Quick Hair Care Guide For the Finely Tressed

Okay I admit it.  Calling this a any sort of guide may be stretching the point. Let's just say that here are a few pointers. Useful tips. Helpful ideas. In other words assistance those with fine locks might appreciate. Plus a nifty video. 

Because we both know that a good hair day for fine haired girls is more often than not, more a result of successfully pulling off a smoke and mirrors routine than having locks that really and truly look great on their own.

And to pull off this sleight of hand requires a bevy of specially formulated hair care products and/or styling tools that allow you to effectively deal with that baby fine hair mother nature gave you. Because regardless which of the hairstyles for fine hair you are partial to, well, the style sometimes matters not if you can't get the volume you need.

Problem is, puny, thin strands aside, you have to pump up the volume and produce thickness, sometimes seemingly out of thin hair, errr, air. Yes, flat hair can be thickened with mousse and other volumizers.  But you may have to be willing to live with some really bad hair days (read limp, flat locks) to figure out which of the products promising results can actually do so with your hair.

Hey, but at least this gives you hope, no?

Because you'd like gladly deliver up last year's hot wardrobe hanging in your closet if but for a day you could revel in thick luxuriant hair like Salma Hayek's for example.   Just saying and knowing how disappointed as you are with that wimpy, somewhat wispy hair approximation you were issued at birth.  Because some days no matter what you do, if your hair isn't up to it, all the styling tools in the world aren't going to produce the results you seek.

This is, however, where that impressive array of styling products you've bought over time comes into play. 

The list of likely suspects would lead off with mousse which you are undoubtedly familiar with, just so it's a light weight formulation, volumizing spray and the ever popular root lifters.  Any or all of which can do wonders when it comes to conveying the pseudo-look of luxurious volume. 

Not to mention what a decent body enhancing, volumizing shampoo can do for you.  Provided you keep the conditioner as far from your scalp as humanly possible. 

Now I know you want a list of which work best.

Sorry.

No can do.

What works best for my hair, may not work at all on yours. Or maybe you can't stand the smell.  Or maybe you have sworn to only use salon products while what works for me came directly from Walgreens.

Still just so you can’t say I’m not trying to help, here's a list of top volumizing products found online that you can browse at your leisure to see what you think.

All in all you may be pleasantly surprised, no shocked might be more like it, by the results the properly applied product can produce.  Many are.

Then two more quick tips. 

Ever tried blow drying your hair upside down?  Some find it to be a quick way to add more volume to your roots where you need it most. 

And here's a surprising one you may not have considered. Getting your hair colored will often result in it looking like it has more body.  Reason?  The coloring process roughs up the cuticles just a bit, accidentally creating lush volume. 

Finally I'll bet you can grab a few additional styling tips from this video. 

• Start with damp, towel dried hair that you have run a comb through yet. 
•  Take a few seconds to scrunch it a bit.
• Then grab whatever heat protectant you prefer and be sure you target your ends with this protection.   
• Smoothing anything that's left over on your fingers through the rest of your hair.  
• Then mess your hair up once more. 
• Next comes the volumizing mousse which you'll apply to the roots.   
• With your blow dryer set on warm dry away then comb your hair out.