When it comes to blow dry training, there are a few top tips that can jump start every trainee’s skill level to provide polished, personalised blow out services faster. It’s important for trainees to grasp that the best hairstylists understand the importance of applying the perfect blow dry technique. A haircut or colour blown dry to suit a client’s lifestyle and the new look is a winning combination that builds client loyalty and confidence.

Tip 1: Start with short hair first

Yes that’s right, you read correctly. Before picking up a brush, a trainee stylist needs to understand how movement can be created with the use of air direction and their fingers. Holding a hair dryer and a brush when trying to manage longer lengths can be challenging for a newbie to the vocation. Combining a hair dryer with fingers in short hair is the perfect way to build the muscle memory required to hold a dryer correctly whilst practising moving the dryer to change air flow and direction.

The majority of hairdressers are kinaesthetic learners, meaning they learn best by doing. Keeping this in mind, by learning finger drying before any other technique, a trainee’s first lesson is how to identify natural movement and enhance it to suit a haircut and client’s natural texture.

Tip 2: Add a flat brush next

After mastering finger drying, stick with short hair and learn how to use a flat brush. Learning to manipulate hair with a flat brush, before any other type of brush is a great second step.  Trainees will build confidence with managing air flow direction and a brush in combination. Start the flat brush journey with a wrap drying technique. Wrap drying teaches a trainee how to use the head shape to manipulate the direction of the roots as well as soften partings and fringes.

The first blow dry technique a trainee should learn with a brush is a wrap dry

After wrap drying, stick with a flat brush and develop the ambidextrous skills of using a flat brush in both hands to create tension to smooth the hair shaft and add volume to the root area.

Before blow drying long hair, learn how to blow dry short hair with a flat brush

Tip 3: Diffuse curly hair before learning how to use a round brush

Before learning how to manipulate longer hair with a brush, it is crucial to further improve knowledge of natural movement by mastering how to diffuse natural curl. Diffusing becomes the first major lesson in product choice to enhance the perfect finish.

Diffuse drying teaches a trainee how to enhance natural movement

Tip 4: Move onto longer hair last

The challenge of blow drying longer hair is working with the length safely. By now a trainee is confident working with a blow dryer and manipulating air flow in combination with a brush in their other hand.  They are ready to take on the extra attention required to make sure the long hair is not placed near the air intake of the dryer or tangled in a brush.

First start with a flat brush or paddle brush to improve dexterity.

When learning to blow dry mid-length and long hair start with the flat brush blow drying technique

Then move onto a round brush on straight hair, focusing on applying even tension and creating root lift.

Start round brush blow dry training on long straight hair texture

Finally, finish with learning how to use a round brush to smooth natural curl.

The final step of round brush blow dry training is to learn how to blow curly hair smooth.

Online blow dry training courses

At MHDPro.com we have the ideal blow dry training courses for beginners. They cover everything from nailing your consultation to applying the correct direction, tension, heat and brush choice to enhance your finished style.  Learn how to blow dry with the best hairdressers in the world and jump start your blow dry training now!

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