MAKE YOUR COWLICKS DISAPPEAR - Stop struggling with separations and TRY THIS!- hair tutorial
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2024
- If you struggle with cowlicks splitting and you normally flip over to rough dry and get some of the water out first, OR you use a round brush to get volume on the top STOP! You’re actually encouraging the cowlick to pop up and separate.
TRY THIS INSTEAD:
Take a circular section all around the cowlick. Begin by wetting down the roots REALLY well. Blowdry down and across the cowlick, pulling down on your section from the top with tension so you’re not lifting at the root at all. Switch to the other side (still pulling down, just blowdry across the cowlick in the opposite direction). Switch ONE MORE TIME back to the direction you first started with. Now split the circular section in half horizontally. Blow each section straight down and back, and then marry the 2 sections together.
TO LOCK IT IN:
The cowlick should be fully dried, and laying in a neutral position. To lock it in that way, gather the entire cowlick together, and pack a little tease at the root. Smooth out the top layer of hair and finish with a little hairspray. Now you won’t have to worry about it splitting in the middle again or popping up ALL day long.
* If the cowlick is back the next day after sleeping or showering, just re-wet the area around it again with a spray bottle and repeat these same steps. This is a temporary styling fix. Remember: there’s no permanent fix for cowlicks, and no amount of “training” will give you permanent results.
These are the steps that work for 99% of the cowlicks I face when styling my 230 clients’ heads of hair, and I hope some of these tips help you too!
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Well let me just tell you. This is an awesome discovery. My cowlick is about 2 inches long and the older you get the worse it gets and with your method I don’t see it anymore. I don’t touch it anymore. I don’t look in the mirror every day. What I did to different was after I read it. I put some mousse in that area to keep it in place this for me is like a miracle. Thank you so much.
That’s fantastic! 🤗The mousse will lock in the style and give you lasting hold in the direction you want…a little reinforcement. I love it! I’m so glad my technique helped you! Thank you for watching and sharing this friend! ♥️♥️♥️
OMG! This really worked. I've been looking for a solution for years. Not even my hair stylist suggested this. I've been using a pony tail and putting my hair up to disguise it for a really long time. Thank you!!!!!
Yayyyyyy!!! I’m so glad you found it and it was helpful! Only fabulous hair days ahead now my friend! 👏🏽🥰💕🫶🏽
story of my life 😭🫣 my bfs like you never wear your hair down i love it down.. BABE I LOOK BALD IN THE BACK. my cowlick is so freaking baddd
I have thinning hair on my crown AND cowlicks. Really didn’t think it would work for me, but it did even on low heat! Great video!
Oh yayyyy! Thank you so much for watching and trying.. I’m so glad this technique helped!! Happy taming!! 🥰🩷🤗
Ashley, this technique is life-changing!! I thought I was balding for the longest time, but turned out, I now realized it was a cow lick this whole time! Your technique completely changed my mindset and it has boosted my confidence so much. Thank you🥹
Omg you’re so welcome, i’m so glad it helped you!! 🥹🥰🤗 Confidence is my favorite gift to give!! Thank u for watching and for ur kind words! 🫶😘
yeah but how come it seems like nobody else has this problem besides us 🤣
Every once in a while I come across similar video tutorials [not necessarily about hair, but 'how to'....] and after a minute I have to steer away because the individual is just too annoying. You, young lady, are pleasant to listen to because you get to the point, have a very nice voice, your personality comes through and have loads of pertinent info that you explain well. Your lead-in caught my eye because I have quite the stubborn cowlick, made worse by sleeping wrong. At 71 yo, it's been about 40-50 years since I had long layered hair [I so wish I was 25 again] and wearing it a little shorter now just makes the cowlick worse. I'm trying this tomorrow morning! Thanks for sharing, and keep up the good work on your channel!! 😊
Thank you SO much for your kind words my friend! My goal is to give you as much of that info as I can. I’m so glad u found my video and that you were able to sit through it hehe! Thank you for watching and for your kind words, I really appreciate you! Xo 💓🫶🏽😘🥰🤗✨
I'm usually really lazy with my wavy hair but since this started happening to me I have tried everything and it only sort of helps. The follicles actually hurt in that area because the hairs are so adamant about laying a certain way. Feels great to use a scalp brush on the area. Thank you for the tips, will try for sure!
