In the modern world it is very difficult to find a woman who does not seek to be beautiful and well-groomed, to be perfect in everything. Girls are ready to spend a day in beauty salons to become at least a little better. And almost the main concern of a modern woman is the condition of her hair, which is not at all surprising. After all, everyone wants to boast of a beautiful, long and thick head of hair.
What girls do not do for the sake of this goal: they color, grow, straighten, curl their already damaged hair, and this is not the whole list of procedures available in our time. And one of the most popular today is the boost up procedure - the creation of a basal volume.
What is boost up?
Bottom volume of hair boost up - a procedure that until recently was available only in some beauty salons. The author of this technique is Elena Glinka, a fairly popular hairdresser from St. Petersburg. It was this woman who came up with the idea to wind each strand onto a hairpin and fix it with a special compound, which gives a long-term effect of hair raised at the roots. At the moment, the boost up procedure, the price of which is quite high in hairdressing and beauty salons, is available to everyone. It can be quite easily held at home.
Let's take a closer look at how the procedure occurs, with the help of which the volume of hair boost up is obtained. At the same time we find out what is needed for its implementation.
What does it take to get a root volume of hair boost up?
Although the simplicity of manipulation may be conditional. To carry out the boost up procedure at home, you will need:
- A friend, acquaintance or your personal hairdresser . Yes, unfortunately, boost up cannot be done on its own. But your best friend or neighbor can help you.
- The special composition with which the procedure is carried out. Elena Glinka herself recommends Paul Mitchell brand cosmetics. The kits of this cosmetics are commercially available and consist of shampoo, moisturizing spray, conditioner and, in fact, Paul Mitchell Acid Wave or Paul Mitchell Alkaline Wave bio-curlers. These two products differ in that they are designed for different types of hair. If you have dry and thin hair, then you should choose Acid Wave, but if, on the contrary, tough and naughty, then opt for Alkaline Wave. The funds of this company are ideally suited for carrying out the boost up procedure, the price of the whole set varies in the range of 2000-4000 tons.
- Some tools at hand. Hairpins, foil, shower cap, comb, hair dryer and more.
- Stock of patience. This is almost the most important thing that is needed to carry out this procedure, since it takes a very long time.
Now we proceed directly to the procedure during which the volume of hair is boosted.
Where to begin?
Let's start with contraindications. The root volume of hair boost up should not be done to people with very short hair (at least shoulder length is recommended), with bleached hair (their already thin hair will not survive another chemical effect). You can forget about him and people who just do not want to injure their hair. No matter how the hairdressers praise the volume of hair boost up, the reviews about the procedure are not entirely encouraging. But more on that later.
Step 1. Preparation
Special preparation for the procedure is not required, it is possible and even recommended to do a root volume of hair boost up on unwashed hair.
Prepare all the necessary tools, and you can begin.
Step 2. We twist the hair on the hairpins and fix the strands with foil
The most time consuming process. The whole procedure takes about five or six hours, and two of them are winding each strand onto the hairpins. It is necessary to wind the hair so as not to touch the roots of the hair (remember that you need to work only with the root zone!). Wrap 7-14 cm of the entire length of the hair, the ends also do not need to be touched.
After this painstaking work is done, it is necessary to fix each strand wound on a hairpin with foil.
As you can see, all this requires at least a modicum of professionalism, so it is advisable to attend special training seminars from the creator of the methodology, Elena Glinka.
The procedure itself is somewhat reminiscent of perm, only not the entire hair curls, but only its basal zone.
Step 3. Apply the composition to the hair
Now you need to apply the composition that you previously purchased on that part of the hair that you twisted on the hairpins. In no case should the product fall onto the roots of the hair or skin, it is very harmful. Try to somehow protect the scalp from getting on it composition.
You should not wait too long, literally 5 minutes after applying the product, it already needs to be washed off.
Step 4. Wash, dry, stack
If you thought that the most difficult was already behind, then you were deeply mistaken. Now you should carefully remove the foil and hairpins, which is a very unpleasant and even slightly painful process.
After all excess objects are cleaned, thoroughly rinse your head. Shampoo and conditioner for this is present in the kit that you purchased. If you bought any other composition or this, but separately from the kit, you can wash your hair with any shampoo, just give preference to companies that do not add SLS to their products.
Your next task is proper hair styling. They need not only to be dried, but to do so in order to smooth out the curls obtained after the chemical process. If you do not learn how to style your hair, then these small sections of the “corrugation” will always be visible, and it looks very ugly.
Hair volume boost up: procedure reviews
So, the primary information is received. You read this article, but if you still can not decide on the procedure for boost up hair volume - photos and reviews from real people will help you.
As already mentioned earlier, not all reviews describe the procedure so rosy, but this does not mean that it is not worth doing.
First, keep in mind that each person has a different hair structure. That is why boost up is not recommended for people with damaged hair, since there is a high risk of hair loss after the procedure.
Secondly, the person who performed the procedure is of great importance. Indeed, the quality of the procedure in a professional setting and at home will be very different: at home, a couple with a neighbor or girlfriend, you can seriously harm your hair. The choice is yours.
Pros and cons of the procedure
Like every procedure, boost up also has its pros and cons. And we, perhaps, will begin by analyzing all its advantages.
Of course, the main plus of boost up is the volume, which (as the creator of the method promises) lasts about six months. This is not particularly believed, to be honest, because the hair grows, and part of the "corrugation" will gradually slide down. But in general, for a couple of months, a beautiful volume is provided to you provided that you know how to style your hair correctly.
Another plus of the procedure is that it has the properties of hair restoration. And, as representatives of the Paul Mitchell company say, there are no aggressive substances in their products, that is, their products cannot be affected badly by your hair. But on the scalp ... And let the manufacturers indicate as much as they like that there is propolis in their products that relieves irritation on the scalp, it’s still not proven by anyone, and, probably, it’s not for nothing that their composition can be applied to skin, because, in addition to that propolis, there are plenty of chemistry in it.
It was already mentioned above that the hair will grow back over time and the “corrugated” part will slide down. Another plus of the composition is that it must be washed out of the hair during these six months, but even if this does not happen (and most often it is), then the wavy part can be easily ironed.
And now we will analyze all the disadvantages of the procedure, although it seems that even in the pluses described above there are already enough of them.
Let's start with the fact that you will not find good masters who can do boost up, and you will not find them in the afternoon with fire. Yes, you can do this procedure at home, but before that it is still advisable to go through training seminars.
The next minus of the procedure is time. There are few who can stand five hours in a row in an armchair, and you think about a man who is messing around with your locks of hair trying to twist it.
Cost here also plays an important role, because 3-4 thousand rubles is a lot of money. And this is only the cost of the composition. If you use the services of a professional hairdresser, the cost almost doubles, it all depends on your place of residence, on the density and quality of your hair, on the honesty of a person and so on.
It’s cheaper and much faster to do hair styling with a hairdryer or curling iron, especially since boost up also requires daily styling, and without it these curls will look very stupid. So what's the point? The cost of a good hair curler and a means to add volume to the hair is much less than the cost of the procedure.
So, summing up, there is little useful in this procedure, but it's up to you! Once again, read the reviews of people who have already done boost up, weigh the pros and cons and make the right decision.