Not easy to display hair full of tone in the heart of winter. Weakened, even under hats, by temperature variations or by the heat of the hair dryer, which is used more frequently at this time of year, the hair fiber becomes “raplapla” and the hairstyle lacks volume. Difficult to energize, the hair slips when you want to tie it, flattens on the scalp, gets tangled more easily and above all becomes more sensitive to the phenomenon of static electricity. However, today there are solutions to regain a little scale…
A good shampoo to give bulk
“We don’t necessarily think about it, but the first gesture that allows the material to swell remains the shampoo, recalls Olivier Lebrun, hairdresser-creator for Garnier Fructis. In addition to cleaning the fiber, it above all allows the hair to be aired, to make it lighter. Provided you massage the scalp well to loosen the roots and rinse the foam thoroughly. Because the dust clings more quickly to a poorly cleaned fiber and ends up “leading” the hair.”
Rather than overly creamy textures and formulas rich in active ingredients that weigh down the lengths, we focus on silicone-light shampoos and sulfates. But also on cleansing and densifying treatments, whose ingredients (flax fibres, wheat proteins, polymers, etc.) will deposit an invisible and ultra-supple film around the fiber to virtually thicken it. A bit like an outer, transparent and flexible sheath that immediately gives more material to the hair mass.
Thickening treatments that densify
When the hair fiber is too thin, and the hairstyle is really flattened, some formulas go even further by providing more material inside the fiber, a bit like an anti-wrinkle injection. The molecules used are capable of changing from liquid to solid state, and stiffen once they have crossed the cuticle. As a result, it swells the hair, gives it more body and creates a real tutor effect. Derived from chemistry and first used in the glass industry, these active ingredients (Fibra-cylane, Filloxane, etc.) have an effect that adds up use after use. Thus, with each new application, they attach themselves to the inside of the hair to recreate material.
Styling products that texturize
If the foams allow a flexible and natural styling (on towel-dried hair before brushing), one can also take inspiration from studio hairdressers who make misuse of dry shampoo. Rather than using it to refresh the hair between two shampoos, they spray this powdery texture to bring more body to the hair. To boost the volume effect, you can also apply a paste or wax just before, whose porous texture will act like a blotter by absorbing the dry shampoo and fixing it on the fiber. By simple optical effect, the hair seems thicker, stronger.
For a similar result, you can also sprinkle a volumizing powder on the roots or on a paddle brush before styling the lengths. “Their textures facilitate backcombing and above all have the advantage of keeping the volume longer, specifies Olivier Lebrun. The more you crease the hair, the easier the fiber will become to style. the pins in the case of a stylized hairstyle.”
The hair dryer to create matter
Once the hair has been cleansed and thickened, it remains to put it in shape. “To give it more tone and volume, it is better to dry the hair in the opposite direction to its “fall”: the blowing of the hair dryer at the tips and directed upwards”, continues Olivier Lebrun. You can also increase the effect by backcombing the fiber: style against the hair, from the mid-lengths to the roots, with a brush rather than a comb. Softer, it avoids knots and keeps the movement.
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