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Could you do with a little lift? Here are ten elevating options, including a couple of secret techniques to get this season's sexy volume. So go and lift yourself higher!
Get highlights or lowlights: Aside from the fact that hair usually has more body when it's coloured, sometimes 'lift,' or hair volume, is more of an impression, and that's where what's known as dimensional hair colour comes in. When hair is monochromatic, it appears flatter. When you add colour dimensions to hair, says Louis Viel, colour director at Miano Viel, it gives the perception of lift. As with an optical illusion, your eyes perceive movement, even where it might not exist.
Use root volumisers: These are products designed to lift hair at the scalp. They come in gel, mousse and spray versions, and you place the product directly at the roots of towel-dried hair, lifting hair with your fingers as you apply. Miano's favourite is BigWigg, which comes out almost like spray-starch foam. And he likes the fact that you can spray it on, which he says makes it easier to move around on your head.
Hot/cold blow-dry your hair at the roots: Blow-drying will give you a good lift if used with a fairly large, round brush. The trick is to situate the brush as close to your scalp as you can, essentially pulling the hair straight up from the base of your head, and using bursts of heat from the blow-dryer, aimed at the brush, followed by cool air which 'sets' the style.
Set with Velcro rollers: A few strategically placed Velcro rollers will give your hair terrific volume. After hair is washed and blow-dried, curve one-inch sections of the hair you want lifted around the roller (small rollers for a slight lift and large for a higher lift). Three or four rollers should do the trick. Leave rollers in for about five minutes, remove and arrange newly lifted hair with your fingers. It's recommended you don't brush at this point, as brushing could 'deflate' the set.
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