I, like many others, have a hard task keeping a curl or wave in my hair and for that matter any kind of volume at all! My hair is thin but I have a lot of it and it's naturally fairly straight, after years of trial and error I have worked out some fool proof tricks on how to fake that va va voom!!
Condition Before Shampoo Radical I know! Conditioning hair first allows your hair to get a light moisturise and then follow this with your shampoo. Doing it this way round prevents conditioner building up on the hair and weighing it down even more; I ALWAYS do this!
Simple Shampoo
Use a light natural shampoo with no unnecessary added "benefits" to it. Added moisture, heat protectant, strengthening, all sound great but to achieve fuller looking hair you need a shampoo that isn't weighed down by a long list of incomprehensible ingredients. Cut it back to basic and get a light weight shampoo that leaves your hair clean and not weighted down by product. I use and recommend lush trichomania solid shampoo.Tight Curls = Boho WavesBig barrel boho wave curlers just do not and will not keep a curl in my hair. For this kind of look I need a small barrel curler. Once tonged I let the hair sit in that tight curl style for at least 30 minutes before finger brushing it out. The curl may be a little more voluminous that I want initially but give it an hour and the boho waves are there and they stay put all day!Sea SaltSprinting your hair with a sea salt spray on either damp or dry styled hair will help to give limp hair some texture. It also brings out the natural wave in hair. I use and recommend Bumble n Bumble surf spray.
Upside Down Blow OutForget drying your hair section by section, drying from root to tip; this will only drag down your hair further. Instead tip your head upside down and blow dry. For the front section blow dry forward/in front of the face instead of backwards. Forget trying to set a parting when your blow drying, just work the hair away from where it naturally sits to add major volume.