Oh yes a scalp brush is amazing! Like a little massage 💆♀️. The scalp can be sensitive when the hair is pulled in a different direction than how it grows, even a little sore, just be gentle in that area and guide the hair but don't force it. It will get more used to it the more you do it. Similar to building a tolerance for tight ponytails. Good luck styling! Keep me posted. Thank you so much for watching! 💕🫶🤗
I am having the same problem with my hair like it’s my hair hurting when it moves and since that started i have developed a back parting like the video, did you get the hair/follicles hurting sorted out, if yes could you please tell me how. I got stuff of doctor which made it worse 😡
mine are annoying and uncomfortable, but when trying to redirect them it is just painful
Yes I have wavy hair so unless I blow dry it straight I’m screwed. Mine hurts in that area too.
OOOMMMGGG!!! I wish I would have watched this video YEARS ago!! I have struggled and fought with my cowlick at the crown of my head without success-and even used to do hair back in the 80’s and no one ever showed me this simple, effective method to disappear that ugly, bald-looking cowlick! Not even my current stylist who I’ve gone to for 6 years now-she always does an impeccable cut and color and I generally like the way she styles my hair yet that damn cowlick is still there! I can’t wait to see her next and share this with her!
One of those techniques that you’d think EVERYONE would know and share-TY for enlightening those of us like myself who’ve all but given up hiding our crown cowlicks! (Or any cowlick for that matter-it works on the one at the front of my hairline as well!👍🙏🥰✨)
Amazing! I’m so glad you found this tip.. it’s a gem! Now you’ll never have to stress about it again. Happy styling my friend 🥰💕🙌🏽✨🫶🏽
I take that same section of hair after shampooing and put in a hair claw until hair is dry. At night, take the same section of hair and make a pony tail with a nice, thick 'fabric' hair scrunchy and secure high with a small clip, and settle in for a beautiful night's sleep.
Oh great tip! I'll def give that a try next time! Thanks!! 💕🫶
Yeah I do that sometimes too. I don't do it until it's dry but I'll blow dry it half way put in a claw clip, and do my makeup and stuff and then when I dry it the rest of the way it usually stays down.
I'll definitely have to try the sleeping technique out!
Omg! Finally this actually works for me! The small scrunchy high up with just the crown. Once I remove in morning has volume and no more cowlick!! 😊 TY😘😘😘
I have the same identical cowlick as you, and of course I have been doing all the wrong things to try to control it. I hate the way my hair looks from the back because it is so severe and I had no idea I was actually making it worse. I can't wait to try your technique....like right now, lol. Thanks so much for the tips!
Oh do I knowww the struggle! 😩 .. I hope this helps! 💕🤗
Me too! I invested in western hats to hide mine.
@@misscamaross2220 yaaaasssss i love me a good hat moment too friend!! 🤗🫶💕
@@ashleyhopehairplay
My hats are critical if I have bed hair 😂
@@misscamaross2220 oh yes I agree! 💯Sometimes there is just no time to tame the beast haha 🤣 . Hat day it is!! 💕💕
Thank you for your no-nonsense advice. You've given many different ways to fight our crazy cowlicks/bedhead.
🥹💕🫶 thank You for watching and for your kind words
omg ive been searching for a solution for this for YEARS! I couldn’t find any content for cowlicks on crown for very long hair so I can’t wait to try this technique!
Thank you so much for this! I subbed!!! ❤❤
Oh yay I’m so glad u found it, I hope it helps you control it! Lmk how it goes and if you need any more tips! Xo thanks for watching! 💓
What a pain for some tiny piece of hair. I’m almost 60 and have only had this plaguing me, out of the blue, for 3 years but it Really upsets me. I’m going to go try this, thanks!
