Stylist know-how

Why your blow-dry falls flat by lunchtime (and how stylists make it last)

Most home dryers dry your hair. They don’t set it.

That’s why the bounce is gone before your first coffee break.

The salon finish: heat to shape, cool to set

In the salon, stylists use heat to shape the hair, then cool air to lock it in place. Hershesons built The Great Hairdryer for its London salons to do exactly that. Its thermal heat “sets the blow-dry so it’s still there after the dryer goes off,” and the cool shot fixes the shape.

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How stylists generally do it (and how to copy it at home)

1. Rough-dry to about 80% dry.
2. Clip on the 96mm smoothing nozzle and dry section by section over a round brush.
3. Hit each section with the cool shot before you let it go.
4. Finish the front with the 68mm precision nozzle.

One buy, every morning

Instead of booking a salon blow-dry before every big day, you get the salon’s own tool at home, ready every morning.

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