How to create lasting volume at the roots without corrugation, backcombing and styling?

In this material, Liliya Sivolapova will talk about five ways to create lasting root volume that will last a very long time. And each one will need a different technique.

Liliya Sivolapova , practicing master and teacher, founder of the Couturier Hair Academy; author of the courses “Philosophy of Styling” and “L'ATTACHE”

I can offer you several effective methods, where the main manipulation tool will be just... brushes of different diameters and different types of combs.

Yes, it is the techniques with a comb that will help create the desired volume at the roots that will not fall off on the very first day of wear.

Using a comb with a diameter of 12 mm, we can quickly and easily create a texture that will resemble the effect of a corrugated hair. To do this, you need to take a thin strand from the parting and use a hairdryer to fix it in the desired position, turning the comb at each turn.

For example, using brushes with a diameter of 18 and 25 mm, you can also create several other types of volumes. Bringing the comb very close to the root and fixing it well, you need to dry the strands.

You can also do a light backcombing, which needs to be combed out after all the manipulations. It's easy to achieve volume at the roots with a three-row comb. It is used in men's styling, but with its help it is easy to create stunning volume on both short and long hair.

A 9-row comb is useful for “staging” the temporal zones and volume around the perimeter of the head. I recommend using only one on its edge sides.

Approximately the same principle can be used to work with a skeletal comb, create a figure eight at the root and dry it in this position.

And if you make exactly the same figure eight, but using a combination comb with plastic bristles or boar bristles, you will get a completely different effect, which, by the way, is more durable.