Beautiful, blown-out hair is back and (literally) bigger than ever. There's just one small problem: you have to know your way around a round brush. But the fake blowout or ‘faux-out’ is quickly gaining momentum on TikTok, offering an easier way to replicate the hairstyle if your skill set isn't up to the task, or you simply don't have the time.
So far #fakeblowout has picked up over 10 million views on TikTok with users looking for a shortcut to the XXL oomph that a big, bouncy blowout provides. The idea is that you can swap in your straightening iron or curling wand to create the flicky movement where you need it (around the face, ends and layers) without spending half an hour weight-lifting your blowdryer.
“If my life depended on it, I would not be able to give myself a blowout,” one user called @lani.baker admitted. “The hairdryer in one hand, the roller brush thing in the other? It's just never going to happen for me,” she added. Yep, we can relate. “But because of that I figured out a really great hair hack, and to me it looks exactly like a salon blowout so I'm going to show you how to do it,” she said.
Lani's just one of hundreds of helpful beauty junkies offering up an easier way to achieve the ‘90s blowout look that’s headlining beauty trends right now. “I should forewarn you though, if your hair doesn't have layers, it might not have quite the same effect,” she added.
Here's how she creates a blow-out without going near a hairdryer.
"Take a small chunk [of hair] and a hot flat iron, you just flat iron the entire piece of hair like you normally would. The only difference is once you get to the end, you're going to slowly bend it under…Then I always grab it and [twirl it], then toss it back and repeat. When it comes to the front [face-framing sections], I find it best to split the sections horizontally rather than vertically," she demonstrates. “Also when I get to the layers closer to the top of my head, I kind of lift up my straightener [bending the hair at the root] just to add some volume,” she says. The most important step? Fluffing. “How this hairstyle really shines is when you give it a shake up,” she says.
But she's not the only creator offering us a speedy alternative to blow-drying, we've seen dozens of different hacks for achieving the look of a blow-out in less time, so you should find one that matches your tools, time-frame and ability-level below…
The face flick hack
Another user @kakimovakamilaa used a similar technique, only when it came to her face-framing sections, she flicked the ends away from her face, rather than under and towards her face.
The curling wand hack
Content creator @cynthisdhimdis used a large curling barrel and rollers to add serious oomph and volume to her hair.
The straightener and rollers hack
User @tessa.ladwig used the method we've seen before, using her straighteners to flick her ends under, though she followed up by wrapping them round rollers to set each section for longer. As for her fringe, she flicked the ends back, away from her face.
Big barrel waves
One of the quickest faux-outs we've seen comes from @the.hannahjensen, who's jumbo curling barrel and simple vertical sections make short work of a fake blowout.
The two-step blow out
This one cheats a little bit, because it uses a hairdryer and round brush, but @yhkayla takes the hard work out of it by simply smoothing the rest of her short bob-length hair with her straighteners, then only “blowdrying” the front face-framing section. Her statement making fringe distracts from the fact the rest isn't “technically” blown-out.
Dramatic curtain bangs
The secret to a '90s looking blowout is a chin-length curtain fringe that you can get some serious flick-action from, as demonstrated by @lauriesinclair5.
Medium barrel waves
For midi hair a medium barrel wave can work like a charm, case in point @ilaydasherifi's gorge '90s faux-out.
Flat iron waves (and a little round brush action)
A little more complicated than some of the other fake blow-outs, but still simpler than a round brush and blow-dryer, @ariba_p creates her waves using her straighteners. She curls using tension, then calls on two round brushes (one on each side of her parting) to wind up those just-heated sections and let the curls cool into place, while she's working on the next wave to ensure they last longer. When it come to her face-framing sections, she starts at her roots, curling forward and under for lift, then from half-way down, she flicks the ends away from her face.
Here's all the ‘faux-out’ inspo you could need…
Kim Kardashian's voluminous blow-out
Lana Condor's softly-flicked blowout
Cynthia Taylu's bombshell hair
JLo's ultra bouncy blowdry
Ciara's cinnamon blowout
Shay Sullivann's ‘The Rachel’ blowout
Jasmine Tookes' supermodel blowout
Jenna Ortega's sort-of straight blowout
Hailey Bieber's flicky-ends blowout
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