1. Apply Heat Protecting Primer
First things first: Protect your hair. While Big Blowout Jelly has heat protectant built in, our lightweight Quick Blowout Primer Spray also nourishes hair and pairs perfectly with Big Blowout. With a bi-phase flash drying formula, Quick Blowout creates a smooth, frizz-free finish perfect for a glamorous blowout.
2. Apply Big Blowout Heat Protectant
Apply a quarter-sized amount of the Big Blowout to damp hair. Use your fingers or a comb to evenly distribute product from your mid lengths to your ends. Keep in mind that you don’t need much product to achieve maximum results, so plan accordingly.
3. Rough dry hair
Before you start in on the actual styling process, you’ll want to rough dry your hair until it’s about 60 percent dry. “Use your hands to rake through the hair, which will help create volume at the roots,” says Cutler, who suggests starting at your scalp and actually raking upwards to get the job done. “You want the roots to go in a different direction than where they naturally fall, and this will help.”
4. Use the “C Section” technique to style
Now, the real work comes in. Section your hair, and place the brush a third of the way up your hair shaft (not at the ends, as you would with other blowdry styles). From there, wrap it toward the root in a “C” shape away from your scalp, then wrap your ends around the brush. “This will help concentrate the air at the root area, which is where we want the volume, because that’s what makes it a ‘’90s’ blowout,” says Cutler. “If you just wrap it from the ends and roll it up, all the heat and volume on the brush is just going to go to the ends, so you’ll be flat on top and curly on the ends. With the “C Section” technique you’ll get that big, beautiful, ‘90s supermodel blowdry.
5. Let the section cool
Before you unwrap your hair from the brush, let it cool down for 10 seconds. “The cooling down phase is critical for maintaining a longer-lasting style,” says Cutler. “If you just take the heat up and it wraps out, it will unravel and it will cool down there, so you actually want it to cool while it’s still on the barrel.” If you really need your look to last, he suggests pinning the wrapped hair to your head and letting it cool.
6. Apply Quick Tease 15 hairspray
Spritz your style with Quick Tease 15 Hairspray, and you’ll be ready for the 90s runway.