love the duck lips, personally. both pics are beautiful. um…that does not look like my hair texture at all, so I'm not sure if style will work for me.
Good tips, this is already apart of my routine.
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Her hair is GORG!! I love the shape of it as well.
~caramelcurls
I love her hair and she is pretty but…that second picture is not,i sorry. Ladies lets stop doing the duck lips please?
I just started pineappling a few weeks ago (my hair is finally long enough) and I LOVE it! One pony tail on top and one in the back, cover with satin bonnet, wake up, take it down, fluff roots, shake it out, and viola! I should've tried it sooner!
@Kimmie is right. The vid was used to show the technique. For this 'stretching/volumizing' technqiue, you'd use the tension drying method on fully dry hair, concentrating on the roots. Hope that helps!
I think the video was more to show the method/technique: that you're pulling the hair taut and blowing air aimed at the root and not using an attachment or blowing it wildly.
I don't have time for that honestly. I have very fine hair and I just let it be and wait for 2nd or 3rd day hair to get volume. I might cornrow or twist it at night.
Shea Moisture Yucca line or products has really helped to give my hair some volume and appear to be thicker than it is.
This is confusing. Asili's instructions say that hair should be completely dry, and CurlyChronicles is doing the method on damp hair. For Asili's info–isn't it bad to blow dry hair that is already dry? I get that you're only doing the roots and not the ends, but it seems like it would damage.
I like using this method. It does work.
Sugarberri
Your hair looks fly and I would love to know where that necklace came from.
Hmmmm…..may have to try this one in a few weeks.
Nicol C.
pretty dimples video is different from this she does her straight down the hair shaft and not concentrating on the middle, it created less bulk in the middle….
Oh ok this is cool. I was scared for a minute because she said blow dry the roots, and i just had a quick flashback going to the dominican salons where id be in pain. They would blow dry my roots with the steam coming out and all lol
Ashley L.