Hi Andrew. I apologise if you've already discussed this previously but what's your opinion on the whole 'blow drying damages your hair' discussion. Is it OK to be using dryer for a few mins every day?? Or will there be long term consequences
You have the best videos! Learning a lot and looking for a barber/stylist that will give me a custom haircut. I’d love to see a video on wavy/curly hair. 37 years old and I’m just now learning this stuff
Thank you! I have a friend with frizzy curly hair on my schedule for an upcoming video in a few weeks- basically going to do this same process as here but tweak it to show the difference between what reduces the frizz (heat) and what reduces the curl/wave (tension) and how to kind of dial in a personalized mix of smoothing and straightening.
Yeah I actually blow dry all of my graduated bobs this way. The trick is to keep in mind to follow through to the ends of the hair, like if the front of the hair reaches the back of the head, get the heat and tension allll the way from the front to the back of the head, all the way to the end of the hair. I’ll typically work through the process in smaller sections, too. I thiiiink I have an older video flat wrapping mid length wavy hair
Thanks for free knowledge andrew. Big shoutout! I have a question, should i blow dry the ngoht before, or i should blow dry at the morning ( sorry because in our culture we shower at end of the day)
Excellent video, Andrew! May I ask what are the dimensions of this hair as far as measurements? Such as how long are the bangs compared to the rest of the top, etc? I’m just trying to implement this cute closely, and achieve that natural flow of the bangs. Thanks!
Andrew, when would one use this method versus the flat wrapping technique you previously showed? Is one way better than the other? I guess this method would take a little less time it seems? Great vids as always!
This is sort of “diet flat wrap” the difference being that here I didn’t need to pull the hair into as many various directions to make it manageable, it was already a little more willing. But the same staples are there- pull it tight and flat with a brush until it’s smooth. What I’ve learned since doing my initial flat wrapping videos is that it’s way faster to rough dry (like in this video) before flat wrapping than it is to start from damp, and also that starting with looser bristles then working finer/tighter allows you to more easily dial in how smooth you want the hair to end up.
I find it very difficult to do the flat wrapping technique whitout messing my side part. My hair is also fine, soft and wavy. I can't seem to straighten it even with my Ibiza CX2 brush.
But I’ve tried oribe and R&Co in the past and of course everything they make is amazing. I also used to really like Redken’s Pillow Proof blow dry primer but I believe it was discontinued. Paul Mitchell’s Super Skinny serum does wonders for smoothing out heavily processed hair. I don’t have a ton of experience with a ton of products, I kind of find what works then stop looking until whatever works is discontinued or otherwise unavailable.
@@andrewdoeshair really cool. I started watching you just before lockdown and then I started TH-cam in lockdown. If you fancy an overseas digital Collab, I'd love to.
Hey Andrew. Just recently found your channel, and I've bought a BaByliss from your recommendations haha. I do have a question though. How would you recommend finding a barber? It could be me not being able to ask for what I want properly, but the barbers I've been to in the past year just can't seem to get anywhere near what I'm looking for. At this point, I'm too afraid of going to some random guy with how long my hair is getting.
Here's a question, What to do when you keep on blowdrying your hair and itstead of it becoming smooth and soft like in your video, mine becomes more freezy and starts to lay falt, looses volume? Am I blow drying for too long or I should blow dry even more to go past the freezy state? Some days my hair looks amazing and other days looks like frizzy and flat hair. Flat as in like, It doesn't have volume but its not completely laying flat like straight hair, somewhere in middle I would say, I know you can't see my hair but I think you might have an answer for this because of your knowledge about hair, amazing video as always!
