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Time Required:<\/strong> 15-30 minutes, depending on length and thickness of hair<\/p>\n

Steps:<\/strong>
\n1. Start with freshly-washed hair.<\/strong>
\nIf you have dry hair, condition in the shower. If you have fine hair, condition only the ends. Blot hair — never rub — with a towel to get rid of excess moisture. You can’t do a blowout with super wet hair or it will take forever. To keep your blow-out intact over several days, make sure to rinse hair thoroughly after you wash to get out any conditioner residue. <\/p>\n

2. Apply product to towel-dried hair.<\/strong>
\nA good styling product is key to the perfect blowout. It adds body to fine, limp hair, while women with thick, curly hair need to keep the frizzies at bay. Plus, products actually keep hair from getting oily. Spritz damp locks with a volumnizer spray or mousse before blowing hair dry.The secret is to coat every strand of hair with product.<\/p>\n

3. If you have dry hair, work in a leave-in conditioner, a straightening balm or shine serum. <\/strong>
\nStart by coating the ends, working your way up the hair shaft. Finish by combing the product through hair.<\/p>\n

4. If you have flat, limp hair, spritz a thickening spray or work in a mousse. Stay away from gels.<\/strong><\/p>\n

5. Break out the blowdryer.<\/strong>
\nIf hair is still pretty wet, use a dryer to remove excess moisture before you start the blowdry or let hair airdry for a few minutes.<\/p>\n

6. Separate hair into 4 sections.<\/strong>
\nDivide combed hair into sections (front, back, right and left sides) and secure with clips or ponytail holders. I find winding hair into mini buns — two in the back and one on each side — works best. If you have super thick or heavy hair, try dividing each of your sections. One above the other helps manage the blowout. Leave out a section to start with.<\/p>\n

7. Stylists know the secret to the perfect blowout is to start with your fingers.<\/strong>
\nPull your fingers through hair starting at the roots. Pull hair out a few inches and hold it while you use the dryer to shoot air at the crown on down. “A brush can only get so close in,” says Manhattan stylist David Dieguez, in the July 2007 issue of Lucky Magazine. Dieguez suggests holding hair super taut, “otherwise, moisture stays in the hair shaft and frizzes it up.”<\/p>\n

8. Move on the round brush.<\/strong>
\nNow that your roots are dry, it’s time to move on to a round-barreled brush (Ken Paves prefers a “mixed-bristle brush” — a mix of boar and synthetic bristles). Pull the brush through hair as you blowdry, pointing the nozzle downward onto hair (this supposedly helps with frizz). Celebrity stylist Ken Paves likes to start with the ends, because they tend to dry fastest.<\/p>\n

9. As you pull the brush through hair, follow the brush with the dryer.<\/strong>
\nI love Dieguez’s tip in Lucky, “Imagine there’s a point six inches in front of your nose. Stretch the hair toward that point as you dry. It sounds crazy, but when you’re done, the tips won’t flip under or up — they’ll just sort of fan out over your shoulders.”<\/p>\n

10. Lock in style with the “cool button.”<\/strong>
\nThe last step for each section is to pull hair taut with the brush and blast it with cool air from your dryer. You can also each dried section up in a Velcro roller.<\/p>\n

11. Continue through all sections until hair is dry.<\/strong><\/p>\n

12. Finish off with a serum.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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