How To Diffuse Curly Hair // HAIRSTYLIST SECRETS REVEALED #curlyhairhacks #hairdiffuser

Okay, if you clicked on this video, then one of two things is going on. You have curly hair and you have either used one of these before, and you recognize exactly why it's so important for drying your hair, or you have no idea what this thing is. Either way, I'm going to tell you today exactly the right way to use this, but I'm going to need a little bit of help. So, Bae, Yana, you want to help me out on the video? Yes. Okay, so we are going to use this on your hair. You know what it is? Yeah, that's a diffuser, right? Yes, it is. Like, you know I have straight hair. Which is exactly why this is going to be such a good little tutorial, I think. So, what we're going to do is we're going to diffuse your hair with it, and I'm going to show you exactly how to use this the correct way, but I'm going to show you how to use it whether you've got curly hair, that you want to enhance more curl, even relax some of the curl, or just dry it in the natural curl that it has. And let's get back to the enhanced curl. We're going to try to enhance your straight hair with curl using this. See if I can get some weight in it, even though your hair is straight. I think it's going to work well. So, that's the challenge. Either way, regardless of the hair texture you have, you're going to learn the simple step-by-steps. It will absolutely pertain to you, I absolutely promise. But for you right now, then what I need is for you to go get your hair wet. Again, she loves doing this so much. Go get your hair wet, come back, and we're going to do the step-by-step. Oh, and by the way, today's video is sponsored by the great people over at Skillshare. Yes, this was just sitting right here for you, but we'll talk more about that in just a second. So, right now, let's explain what this is. And really, more importantly, is there a difference between the diffusers that you may or may not pick? So, first of all, if you've ever bought a blow dryer, the chances are you have gotten one of these with that blow dryer. This is simply here to... This is simply here to diffuse the airflow that's coming from your blow dryer. And the reason that's important and super vital if you're trying to dry your hair curly is because the more manipulation that you apply to your hair during the drying process, the more potential frizz you're going to add. So, this, by diffusing that stream of air, is simply diffusing that manipulation to your cuticle and ultimately, potentially, if you use it correctly, creating less frizz while drying your hair. Now, are there differences between these? Absolutely. Now, there are some that are a little bit deeper and there are some that are much more shallow in that cone. I find that I prefer, especially if you're in a situation like we're about to be in, where you're trying to enhance curl, I prefer a little bit of depth and width to the cone. So, to me, this is kind of a fail-safe for no matter what you're trying to achieve. It's just kind of a better option. So, with that said, like I said before, there is a step-by-step process. All right, let's get to that. Is it damp? Yep, it's all wet. So, step one is simply getting it damp. So, first things first, if her hair is too dry, anywhere, this goes for anyone, if your hair is too dry, the product that you use is going to distribute differently through the dry hair versus the way it will distribute through the wet hair. Many times, if it's too damp or too wet, what will happen is it will actually just dilute the product and you won't get quite the reaction. So, it's important that it's evenly moisture. If your hair is dry already, if you've been getting ready or doing whatever and your hair's got basically a little bit air-dried, then go back in and spray those areas that are dry. Spray them down. Step two is using the product. Now, like I said, this is going to pertain to you whether you've got curly hair that you're trying to enhance curl or whether you're trying to minimize curl. It's all the same. We still need to use a foundational product so that you can minimize the amount of texture that happens when you're drying. While you're drying your hair, when you're talking about curl, I keep on pointing at you like you have curl and this is clearly not curly, but while you have curl, the one thing when you're drying your hair that's combating any of that frizz is some sort of product. You're not using a flat iron or any sort of hot tools to help minimize that texture. You're relying 100% on either your natural texture or the product that you're using. Then, distribution of that product is also vital. You want it on every hair from roots to end. Many times, people will use too little of a product. They'll scrunch in it at the bottom, start working it through the roots, and by the time they get up to the roots, they really don't have that much in there so they've got a bunch of product in one area and not a lot in the other and that will end up with frizzy areas versus areas that are actually controlled as well as different amounts of curl potentially, especially in a situation like you're going to see today. First things first, we're going to put some product in. I'm going to have you do it since this is your... And we've got a very needy dog here, clearly. Oh my gosh, Kev. So I'm going to start you with that much. You're going to work that through your hands. Move closer here real quick. Come close to the camera. Come right here and tilt just like this. If you can see this, see how this is a little bit drier? You can barely see that, I can tell that there's not quite as much moisture in this. I'm going to dampen this down a little bit because it's that important that this gets wet. Okay, so now you can see that she's got a bit of wave in her hair. It's getting in the right direction but we need to start drying it now and actually using this diffuser. So let's move on to the next step. Okay, so now is where we actually utilize this diffuser. First things first, if you've never used one of these before, they're usually attached to the end of your dryer. Most of them will just clip on. This is actually one of the things I love about the Dyson dryer specific. No, not sponsored by Dyson but nonetheless, I love this dryer because it's magnetized. First thing you're going to do is you're going to tilt your head off to the side, either side or back or all the way forward. Your goal is, I'm going to have you tilt all the way to the side like this. Yeah, there you go. Your goal is to get