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1.shampoo, rinse with WARM water. (warm water gets rid of all the residue.)
2. condition, let it sit for 2-3 minutes, rinse with COOL water. (cool water seals in all the moisture. warm water just rinses it all out. but rinse well so you get out all the stuff that wasnt absorbed.)
3. towel dry LOTS. get it pretty dry.
4. comb out all the tangles
5. put your hair upside down, blow dry on warm. unless youre styling it, try not to use a brush. use your fingers! (makes bigger air pockets. air pockets are good.) when the majority is dry, move on to the roots. shoot it right at your roots, move it around, and get them dry.
6. with your head still upside down, turn your blow dryer to the COOL setting, and aim it at your roots while their still warm. be patient with this part. it works, trust me.
7. put your head back up and use a clip or something to gather it in a loose bun on the top of your head until all of your hair is completely cool.
this is what i do when i want fuller hair, and it hasnt failed yet. of course, depending on how limp your hair is, you might want to use all of that "volumizing stuff" like shampoo etc. i use bedhead's moisture maniac. good stuff that, and walmart sells it for cheap. if all of that still isnt big enough for you, take a flexible hairspray (i use physique, just personal preference) and you can do one of two things:
1. after all of the previously mentioned blowdrying nonsense, take a small section (about an inch or so) and hold it straight up. aim the hairspray at the roots, and start spraying. BUT, as youre spraying, slowly let your hair go, bit by bit. continue till you get what you like. its usually easier to start farther back on your head and move towards your forehead.
2. REALLY BIG HAIR! hairspray and a rat comb are your friends here. take small sections of your hair, hold it parallel (or at a more extreme angle, depending on how big you want your hair) to your head, spray the bottom 3 inches with hairspray, and zap it with a blowdryer until it dries. then tease and repeat until youre satisfied. if youre gonna tease it, ive found that if you section each bit neatly, teasing is a heck of a lot easier, because then its not like youre teasing youre entire head at once because youve managed to turn all the hair that god gave you into a gargantuan knot.
okay, enough from me.
sorry guys, that turned out a lot longer than expected.