BACK COMB?

Use short strokes rather than long fluid strokes to create a uniform look.

3. Un knot all hair so that everything is smooth.

4. Separate a starnd of hair from the rest and clip the rest.

5. Gather a small 1 to 2 inch thick strand. Small strands give tighter results and long strands give looser results.

6. Hold the ends of the new section straight up and out from the scalp with one hand. In essence you will be backcombing your strands in the opposite direction from its natural growth pattern.

7. With the other hand, run the comb down the length of the hair from the end towards the base of the scalp in short, sharp and uniform strokes.

8. If you don’t achieve enough teased hair or height in the first pass, repeat the process until the hair has the right fullness, height and texture.

9. Spray newly teased sections with a firm hold hairspray.

10. Once the first section is completely teased, pick up the next section of hair and repeat the process until all of the desired sections of hair have been completely backcombed.

11. Use a firm hairspray to completely spray all of the teased hair when the backcombing is complete.

12. Using both hands carefully smooth the teased hair back in the opposite direction making sure there is a lot of height in the desired area of the hair.

If you haven’t tried back combing before you may think about trying this out on someone else or a wig to see how it looks.