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Drying wet hair into desired styles needs bit of attention. Properly using a hair dryer with a brush and hands is simple to learn and important as well since the time your hair start losing the moisture, they show greater flexibility to be styled into your choice look. After washing your hair, or taking a shower, follow these simple methods of drying hair well for shaping into styles with greater ease.

Drying Until Damp

Dry the hair with a towel to remove the excess moisture. If you are using hair cream or gel, work a dime-size amount (use more if you have got curly or thick hair) into the roots of hair. Comb through the hair to the ends. Now hold a dryer, with its nozzle attached, angled down so that the heated air is concentrated at the roots. Keep the dryer's nozzle some three to four inches from the scalp. Comb through our hair with fingers while using the dryer until most of it, say 80 %, becomes dry.

Dividing the Hair

Comb your hair into place. Then divide it into sections. First, separate the top layer from the bottom one, pulling hair back on the sides, and then up and away from the hair underneath. This will help the dryer getting to the roots, where volume is created. Separate hair just above the ear, lifting the top layer off the bottom one.

Sectioning the Hair

Making separate sections of hair facilitates it to dry well. Divide the upper half of hair into as many sections as needed. This depends on the thickness of hair or on the volume of the hair a clip can hold. You should divide the hair into at least four sections. Thicker hair will need more sections. After making sections, take each section, twist it, and secure in place with a clip. Repeat the same with the bottom layer until just one section of about 2 inches thick at the nape of the neck is left to work on.

Drying the Bottom of the Hair

With a medium to large barrel round brush, wrap the free section at the neck, and dry from the root along the length of the hair. For long hair, bring hair round to the face (in the manner of making C motion), moving the brush towards the end. Work on one section of 2 inches thickness at a time until the bottom layer becomes dry.

Tip: To save time, dry the bottom quickly, and then concentrate on more visible top sections.

Starting at the Roots

Wrap a round brush under a section of hair that is 2 inches thick so that the bristles are at the scalp. Heat the brush while it is at the root. Hold the dryer at roots for a few seconds. Then lift the hair up and away from the root and stroke down to the end.

Tip: For volume, spritz roots with a volumizer or hair spray, position brush, then blast with hot air.

Move to the Ends

For getting the hair sleek and straight, pull it taut while drying. Keep the dryer pointed down the hair shaft so that the dryer and the brush move together. Take the brush past the ends for a perfectly straight hair style. To give the hair extra shine, go back over sections with the dryer and a flat boar-bristle brush (round or flat).

Styling Tips

The ease of choice hair styling depends mainly on a good haircut. If you let a lot of time pass between cuts i.e. six to eight weeks, your hair is likely to get unruly and difficult to style well.

Using too much conditioner or a heavy conditioner will weigh down fine hair. Rinse the conditioner out well. Women with very thick hair, especially curly hair, may leave a little conditioner in to help straighten the hair.

Do not overdo styling products. It is enough to apply a little gel, spray, or lotion for quite some time. Overdoing the product will flatten the hair.

For attaining a sleek look, the hair cuticle must lie flat. If you aim the dryer up the hair shaft (from end toward the root), the hair is likely to look frayed and frizzy.