While you can absolutely jump right in with fully wet hair, I will confess, I do like to give my roots a quick blast with my standard hairdryer as this seems to be the trickiest part of the hair to dry fully with he large-barrelled hot brush. Lacking patience and time, I usually section my hair into two parts—I’ll twist the outer section of my hair and fix in place with a clip at my crown, then begin work on the under section. Taking my hair in five centimetre sections, I start at the root and, underneath the hair, I rotate the hot crush horizontally, thus giving my hair a gorgeous root lift. Then, I’ll pull the brush through the lengths of my hair, rotating as I go, until I reach the ends. I continue to rotate to give the ends a bouncy curve, and then release. For the entire under section, it takes me about five minutes.
Then, I repeat the process on the top section of my hair. Again, I’ll add volume by rotating under the hair at the root but, instead of heating the entirety of my hair from underneath, I’ll alternate drying some of the five-centimetre sections from the outer side from mids to ends to create some natural-looking flicks, which I think give the overall look more polish and professional-looking flair.