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Break out the hairspray and rollers, because big hair is back | Sali Hughes on beauty


Don’t worry – the stiff helmets of 1980s TV soaps are a thing of the past. Here’s how to bulk out your bouffant the 2024 way

If you’ve spent the past 10 years trying – and failing – to do those loose, carefree, beachy waves, then you can finally put down your tongs, tend to your burns and give it all up as a bad job. To do this at home, hold the hair close to the root and, using a small brush or comb, gently tease backwards, spraying each section with hairspray and leaving it to dry. Even if this “easier” way to volumise is above your pay grade, just rolling your hair up in jumbo bendy rollers will give it way more volume come morning, as the heat from your head moulds it.

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