Add Volume To Your Style with The Pinch Hair Hack

Volume — if you don’t have it naturally, there is a new quick and easy way to ensure you can create it. The pinch hair hack is a styling technique that works on almost any haircut and hair type to add a little pinch of volume where you need it most.

While it sounds simple, setting your style up for success begins with a few foundational styling techniques so that the finishing “pinch” gets the task done.

What Is The Hair Pinch?

The look is essentially directional styling the hair (of any length) to give off the appearance of a fringe. By doing so, you create a style that brings the hair forward, covering part of the forehead giving movement and volume.

How To Recreate The Look:

Start With A Solid Blow-Dry

After double cleansing and conditioning from the mid-lengths to ends, prep hair with HEATED.DEFENSE and EVER.LIFT. The combination of the lightweight heat protectant + the style memory, and added volume helps build your foundation for a perfect finish.

Blow Dry Tips

• Rough dry to remove moisture and add volume from the start.
• Dry the face frame first.
• Experiment rolling forward and away from the face or back and forth to add volume.
• Begin pinching the hair forward as you dry. This involves pinching the hair toward the middle of the forehead creating a look similar to a curtain bang.

Add Iron Work

Overworking your hair with too many products or too much heat can cause your hair to fall limp. For this reason, use heat sparingly to get the look. If hair is longer, using a curling iron to wave the hair will help create the finish you’re after.

Start With A Solid Blow-Dry

After double cleansing and conditioning from the mid-lengths to ends, prep hair with HEATED.DEFENSE and EVER.LIFT. The combination of the lightweight heat protectant + the style memory, and added volume helps build your foundation for a perfect finish.

Finishing Tips

• Prep hair with ANTI.GRAVITY.SPRAY and sandblast to add volume.
• Use a positive-negative set or wrap hair around the iron to create volume at the base and a bend that anchors towards the middle of the forehead.
• Once you’ve created the foundation, use your fingers to pinch the hair at the bang area in the middle of the forehead, lifting slightly, and spritz with SESSION.SPRAY.
• You should be left with tendrils that have height near the new growth and hang slightly in front of your temples, mimicking a fringe.

This hair hack can be created on almost any hair length and can be utilised for natural styles with highly textured hair. The pinch can be encouraged easier if you have a fringe or layers around the face. For extra tips to create the look, take the PRODUCT MATCHMAKER QUIZ or ask your stylist for the best products for your hair type.