BEAUTY
5 STEPS TO THE
PERFECT
BLOWOUT
Celebrity stylist Mark
Townsend helps you
get smooth and sexy
hair—every time
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Finish it off. Mist a
silicone spray into
your palms, rub your
hands together, and
rake them through the bottom
half of your hair. We like John
Frieda Frizz Ease 100% Shine
Glossing Mist, $6.99. To stay
flyaway free, spritz flexible-
hold hairspray onto a brush
and run it very lightly over
the entire style, crown to ends.
“Your guy should be able
to touch it,” says Townsend.
“There’s nothing sexy about
crunchy hair.”1
Prep. After washing and
conditioning, apply a
leave-in product as soon
as you get out of the
shower. If you have fine hair,
boost volume with a mousse
from roots to ends. Thick or
curly texture? Work a smooth-
ing cream or lotion through.
If you have chemically straight-
ened hair, use an oil.2
Do a “rough dry.”
Start with just fingers
and a blow-dryer until
hair is 80 percent dry.
(Flip your head over if you
want more volume.)3
Smooth it. Grab a
round brush with a mix
of boar and plastic
bristles and attach the
nozzle to your blow-dryer.
Section off the top of your hair.
(“Your arms will get tired, so
you want to blow out the visi-
ble hair first,” says Townsend.)
Start with the brush at your
roots and the dryer aimed at
it, and move slowly through a
two-inch section down to the
ends. If you’re after volume,
pull upward at the roots. If
you’re going super sleek, pull
downward. Repeat until the
section is smooth, then move
on to the next one, continuing
over your entire head.4
Straighten it. Once
hair is dry, go over
any kinks or tough-to-
reach spots, like the
nape of your neck, with a flat-
iron. If you have chemically
straightened hair, don’t let
the dial top 300 degrees; any
hotter can fry fragile strands.Clockwise from left: Kérastase
Nectar Thermique smooth-
ing lotion, $43. Phyto Huile
Suprême smoothing oil, $40.
Dove Oxygen Moisture
Leave In Foam, $5.99. Infiniti
Pro by Conair 3Q blow-dryer,
$120. Regina B. hair comb,
$175. Bumble and Bumble
round brush, $85.236 FEBRUARY/MARCH 2015 BRIDES.COMCLOCKWISE FROM TOP: PATRIC SHAW; COURTESY OF CONAIR; JEFFREY WESTBROOK; COURTESY OF BUMBLE AND BUMBLE圀漀爀氀搀䴀愀最猀⸀渀攀琀圀漀爀氀搀䴀愀最猀⸀渀攀琀
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