Blow-drying 30 photos – how to properly style long, medium and short hair at home

One blow dry can make all the difference between a flat appearance and a style fit for a salon. You can get the volume, shine, and smoothness you love from professional blowouts at home with the correct methods and a little practice.

Turning on the dryer and crossing your fingers is not enough. The key to a fantastic blowout is knowing a few easy techniques, like preparing your hair and selecting the appropriate equipment and supplies. Understanding the correct way to dry your hair can change your daily routine, regardless of whether you want your hair to be bouncy and full or sleek and straight.

With the help of this guide, you will be able to replicate salon blowouts at home with ease and confidence, looking like a pro in the hairstyle department. Are you prepared to make your bathroom into a private salon for styling? Now let’s get going.

Salon Scenario	How to Do It at Home
Smooth, Sleek Blowout	Start with a heat protectant, then use a round brush to pull your hair taut while blow-drying from roots to ends.
Voluminous Waves	Use a volumizing mousse on damp hair, blow-dry with a diffuser, and scrunch your hair for added bounce.
Natural Curls	Apply a curl cream, use a diffuser attachment on low heat, and gently lift your curls as you dry.
Frizz-Free Finish	Use an ionic hairdryer and finish with a cool shot to lock in moisture and reduce frizz.

Contents

Basic rules for blow-drying hair
How to style your hair with a hair dryer using the brushing technique?
How to create volume at the roots with a hair dryer?

How to beautifully style short hair with a hair dryer?
Bob
Pixie

Fashionable blow-drying of medium-length hair
Cascade
Elongated bob

Beautiful styling of long hair with a hairdryer
Ladder
Straight cut

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Basic rules for blow-drying hair

For good reason, a lot of people think that blow-drying hair is its own branch of beauty science. While it is quick and easy, it also takes time and patience, at least until you get the hang of learning the essential skills. Here is a basic lesson with seven tips for those who are just getting started.

Before blow-drying, try to dry your hair a little naturally. A quarter of an hour should be enough.
Don"t hold the hair dryer too close to your head. Experts recommend working with it, holding your hand at a distance of 15-20 centimeters from your hair.
Don"t be lazy to try out additional attachments, which often come with the hair dryer. Concentrators and diffusers are underestimated and often gather dust in the box, although with their help it is much easier to distribute the air flow to the desired areas.

Right-handed people are advised to hold the hair dryer in their left hand, and left-handed people – vice versa. The fact is that more complex manipulations will need to be performed with a brush or other tool that is held with the working hand.
The ends are dried at the last moment so as not to overheat them. Otherwise, there is a high risk of causing split ends.

There are enough styling options available in professional products to lift strands without compromising. Consider using Matrix’s excellent texturing powder, which can give you opulent volume in about thirty seconds.

How to style your hair with a hair dryer using the brushing technique?

Using a hair dryer and a circular brush-comb is a technique called brushing. You can style like this at home or in a salon. Due to the nearly simultaneous styling and drying processes, all of this is completed in a very short amount of time. We end up with a stylish hairstyle, similar to the one in the picture below.

You’ll need a hair dryer, styling products, and a specific round brush for brushing.

You should also choose the style that you want. Brushing can help you with the following:

curl your curls;
lift the strands at the roots and create a voluminous styling;

straighten your hair.

Are you prepared to become an expert brusher? Here are the detailed instructions after that.

1 Comb your hair thoroughly, otherwise you risk unsuccessfully catching strands with the brush during styling and wasting the time allocated for your hairstyle on untangling knots.
2 Stepping back a couple of centimeters from the roots, apply heat protection along the entire length of your hair, and apply mousse to the root zone to add volume.
3 Take a round brush and lift your hair at the roots, directing a stream of warm air into this area with your other hand.

4 Dry all the roots? Proceed to dry the remaining zones. To do this, divide your hair into sections. Their number depends on the thickness and length of the hair, but on average there are about 12 zones.

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How to create volume at the roots with a hair dryer?