This worked great And the next morning, my cowlick is still inactive! Happy day 👍👍
It’s so crazy that a few strands of hair can cause u so much anxiety right?! I hope this helps! 🤞🏽 keep me posted if u try, and good luck! Thanks for watching friend! 🫶🏽🤗☀️
you should win an award for this!
Omg hehe!! 😆Could u imagine? Master cowlick tamer!! 🏆 Thank you so much for watching friend!! 💕🫶🤗🤣😘
@@ashleyhopehairplay yes!! that prize is yours! And next day update - I was amazed that the hair had still not parted after sleeping on it all night. I didn't even do the back tease part, only the drying part. I have been doing it the opposite - wrong! - way all my life. trying to make it better when really just making worse 😆this is one video you could put 'game changer' in title and it wouldn't be exaggeration 🤣
@@gingermichelle Yay! 😄 I'm so glad to hear it didn't separate overnight... And without any tease... 🫵 you’re a pro!! 💖Maybe I should change the title?! 🤗
Oh my goodness I cannot tell you how thankful I am for this video. My hairstylist told me the only thing I can do about a cowlick is to try doing a Brazilian blowout treatment on that area. I am going to try this right now. I am going to a wedding today and I am so self conscious. I wanted to wear my hair down at church last week and I was that annoying girl who keeps brushing her hair to the side every 5 minutes because I was embarrassed that someone behind would see it. (I know, I shouldn’t have cared about my hair at church). Thank you again! I can’t wait to try this! ❤
Aw good luck and keep me posted! Also keep an eye out for my upcoming video “stubborn cowlicks” 💕
@@ashleyhopehairplay IT WORKED!!!! Woohooo!!! Oh man, you are the best! Thank you again so so much! Have a wonderful week!
@@Jewels5241 woohoo I’m so happy!! Enjoy your weekend also!! Xo 💕🤗
Glad to find this, my cowlick is getting worse with age.
I'll be using this technique, thank you!!
So glad u found it! Hope it helps! Thanks for watching!! 💓
Same 🥲
@@namastan5580 🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽
I use a small fuzzy scrunchy and make high up pony with just the crown & go to sleep! Once I remove in morning has volume and no more cowlick!! 😊
Oooh I love that! Such a great tip! Thank u for sharing I’m going to try!
I have two cowlicks swirling in opposite directions making the back of my head flat and bare, and I've always hated it!! I'll try these tips. Thank you!
I know that bare head feeling and I hope these tips help you get rid of it!! Good luck styling and thanks so much for watching! 🫶🏽😃
I can’t wait to try your trick. I like how you present too - you had me cracking up, you are so funny!
Aw thank you so much 🥰🫶🙃 I hope it helps.. Good luck!! 🤗💕
I haven’t tried this yet, but checked out the links. Holy moly! I had no idea there was even such a thing as a $240 hair brush! 😳
Dont get scurred ... There are really good affordable dupes on my amazon storefront. You definitely dont need the real deal to get gpod results. But keep me posted and lmk how it goes when u try! 💕🫶
I'm definitely going to try this! My unwanted part in the back goes down a good bit further than yours, even. I only wish that it was as short as yours! Lol! Thanks for the tip!
Good luck! You got this! Let me know how it goes 🫶🏽🩷
THANK YOU! I'm saving this. I've never been able to make it go away. Same place as yours. Drives me crazy. You're the best💜
Oh YAY!!! I’m so glad u found this video, thank u so much for watching! Good luck styling!! 🫶🏽💖🤗
thank you so much it's so hard to find any information on this matter
I'm glad it's helpful! Let me know if u want more info on cowlicks 💕 thank you for watching! 🫶
Thank you so much! Just tried this on my short, layered bob, and it's a game changer! I wish I had known about this sooner! Peace!
Yay! I'm so glad it helps! 💕😄
I have a layered bob and the only one who can tame my cowlick is my stylist! Of course when I try to copy what she does, it never works! I will try pulling my hair down , instead of up, like you show here. Thanks!
