How To Style Your Hair with Gel

With the abundance of varieties to choose from, scanning store shelves for the proper hair gel can make most people dizzy. When picking out the proper gel product to style your hair, there are several factors that should be considered. First, what kind of hair do you have? Is your hair thick? Is it thin? Does it have a lot of volume ("poofiness")? Is it curly? Is it straight? Once you pinpoint what kind of hair you have then you are ready to choose how to style it.

Nowadays, most hair gel products have wording that indicates its level of use on the container. It will specify whether it is a mild hold to an extreme hold all the way up to a super hold. This all depends on how you want your hairstyle to look. Usually, a super hold gel will keep your hair in place during most level five hurricanes. It becomes practically glued down once your style is in place. This is an excellent choice for thick (poofy) hair that never seems to behave itself. Milder holds are best for thin hair as it will not matte it down but will enable you to style your hair throughout the day with a comb or brush. In addition, if a pair of wet hands runs through it the gel will often re-activate putting back in place any stray unruly hair.

Use common sense when applying your hair gel. A dime size amount will often give your hair a ‘light hold' as a quarter size amount will style your hair in a much thicker fashion but can make it look greasy so be careful. It is best to use gel on wet hair as opposed to dry hair which will cause you to use much more gel creating a cumbersome hair style experience. Always check the product directions as they will often give the best tips including how the gel will react to blow drying. It is usually good practice to spend a few extra bucks on the better quality brand. These products will often infuse botanicals that can strengthen your hair and they will often exclude alcohol which can make your hair brittle and dry causing flaking that can be mistaken for dandruff.

Overall, knowing how to successfully style your hair with gel may take practice but with experience you should be able to find the best look you can.