You're right that it is really hard to diagnose without seeing your hair, but generally speaking you might want to try more heat for longer, but less tension. The tension is what will make the hair straight/flat but the heat is what makes it smooth/shiny. You could also consider polishing most of the hair with high heat and low tension (just wiggle it around by hand and heat it until the frizz reduces) but save the areas you want volumized, then hit those areas with a denman brush or round brush to force in some volume and wave. If the frizz is gnarly you might find benefit from also using an oil (like Davines Oi Oil) or a blow dry primer (like Redken Pillow Proof spray) before blow drying
@@andrewdoeshair Thanks for this tip. Just one last thing I had in my head that I wanted to ask, Have you ever considered making a video on how to get insane amounts of volume> What techniques to follow and what pre stylers and post stylers to achieve good if not insane volume.I think a video like that would be really informative and educational to a lot of people looking to create volume in their hair through different techniques. Yes, I have seen the video about volume without any tension on that one guy that you made video about but it didn't work for me, I guess different techniques work for different hair types and you probably know the most of them. In the end, thanks again for making this video and taking time out of your busy schedule to check and reply to comments. Thank you for all the videos you make about hair. I've learned so much in past couple months about hair then I ever did. Thanks You so much!
Can I use the flat wrapping technique just with my hands(45 seconds with high heat high power moving the hair in multiple directions, 30 seconds with high heat low power moving the hair in all directions and 30 seconds with cold air and high power moving the hair in all directions)?
Use your hand like a big wide brush and wiggle the hair a lot while you dry it, work it around and cook it until the frizz goes away and the hair starts to shine a bit (this happens a few minutes after it’s already dry). That’s a good approach if you like your waves and cowlicks. Using the dryer without adding tension (from a brush) won’t change much of the hair’s characteristics. I’ve got an older video about “the best brushes for mens hair” (or some title to that effect) which breaks it down a little further.
Photo translates more than words do. Take screen shots and show your barber. If they don’t know how to do it looking at a picture then find a better barber
Sort of a case by case thing, sometimes too much tension on fine hair will make it too flat, but it depends on a lot of things (the kind of style, how much wave the hair has, whether or not the hair itself has a smooth or rough texture). I think you can find a nine row brush for like nine bucks, it might be worth trying it and hoping for the best
Hi Andrew: What heat setting are you using once you begin using a brush (after finger drying)? Does grey, thin, straight male Asian hair have its own challenges? Informative video. Thank you.
High heat and high power to rough dry and remove the moisture, then high heat low power to smooth and polish- with just about every dryer I’ve used you get a little more heat out of the low power setting, which is very important for the smoothing process (more heat, more tension, more smooth). Once the hair is smooth you’ll want to use hot and then cold air to set it where you want it (this is why your dryer has a cold button). Think of the cold air like when you iron a shirt, whatever the shirt cools doing it stays doing- the cold button allows you to speed up the cooling process. Hair is the same way, heat makes it malleable and then wherever it cools it stays, but you don’t want to do this until after it’s been smoothed out or else it’ll stay frizzy and wiry. Asian hair and grey hair are both challenging, but generally speaking this method will still provide some help- what’s important is a good haircut which will allow for the hairs that need to bend to stay long enough to do so (like with any material, a longer piece of hair is less rigid than the same hair at a shorter length). I find commonly that clients with this type of difficult hair want to keep it very short to avoid it ever going out of place, which is a fine option except that shorter hair requires more frequent haircuts to maintain and offers less versatility while styling, so you kind of have to choose your hard and go with a longer lasting more versatile haircut that REQUIRES thorough styling, or to simply chop down the problem hairs where you can and stay on top of chopping them down regularly. A down side with the latter is that a grown out short haircut is incredibly hard to style but a shaped up longer haircut is easier to style (and a grown out longer haircut isn’t typically hard to style). So there’s a common loop I see for coarse and/or grey hair where the client struggles through impossible hairstyling in three weeks so they can have the easiest hairstyling today, rather than keeping a sort of medium difficulty throughout the duration of the cut.
@@andrewdoeshair how does blow drying create that shine gloss look? Every time I blow dry my hair it comes out dry and dull. Do I need to apply anything?
