Whether your hair is fine or thick, we all struggle with limpness at some point.
Thankfully, there are things you can do to add volume.
Read on for tips that will help you add bounce to your waves.
Your hair may become flat and heavy from a buildup of product, especially around the roots. Styling products and even hard water residue can lead to this.
Use a Clarifying Shampoo to remove any product that may have formed layers around your hair follicles.
This clarifying wash will hit the reset button. It’ll make your hair less weighed down. It also gives you a fresh, clean slate to style it again.
You must be aware, though, that after clarifying, your hair might be a little drier than usual. So you must apply a Deep Conditioning Treatment to rehydrate your waves.
Your hair gets weighed down when it’s wet, which flattens your roots, making it harder to gain volume when styling it.
Instead of just leaving it to dry, try the wavy hair method of plopping.
This involves wrapping your wet hair in a microfibre hair wrap or a cotton t-shirt and allowing it to dry while up, resulting in smoother, more defined waves with added volume.
Read how to plop wavy hair here.
When your hair’s wet, apply a styling product (such as our Cast Foam). Then, pin hair clips at the crown of your head (or wherever you’re seeking volume) and keep them in until your hair has dried.
This is sometimes referred to as ‘O clipping’ or 'Root clipping'. It encourages your hair to dry in a more upward direction, which is great for volume.
There’s a reason we included the Cast Foam within our wavy hair kit.
The Cast Foam penetrates the hair shaft, helping wavy hair retain bounce and softness, leaving it looking defined and feeling healthy.
It effectively locks our waves into a cast without weighing hair down. This helps lift our hair roots and add volume to thin, limp hair.
If your hair’s feeling lifeless and you’re short of time to plop your hair, you can use a diffuser on a low heat setting to dry your hair quicker.
Diffusing will lead to more volume and thicker waves. To give your hair even more bounce, tip it upside down to diffuse. This will lift your wavy hair from the roots and prevent hair drying close to the head.
Watch Abi's tips for diffusing wavy hair here.
If you’re trying these tips and still find your wavy hair is limp and lacking volume, it may be time for a visit to the hairdresser's.
A trim is great for removing some of the weight from your waves, so they're not so heavy that they flatten themselves. A good stylist will be able to advise you on a hairstyle to maximise volume and complement your waves.