this hair, the roots up off of the scalp. So if you are drying your hair, you've got the appropriate amount of wave in it or curl in it. You love what you're seeing right here and all you want to do at this point is just get this specific look dry. Then what you're going to do is you're going to turn your heat on back here. Okay, I'm going to turn this off so you can hear me and you're going to hold the dryer out away from your head. What you're not going to do is come in or do this with the dryer. So you're just going to hold it back here and you're just going to allow it to dry the hair. Now, if you're in a situation where you want less curl than you already have, you're going to need to pull that curl out before you take the diffuser to it. So it means you're going to put the product in, you're going to do whatever you typically would do your process to actually pull that curl out and then you would take the diffuser and you would dry your hair the exact same way I just showed you. On the other hand, if you want to encourage curl like we want to today, you're going to do that same thing, tilt your head off and you're actually going to put that hair in the diffuser and pick it up a little bit. Now, you want to be a little bit careful about moving this around a lot and the only reason I'm touching this like this is because I can't feel her hair or her scalp. So I don't know how hot it is. I'm trying not to burn her. But at home, you're going to be able to tell if it gets too hot in here and you're going to be able to move it away. So in that case, this hand, put it in your pocket, do something with it. I don't care what you do, but don't get it working through your hair. She might tilt you over even more and do it like this so she gets it up in that top area. Do you see how this side now has a bit more wave than this side does? Because we started to enhance that. We're just going to do that same process. If your hair is already curly or you're trying to minimize the amount of curl, then the first place you want to start drying is actually at your roots, not at your ends. But in a situation like this where we're trying to actually enhance curl, I need to take full advantage of these ends and start getting some moisture or some curl in those right out of the gate and then come back to finish up the roots. I just need to make sure that those roots are dry. So what I'm going to have you do, because you're so excited to do this, is go into the bathroom and do what I just showed you to do. All right. With your hair. I think I can do that. Think you can do it? I think so. Okay, so she's going to go out and then while she's actually gone, while you're doing that, I'm going to tell you about Skillshare. Did you see I just rolled that in there? Because it's all about edu... Segway. It's just a perfect... That is terrible. I'm sorry. But anyway, let's talk. 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Did you think you're going to get that much curl? Honestly, I didn't think that I was going to get any curl. I was thinking this is going to go so wrong. And so when I like flip back up, I was like, holy crap. Now the next step is when you get done diffusing your hair, it's going to feel hot. And many times heat can be mistaken for dry. And that isn't always true. So what I say is allow your hair to cool down. Once it gets cool, then you can feel it and determine, okay, is it actually damp? Now what you want to do is go through and actually break your hair up. Now let's back up. If you look at your hair now and you're like, that's money. I'm good to go. Then the next steps aren't necessarily important for you. But more often than not, if you're using a product that is going to control texture, many times it's going to have a bit of a wet look when it gets dry, if you've used enough of it. And you may not want that. So what you might want is a little bit more of a softer overall appeal, or maybe you just want to break up some of the curl a little bit. And the way you're going to do that is by actually scrunching up or breaking up your curl once it's dry. There is a specific way to do that so you don't just encourage frizz. The simple way you do it is you bring your hair off to one side and you're going to keep in mind the keys are you're not going to comb through your hair. So even if you go into the scalp, which I would say to do, at some point, you go into the scalp, you kind of shape your fingers like a claw, go into the scalp, shake back and forth, and you come straight back out. You're not going like this and then going through the ends. That's a quick way to start breaking up that curl and start actually encouraging frizz. If that's the look you're going for and you want that kind of big, broken up, kind of frizzy curl, then go ahead and do that. But if you're trying to minimize that amount of frizz, then you want to keep your hands out of it. Then you can come from the bottom and you're basically just going to scrunch it up again, similar to what you did when it was wet, and you're just going to go through and just kind of break up that curl. And what you'll find is you'll maintain the curl, but it'll break up the product so that you get a little bit drier. Go ahead and look up again. A little bit drier, more open, voluminous. Volume, voluminous? Voluminous. So I go in, I break it up, I come back out. This looks aggressive. It is pretty aggressive. I've got a lot of product in here. I'm going to actually say Deanna has a lot of product in here, so you can kind of get through it. Now, if you can kind of see the difference between this side and this side. Obviously, she's got her hair parted on this side, so there's more hair over here. It's clearly going to have more volume, but you can look more at the definition or the dryness of the overall curl pattern versus this side, which has a little bit more of that damp look because you haven't broken it up yet. I feel like that's a win in terms of creating curl in straight here, right? And I thought this was actually going to be one of your YouTube fail videos. Yeah, so there's that. Thanks for having faith in me, babe. You guys, make sure you go ahead and click on that link below. Like I said, first 1,000 people. Get a, what did I say about that? You remember? Do you remember? Do you remember? You weren't there, were you? I wasn't here. It's a premium subscription. Yeah, 1,000 people below. Click on that link. Learn something. That was very aggressive. Learn something. See what I have to deal with? Learn something. I'm going to go learn something.