How to Get Your Hair to Lie Down for School

Gel is one method of keeping hair down.

Simple hairdos are perfect for busy days at school, when you don't want to be worried about touching up your hair throughout the day. Gels and straightening serums can help you during the styling process to lay hair down. Taking extra time in the morning or the night before to do a proper blowout on your hair will help it lie down better at school. Using your fingers to style your hair will allow sebum, oil developed naturally in hair, to keep hair down. A brush breaks up those oils.

Things You'll Need

• Round brush
• Anti-frizz serum
• Blow dryer
• Straightening serum
• Flatiron
• Hair gel
• Hair pomade

Instructions

1. Blowout hair by using a round brush and drying hair in sections. Use anti-frizz serum to keep hair sleek. The best way to blowout hair is to work in small sections so that hair is fully dry.

2. Apply a pea size amount of straightening serum to your hair, though not on the roots. Run a flatiron through your hair in small sections. The serum keeps hair down during the school day.

3. Rub a dime size amount of hair gel or hair pomade on your fingers and work it through your hair. This will hold hair in place.

Tips & Warnings

• Style your hair the night before school. In the morning, your hair will return to that style quickly when restyled, keeping it flat for school.

• If you have a problem with hair damage, use a protecting spray on hair before working with a flatiron to protect your hair.

References

• "Women's Health;" Staff; September 2011
• "Great Hair: Secrets to Looking Fabulous and Feeling Beautiful Every Day"; Nick Arrojo; 2008
• "388 Great Hairstyles"; Margit Rudiger et al.; 1998
• "The Hair Bible: A Complete Guide to Health and Care"; Philip Kingsley; 2003
• "Good to Great Hair: Celebrity Hairstyling Techniques Made Simple"; Robert Vetica et al.; 2009
• "The Complete Book of Hairstyling"; Charles Worthington; 2002