We love that hair comes in all different shapes and sizes – it’s what keeps things interesting. But if you’re looking for more fullness, choosing the right hairstyles for thin hair can help add serious oomf.
The good news is, thin and fine hair offers up plenty of versatility, it tends to respond well to heat styling, requires a small amount of products to get it sleek and shiny and is usually pretty easy to style, but creating volume can be a challenge (beyond backcombing the absolute shiz out of it). However, there’s plenty of tips, tricks, products and techniques that can introduce a little extra gravity to your strands – namely: strategic blowdrying, volume-boosting and thickening products and well-chosen cuts – so if you have thin hair, it’s fine (in both senses of the word).
We’ve gathered advice from the best in the hair business, here’s what they had to say…
What are the best hairstyles for thin hair?
Some hairstyles can add more oomf than others, especially if they give texture or height. “I find that encouraging movement and texture into the hair, adds volume and stacks out the hair, which leads to making it look fuller and thicker,” says Reece Wentworth, stylist at Blue Tit Salon Clapton. “You can use wands, straighteners or whatever you feel most comfortable using to wrap the hair in different directions to create a tousled, textured look. You can also use a wide tooth comb to soften out the movement,” he says.
Two great examples of hairstyles for fine hair are a blow dry and an updo, we especially rate half up hair, since it gives the illusion of volume up top, while maintaining the length.
How to blow dry fine hair
If you have thin hair that’s a little limp or weighed down, a blow-dry can be a better option than air-drying, as the extra weight from water-soaked strands can cause the hair at your roots to dry flat. Use a heat protection spray to save on damage and try these tricks…
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