Coloured Hair Question

[ruthandsam]

Hi

I've had my hair dyed/bleached blonde for about 15 years but decided to go back to my original colour of dark brown so that I could get the condition back. This I did gradually and was very successful, however, no matter how I have my hair cut, it stays very flat. It's extremely shiny now which is great but I just can't get any body into it for some reason. I can't understand why when it was blonde it was lovely and wavy and full of bounce and now it isn't.

Anyone have any ideas of how to get some bounce back?

[MadMen]

I know what you mean, my hair tends to be much flatter whenever I go dark - although it does stay mega shiny!
The only thing I do to add a bit more volume is backcomb the roots a bit (not much) and keep in place with a small spirtz of spray.
Oh, and I dry my hair upside down too, which seems to help :-)

You could always think about adding a bit of a curl, which would give it some volume. Obviously that depends on how long your hair is though. Mine's currently fairly short, so curls don't really work... unless I want to end up looking like Brian May!

[grasscarp]

Get babyliss big hair dryer. Lifts hair on big rotating brush as you dry it. Really excellent results.

[ruthandsam]

Thanks guys!! I'll give my shoulder length hair a treat I think. Fed up with the slick, tidy look as I prefer more of a wild and wavy finish.

[MadMen]

Is that like a diffuse?

[grasscarp]

It's just a big rotating brush on a hair dryer. Can rotate in either direction. So you can get effect that hair stylist achieves with the dryer and a circular bristle brush.

[MadMen]

That sounds nifty.

ruthandsam, just thought of something else. Leave out the conditioner, and see if that helps.

[echokilo]

Try curling it with straighteners - works for me

[Smowball]

I have the opposite problem - my dark hair is thick and bouncy but not very shiny.

[strawberryfields]

you need to get layers cut in