Putting up hair: done in no time with these 7 tips!
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How fun and handy is it to pin up your own hair?! For a party or just when you have a bad hair day. To help you with that, we have a few useful hair tips that will make it much easier for you. You often find inspiration on Pinterest, magazines, or of course that one friend with perfectly pinned-up hair. The secret behind a perfect pinned-up hairstyle is the foundation. Below are the fantastic hair tips for the base of your pinned-up hair! Are you ready?
Tip 1: Don’t wash your hair too clean
Avoid (just this once ;)) using conditioner or other products that make your hair soft or smooth. Especially if you have thick and plentiful hair, pinned-up hair can quickly fall out. Grip is key!
Tip 2: Curl your hair beforehand
If you naturally have curly hair, pinning it up is often quick and easy. On the other hand, if you have straight hair, you can choose to curl it first. Especially for a casual look, curling your hair is handy. The curls create fuller hair and prevent gaps in your pinned-up hair. But you can also pin your hair up straight. Both can be very nice! Extra tip for curling: use a heat protection spray to properly protect and care for your hair. For example, the Schwarzkopf Keep it Light Spray. The spray helps create natural-looking, flexible styles for lasting curls or smooth styles with heat tools. Your freshly curled or straightened hair will stay perfect and be protected by the heat protector up to 230 degrees.
Tip 3: Make your hair stiff
After washing, it is important to make your hair nicely stiff and create enough volume in your hair. By making the hair stiff, your hair will stay in place all day and you don’t have to worry about the pinned-up hair falling out. Types of products that help with this are a firming mousse or texture spray.
- Goldwell Dry Boost Spray: Your hair gets an airy texture with nice fresh volume. Use on dry hair and knead or scrunch the hair with your fingers. As a result, your hair gains more definition with a soft grip.
- Schwarzkopf Refresh Dust: The dry shampoo provides more volume and texture, making greasy hair a thing of the past and the hair easy to style. Spray the dry shampoo at the roots and let dry for 1-2 minutes.
- Wella EIMI Extra Volume Mousse: Ideal to use for volume and shaping long, shoulder-length, and short hair. Before applying the mousse, it is important to shake the can well. Then apply evenly on damp hair from roots to ends.
- Schwarzkopf Dust It: A mattifying powder that provides a rough, matte, and voluminous look. It is important to be careful when applying and rub the volume powder into the hair with your hands. This gives the most texture and volume.
Tip 4: Create enough volume in the hair
You want to avoid a stiff hairstyle. Stiff hair already gets you quite far, but besides that, it is important to create enough volume in your hair. With enough volume, your hair first of all looks fuller, and it comes across as nicely casual. Below are a few brands with which you can create fantastic volume in your hair:
- Sexyhair Big: for example, choose the Dry Shampoo or a Root Pump to add more texture.
- L’Oréal Volumetry: do you suffer from lifeless, limp hair? Then the products from L’Oreal Volumetry are perfect for you!
- Schwarzkopf Collagen: fine hair becomes healthy and gains long-lasting shine with volume.
- Wella Volume and Wella EIMI are ideal to use for volume and shaping long, shoulder-length, and short hair.
- KMS Add Volume: by using this line, the hair gains more texture and looks fuller.
- Lee Stafford Bigger Fatter Fuller: a real recommendation for a volume boost. Go EXTRA big!
Tip 5: Choose a hairstyle that suits your hair
In other words: pay close attention to the length and thickness of your hair and choose a suitable pinned-up hairstyle accordingly. Not every pinned-up hairstyle is suitable for your hair. Do you have long and thick hair? You might think that is very easy to pin up. But pinning up long hair can be quite a… let’s say, nightmare. First of all, you have a lot of hair, which is often quite heavy, and then you need too many elastics, clips, and hairpins to hold it all together. As a result, your head looks like a bird’s nest. Not quite the intention. Is pinning up long hair actually doable? Of course! In many ways even! And especially with the hair tips we give you, it will be much easier.
With medium-length hair, you can pin up endlessly! There are very few pinned-up hairstyles that are not possible. Plenty of choice then, just look carefully at your hair structure. If you have thin hair, teasing is a handy trick to create volume and firmness!
Tip 6: Use sturdy hairpins
If you use hairpins, it is very important to use stiff hairpins. These hairpins won’t slip out of your hair. Also, make sure the hairpins are the same colour as your hair. Then the hairpins won’t stand out in your hair. Pro tip: spray a hairpin with some hairspray and place the ridged side underneath for long-lasting hold. Want to create more volume that actually stays? Then use a teasing comb while pinning up. With the CHI Backcomb Brush you create volume in the needed places.
Tip 7: Finish with a strong hold hairspray
With one of the strong hold hairsprays below, you will enjoy your pinned-up hair for extra long! Make sure to spray the hairspray from a distance onto your hair. This way the hairspray is well distributed over the whole hair.
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- Schwarzkopf Silhouette Spray: For a shiny and long-lasting result. The name certainly lives up to its reputation and provides super hold all day long. The spray ensures optimal fixation but keeps the hair workable.
- Goldwell Stylesign Big Finish: A microfine hairspray that provides strong hold and volume all day long! Also, Big Finish protects against the effects of high humidity and makes the hair fuller.
- Wella EIMI Super Set: Take full control over every look with this extra strong finish spray. Formulated to help protect against the effects of humidity, UV, and heat.
Tip 8: And an extra tip: don’t work too precisely
We advise you to try it loosely first; when you pin up casually, you get a playful look! And some strands may hang loose. This looks very natural. The neat pinned-up hair will come later, once you get better at it. Practice makes perfect!
