10 Tips for Getting Hair with Lots of Volume and Body

Big hair is a big trend among celebrities. Unlike celebrities, most people are not fortunate enough to have their own personal hair stylists come to their house every morning or every time you're about to go out to a party and make their hair look amazing. Hair with lots of volume and body is very popular, but it can be a tough look to achieve by yourself. There are many different looks that can be created out of full volume hair, but the trick is getting that volume in the first place. If you find yourself having a little trouble, try these tricks.

Tease your hair. A lot of people have stopped doing this because huge eighties hair is not "in" anymore, but they key to getting lots of body in your hair is to not go overboard with the teasing. Tease your hair at the roots only to give your hair lots of volume and height at the crown.

When you are teasing, put some hairspray on the brush you are using so that your hair will keep the volume it gets from the teasing.

When you are blow drying your hair, aim your blow dryer at the roots of your hair. If your blow dryer has a nozzle, or you can add one to your blow dryer, it works even better. As you are blow drying your hair, use a round brush and blow dry your hair upwards to get more volume at the crown.

Blow dry your roots first. A lot of people do this already, but they key to getting volume is to push up your roots when they are dry and then move on to the rest of your hair.

Buy a clarifying shampoo. This will not actually give your hair volume, but it will help to get rid of anything that could way your hair down and make it harder for you to give your head volume. Also make sure to stay away from products that have silicone in them because these products will actually flatten out your hair.

If you have time the night before, curl your hair and pin those curls to your head using bobby pins. To get lots of volume in your hair, sleep in those curls until the next morning, then take them out and shake your head to loosen the curls. If you don't have time for all the time curling and pinning your hair takes, sleep with your hair in a ponytail. When you take the ponytail out in the morning, you should have hair full of volume.

Use volumizing shampoo, mousse, hair spray, and any other hair product. This may seem like an obvious one, but there are a lot of people who don't believe that these products actually give your hair volume so they don't buy them.