@@regvass4037 down and side to side .. lmk how it goes.. and make sure it’s wet and not air dried before u start 💦🫶🏽🤗
Thank you for this tutorial- I have the same cowlick and length hair, and this video was exactly what I needed!
Oh yay Im so glad! Lmk if I can help with anything else 🫶😁🤗
This video has changed my life, seriously! I hope youtube asks me about it on that survey we get on certain videos we watch! Not that I'll be styling my hair like this, but just brushing it differently to get rid of the cowlick as it dries naturally and also brushing it in the direction that hides the cowlick once it's dry... I mean, I'd never thought of doing this before and I've been doing it these last two days, since I saw your video and it works for me. I hardly ever style my hair but this cowlick has always bothered me.... I never even knew you had a name for It!! hahaha (I'm Brazilian) Cowlick!!! hahahaha... Anyway! Thank you so much!!
Omg yay! Your comment means the world to me!! I'm so glad you found it!! Yes even just brushing the opposite direction helps cancel it out!! Hooray!! Thank you so much for watching!! Xo 💕🫶🧡😘🤗
@@ashleyhopehairplay 💕💕💕💕🥰🥰🥰Thank YOU for sharing!! XO😘
@@VirginiaFeuRosa thank you for watching!! 💕🫶🥰💖
If you’re careful, u can use hair relaxer. It works to flatten your hair, IF you are very very careful u can absolutely do it! And it stays like that til new hair grows in, then u haven’t to do it again.
That is a great trick! 🫶🏽 Thank you friend! If I did that I’d prob use something mild like RUSK or keratin.. I think I’d be too scared to try it with sodium hydroxide but if you’re proficient in using relaxers then heck yeah.. go for it! I bet it does really work until new hair grows in… it would def beat fighting it everyday with a blow dryer. Thanks for sharing that tip! 💕
I had no idea it was even a cow lick!!! THANK YOU
The good news is you are def NOT alone... Happy taming! 😁🤗💕
You just solved one of my BIG life issues! 😂😂 THANK YOU 🙏🏼
Oh yay!! Great! Thank you so much for watching! 💓🫶🏽😘
May, with starvation, earthquakes, disease, destruction, war and homelessness for starters.............you are very blessed to have a big issue this small.
@@Anne-bg3is cowlicks are definitely one of life’s very small issues for sure, nothing wrong with making each day a tiny bit brighter if you can by ridding yourself of this little pesky annoyance though, am I right? 😆🤗 I hope life finds you safe and blessed too my friend 🫶💕
Thank you , this just became a recent problem for some strange reason , but now will know how to fix it
Sometimes they can become more pronounced or texture changes and they come out of nowhere but hopefully this arms you with some tricks to tame them. 💕🫶
My husband will love this tutorial if I can master it. He can’t stand my cowlick, he is always trying to rearrange the back of my hair.
Omg that’s too funny 😂 bc he’s up there, he can see it LOL… he’s gonna be like whoa!! 🫶🏽😆🤗
my husband does the same! 😂
This has always been a big issue for me! Thanks for sharing I will definitely be trying this 💕
Good luck, I hope it helps! And thanks so much for watching! 💖🤗
Yeah, i'm not good with hair. Whenever i try to do the same thing that someone does on a video it doesn't work out. So, I just blow dry my hair upside down and after, of course my cowlick shows, so, i use a water bottle and soak the area of cowlick and use a fine tooth comb and thoroughly com down the area close to my scalp and wait for it to dry. That works the best for me. Sometimes i will put a tiny bit of shampoo on the area to soak up any potential oil and then spray it down with water.
It sounds like you are pretty good with your hair! The fact that you wet the cowlick down makes me so happy 🤗. I love to hear everyone’s tricks. Every little tip helps. Thanks for sharing. Happy hairstyling! 💕
@@ashleyhopehairplay Same to you!! 😁💞
I wet my cowlick down and use a fine tooth comb in the opposite direction, but once dry, it definitely helps, but it usually partly comes back. :/
@@PeaceIsYeshua Use a touch of shampoo on the scalp before you spray with a water bottle, then use the fine tooth comb. See if that helps. I comb mine a couple times while drying.
