A blowout is a hair styling method using a blow drier to achieve a smooth bouncy look. They are great because they last about a week if done properly and can save daily styling time. 

My hair is thick and naturally curly so this may turn out different depending on your hair type. I also have a lot of layers and curtain bangs, so it turns out bouncier looking and more textured. 

I start with my hair clean and about 25% dry after washing it. Before I even start using heat, I put in products. This makes sure the blowout turns out smoothly and prevents my hair from getting heat damaged.  

I use the Pantene detangler leave in conditioner to get rid of any knots. Then I use the Aveda damage remedy or the Kerastase Nutritive 8H Magic Night Hair Serum to help repair my dry ends. I also use the Eva NYC Satin Dream smoothing leave in conditioner. Lastly, I make sure to spray the CHI 44 Iron Guard as a heat protectant. This step is very important because heat can damage your hair. 

I use the Shark FlexStyle blow drier and I use the bigger round brush attachment. You can also use any round brush blow drier or even a standard blow drier and a round brush. I highly recommend a round brush blow drier because it is much easier, especially to prevent getting any bumps on the back of your hair. 

I first make sure my hair is detangled and then section my hair above my ears and go around to the back of my head and twist it up into a claw clip. It should look like a half-up-half-down, except the claw clip should be on the very top of your head. This makes sure that your top section is out of the way, and you can make sure your roots get dry. 

Then, I separate the bottom section down the middle and put both sections in front of my shoulders so there should be no hair behind your shoulders. Now, from either of the two sections you created, take a small piece of hair that should be no bigger than the size of your round brush and put the rest of your hair in that section behind your shoulder. 

You should now have a small piece of hair in front of one shoulder and half of the bottom section of your hair in front of the other shoulder. The rest should be behind your shoulders. 

Now I turn on my blow drier to the highest setting. If you have thin, fine, dry, or chemically treated hair, I recommend using a lower setting to help prevent damaging your hair. 

Now I put the blow drier under the middle of the small section and wrap the ends over, so it creates tension. You don’t want to use the blow drier brush like a normal brush and just go down your hair because it will turn out frizzy and won’t dry smoothly. You also don’t want to wrap your ends so tight that you feel like you’re ripping your hair out. 

I repeat that same motion a couple of times until the bottom of the section feels dry. Remember to go slow; this allows proper heat distribution.  

Now that the bottom is dry, I do the same for the top and sides of the section. Once the section feels dry, I put the blow drier on top of my ends and twist up until the end stays that way. 

 When the section is done, I grab a new section from behind my shoulders about the same size and repeat. You want to make sure that your sections are one-hundred-percent dry, especially your roots, before moving onto a new one to prevent frizz and bumps. 

Once the entire section behind my shoulders is dry, I put the section in front of my shoulder that’s free and put the wet section behind my shoulders. I then repeat this entire process in the section. 

Once both sections are 100% dry, I get a hair tie and put it in a loose ponytail, so it’s not in the way of the next section. 

I then undo the claw clip, brush the wet hair down, and section off the crown of my head, twist it up, and put the claw clip back on. I then repeat everything you just did for the last section with this section. 

Now your hair from the last two sections should be in a ponytail, and your crown should still be wet and clipped up. Undo the claw clip, look down, and brush the section down towards your face. For this section, you will work in horizontal sections instead of vertical sections.  

I make a small section the farthest from my face and blow-dry like normal but going up instead of down. When curling ends up, you want to curl them towards your face. I do this for the rest of the crown except for my curtain bangs.  

If you have curtain bangs, you want to focus more on twisting the blow drier away from your face rather than towards it. This makes it so that your hair doesn’t stick out like elephant tusks. 

Lastly, I put in OGX Renewing Argan hair oil to prevent frizz and smooth ends. Now you’re done! If it doesn’t turn out how you want, don’t be discouraged, it takes a lot of practice.