How Can I Get More Volume From My Haircut?
If your hair feels flat or lacks body, the right haircut can make a genuine difference — volume isn’t only about products and styling, it starts with the cut itself. Here’s an honest guide from the team at Wisteria Avenue in Abingdon on how a good cut builds in fullness, and how to make the most of it.
Layers are the foundation of volume
The single most effective way a cut can add volume is through layers. Layering removes weight from the hair and creates movement and texture, which makes hair look and feel thicker and fuller — particularly useful for finer hair, where a single blunt length can hang flat. The key is that layers need to be tailored to you: your hair type, its thickness, your length and your face shape all affect where layers should sit and how much to take out. Badly judged layers can do the opposite and thin the hair out, which is exactly why it’s worth having done by a stylist who’ll cut them for your hair specifically.
Cutting techniques that build fullness
Beyond layers, there are cutting techniques a stylist can use to encourage volume. Point cutting — cutting into the ends at an angle rather than straight across — adds texture and stops the hair sitting in a heavy, flat line. Other techniques can soften the cut and create a more natural, lived-in fullness. These aren’t things to attempt yourself; they’re part of why a professional cut sits differently from a home trim. It’s worth raising volume specifically at your consultation, so your stylist can build it into the cut from the start.
Making your volume last at home
A volume-friendly cut gives you the foundation, and a little styling brings it out. Drying the roots with some lift — rather than letting them dry flat — makes a noticeable difference, and a round brush used through the roots while blow-drying helps create body. A light volumising product before drying can add to the effect. You don’t need much; the cut is doing the hard work, and the styling just makes the most of it. Your stylist can show you a quick technique that suits your hair.
The honest bit
Volume is partly down to your natural hair, and no cut can give fine hair the density of thick hair. But the right cut, well judged for your hair, genuinely maximises the body you have — and that, paired with a little styling, is what makes hair look fuller. The starting point is simply telling your stylist that volume is what you’re after.
Book a haircut in Abingdon
If you’d like a cut designed to give you more body and fullness, come and talk to us. Book in for a free, no-obligation consultation, see more on our haircuts and styles page, or have a look at our price list to see what’s involved.
