What is teasing hair?

Question

How do you do it?

What does it look like?

Why does it create more volume?

Answer 1

Go to youtube.com and type "teasing hair" in the search box.

There are quite a few videos which show exactly how.

Teasing hair is also called "backcombing" or "ratting" hair - like back in the sixties.  It gives hair volume, height and width.  Essentially, it's a tangling of your hair.  You don't have to use hairspray if you don't want and you can do it with either a comb or brush.

Answer 2

Teasing hair is brushing or combing all the hair backwards. The hair shaft's outside layer is a cuticle layer.

    /\   Brushing the hair towards the root instead of away from the root

    /\   causes the cuticles to flap up and essentially kind of "grab on"

    /\   to the other cuticles and hair shafts to create a volumized style.

For beginner back-comber's I'd recommend getting yourself a brush similar to the one in the link.

Back combing helps create a "base" in up-do's as well so if you know where you want your up-do's center to be you can back comb a butt load of hair around there and use it to secure pins into.

If you are just leaving your hair down, and want to back comb the crown (other link) then you need to back comb the area right on the top of your head.

The final step is to "smooth" it and this is why I recommend a brush like that, you can just use the gentlest touch and soften the hair that is "on top" of allt he back combing to give it the polished look. I find using combs are too hard if you're just beginning because it's hard to find the gentle touch to smooth the back combed hair. I usually pull it all out.

Answer 3

Its when you brush upward and then hairspray it. And it looks HEEUGE. and cute=]

Answer 4

Teasing hair is when you brush it in an upward motion.  It creates more volume on the top of your head.    Brush the hairs close to the top of your hair in an upward motion, and it will create the desired look.

Answer 5

making fun of ur hair

Answer 6

uhm, to tease hair you have to get a very fine comb and instead of combing out your hair normally you would comb towards the scalp.

What I do is i straighten my hair, leaving the bottom half and bangs straight, and the top half I tease and hairspray.

http://a426.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/014...

Answer 7

well you start by taking a small piece of hair and a small come and pull it up and comb it from the middle down..

it looks kinda like scene hair..

because when tease it the hair is ratted and it poofs it up

hope i helped

Answer 8

I have no idea wat your talkin about. sorry

Answer 9

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sP05G2Db...

How to tease hair.