@@newhope8433
You are so sweet to reply! I will try that, thank you! I would love for that to work, as it’s much less time consuming, and I sleep in sponge rollers, so using a hair dryer ruins some of my curls and makes it frizzy (even though it does work really well on the part), and some people use a flat iron, but that didn’t work for me the one time I tried it. Thank you again! 💖💖
Great video ! 🏅 Entertaining AND educational ⭐
That 7 minutes went quick yet got all info. You seem super nice. I pray God Bless & protect you 🙏🕊️ oh& I'm gonna be trying this for sure. My hair is much shorter than yours but my problem is in same place as yours. I was afraid it's happening simply because I'm aging, but I see very young people can have it too ! Thanks again so much !!!
Omg thank you so much for your kind words! I hope it helps you! Cowlicks effect all ages and seem to annoy them all equally too haha!! But at least we have tricks for them! Happy taming! Thank you so much for watching! Xo 😘 🫶🏽🤗❤️✨
@@ashleyhopehairplay 😊 ✝️🕊️🙏♥️
In my day we called it the "Dennis the Menace"
Mine came with old age. liked your advice and the comments from your viewers
Haha! Love that! Cowlicks are such menaces aren’t they?! Thank u for watching! Xo 🫶🏽💓
Worked great! I will keep practicing. Thank you!
So glad to hear.. keep styling on friend ! Xo 🫶🏽💕 and let em know if I can help with anything else! 🤗🌷
Omg my grandma had one of those round brushes you’re using and I got it stuck in my hair when I was a kid and we had to cut it out 😅
Oh nooooo hahaha!! They do get caught easily.. Aw.. I’ve been there, you’re def not the first or last for sure! 🫶😆
I wish I'd seen this video ages ago. Thank you!
I'm so glad you found it now! . Happy cowlick taming!! Xo 🤗🫶✨
I just have really thin balding hair and this helps it look fuller!!!
Full? Or fuller? Not sure 😂
Oh yay I'm so glad it helps! Any trick you can keep up your sleeve is a score, right? 😆
Here are some other videos you might like too! 💝🤗
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I never noticed it until a decade ago when someone pointed out my "bald spot". I thought it was an actual bald spot due to hair dye until i saw this video, looked it up, and realized it IS a cowlick.
Omg! So many people think it’s a bald spot but it’s really not, we are all born with a little swirl 🌀 somewhere or another . That’s why this is such a great trick, so you never have to worry about the person on line in back of you being taller than you and seeing your “bald spot” ever again lol 🙄😆🫶🏽💓
When the cow licked my head he licked the entire top back of my head, lol! Funny, not funny really. I will try this, though my hair is short, and adapt your technique to my curly and shorter hair. I love your humor, as well. Great personality! Have subscribed my dear!!
I love YOUR humor! The cow licked the whole top 🤣.. so funny! but also not funny bc I want you to be able to control those so they don’t aggravate you 🤗 I’m almost finished editing the “part 2 of curly cowlicks” now! (It has a trick for the crown cowlick in back if you wear your hair curly).
“Wrap drying” is the technique I really focus on… a tried and true Vidal Sassoon technique from way back. We want to manipulate the hair back and forth while the roots of the cowlicks are saturated and wet and keep it FLAT to the head, without lifting. Then at the end, when they’re 95% dry blow in the direction you want to wear it in. You can apply this to any area of the head and with any comb or brush. That’s the gist of taming cowlicks my friend!
