If you are keen to lengthen your hair but do not have the time or patience for heatless methods such as African threading or curlformers, then blow drying will be your go to method. There are a few rules that you should follow when blow drying and these include:
- Never blow dry dripping wet hair, this water can cause bubbles to form inside your hair shaft. Damp or towel dried hair that is not dripping is fine.
- Always use a heat protectant of your choice
- To maximise movement and body of the hair, aim to use as little product as possible and focus instead on spreading thin and even layers on all the hair
- Work in sections and avoid very high heat
- Find a method of blow drying that gives you the least breakage or damage.
For this final tip, here are 4 methods of blow drying that you can study and decide which best suits your hair.
1. The Tension Method
This is the most gentle method of all the blow dry methods requiring just the dryer and your hands to create tension. If you primarily finger detangle your hair and rarely use a comb, this method is for you. In this video a concentrating nozzle was not used but do use it if you have it as it will help to focus the heat better especially if you want a lengthening effect.
2. The Modified Tension Method
In principle, this technique is nearly identical to the tension method, the only addition is using a brush to smooth the ends of the natural hair further out. Most people will use either a paddle brush or a denman brush to do this. The advantage of this method is simply a smoother result. Do not use this method, however, if your hair in general does not like brushes.
3. The Comb Attachment Method
This method involves using a comb attachment for your hair dryer and the advantage is that a much straighter result can be obtained. Again, if your hair is not happy with combing, this method is not one you should use. Your hair should be well detangled before using the comb attachment.
4. The Round Brush Method
Using a round brush takes some practice and skill to master. If your hair however is able to withstand medium to high heat, this method will be able to give you the straightest result with quite an amount of volume.
If you’re looking for a good quality blow dryer, try the Chi Rocket Hair Dryer, the BaByliss Pro Porcelain Ceramic Dryer and the Andis Ceramic Ionic Dryer.
Ladies, how do you blow dry your hair? What method do you use and how frequently do you do it?
When my hair was shorter, I used the comb attachment. Now I use the paddle brush. I blow dry once every two weeks. No damage. My hair shrinks up so much that it had no movement which does not make me happy. I blow dry using a leave in and coconut oil on damp hair in sections. After blow drying each section, I use a little advocado oil especially on the ends-my hair loves this oil! Then I flat twist sometimes using a little Shea curl enhancing smoothie-mostly on the ends. My hair is big, fluffy and full of movement when I take the twists down the next day. This stretched out method has given me more growth-that I can actually see and less breakage since that is the only time I use heat or my brush. I’m glad my hair can take it. When I get more growth, maybe in about a year, I re-visit the no heat thing.
when i was a kids my mom did the comb method. i hated it. when i grow up i tried doing with the comb. it felt like the heat was on my scalp so i would not blow dry my hair just air dry it but one day i needed to blow dry my hair to straighten it. it took so long to wash it when i went to low dry it. i part it in sections combed it through then lazily blow dried my hair using the tension method(but i never knew that what it was called) it got my hair dry and straighter then the comb method ever did. so only blow dry mines and my daughter hair that way. my mom told me many times you cant do it that way(she said black women all use combs or maybe a brush) but i can finally tell her i can blow dried my hair this way mom. :)
I use two methods:
1. Plait hair in small sections and let air dry over-night. Apply small amounts of oil {biosilk, etc} mostly at the ends of hair. I also sleep with a scarf to ensure all moisture and oil can penetrate the hair as much as possible so that I don’t have to add more product! I then straighten the hair in the sections I left it in! This method is easier to manage and the results give me the maximum volume!
For less time and/or on-the-go
2. Plait hair in small sections and dry each plait with low heat. Straighten in plaited sections and voila! Smooth, silky tresses!
The comb method is awesome. If I use the tension method my hair will never dry lol
Aside from the conventional blow dryer found in most department stores, beauty supply stores have started to carry state-of-the art blow dryers and thermal styling tools that utilize ceramic and negative ionic energy to style hair and keep it healthy. A blow dryer that uses this type of energy dries your hair in half the time using less heat. The construction of the ionic blow dryer also utilizes ceramic heating elements instead of traditional metal ones to infuse moisture and health deep into the hair strand while at the same time drying it. ..^
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