At-Home Blowout Guide
Get It Straight
Surprise! You don't need to head to the salon every time you want slick, straight strands. To tame your waves, simply follow our illustrated guide. Armed with a blow dryer, straightening iron and a little practice, you'll be able to achieve polished locks in no time flat.
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Step 1
With your fingers, work a peasize drop of smoothing serum through clean, towel-dried hair from the middle of the shaft to the ends. The serum conditions locks and tames flyaways. Spritz your entire head with thermal protecting spray to shield hair from the damaging heat of the blow dryer and flat iron.
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Step 2
Blow-dry hair until it's 80 percent dry. While aiming heat up at your roots, rake your fingers through the roots and pull hair upward-this will help create a little volume.
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Step 3
Using your part as a guide, divide hair into four sections, twisting them into buns and clipping them in place as you go. Create two front sections (hair from your forehead to the backs of your ears) and two back sections (one on either side).
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Step 4A
Unclip the front right section. Starting at the root, run a round brush underneath the hair, aiming dryer heat downward while you pull the brush down.
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Step 4B
When the hair is dry, with a fine-tooth comb in one hand and a flat iron in the other, run the comb through from underneath and follow with flat iron. Keep the flat iron moving at all times- if you hold it in one spot, you could damage hair. Unclip front left section and repeat.
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Step 5
Unclip the back right section. Tilt your head slightly to the left to help you see your hair in the mirror. Starting at the root, run the brush underneath the hair, aiming heat downward while you pull the brush toward your décolletage. When hair is dry, with the comb in one hand and iron in the other, run the comb through from underneath, followed by the iron. Unclip the back left section, tilt your head to the right and repeat.
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Step 6
Apply serum to one palm, rub hands together and smooth on from midshaft to ends to seal style.
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Original article appeared on WomansDay.com.
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