Celebs With the Same Hair Volume as You

Barb Quinn — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:59:01 +0000

Hair volume is a matter of the number of hairs per square inch

Here’s an easy way to determine your hair volume: Pull your hair back into a ponytail. If the base of the ponytail is very slim—about the diameter of a dime—the hair volume would put you into the thin hair category. Another clue for thin hair volume: can you see your scalp when your hair is wet? If so, your hair is probably a thin hair volume type. If your ponytail is “two-fisted”—and looks almost like a true horse’s tail—your hair would be considered a thick hair volume type. When your hair is wet, it covers your scalp very well, without any of the scalp showing through. If you fall between these extremes, you have a medium hair volume type—medium hair is the most common hair volume type.

Thin hair

Thin hair has strands that are very, very small in diameter. Thin hair tends to be weightless and may be flyaway. Frequently, thin hair is straight, and won’t hold a curl easily. You can volumize hair with blunt haircuts that capitalize on its often silky hair texture. Styling techniques, including combing and drying from the roots are helpful for volumize hair. Hair care products that reinforce thin hair include proteinized conditioners, light gels, and mousses—can also volumize hair’s “wimpy” looks. Avoid heavier hair care products, which will weigh the hair down. Thin hair has to be permed with extreme care to prevent damage.

Click on the name to see pictures of celebrities with thin hair volume type:

Juliette Binoche | Uma Thurman | Gwyneth Paltrow | Isabella Rosellini

Medium Hair Volume

Medium hair volume type is the most versatile and has the widest range of possibilities, in terms of selecting a hair style. It’s the most common hair volume type and also the most manageable. Hair with medium hair volume generally holds a curl and takes well to chemical processes, including perms, hair relaxers and hair coloring. You can choose just about any hair style, experiment with a range of hair styles, and be thankful for your hair volume type.
Click on the name to see pictures of celebrities with medium volume hair:

Thick Hair

Thick hair volume type is often very strong and you’re likely to have hard to manage hair. A thick hair volume may be overwhelming on someone with a slim frame and small face, particularly if the thick hair is also curly. The goal may be to reduce the thick hair volume, starting with the right haircut. A layered haircut can give thick hair more shape and direction, as well as reducing the thickness of the hair.

Layered haircuts in shorter and medium lengths are great for thick hair. Silkening hair care products—pomades, surfacers, and even strong hair gels can add control and manageability to thick hair. Very straight, thick hair is often resistant to perms, can be stubborn about holding a curl, and will most likely need frequent perming to maintain the thick hair’s new texture.

Click on the name to see pictures of celebrities with a thick hair volume type:

Michelle Pfeiffer | Mariah Carey | Cindy Crawford | Julia Roberts | Kirstie Alley

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How to Volumize Hair

Paul Lynn — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:23:07 +0000

Hair Volumizing Tricks of the Trade From Celebrity Hair Stylists

Unless you’ve been living on Mars you know that big hair is back. As this hair style trend develops, volume will become more natural looking, says Redken educator Sam Villa. “Women who have naturally curly hair will learn to control their volume with thermal tools, and those with straighter hair will use thermal tools to get more texture and volume,” he says.

Here are some pro tips:

Use Villa’s TEXTUR iron (available at samvilla.com) to create impressions down the hair shaft, pressing the entire shaft or imprinting it at random. Then iron-curl twisted sections, clip them to cool, release and finger-style. The more imprints and the more sections that are iron-curled, the bigger the hair.
Spray roots with a volumizer, then lift sections straight up from the scalp as you blow-dry. Then back-comb key areas, smooth and go.
After blow-drying, finish with a Velcro roller set, advises Mark Garrison of New York’s Mark Garrison Salon. You’ll get the maximum amount of volume that lasts the longest amount of time possible. Roller size determines how big you go.

Long layers help hair achieve and curl and maximum movement, which creates instant fullness. At home, mist on thermal spray and remove excess moisture, then add spray gel and blow-dry all the way. Finish by using a medium diameter curling iron to turn ends up all around working from the bottom up for a stacked effect.

To pump up the volume, work your layers. For a full style in a hurry, wrap shorter top layers on jumbo-sized rollers. Roll them straight, letting the roller sit right on the narrow parting as it cools. For longer lengths, spiral-set curls to move inward. Once curls cool, brush top sections from underneath and let them fall over longer ones.

A heavily graduated haircut that falls just below your ears will give you width, not height; a long fringe makes it soft and sexy. Dry hair in sections from the bottom up using tension on your brush and bending the ends. Add extra curve in front so you have width without every strand sticking out at the ends.

If you start off you hair style with a root-booster, you can get any look you like. For an asymmetrical bob, mist on volume spray and dry roots first. For a twist, wrap sections vertically around a round brush as you dry sections from front to back. Use large sections for big, chunky pieces, and finger-style to finish.

If you like a little volume on top; start with a layered haircut that’s heavier in the interior and tapered at the ends. Then apply a root-booster or volumizing mousse and blow-dry, keeping the ends close. For a serious post-styling boost, roller-set top layers, then brush through and tease the haircut’s heavy side.

Article courtesy of Harris Publications