@@lancer717 heat and tension will “seal the cuticle” which means the surface of the hair strand will become smoother and flatter, reflecting more light (adding shine) and allowing the hairs to move independently without catching on each other (when your hairs all stick to each other and wad up together- that’s frizz). You see this sealed cuticle happen very quickly and dramatically with a flat iron, but the hairdryer takes a little longer to get there because it doesn’t get quite as hot.
Im trying to get this style where the hair at the front gets a lot of volume and is flipped up, but all the hair at my front flows to the right.. when I try to push any hair to the left, it just keeps going to the right automatically. Is there anything I can do to fix this? I haven’t tried blow drying yet but would that help to make some of my hair flow to the left?
Would this blowdrying routine work: 1 minute blowdrying with high heat high power and brushing on the right side of the head, 1 minute blowdrying with high heat high power and brushing on the left side of the head, 1 minute blowdrying with high heat high power and brushing on the back of the head, 1 minute blowdrying with high heat high power and brushing the top of the hair forward, 1 minute blowdrying with high heat high power and brushing the top of the hair backwards, 1 minute blowdrying with high heat high power and brushing the top of the hair to the right, 1 minute blowdrying with high heat high power and brushing the top of the hair to the left after all this 30 seconds blowdrying with high heat low power and brushing the right side of the head, 30 seconds blowdrying with high heat low power and brushing the left side of the head, 30 seconds blowdrying with high heat low power and brushing the back of the head, 30 seconds blowdrying with high heat low power and brushing the top of the head forward, 30 seconds blowdrying with high heat low power and brushing the top of the head backwards, 30 seconds blowdrying with high heat low power and brushing the top of the head to the right, 30 seconds blowdrying with high heat low power and brushing the top of the head to the left then after all this 30 seconds blowdrying with high cold high power and brushing the right side of the head, 30 seconds blowdrying with high cold high power and brushing the left side of the head, 30 seconds blowdrying with high cold high power and brushing the back of the head, 30 seconds blowdrying with high cold high power and brushing the right top of the head forward, 30 seconds blowdrying with high cold high power and brushing the top of the head backwards, 30 seconds blowdrying with high cold high power and brushing the top of the head to the right, 30 seconds blowdrying with high cold high power and brushing the top of the head to the left?
Sort of a yes but no answer. It’s a factor among many that can contribute to damage, but I’ve seldom (I’m talking one in like five hundred) seen damage on short hair from a hair dryer alone. I’ve got a video from a few years back where I break it all down and then attempt to damage hair with a hairdryer (and couldn’t because it’s actually pretty hard to do)
Maybe not first try! Most of my clients do this regularly. Practice the movements with cold air until you get a little bit of muscle memory, then try hot air. People have done much harder things. I think it's crazy that people can curl their own hair, especially in the back!
Hi Andrew. I apologise if you've already discussed this previously but what's your opinion on the whole 'blow drying damages your hair' discussion.
Is it OK to be using dryer for a few mins every day?? Or will there be long term consequences
This video breaks it down as far as I’ve seen it over the years th-cam.com/video/wOSFhVlNECI/w-d-xo.html
You have the best videos! Learning a lot and looking for a barber/stylist that will give me a custom haircut.
I’d love to see a video on wavy/curly hair. 37 years old and I’m just now learning this stuff
Thank you! I have a friend with frizzy curly hair on my schedule for an upcoming video in a few weeks- basically going to do this same process as here but tweak it to show the difference between what reduces the frizz (heat) and what reduces the curl/wave (tension) and how to kind of dial in a personalized mix of smoothing and straightening.
Fantastic video! very well explained. 👍🏻
Exactly what built my career 💪🏼 We need a blow dryer emoji
Have you tried flat wrap technique on longer hair? Probably like chin-length. If so, will the trick be slightly different than short hair?
