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How to Add Volume to Curly Hair

Nov 18, 2011 / By Kathryn Hatter

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Your curly hair might need a styling boost from time to time, just like any other hair type. When you want to add volume to curly hair, pump it up carefully to make sure your hair has the shininess and sleekness that make it look healthy. Volumized and radiant, your curly locks will be ready to face the world.

Suds your hair with the volumizing shampoo and follow up with a volumizing conditioner. These products set the stage for your pumped-up curls. Towel-dry your mane gently to remove the excess moisture.

Spritz the volumizing spray from your roots to your ends. Comb your hair carefully with the wide-tooth comb to distribute the volumizing magic evenly.

Grab a small section of hair with the paddle brush and hold it out from your scalp at about a 90-degree angle. Direct the medium heat of the blow dryer to the section of hair and move the heat from the roots to the tips. You’re aiming to straighten the hair as you dry -- don’t worry, you’ll replace the curls after you volumize effectively with the blow dryer. Keep going until you’ve dried and straightened your whole head.

Heat up the curling iron and curl your hair from about the midway point to the ends. As you release each curl, let them all cool completely while you keep curling.

Spritz the curls lightly with hair spray to set them. Let the hair spray dry, then finger-comb your curls gently. Spritz your hair one more time to hold the style.

1.Volumizing shampoo

3.Volumizing spray

5.Paddle brush

7.Large barrel curling iron

2.Volumizing conditioner

4.Wide-tooth comb

6.Blow dryer

8.Hair spray

Your hair’s curls will bounce back after you use the curling iron. Volumizing with a combination of products, plus the blow drying, will infuse body all the way from roots to tips.