fine hair cut into graduated bob - advice on how to blow dry/style which products? HELP

[foxy1]

Hello

I have fine very straight hair and have had it cut into a graduated bob below jaw side parting with wispy fringe. What is the best way to dry it to ensure layers fall in right place? Which products would you use? I am really funny about layers falling in the right place and want to style it to ensure they do? Any hairdressors out there or anyone who has this haircut? Tips tools advice? Thank you very very much!!!

my hair is kind of like that - I use mousse and a flat paddle brush and blow dry it - sometimes it works other times it goes a bit bendy - I'm not v good at these things !

the hairdresser who cut it should advise you
what products did he/she use in the shop?

I don't use any products on mine. I use a large plastic bulldog clip to hold the top half on my head sio I can dry the underneath layers with a large brush for volume and then dry bits from the bulldog clip so they fall properly.

Unless I'm running late in which case I blowdry it upside down, brush it and hope

My hair's like that (v fine, v straight) and I've always been advised (by several different hairdressers) not to have layers (probably because of the "falling correctly" issue you mention). So if you work it out I'd be interested to hear the secret.

I have very fine hair and what helps it go a bit less limp is,

a) drying it as soon as possible, rather than letting it dry a bit. Because it's so fine, it's starting to dry itself within about 10 minutes and then all is lost.

b) Either when wet or half way through drying I spray quite liberally with this beauty -

www.amazon.co.uk/Klorane-Almond-Milk-Hair-100ml/dp/B000Q31VQS

other volumising sprays are sticky or sort of siliconey heavy, and I don't know what this one does but it's neither of those, it just seems to make it feel like I havae hair, and it doesn't go silky and flat with it on.

c) Elnett - this is god's gift to the fine haired. Go for the green unscented one, it seems to be exactly the right strength, the extra strength ones are too sticky. A light misting of this when you've styled and it stops your hair flopping and gives it a kind of necessary roughness. This means that your hair will stay looking more the same all day and you won't have that horrendous 4pm moment where you look in the mirror and think where is my hair?

I also brush mine with a mason pearson bristle + plastic (the pure bristle makes it go flyaway), tie it up in a bendy roller when it's freshly dried and still hot, and let it down before I style/Elnett. When i say style, I just mean 'brush again'. But I don't think this last bit will suit your length and layers. It might do! Just the one roller, get all the hair round it, it gives one curve rather than curls. This is for the hysterically hard core fine haired.

By the way, I have devoted the single, reclusive first 30 years of my life to dealing with my fine hair. I am now sharing that wisdom.

I have this style and this type of hair. I always use straightening irons on mine to make sure it all falls in the right place.

No matter how I blow dry it it always does it's own thing. Would recommend GHD stylers the new ones which allow you to curve the ends too

Thank you everyone. My hair seems to have a mind of its own! Do Ghd damage your hair? I wash my hair every other day.

As another tip, mine is much better when pregnant. But that may be a bit drastic as a long-term option...

I have fine hair also in a graduated bob (albeit a longish one). I use Tigi Bedhead Superstar which is a runny clear liquid and I apply this to roots. Then I use a thermal barrel brush to dry my hair in sections, leaving the top section til last.

When I get to the top section, I section again and dry each section forwards, lifting at the roots. Starting at the front and working backwards. (this does mean it all gets in your eyes so keep your whole head tilted forward)

As I'm drying the top/front bits I let the other side bits in too and then follow with blast of cold air.

Then, I flip my head up and my hair back. Then it all just falls where it likes and this is usually where it should go! But, I do not have a set parting-place so sometimes it's middle, sometimes it's slightly to one side etc.

Anyway, this is what works for me! I get a sleek finish but root lift/volume.

Happy styling!

My hair was also gorgeous when I was pregnant. It was lush and springy and shiny and didn't get greasy for the first time in my life. It was weird, though - I had this great hair, but blokes almost seemed to completely stop flirting with me.

Have just been treated to my first pair of GHD hair straighteners, absolutely invaluable! My hair is in new bob and is fine too, it is so easy to get it looking like my hairdresser has just done it.

smellymelly with you on the GHDs. They really do give an excellent finish

i use ghd every day and i dont see any damage
i get it cut reg. though

Why are ghd better than other straighteners?

(fine straight bob here too)

Don't know whether they really are....lots of my friends have Vidal Sasson ones that look nearly the same as GHDs and they are more than happy with theirs. Mind you, I do use mine for curling too, and aparantly GHDs do the curling better than any others.

I have tried other straighteners and ime they do not get hot enough to do a really good job. I wash my hair every other day and the straighteners donot seem to have damaged it

macneil - do you use any of the other Klorane products?

The almond shampoo is as nice, but I don't really think shampoos make all that much difference - I just try to go for ones that smell nice like the lovely Duchy rose and mandarin one. I used to use the Klorane eye make up remover when I was a teenager - it was lovely and non greasy and smelled of roses, but now I just scrub my eyes hard with a flannel because I'm a lazy slag.

This is fantastic. I haev the worlds straightest, finest, limpest hair. This allows me to be able to leave the house in the morning. It works out to be really good value as you only need a small bit. One bottle lasts me a year. And it smells lovely.

Yes, but which product Belo?????????????