Yeah I actually blow dry all of my graduated bobs this way. The trick is to keep in mind to follow through to the ends of the hair, like if the front of the hair reaches the back of the head, get the heat and tension allll the way from the front to the back of the head, all the way to the end of the hair. I’ll typically work through the process in smaller sections, too. I thiiiink I have an older video flat wrapping mid length wavy hair
Thanks for free knowledge andrew. Big shoutout! I have a question, should i blow dry the ngoht before, or i should blow dry at the morning ( sorry because in our culture we shower at end of the day)
Excellent video, Andrew! May I ask what are the dimensions of this hair as far as measurements? Such as how long are the bangs compared to the rest of the top, etc? I’m just trying to implement this cute closely, and achieve that natural flow of the bangs. Thanks!
I’ve got a video dropping any minute (uploading now) that explains exactly this 😁
Andrew, when would one use this method versus the flat wrapping technique you previously showed? Is one way better than the other? I guess this method would take a little less time it seems? Great vids as always!
This is sort of “diet flat wrap” the difference being that here I didn’t need to pull the hair into as many various directions to make it manageable, it was already a little more willing. But the same staples are there- pull it tight and flat with a brush until it’s smooth. What I’ve learned since doing my initial flat wrapping videos is that it’s way faster to rough dry (like in this video) before flat wrapping than it is to start from damp, and also that starting with looser bristles then working finer/tighter allows you to more easily dial in how smooth you want the hair to end up.
@@andrewdoeshair Got it thanks Andrew! I'll definitely give this a try! Appreciate the reply!
I find it very difficult to do the flat wrapping technique whitout messing my side part. My hair is also fine, soft and wavy. I can't seem to straighten it even with my Ibiza CX2 brush.
do you ever use products like r&co and oribe like many celebrity hairdressers uses? what is ur favorite products u used from those big brands?
All I use these days aside from my own humble little product line is REF flexible hair spray, Davines Oi Oil, and EVO water killer dry shampoo.
But I’ve tried oribe and R&Co in the past and of course everything they make is amazing. I also used to really like Redken’s Pillow Proof blow dry primer but I believe it was discontinued. Paul Mitchell’s Super Skinny serum does wonders for smoothing out heavily processed hair. I don’t have a ton of experience with a ton of products, I kind of find what works then stop looking until whatever works is discontinued or otherwise unavailable.
Great video man 🤟
Thank you! I tried to keep it short and simple this week
@@andrewdoeshair really cool. I started watching you just before lockdown and then I started TH-cam in lockdown. If you fancy an overseas digital Collab, I'd love to.
@@PaulWattsHair actually, I’d love to do something- thank you. Can I message you on Instagram?
Hey Andrew. Just recently found your channel, and I've bought a BaByliss from your recommendations haha.
I do have a question though. How would you recommend finding a barber?
It could be me not being able to ask for what I want properly, but the barbers I've been to in the past year just can't seem to get anywhere near what I'm looking for.
At this point, I'm too afraid of going to some random guy with how long my hair is getting.
Here's a question, What to do when you keep on blowdrying your hair and itstead of it becoming smooth and soft like in your video, mine becomes more freezy and starts to lay falt, looses volume? Am I blow drying for too long or I should blow dry even more to go past the freezy state? Some days my hair looks amazing and other days looks like frizzy and flat hair. Flat as in like, It doesn't have volume but its not completely laying flat like straight hair, somewhere in middle I would say, I know you can't see my hair but I think you might have an answer for this because of your knowledge about hair, amazing video as always!
