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Anytime hairstyling equipment kit
 While a professional cut should ensure your
hair keeps on
looking good day to day, maintaining
healthy,
shining hair
takes the right equipment. And sometimes you just want to liven things up. This
kit will help you do both.
Blow-dryer
The best blow-dryers are between 1,400 and 1,600 watts. This will speed drying
time, reducing the hair's exposure to heat. They should also have a diffuser and
a nozzle so you can direct the air.
Round brush
The best brush to use while
styling hair as
it allows you to move through the hair while you blow-dry.
Tongs
Good for creating precise, ringlet curls or flicky styles.
Straightening irons
For adding shine to hair and taming waves or curls.
Butterfly clips
Essential to separate off sections of your hair while you style.
Rollers
Large rollers can help give volume to hair.
Setting lotions or styling waters
These are spritzed onto the hair to create hold while you're styling.
Mousse
Used to create body in
styles. For
best results apply a golf ball-sized blob mainly to the roots of the hair to
give lift.
Gel
For more sculpted, defined styles, it gives more lasting hold than
mousse.
Too much will make hair stiff though, so use a pea-sized blob on short styles or
a 10p-sized blob on long styles.
Wax
For tousled or messy styles that need control and shine, use wax. It's better on
short hair than long and always remember that using too much
 will make hair
sticky and attract dirt. For best results, use a pearl-sized blob warmed in your
palms and smoothed down the hair - wipe off any excess.
Serum
Used to create shine, it doesn't really hold hair in place but just enhances the
finished result. Use no more than a pea-sized blob of serum on short styles, a
10p-sized one on long - more than that will make your hair look
greasy.
Hairspray
The finishing touch. Don't spray it directly onto your hair, as this will make
it stiff. Instead spray a fine mist over the hair from about four inches away.
This will set without stickiness or stiffness.
Hair elastics
The only way to put hair up, they are smooth to the touch and don't snag.
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