Styling Hacks For Thin Hair

Living with fine/ thinning hair can be extremely trying, especially if you're passionate about all things beauty and hairstyling. If you've often found yourself pining away after photos of thick braids and voluminous updos, it's time to rejoice. With my hair hacks, you can now style thin hair and enjoy the same fabulous results as everyone else.

1.Use Lightweight Products

Using the right styling products is key to getting any hairstyle right. However, with thin/ thinning hair, choosing the right products can be a challenge in itself. Regular products will weigh your hair down, making it greasy and/or limp. Look for lightweight, volumizing products. These will make hair strands softer and plumper, giving you weightless body and movement without adding bulk to your hair.

2.The Long And Short Of It

You might be tempted to rock a Rapunzel-esque braid, but let's get real for a moment: super-long cuts and hairos simply don't work in very fine hair. Long hair needs to be able to support its own weight, especially if you plan to wear it in updos and other unique hairstyles. Even if you manage to grow your hair long, it'll become brittle in no time and start fraying and looking limp. Long hair needs major natural volume. What you can do is wear your hair in shorter/ medium lengths and add layers to create volume. Feathered-out cuts can be a godsend for fine hair and you can still rock braids, updos and whatnot. And if you do need major lengths sometimes, there are always hair extensions to turn to.

3.Blow-dry For Your Hair Type

For starters, if you have very thin hair, I don't recommend using a blow-dryer daily. It can dry your hair out though using an ionic/ tourmaline dryer can help with that. Picking the appropriate styling tools can help minimize damage and frustration.

Before blow-drying work a volumizing styling mousse into your hair for some lightweight volume and dependable hold. Then flip your hair upside down and direct the air at the roots. This will create tons of volume.

4.Avoid Products That Dry The Hair Out

Steer clear of products that contain sodium lauryl sulfate or ammonium lauryl sulfate. Ingredients such as drying alcohols, polymers, ammonia and detergents are the reason why traditional hair cleansers lather up and feel so creamy and powerful, but in truth, they're stripping your scalp and hair of natural (and very essential) oils. While they're damaging to all hair types, thin hair can look exceptionally scraggly and have absolutely no strength after being treated to such products. Look for SLS-free/ organic shampoos or try a DIY shampoo recipe.

5.Crowning Glory

A root-lifting product and a teasing comb can be your best friends when you have thin hair. Look for hairstyles with volume at the crown.Anything with a bump/ beehive/ bouffant is recommend. Not only do these hairstyles create the illusion of more hair, they're also easier to style (and lighter to wear) in fine hair.

6.Fringe Benefits

A receding hairline can be one of the hardest things to get used to in life, and is also one of the most common hair woes associated with fine/ thinning hair. One of the best ways to disguise the problem is by asking your stylist to cut short, blunt bangs. These create a thick, rounded-out fringe which adds volume at the hairline.

7.Don't Straighten Your Hair

Straight hair, by virtue of its texture, sits flat. This means it invariably looks thinner, as compared to other hair textures. Curls always look most voluminous, but other hair textures can also look good. If your hair is naturally straight, consider using foam rollers or diffusers while drying to change your hair texture. If not, steer clear of the flat iron.

8.Plump Braids With Pancaking

It can be frustrating to create an intricate braid only to have it look flat and thin. But with the pancaking technique, you can fake thicker, bigger braids in no time at all. Simply tug on the loops of a braid gently, pulling it out to fluff it up a bit. Instant volume! Go ahead and try at least one braid today.

9.Parting Ways

If you've got sparse hair, avoid parting your hair. A clean part can add crispness to a look but it can also expose thinning if you end up showing a lot of scalp. Hairstyles that don't feature parts typically involve volume at the crown, messy texture or just simply end up looking like there's more hair because more area is covered. And if you do want to wear a hairstyle with a part, switch things up by taking it to the opposite side: over time hair flattens out on the side you normally wear your part and flipping it over can create some lift at the roots.