You're right that it is really hard to diagnose without seeing your hair, but generally speaking you might want to try more heat for longer, but less tension. The tension is what will make the hair straight/flat but the heat is what makes it smooth/shiny. You could also consider polishing most of the hair with high heat and low tension (just wiggle it around by hand and heat it until the frizz reduces) but save the areas you want volumized, then hit those areas with a denman brush or round brush to force in some volume and wave. If the frizz is gnarly you might find benefit from also using an oil (like Davines Oi Oil) or a blow dry primer (like Redken Pillow Proof spray) before blow drying
@@andrewdoeshair Thanks for this tip. Just one last thing I had in my head that I wanted to ask, Have you ever considered making a video on how to get insane amounts of volume> What techniques to follow and what pre stylers and post stylers to achieve good if not insane volume.I think a video like that would be really informative and educational to a lot of people looking to create volume in their hair through different techniques. Yes, I have seen the video about volume without any tension on that one guy that you made video about but it didn't work for me, I guess different techniques work for different hair types and you probably know the most of them.
In the end, thanks again for making this video and taking time out of your busy schedule to check and reply to comments. Thank you for all the videos you make about hair. I've learned so much in past couple months about hair then I ever did. Thanks You so much!
Can I use the flat wrapping technique just with my hands(45 seconds with high heat high power moving the hair in multiple directions, 30 seconds with high heat low power moving the hair in all directions and 30 seconds with cold air and high power moving the hair in all directions)?
How long does the hair has to be for the flat wrapping technique?
Could you do a tutorial on blowdrying your hair just with your hands and a blowdryer?
Use your hand like a big wide brush and wiggle the hair a lot while you dry it, work it around and cook it until the frizz goes away and the hair starts to shine a bit (this happens a few minutes after it’s already dry). That’s a good approach if you like your waves and cowlicks. Using the dryer without adding tension (from a brush) won’t change much of the hair’s characteristics. I’ve got an older video about “the best brushes for mens hair” (or some title to that effect) which breaks it down a little further.
@@andrewdoeshair Thanks.
How do I get bangs to flow like this?
Can use blow dryer after using pomade
Yeah, I actually prefer using product right after the shower when it's still wet then I blow dry it.
Hey how aften you can blow drying your hair because I wash it off every two days not every day
Guys how to ask for this hair cut to the barber??
Photo translates more than words do. Take screen shots and show your barber. If they don’t know how to do it looking at a picture then find a better barber
do fine hair need a brush like a 9 row brush to build in volume or is that too much tension?
Sort of a case by case thing, sometimes too much tension on fine hair will make it too flat, but it depends on a lot of things (the kind of style, how much wave the hair has, whether or not the hair itself has a smooth or rough texture). I think you can find a nine row brush for like nine bucks, it might be worth trying it and hoping for the best
Hi Andrew: What heat setting are you using once you begin using a brush (after finger drying)? Does grey, thin, straight male Asian hair have its own challenges? Informative video. Thank you.
High heat and high power to rough dry and remove the moisture, then high heat low power to smooth and polish- with just about every dryer I’ve used you get a little more heat out of the low power setting, which is very important for the smoothing process (more heat, more tension, more smooth). Once the hair is smooth you’ll want to use hot and then cold air to set it where you want it (this is why your dryer has a cold button). Think of the cold air like when you iron a shirt, whatever the shirt cools doing it stays doing- the cold button allows you to speed up the cooling process. Hair is the same way, heat makes it malleable and then wherever it cools it stays, but you don’t want to do this until after it’s been smoothed out or else it’ll stay frizzy and wiry. Asian hair and grey hair are both challenging, but generally speaking this method will still provide some help- what’s important is a good haircut which will allow for the hairs that need to bend to stay long enough to do so (like with any material, a longer piece of hair is less rigid than the same hair at a shorter length). I find commonly that clients with this type of difficult hair want to keep it very short to avoid it ever going out of place, which is a fine option except that shorter hair requires more frequent haircuts to maintain and offers less versatility while styling, so you kind of have to choose your hard and go with a longer lasting more versatile haircut that REQUIRES thorough styling, or to simply chop down the problem hairs where you can and stay on top of chopping them down regularly. A down side with the latter is that a grown out short haircut is incredibly hard to style but a shaped up longer haircut is easier to style (and a grown out longer haircut isn’t typically hard to style). So there’s a common loop I see for coarse and/or grey hair where the client struggles through impossible hairstyling in three weeks so they can have the easiest hairstyling today, rather than keeping a sort of medium difficulty throughout the duration of the cut.
