How to Make Your Hair Look Fuller

By eHow Fashion, Style & Personal Care Editor

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Fine or thin hair can often look limp and flat, but you don't have to be a hair stylist to fix that. There are plenty of hair products and tips out there to help you get some volume in your hair. The tips below are a great place to start.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

Step1
Choose a body-building shampoo and conditioner. Remember to use a light conditioner, though - heavy conditioners can make hair go flat.
Step2
Look for the following in the ingredients: proteins (keratin and collagen), silicone polymers or polymeric quaternium compounds. These compounds stick to the hair shaft and make your hair appear thicker.
Step3
Purchase a styling product such as mousse, gel or hairspray.
Step4
Put a small amount of the product in your hands and rub them together.
Step5
Run your fingers through your hair and rub the product into your roots.
Step6
Lift and "scrunch" your hair (that is, squeeze it in the palms of your hands from the ends of the hair to the roots).
Step7
Let your hair air-dry, or blow-dry it using a dryer with a diffuser attachment. Also, try blowing it dry with your head upside down.

Tips & Warnings

  • Add a little water to your hair during the day if it gets flat, and lift and scrunch it again.
  • Most salons sell heavy-duty styling products, called putty and wax, which are great for working into the roots to make them stand up.
  • If you're feeling daring, try coloring your hair dark brown or black. The darker the hair, the fuller it looks.
  • Be careful not to use too many styling products, as they can weigh the hair down.

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on 5/30/2008 Great advice. This should really help me out a lot. http://baldness1.blogspot.com

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on 3/20/2008 my hair is so terrible. it doesnt grow and is awfully fine and limp. its neither straight or curly and when i tie it up in a pony tail it all matts together after i take it out.. it really stunts my confidence. any kind of product just makes it look really greasey. sometimes i cant leave the house cause im so conscious of it. i know i dont have alopecia and should be thankful that i have hair.i decided to stop washing it with shampoo and hid it in a hat while it went through the greasy smelly itchy stage. its now cleaning itself. i only use water but it still doesnt seem to have improved its appearance although it is probably healthier. i was told by the hairdresser that theres not much that can be done for my hair. they trim it every four months but it doesnt seem to grow any faster since doing this. it just stays the same length and im so desperate for it to grow. ive now had it in th

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on 9/10/2006 Henna coats the hair shaft and conditions it, is completely natural, comes in all colors, and lasts about three months. I don't know why it's not more popular - makes my baby-fine hair completely glossy and much thicker.

I've used it for many years with great success. Permanent dyes break my hair down and damage it.

I get my Henna from Whole Foods - it costs less than $7 for enough henna for two applications - it's shoulder length, but there's not much of it!

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on 8/8/2006 Instead of eating junk food and drinking soda, go to fruits and water. I did, and now I have fuller, healthy looking hair.

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on 8/8/2006 Right after you get out of the shower, put mousse in your hair. Then crunch your hair with your hands (while it's wet) and put it up in a clip. After it is almost dry, take the clip out and blow dry. Voil - wavy hair.

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