Big Hair is Back with a Bounce!

After seasons of straightening, big, bouncy hair is officially back.

Big hair from the 60’s & 70’s has morphed into a new style and come back in a big way for the current hair season.  Thankfully big hair now doesn’t resemble anything like the big helmet style beehive of the late 50’s… that was a big no no.

Not only is big hair popping up on all the catwalks (think Marc Jacobs & Prada at London Fashion week), you can see the return to thicker, fuller styles on celebrities like Amy Winehouse, Angelina Jolie and Heidi Klum. Everyone who is anyone is trying out fuller, volume-increased styles. 

One major difference between 70’s big hair and current versions is the touch-ability factor. 

Hair from the 70’s was heavily pumped full of firm hairspray.  Softness, movement and flow are what we want for today’s big hair.  Since the sticky hairspray days of the 70s, the hair care industry has cleverly invented lots of lovely products that enable fuller hair without the stiffness.  Hair now can have lots of volume and still have shine and movement. One of my favorites is Clynols Hair ID Massive Volume spray (RRP £7.25 200ml), which creates volume without the stiffness.

Pump up the Volume

There are a number of ways to work big hair, but remember you can never go too big at the moment, bigger is most definitely better!

Here’s how…after washing your hair, towel dry to remove all of the excess moisture and apply a good volumising mousse or root lifting spray (see above) all over your hair, lifting sections to ensure you reach everywhere.

Blow dry your hair till it’s roughly 85 percent dry, turning your head upside down during drying, so your roots are already being trained to lift. Then section off your hair from front to back, and begin with the section at the back of your neck: use a big round brush and use a hairdryer to work the hair away from the scalp, pointing air underneath the section. Continue this all around your head, until hair is lovely, dry and bouncy.

After this a way to add a little extra va va voom, is to take a small section at the crown of your head, apply a heat protector spray and then blast with a hairdryer till it’s really hot.

Take a large roller, and set that section of hair with a grip. Leave for a while, add some hairspray, remove and voila gorgeously pumped up hair with a sexy boost at the crown!

If you want to boost your hair volume even further there are ways to make your hair look thicker that doesn’t involve a blow dry.

Colour it up!

Another way to give the appearance of a fuller head of hair is to add some colour to your hair. Ask your hair stylist for some advice. Colour can coarsen the hair and make it appear fuller. You don’t have to change your hair colour completely, just try adding some streaks or highlights to hair. The different tones will add depth, creating the illusion of fuller hair.