This Chill Blowdry Hack Gives Insane Volume In Less Than Half The Time

Me personally? I love a ‘90s blow-dry. I just cba with the styling process to get there. But one pro hair stylist has shared the blowdry hack she uses in the salon to give her clients the bouncy, voluminous hair of their dreams, even on a limited time frame (because you best believe coveted Aussie hairstylist, Belinda Lee Mills, who shared the hack, is backed up until some time in 2038).

The key with a trad blowdry is to lock in the style from wet to dry. It requires a dexterity that tbh is more than a lot of us can manage with just two hands (twizzling the round brush in the right direction, with enough tension and at the right angle to create optimum bounce, while aiming the hairdryer down the lengths, then looping each section up and pinning it in place). It also requires patience as you wait for each pin curl to cool and set the style. But, Belinda’s blowdry hack skips fast to the good bit.

In a video posted to her Instagram the pro hair stylist wrote: “this is my go too [sic] quick styling technique,” before adding it’s “what I do for a lot of my styling for content. I find it creates the perfect bends to create smooth volume and also shows the colour really nicely.”

She starts by declaring: “Styling hack!” then explains: “I have shown this to you guys before, but it’s quick and it’s easy and we all need quick and easy hairstyles this time of year.” Essentially, she uses her hair straighteners to quickly lock in movement, then she loosens it out with a round brush and hairdryer in a much easier rendition of a blowdry. The bonus? You can use the hack on dry hair when you want to add oomf, refresh your style or switch it up for certain occasions.

Belinda starts the styling session off by declaring: “we’re going through with a vertical section, with my GHD Platinum+ [straighteners] and I’m going down the hair. We’re going to elongate those curls because we want to keep the length and not make it too curly – that’s really important.”