Beauty

[Mj12]

I got some great tips from watching Maria McCool from Calista on her FB page - she had a video a few months ago on blowouts. 

[Katcat1]

I use the blow dryer in one hand and a round brush in the other.  Works for me.  Maybe you should try one of those brush hair dryers.  Shaped like a brush yet it is a blow dryer.

[Trinity11]

@PilatesLover, I learned something new a few years ago. I was trying to use the brush too soon after I started blow drying my hair. You need to get most of the moisture out before attempting to style it with the brush.

Now I wrap my hair in a towel for about 3 minutes until a lot of the dripping water stops. Then I bring the back to the front and just start blow drying the back first. I move on to the sides and when it is about 80 percent dry, I then start to use the round brush. My hair looks professionally done that way and it always has some style without necessarily needing any further heat treatments like a curling iron to get a style.

Hope that helps..

[Fressa]

I have never been able to blow dry and style my hair at the same time. I have fine hair. What i do is blow it dry and then run a styling wand thru it to smooth it down a bit. It only takes me a few minutes. That's my solution.   

[BarbiHollywood]

I'm actually envious of all you women who like the way their stylist does their hair.  I have the opposite situation.  I have curly, kind of coarse, almost-to-the-shoulder hair.  The strongest curl is the bang section.  I can dry my own hair in about 6 minutes which results in smooth curl, not flat hair.  No matter who does my hair, they all think I want it to be straight so they flatiron it and it looks flat.  Smooth does not mean flat!!  For what it costs me to have color, highlights and a cut, I should walk out of the salon ready to go to the Oscars.  Nope.  Have to fly home to re-do my hair.  I'm always happy with the colors and cuts, just the blowouts are horrible.

[PilatesLover]

Thank you everyone for your help and feedback - so many great tips. I really appreciate it. ♥♥♥

I never stopped to consider that the actual blowdryer would have any other effect than to just dry the hair. I'll have to check out that Babybliss blowdryer. 

[CelticCrafter]

You're not alone!

[VenturaHighway]

@PilatesLoverWith that type of style, I would blow-dry then use a flat iron to smooth.

[carlycat]

I tnink this is probably terrible but it works great for me!

I towel dry, then comb it, then just blow the worst of the water out of it. Then I flip my head over and blow it mostly dry, upside down. It takes maybe 2 minutes. Then I flip it back over and do a quick once over again. Usually I have to blow the back more.i have a chin length bob with thick hair. 

Then I put my makeup on. Once that’s done, my hair is about 95% dry. I comb it, and then smooth it with the flat iron. Flipping it over gives volume and the flat iron smooths, and it’s fast. Done this for years. 

[DrKelli]

I start upside down too--even my stylist has me do that in the salon.