Tutorial: How to get Big Glamorous Hair

Hi Pretties,

One of the things I get asked the most and stopped often in shops for is how I get my hair so big, whether you love it or loathe it, but it surely gets your attention.

I know big hair isn't for everyone, and just as a little side note, I've worn my hair big and teased for years, way before Jerseylicious became popular, I guess you could refer to me as the South-African version of Jersey {although I've heard that not everyone looks like that in New Jersey so no pun intended}.

Like I said, this hairstyle isn't for everyone, you need confidence and attitude to pull it off as you will get attention!  I don't really care what people think of it, whether you like it or not, it's not going to change my opinion on it, and I've heard it all, a client once referred to me as "the girl with the big hair" LoL, I don't mind it, thank God we all have different tastes and styles right, otherwise the world would be rather boring.  So if you do love having BIG and glamorous hair, here's all my tips and how-to's.  This isn't the healthiest thing to do to your hair but truthfully neither is blow drying, straightening and colouring, so the best thing to do is try and put back as much goodness as you can by regularly using treatments and always using an intense conditioner, heat protectant spray and serum.

What you will need:

 

Velcro rollers (large sizes)

Bobby Pins - to secure the rollers

Brush

Teasing Comb

Hairspray, I prefer the orange one from Perfect Touch, it's my holy grail hairspray!

Serum

STEP 1:

 

I just blow dryed it straight with a big round brush, then using various large size rollers rolled the top section of my hair and heated them up with my blow dryer with a spritz of hairspray on each roller and let it set for a few minutes.  As you can see you'll already have loads of volume in your hair and if you're not a fan of teasing or going too big, you can easily leave your hair like this, with a few spritzes of hairspray you'll have a lovely glam look for day or night without going over the top.

STEP 2:

 

Section off a piece of hair in a kind of square shape just at the crown of your hair.  I don't like teasing all of my hair just the top section which gives more than enough volume.  Split the section of hair in smaller pieces so you end up with a piece of hair that is approx. an inch thick (2 cm).

STEP 3:

 

Take the section of hair as per Step 2, spray hairspray just at the roots of your hair, don't spray higher than approx. 4 cm, taking your teasing comb or any other preferred comb, and tease just at the roots, I don't tease a lot, maybe 3 - 4 strokes, then take your hair dryer and dry that section of hair where you sprayed hair spray for a few seconds.  Using the blow dryer helps set the hairspray and helps so you don't have to tease as much.  Repeat each section the same.

STEP 4:

 

Take your hands and spread the section you've just teased and blow dryed, spreading it evenly and making sure there isn't any gaps or holes.

STEP 5:

 

Like I've mentioned before, I tease only the top square section at the crown of my head, after teasing and blow drying take a brush and lightly brush over the teased area to smooth it out, make sure there isn't any gaps or holes.  What I do after this step normally is take my hand and brush through it all with my hand, creating a shape I'm happy with, then I also lightly tease the right side of my hair as I do have loads of volume on the left (my fringe is that side).

 

This step takes practise, there is no set shape that suits everyone or that everyone likes, some people might prefer more of a bump like they had in the 50's, or more of a side swept area and just a little piece that is back-combed, it'll take a few tries for you to figure out what you like most and what suits you.

STEP 6:

 

Once you're happy with the look and shape of it, spray, spray ... and spray some more!  I use my hand to kind of press my hair up for a bit more volume, but you'll figure out what you like once you've played around a bit.

STEP 7:

 

Almost finished!  Take the bottom of your hair and lightly brush it out so your hair falls nicely and still looks soft and touchable {although you've just sprayed the living daylights out of it LoL} it's just a matter of illusion that's all ;)

And there you have it!  Lovely big glamorous hair ...

 

This truly isn't difficult to do whatsoever, the tricky part is figuring out which shape is the most flattering to your face shape and style/taste, which will only come with practise.

 

What I love about this hairstyle is that it stays voluminous for days afterwards, I never comb it out, all you're going to do is break off your hair and that's not cute and it's unnecessary.

 

I hope you'll give my tips and tricks a try, and let me know if you do, I'd love to see some pics!