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How to Use Hair Dryer Diffuser?

The diffuser is very gentle on your hair. It distributes the heat without being aggressive, which is perfect for drying fine, colored, permed or naturally curly hair.

Dry your hair using a hair dryer with a diffuser:

  1. Dry your hair beginning at the roots and using circular motions, always moving in the same direction. Use the diffuser with the hair dryer set at speed 1 only.
  2. Continue drying, keeping the hair dryer at a 90-degree angle from scalp. This will lift the roots away from the scalp giving your hair volume.
  3. Finish by drying the ends.

To set your hair style and achieve a "long-lasting" effect, finish by blowing a "cool shot" through your hair.

Add volume to your hair using a hair dryer with a diffuser:

  1. To add volume to your hair, dry it upside down so that the roots fall away from your scalp. Use the diffuser with the hair dryer set at speed 1 only.
  2. Point the hair dryer at the roots to give your hair maximum volume.
  3. Continue the process to the ends of your hair.

When your hair is dry, throw your hair back and brush to shape. To set the style and achieve a "long-lasting" effect, finish by blowing a "cool shot" through your hair.

Using a hair dryer with a concentrator:

The concentrator directs the airflow precisely, it is especially recommended for smoothing and shaping your hair. It is also used to produce more volume from the roots.

  1. Pre-dry your hair with the hairdryer on the highest heat setting. For drying, separate your hair into 5-cm wide sections. Place a large round brush at the root of one of the sections.
  2. Point the hair dryer with the concentrator at a 90-degree angle to the section and run the brush under it, beginning at the roots and working down to the tips. Your hair dryer should now be set at medium. Repeat the process several times to dry the section completely before moving on to the next section.
  3. Finish by turning the ends under.

To set the hair style and achieve a "long-lasting" effect, finish by blowing a "cool shot" through your hair.


Comments (30)

Posted by Denise on Fri, Dec 23rd, 2011
this did not work!
Posted by Anonymous on Sun, Nov 6th, 2011
Does this work on straight straight hair?
Posted by Anonymous on Thu, Oct 6th, 2011
thanks i didnt hve noooo idea what the heck was a diffuser :D thnks sooooooooo much ;)
Posted by marlene on Sun, Sep 11th, 2011
my daughter has really poofy curly hair extremly curly and real frizzy. any suggestions of how to use the defuser
Posted by Anonymous on Tue, Aug 30th, 2011
Im getting ready to go all natural and from teh comments I am looking forward to what the diffuser can do for me!!
Posted by Anonymous on Tue, Aug 23rd, 2011
i had short hair but it's so thick
now i got the idea thanks
Posted by Anonymous on Tue, Jul 26th, 2011
Some blow dryers have seting on them that allows for you to shoot out cold air. That is cool shot. Its normally a button located on the handle.
Posted by Sighle l'Estrange on Sun, Jul 24th, 2011
Is there a question you can't answer? You are better than the Encyclopaedia (spelling) Britannica
Posted by Linda G. on Thu, Jul 14th, 2011
What is cool shot? Thanks!
Posted by lisa on Thu, Jul 7th, 2011
dose it give u curls if u have naturally straight hair???????
Posted by Anonymous on Fri, Jun 3rd, 2011
Still have a clue as to how the    diffuser works but thanks any way
Posted by L.D on Sun, May 29th, 2011
If you have long hair and want loose curls/waves with practically no effort, coil your hair into a bun on the top of ur head when its ALMOST dry and with a bit of hairspray or surfspray then sleep with it like that and u get natural big waves/curls in the morning :)
Posted by Cori on Mon, May 23rd, 2011
thanks!!!!!!! my hair has a natural curl to it and i always wanted to make them more pronounced. i was looking in a magazine yesterday and it said to use a diffuser and i was like WAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? then i looked on here and it really really helped me thnx again!!!
Posted by Wendy on Thu, Jan 12th, 2012
just a tip...I can make my hair be SUPER curly    (or straight) LOL I can get ringlet type curls just by adding say a product like Catwalk curls rock amplifier (I buy it from First Choice haircutters in Canada) but the tip to getting locked in curls and not friz is I make sure to never use Shampoo and never dry your hair too much or wrap in towel! Just squeeze out excess water while upsidew down on a towel on the floor.    Yes I read that in a magazine years ago about some top New York hairdresser that only worked on curly haired people and to never use shampoo. Who knew? Anyhow I comb thru the conditioner in the shower with a wide pick (I do not comb my hair at any other time). After I rinse it out i spray Braggs apple cider vinegar from the health food store into my hair and leave it there (makes it easy to comb and cuts friz and gives shine!) ya it stinks but it goes away ;-)    So comb it through and then while my head is upside down I start at the bottom and squeez/scrunch it while its soaking wet. If it's not wet enough, I stand under the shower so more runs down my back onto my head LOL scrunch it a bunch and get out of shower. DON'T TOWEL IT DRY. if its too dry you get friz and no curl. Now add in your catwalk or other curl booster and continue to squeeze/scrunch the water out and bounce the curls upside down. I dry my hair upside down with a crazy ass diffuser which is huge in size and doesn't have those stupid long finger things on them, just small ones. The smaller the diffusers SUCK and don't work worth a crap ;-(    any how I go on med or low and while upside down I pile my long hair starting at ends on it and move it up towards my head and leave it there for a few minutes, repeat, repeat, tilt head, same on sides. Usually warm, hot is too hot! I get AMAZING bouncy curls all over - people can't believe I have naturally curly hair ;-) Give it a try!
Posted by Anonymous on Mon, Feb 21st, 2011
ong thanks i had one and i wa like wat is this.
Posted by Elaine Marriott on Tue, Feb 8th, 2011
Excellent information.I spent years straightening my hair and at the tender age of 63 have decided to let it do what it wants to do naturally with the help of a diffuser, now I love my curlt hair.
Posted by Anonymous on Mon, Jan 31st, 2011
thanks, very helpful
Posted by Anonymous on Sun, Jan 30th, 2011
Thanx, i literally had no idea what a defuser wuz!
Posted by Nitasha on Sun, Dec 26th, 2010
I got a blow dryer with a diffuser for christmas, cuz I read this page a couple months ago...I used it and my hair looks absolutely GORGEOUS! I am dominican and native american, my hair as a kid was really thick and wavy and long, pass my butt! but of course I wanted to be like most girls with straight hair so I would straighten it almost every day in high school...so it became thin. im 22 now, my hair is more like tight banana curls now too and after using the diffuser tonight and flipping my hair upside down when I was using it, my hair looks exactly the way it used to be when I was a kid! just not as long and thick! but I love it! thanks a bunch for the post!
Posted by Anonymous on Sun, Dec 26th, 2010
Thanks this was really helpful
Posted by Anonymous on Wed, Dec 15th, 2010
Great info