@@andrewdoeshair Thank you for your thorough reply. Very much appreciated.
@@andrewdoeshair how does blow drying create that shine gloss look? Every time I blow dry my hair it comes out dry and dull. Do I need to apply anything?
@@lancer717 heat and tension will “seal the cuticle” which means the surface of the hair strand will become smoother and flatter, reflecting more light (adding shine) and allowing the hairs to move independently without catching on each other (when your hairs all stick to each other and wad up together- that’s frizz). You see this sealed cuticle happen very quickly and dramatically with a flat iron, but the hairdryer takes a little longer to get there because it doesn’t get quite as hot.
@@andrewdoeshair love the science. Thank you Sir!
What were the brushes?
th-cam.com/video/xd9xho6fzi0/w-d-xo.html
Im trying to get this style where the hair at the front gets a lot of volume and is flipped up, but all the hair at my front flows to the right.. when I try to push any hair to the left, it just keeps going to the right automatically. Is there anything I can do to fix this? I haven’t tried blow drying yet but would that help to make some of my hair flow to the left?
No
Would this blowdrying routine work: 1 minute blowdrying with high heat high power and brushing on the right side of the head, 1 minute blowdrying with high heat high power and brushing on the left side of the head, 1 minute blowdrying with high heat high power and brushing on the back of the head, 1 minute blowdrying with high heat high power and brushing the top of the hair forward, 1 minute blowdrying with high heat high power and brushing the top of the hair backwards, 1 minute blowdrying with high heat high power and brushing the top of the hair to the right, 1 minute blowdrying with high heat high power and brushing the top of the hair to the left after all this 30 seconds blowdrying with high heat low power and brushing the right side of the head, 30 seconds blowdrying with high heat low power and brushing the left side of the head, 30 seconds blowdrying with high heat low power and brushing the back of the head, 30 seconds blowdrying with high heat low power and brushing the top of the head forward, 30 seconds blowdrying with high heat low power and brushing the top of the head backwards, 30 seconds blowdrying with high heat low power and brushing the top of the head to the right, 30 seconds blowdrying with high heat low power and brushing the top of the head to the left then after all this 30 seconds blowdrying with high cold high power and brushing the right side of the head, 30 seconds blowdrying with high cold high power and brushing the left side of the head, 30 seconds blowdrying with high cold high power and brushing the back of the head, 30 seconds blowdrying with high cold high power and brushing the right top of the head forward, 30 seconds blowdrying with high cold high power and brushing the top of the head backwards, 30 seconds blowdrying with high cold high power and brushing the top of the head to the right, 30 seconds blowdrying with high cold high power and brushing the top of the head to the left?
I couldn’t tell ya through a screen. Try it and let me know if it does 👍
@@andrewdoeshair Thanks.
Is it healthy for the hair if I blowdry it every day?
Sort of a yes but no answer. It’s a factor among many that can contribute to damage, but I’ve seldom (I’m talking one in like five hundred) seen damage on short hair from a hair dryer alone. I’ve got a video from a few years back where I break it all down and then attempt to damage hair with a hairdryer (and couldn’t because it’s actually pretty hard to do)
@@andrewdoeshair Thanks.
This is all great when someone else is doing it for you. Way different doing it yourself.
@@EyeKnowDonuts agreed. My cobbler polishes my shoes better than I do, but for day to day I do what I can anyways
dude there's no way you can do this on your own hair though especially quick.
Maybe not first try! Most of my clients do this regularly. Practice the movements with cold air until you get a little bit of muscle memory, then try hot air. People have done much harder things. I think it's crazy that people can curl their own hair, especially in the back!
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