Is it a daily challenge to boost volume in fine, thinning hair? You are not alone.
Here’s your sign to try some new hair volume products. Yes, we're talking about stronghold mousse, oil-absorbing dry shampoo, and thickening sprays. Each provides the assistance your hair needs to look voluminous, fast. Read on to learn more from editor Trudi Brewer.
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Bigger isn’t always better, but when it comes to boosting fine, limp hair, it is. Not only is the Texan blow-dry back (influencer Matilda Djerf’s is a good example of this), but big hair is eternally youthful and holds a style for hours. While hairstyles have their cycle and come back with new names and shapes, volume is timeless. Below are the volumising products that will transform your style, along with tips on how to make them work for you.
How To Use Hair Volumising Sprays
The formula will determine how you use your hair volumising spray. Some are designed to be used on wet hair before heat-drying, whereas others can be used on dry hair to add instant volume, lift, and texture. You may want to spritz throughout your hair, or focus on more targeted areas, such as the roots or fringe, for extra lift.
Color WOW Raise The Root Thicken and Lift Spray, $56.
A celebrity favourite for ensuring volume lasts all night long. It’s lightweight in texture but holds its style for hours, leaving no stickiness or visible residue. The brand recommends spraying this into damp or dry hair, concentrating on the root area, expect your style to have tons of volume and look like it’s been freshly washed.
Tangle Teezer Ultimate Detangler Pink Punch, $28.
This is the ultimate beauty tool. Why? It detangles hair with its patented two-tiered technology that is gentle on vulnerable, wet hair. Also brilliant for combing through masks in the shower and products before styling. It’s an essential in any beauty wardrobe.
How to Use Hair Mousse
Apply a golf ball-sized amount of mousse into your hand, massage it so the foam melts, and then apply it in sections, starting at the nape of the neck and working up to the crown. The idea is to focus on the root area, which is where your hair needs support to stay looking bouncy. Brush the mousse through wet hair to disperse the product evenly, and then style with heat.
Schwarzkopf Osis+ Grip - Extreme Hold Mousse For Massive Volume, $38.
If you’re fighting static and need to boost volume in limp hair, this was made for fine, fragile hair. It will instantly boost texture while giving impressive volume and unrivalled root lift, while nourishing your hair with castor oil and vitamin B.
UMBERTO GIANNINI CURL FOAM STYLING MOUSSE, $25.
Curly hair and mousse have a symbiotic relationship. Why? It helps define every strand of your wave and fight frizz. This star is a 93 per cent natural formula featuring clever heat-activated polymer technology, combined with vitamin-rich seaweed, coffee seed, and fruit extracts, wheat protein, and vitamin B, all of which strengthen and nourish the hair. The subtle floral scent will linger in your full, bouncy, shiny hair for days.
How to Use Dry Shampoo
Dry shampoo is not designed for everyday use, although its benefits extend beyond giving hair a fresh appeal. While the product may help hair appear clean after a few uses, it can accumulate on the hair and scalp, having the opposite effect, making hair look dull. If you have an oily scalp but don't want to wash your hair every day, dry shampoo will be your best friend. Alternatively, if your hair is fine, it can help boost volume. To use, apply it directly to the scalp, targeting the oily parting, and ensure you are spraying it at least six inches away from your hair. Our best tip is to apply at night, rather than in the morning. This allows more time for the dry shampoo to absorb the oil and sweat, so you wake up with fresh-looking locks. Once sprayed, wait a few minutes before brushing the dry shampoo through your hair.
Co Lab Dry Shampoo+ Extreme Volume, $13.
In our opinion, this is hands down the best dry shampoo on the market. Award-winning, for more than one reason. It was created by beauty expert and blogger Ruth Crilly, who knows her way around a great product. Designed to provide a quick fix for oily hair, this variant also helps boost volume. But wait, there is more. This dry shampoo leaves zero white residue, just the gorgeous scent of bergamot and rose in your bouncy blowout. #promise.
Olaplex No.4D Clean Volume Detox Dry Shampoo, $61.
Made to help give your hair that freshly washed look and feel, with a weightless formula that also detoxifies your scalp at the same time. While its job is to refresh your locks, the Olaplex bond-building technology strengthens the hair strand by strand. It’s pricy, but a multi-benefit buy.
To suit every hair type and budget.