The real magic happens with a Bounce Curl brush, which features bristles for smoothing and specially designed edges to separate and shape individual curls. Emhoff sections her hair into two lower layers, leaving the remaining hair around the crown, then brushes and twists each piece outward to encourage definition. Her bangs gets special treatment, with the brush directed forward instead.
Next comes the diffuser. Emhoff uses a Dyson Supersonic Nural hair dryer and employs a fairly athletic drying technique by leaning forward to tackle her bangs, flipping her head around, then leaning back to reach the underneath layers. There’s an awkward in-between phase, naturally. “This is the Weird Al stage,” she announces, her hair reaching increasingly impressive volume.
Bounce Curl
EdgeLift 5-in-1 Brush
Dyson
Supersonic Nural Hair Dryer
Emhoff’s most interesting trick comes at the very end. Rather than preserving every perfectly formed ringlet, she breaks the mousse cast by gently pulling down on her curls and running her fingers through them. A wide-tooth comb loosens the ends further, creating a softer, fluffier finish. “I think brushed-out curls are my favorite,” she declares. “I’ll say it. Controversial opinion! Or is it?”