Thank you so much for watching! 💝🙏🏽🥰 I hope some of these tips are helpful! Xo
I just tried this method and it does work! Thank you so much
OMG! Yayyyyy! Happy dance 💃 !! Thanks for watching! 💕🫶😘
Mine is the woooooorst!!! Thank You SO MUCH!!! 😭😭❤️❤️
@@shinyvera5385 Don’t worry… You can still tame it!! Good luck!! You got this!! 🥰💪🏽😘
THANK YOU😭😭😭 I have asked every hairstylist ive been to about how to handle my cowlick and NOBODY has ever had an answer for me. Bless you🥲
Aw!! 🥹 it works for me and my clients .. I hope it helps you too! Thanks for watching! 🙏🏽💓🫶🏽
This video is life changing! And if I can do it and make it work then everyone can! Thank you! ❤
Aw yay!. Thank you so much karen! Happy styling!! 😘🫶💝🤗
If you want straight hair, no point in wetting it down. In fact it can be done with a paddle brush, or a denman. Wet hair won't start doing what you want until it's about 70% dry. Paddle brush is essential.
I’m trying this TODAY. Thanks for your tips!
Good luck! 🤗 Lmk how it goes!
I'm a little late to this party, but love this tutorial. I am one of the fortunate few that has a double cowlick on my crown. Yay me. Any tips on how to handle that? Should I treat them as one, or would you do them separately?
Thank you so much for this wonderful tutorial
@@NessintheWest No you can’t miss this party- it’s an open invitation and unfortunately it’s never-ending! Double?! Are they near each other? Going in the same direction or opposite directions?
I remember the first time a hairdresser said something about my cowlick.
I was like…wha? I don’t have a cowlick!!
(Because I thought those were always in the front.)
She assured me that I do and I never went back to her.
Who needs that kind of honesty?
😂
I’m kidding.
I was out of state and wouldn’t have gone back regardless.
Hehe 🙃 Cow-who?! Cow -wha?? 😆 whoever said honesty’s the best policy was def on their way to being let go 🤭 j/k !!
I had to watch this for my friend, now I am sending it to her. Perfect!! Favorite line: What cowlick?
Hehe exactly! What cowlick?! 🤣 Thank you so much for watching I hope it helps your friend! 🙃💓🫶🏽
I love it!!! THANK YOU!! I have struggled with it forever!!! 😢
So glad u found it and it helps.. You’re welcome! Thank u for watching! Xo 🫶🏽🥰
I too have the exact cowlick! Will be trying this today!
Yay im so glad u found this... Good luck taming!! 🤗🫶
Thank you for your video. I have that problem too. I will do it that way appreciate it. You are so beautiful and smart lady. Thank you again.❤️❤️🌹🌹
Thank you so much for your kind words and for watching🙏 i appreciate you! 💕 Good luck styling! 🤗🫶✨
How haven’t I found you before. New subscriber here. Thank you so much for this. Definitely going to try it 😊
Omg yay I’m so glad u found it! Good luck.. Let me know how it goes! 🫶🏽
You can skip all the drama & just get the thin looking spots tattooed (scalp) area that looks funny. Mines on the top crown side worst spot! And it blends in & never mess with it again. They just tattoo whatever color your roots are in the lil areas you want it. And always looks full & fine lol.
Oooh tell me more that sounds amazing ! May I ask where you had it done? Also do you have to have it touched up ever? Does it fade like permanent makeup does?
women haha
Great tip. I will try it. Thanks.
Good luck and let me know if you still have any trouble! 🦋🥰🫶🏽
Super helpful. Will try it tomorrow. Thank you so much❤
Good luck! Keep me posted on your results. Hope it’s helpful! 🙏🏽🤗
Ooh thank you for the tips I'll definitely be trying this out... I was wondering can you do a tutorial on the same thing but with the hot tools one step brush? I'd love to learn how to use it for cowlicks especially at the crown as well!! 😊 Appreciate the content 🤗
Oh awesome! Please keep me posted on your results. Yes, great idea.. i will do a video on styling cowlicks with the hot tools one-step brush next! 🫶🤗
@@ashleyhopehairplay ooh thank you so much! 🤗
Wow ty. This is the only video to get rid of my cowlick❤
I’m so glad it helped you! Thank u for watching!! 🫶💝✨
Can you comment on the effectiveness of your technique with very fine hair? My hair has become SO fine and it’s made my already severe cowlick a million times worse, and so much more obvious. I remember when I was young my mom was in a CONSTANT battle with this same thing which I now know I inherited from her. She is no longer with us I wish I could tell her about my struggles with this she would sure get a kick out of that fact 😂
I’m so sorry for your loss, but happy your mom would get a kick out of this bond we share! 🫶🏽
I myself have extremely fine, thin hair I wear extensions and cover my scalp with root touch up powder. I’ve been doing hair for 20+ years and am actively seeing clients at my studio who have all kinds of varying textures, degrees of thinning and thickness, and stubborn cowlicks in numerous places on their heads. This technique works on every cowlick, on every texture. Every single time. I vouch for it. I rely on it daily. I teach it to my guests. And whenever I try something different it’s always a problem, and then I have to wet it down and start over with this technique.
