To make a blow to the American, we start with a blow-dry, necessarily. But this time, we leave his straightener in the closet and we take his good old brush and hair dryer for a classic blow-dry, old-fashioned. This helps to keep some volume at the root level. This American brush is equally suitable for square, medium or long hair. You just have to choose the size of your brush according to the length of your hair, a fine brush for short hair and a big brush for long hair.

Once the brushing is done and the hair is smooth, two options are available to us. We can just use the brush to give movement to the outside to the hair, a bit like a brushing 70 years, but modernized. For a real wavy blow, we will rather use his straightener to make waves. For this, we use the same technique as for the wavy: we wrap a wick around one of the straightener plates, turn the device and slide it along the hair. Unlike the wavy, it does not place his iron at the roots but it is dragged only from mid-lengths. This will bring slight ripples to the tips. It can work well on all the hair but for a more natural result, better to curl only a few locks on the top so that they are detached from the rest of the hair. We finish by lacing to ensure better hold, even if, as it is a light hairstyle, the waves will disappear the next day.

Thanks to André Delahaigue, Artistic Director Jean Marc Maniatis, and Alexandre Protti, hairdresser Jean Marc Maniatis.

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