Thanks for posting!
Posted by Arturo Flores on Sat, Nov 27th, 2010
thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love my newly difussed waves now that i know how to work my diffuser properly :) it really helped me.
Posted by hannah on Sat, Oct 30th, 2010
THIS PWNS! LOVE IT, THANKS!!!!!!!!
Posted by Anonymous on Mon, Oct 11th, 2010
I have long hair and I tried it for the first time tonight and was quite impressed! I have thick hair, so I was a bit skeptical. However, the diffuser came to the rescue. Even my son said my hair blowdryer was quieter! I felt as though my hair got dried twice as fast and it was very gentle to my hair. I was very impressed!
Posted by Anonymous on Fri, Oct 1st, 2010
I have a pixie cut, and im tryingto learn different styles for i, i just got a diffuser because I have poker straight hair, and i heard that apart and aside from it giving me volume it would also give me a little wave in my hair is this true?
Posted by Anonymous on Wed, Sep 29th, 2010
wow well my hair is so wavy, but i want curls. I really hope all of this advice works!
Posted by Anonymous on Tue, Sep 28th, 2010
Just found this forum via google. Joyful to connect you. I came here to learn your cant . thanks all.
Posted by mary on Wed, Sep 15th, 2010
I <3 brax garrett! but I like micheal........!:)
Posted by bear foot preacher on Sun, Sep 5th, 2010
Although I have never used a diffuser, I thought I would try it I am 51 years old and am post menopause which means Isweat at night and my hair well, when I wake up it is matted..I thought I would use a diffuser since I no longer wear my hair straight..I felt so pretty! my curls are well deffined, it makes my hair have volume and shine.    of course I have to use product, but the diffuser makes my hair pop! sister's try it
Posted by Anonymous on Fri, Sep 3rd, 2010
im going to try it . hopefully it'll work . Thanks!! :)
Posted by Isly on Wed, Sep 1st, 2010
Well my hair is naturaly wavy and i hate it so i always straighten it but im getting boored of doing that and its ruining my hair and i takes to long to curl so i thought i would try and curl it this way does it acually come out in ringlets or will it just come out in bigger waves ?

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