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Most blow-dry menus are written for one hair type — and it isn't yours. Here's how to spot a bar that genuinely works with curls, coils and waves, from texture-trained stylists to hood dryers, plus the questions worth asking before you hand over your card details.
Bouncy, sleek, beachy, volume — the words on a blow-dry bar menu can sound reassuringly familiar and mean something slightly different to everyone in the room. Here's how to decode the menu, ask better questions and leave with the blow-dry you actually pictured.
If your salon blow-dry looks brilliant on day one and suspiciously flat by midweek, you're not alone. This straight-talking guide unpicks the UK-specific culprits — humidity, central heating, sleep habits and product overload — and gives realistic fixes for fine, thick, curly and coloured hair.