Now, I will say fine hair can be trickier to work with bc it dries so fast. So my advice to you my friend, is to make sure you work on the lowest air flow setting so you have the most working time. (Highest temperature, lowest setting) Comb the hair opposite the way the cowlick splits as soon as you get out of the shower. And even still i would spray it with a water bottle right before I started drying it. But Dont even wrap it up in a towel . Then sooner rather than later get to blow drying using this technique. Dont wait a long time before drying . The closer the bristles on your comb and brush are together will determine your grip on the hair. Use whatever you have that gives you the best grip on the hair. Most densely packed bristles. And actually pull it in the opposite direction that it wants to go in when you start blow drying and hold it down so it can’t pop up. ( I will make a video for you this just gave me an idea 💡). Without moving your brush, lower the air onto the cowlick and then away so you can dry it while controlling it the entire time but not burning your scalp. Then once the roots look dry wrap dry back and forth to blend that section with the rest of the hair. And final pass in the direction you want to wear it.
I hope this is helpful. 💕Keep an eye out for this next video it will be for you.
🎥 “tame your severe cowlicks”
Will be trying this. Thanks!
Oh great! Let me know if it helps you any 🤗
Omg this is a game changer thank you!!
Yasssss!!! So glad it’s helpful!! That’s what I like to hear girl! 🫶🏽💕🤗
Mine is in
the same place as yours and also have one in front. I can take care of the the one in back at first but as the day goes on, it comes back. I will try this.
Twinsies! Let me know how it goes.. sometimes even just an extra 30 seconds of drying it to make sure it has no moisture left is all you need! You got this! 💪🏽💕
Thank you!
@@julieellis6793 🤍
Thank you so much! This helped a lot. ❤
One question I have is do you have to do this every day or will it last until the next wash day?
Oh yay I’m so glad it helped you! It will last until it gets wet again…as long as you dry it thoroughly and keep it dry it will stay! 💕🤗
That is one prob I have w/ my hair. Now I know what to do. Thank u.
Im glad you found it!. If I can help anymore lmk, but happy cowlick taming!! 🫶🤗
😮 OMG thank you! I have been making it worse. Game changer video😮
Omg Judith! You made my morning! So happy you found it! Happy cowlick taming! 🧡🤗❣️
Looks great - thanks!
Oh yay that makes me so happy! 🤗💕
TY I really needed that ✌🏼🌷
Thank you for watching my friend! Hope it helps! 🤗🫶💕✨
4:47 into video and step one. 5:12, step 2: brush wet hair straight and blow dry (same as step 1) 5:47, hair now dry. Summary: wet the cowlick and dry it.
I like your summary! 🤗💕
Thank you for this video. do you reuse your heat protectorant or does the water reactivate the initial one you used?
Great question 🙌🏽 personally I never skip an opportunity to protect my hair even for a few seconds, so I always reapply my heat protectant whenever using my blow dryer or iron on 2nd+ day hair
But what if you have curly/wavy hair and don't want to blow dry? Is there another way? 😢
What a great question! Absolutely! When the hair is wet, just comb across the cowlick and pin directing hair opposite the way it natural wants to fall. I will make a video for this!
@@ashleyhopehairplay Awesome that would be very helpful! I'm trying to work with my natural hair texture and I'm being foiled by my cowlick.