How should you use a hair dryer to style your hair to lift the strands at the roots? This is genuinely mysterious to a lot of girls. We will assist you in resolving it. In order to accomplish this, we will carefully examine each step.

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1 First, make sure that you are using the right shampoo, conditioner and hair mask. If you do not have enough volume, you should not use too nourishing oil-based formulas before styling with a hair dryer. And it is also important to thoroughly rinse all these products.
2 After washing, the curls should dry slightly, after which they should be thoroughly combed with a comb with widely spaced teeth.

If you know the right techniques, blow-drying your hair at home can give you the salon-quality results you want. Without leaving the comforts of your own home, you can achieve a sleek, voluminous, and polished look by selecting the appropriate tools and becoming an expert sectioner and stylist. This post will walk you through the easy steps to make your regular blow-dry look more put-together.

How to beautifully style short hair with a hair dryer?

Blow-drying short hair won’t take long. They dry quicker, to start. Furthermore, it is nearly impossible to tangle a brush in short strands. Now let’s put the action plan in writing.

After you slightly dry and comb your hair, divide it into several parts.

Bob

Check out how gorgeous a hairdryer-styled bob can look. The hairstyle looked very natural because the strands were clearly given different directions.

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Pixie

Using a diffuser is a convenient way to style short hair with a hairdryer. Girls with pixie cuts, for instance, can experiment with a chic and slightly asymmetrical look like in the picture by using an appropriate texturizing product for styling.

Fashionable blow-drying of medium-length hair

Medium-length hair is a real pleasure to blow dry. if we take into account the brushing method, that is. Carry on after us.

1 After washing your hair, apply a universal styling product to protect the strands from damage and to fix them.
2 Then lightly (!) dry the strands upside down. It is important to avoid complete drying.

3 Then, one by one, pull out and curl the strands (starting from the bottom) using a round brush. Of course, you need to work through each strand with warm or hot air at the same time.
4 Lastly, style the front strands. One of the most effective ways is to direct the hair with a comb away from the face on both sides.

Cascade

We think that one of the best haircuts to style with a hair dryer is the cascade. A priori adding "air" to the hairstyle and lightening the overall weight of the hair are made possible by the difference in length, which can be further enhanced by brushing technique.

Elongated bob

You will argue that using a straightening iron makes it simpler to straighten hair. Naturally. However, a hairdryer can help you style your hair just as beautifully and will save a lot of time when getting ready. Additionally, you can greatly lower the chance of breaking off hair strands by using a hairdryer to style your hair correctly. Even so, this gadget is not as sneaky as a straightening iron.

Beautiful styling of long hair with a hairdryer

It’s true that using a hairdryer to style long hair goes well with it, but it will require more time and skill.

1 As we have already said above, it is very important to comb your hair thoroughly.

2 Gather your hair, leaving only some of the lower strands at the back of your head free. Secure with hairpins or hairdressing clips.
3 Pull out the strands with a round brush. Warm air should follow the brush, and the ends should be curled, slightly changing the position of the brush.
4 Then work the strands on the temples, only in the upper zone. We do the same, but changing the direction: pull the strands away from the face.

5 Next, work the lower temporal zone, again changing the direction – this time towards the face.
6 Switching the hair dryer to a cool mode, dry and style the strands near the face, not forgetting to curl them at the ends.

Ladder

Using a hairdryer to style long hair can be more challenging, particularly if you want to curl the ends the way Jennifer Aniston does. But we know what her secret is now. You can achieve a more disciplined and manageable look with a ladder cut.

Straight cut

However, we advise girls with straight hair to just use the same brush to remove any frizz and leave their hair straight.

When done correctly and with the appropriate equipment, blow-drying your hair at home can replicate the experience of a professional salon. Without leaving your house, you can achieve a polished, fashionable look by learning the fundamentals and paying attention to detail.

Keep in mind that the secret is to work in segments, select the appropriate products, and make efficient use of your tools. You’ll discover that doing salon-quality hair is easier and more pleasurable with a little practice.

Don’t be afraid to try out various looks and techniques. You’ll become more adept at making your hair look amazing every day as you practice.