This fall, hair is worn with movement, marked layers, and with a lot of volume from the roots, but without losing the natural finish. Therefore, we are not talking about a rigid or excessively worked volume, but rather about that effect of hair with body and movement that seems to be part of the hair's own texture.
The starting point is to choose the cut well, since it is essential to gain volume to opt for a hair style that enhances the texture of fine hair. Among all the 2026 trend haircuts, the eighties and nineties styles win the game, but beyond the cut, achieving the perfect finish requires a good technique to lift the roots, enhance movement and take advantage of the shape of the cut.
To avoid making mistakes and get it right at every step, we have compiled some of the best tricks from stylists and hair experts to achieve hair with more body and presence. Because achieving volume does not only depend on the products we use, but also on how we dry our hair.
The key is in the drying
Many times we have heard professionals highlight the importance of drying hair when it comes to achieving more volume and body. This gesture is key, because once we have a good haircut, drying is the best way to enhance it.
According to stylist Aanchal Morwani, in an interview Strip Beauty, explained that: “Drying your hair from the back to the front, lifting the roots and working against the grain, is the best way to gain volume,” says Morwani. Drying your hair in this way is a very effective way to gain volume and loosen the hair directly from the roots, one of the most problematic points of fine hair.
The famous hairdresser Gabriel Samra also recommends drying your hair in the same way, something he has stated on his YouTube account (@gabrielsamra). The expert shows how to achieve voluminous 90s-style hair, in true Cindy Crawford style. “When you want to create volume in your hair, we need to dry in the opposite direction to how hair grows naturally. Therefore, turning your head forward, grabbing your dryer and applying air in the opposite direction, especially in the root area, will create volume,” he explains.
In addition, the hairdresser recommends continuing with your head upside down to complete the complete drying, and at the same time moving the roots with your fingers “in that shape and in the opposite direction of hair growth,” he points out. In this way before proceeding to brushingthere will already be a clear volume at the root.
This technique of drying hair from the back to the front is one of the most used among professionals. Hairstylist Cielo Mantilla on her Tiktok account (@cielostylos) shows how simple this way of drying hair is, and the real difference it makes, both in volume and movement. The expert highlights that drying your hair upside down greatly reduces frizz and gains a lot of volume in a single gesture.
Other tricks that will make a difference
Once we have controlled the best way to dry hair to gain volume, there are many other tricks that we can add to this ritual of enhancing fine hair.
Aanchal Morwani highlights that a light carding in the root zone can be added to the drying. “He micro-crimping (fine backcombing) is a great way to add instant volume,” she notes. This light backcombing at the head area helps lift the hair and provides a natural structure that prevents the hair from becoming flattened at the roots.
The hairdresser and content creator of La pelu en casa (@lapeluencasacursosymuchomas), has an infallible trick as she herself says to gain volume from the roots. In one of his YouTube videos, where he gives a lot of tips to make hair have a lot of volume, there is one that has caught our attention especially. The trick that the expert recommends is to use plates that have a zig-zag shape, “this is usually done in the root area but in the inner area, so that the shape of these plates is not visible,” says the professional.
Another tip that Morwani points out for those cases in which an extra is needed, she recommends: “Applying a darker eye shadow (black or brown) on the scalp creates the illusion of denser hair with more body,” she points out. This would help create an optical illusion of greater density by filling in less populated areas.
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