Select a hairdryer with the correct features to suit your hair type and needs.

• The higher the wattage the hotter the dryer. Use a low wattage dryer with a wide barrel for long or fine hair as it will dry slower, reducing damage. A higher wattage dryer with a narrow barrel is more suited for drying thicker, shorter hair.
• A cool short function will dry hair with less damage and helps fix style. A nozzle concentrates the air for curling and styling.
• A diffuser attachment increases the area over which the air blows, so you can get right to the roots for increased volume.

Blow by blow

• Always start blow drying your hair at the front so your best efforts go into the most important area.
• Keep the hairdryer about 10cms away from your hair to avoid dehydrating and damaging it.
• Keep the filter at the back of the hairdryer clean to avoid overheating and burning the hair.
• Hair should be 80% diffused dry before you style it with a brush. Frizzy hair, however, should be damper to begin with. To diffuse, tip head forward – upside down first, then side to side – and move the dryer evenly around the head.
• Take large sections of hair, following the line of the haircut, and dry hair methodically.
• Determine the key areas that need body and apply root lift – be careful, too much root all over can look set and old-fashioned.

Hair that has been blow dried :

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