@@Upper_echelon_exotics definitely! I’ll film that! Lmk if there’s anything else I can help with too 💓
Unfortunately, I have cowlicks all over my head. It’s painful when I’m in the shampoo bowl at the salon 😢
Oh no! The shampoo is usually the best part! Sometimes it helps to brush all the hair out (and hairspray) really well before you go to the salon bc the shampoo bowl does tend to cause a lot of tangles. I hope that helps 💕
I have 3! Two in back, and one above an eyebrow.
3! You’re trying to set a record! Lol! I hope they behave when you want them to! 😆❤️🫶🏽
I just wear a hairstyle that hides it ---- I scoop my hair up over the top of the cowlick (either all up or half up) and hold in place with a claw --- takes about 3 seconds. But this technique would be. handy to know if I ever needed to wear a different hair style.
Ooooh I Like that trick! And I love a good half up hairstyle too! Thank you I’ll try that!! 🫶🏽🥰
My hairdresser told me she had counted five cowlicks over the top of my head. I keep my hair short to make use of them!
5!. That can be tricky, but it sounds like u found the right stylist who cuts your hair to have them work for you instead of against you!. Yayyy ! Hooray! 👏🤗🫶
how I landed her no idea but solved a problem ive had my whole life...WHY HAVE I ALWAYS BEEN DRYING IT WITH MY ROUND BRUSH? I mean hello? I feel like an idiot!
I’m glad you found this video! A paddle brush makes it super easy!! Thanks so much for watching and good luck!! 💖🤗🫶🏽
This is not a flat brush. It's a wet to dry brush. And a back and forth motion is more efficient. Take out the step of doing it one at a time. One fluid motion. If you can get the roots straight, the ends will follow suit. If you see an imperfection, then the root isn't straight and use high speed and heat!
Thank you! You must have a lot of practice doing this on yourself 🫶🏽
@@ashleyhopehairplay haha! No. I was a hairstylist for 25 years
I call mine the crack of hell! I’m going to give this a try Thanx!
Omg haha I love that!! 😂🙌 Good luck taming! And thank you for watching, I hope it helps! 🫶
Thankyou Miss Ashley New Hope! I have a big Cowlick on the crown of my head-back right that gives me problems-can’t wait to try method from your WONDERFUL VIDEO.
Question-My scalp under the cowlick gets a little painful, when I touch it, and esp 1 or 2 days after shampoo. (I’m an Oldster, at 64 you see, so I wash my hair less-every 5 days approx. And a pull on my hair by the cowlick increases the discomfort; I have short hair). Its not much pain, but am curious as to causes; do others get this, and what your method does to decrease pain.? (I’ll have to try it out)
Oh thank you so much for watching Molly!. 🫶💕 Can I ask you, does it hurt anywhere else, or just in the cowlick area? Does it hurt just if you touch it gently? Or if you brush to much? Or wash too often?. Do you have any dryness or flaking?.
Between my teen daughter and myself we have a lot of cowlicks at my house lol
Oh perfect! I'm So glad u found this vid then!. If your house ends up anything like mine, you’ll have a spray bottle under every sink ready to tame them too!!! Hehe 😆🫶🤗💕 i hope this helps!
I have two cowlicks at the back and they almost join. I’m assuming I would do this but have just a much bigger area.plus my hair is curly so I don’t wear mine straight. Sadly not sure what to do but thank you for the tips
Try these videos these tips might be better for your curls …. But u can still employ the technique in this video just don’t blow dry- instead clip the wet curls against the way they split, let dry, unclip, and define . Hope these help friend, keep me posted 💕🫶🏽
-curly cowlicks pt1 Curly Cowlicks | Part 1 | In Front #hairtutorial @ashleyhopehairplay
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- curly cowlicks pt2 Curly Cowlicks | PART 2 | The Crown
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I have too many cowlicks to count and a very prominent widows peak !
That’s ok! Me too! I have them in front in back all over… but my BEST advice is to start blow drying on really soaking wet areas … a big help for me is a spray bottle so I can attack each cowlick at a time bc when they go in different directions I have to blow dry each one sep … I hope this helps! And may the force be with u! 😆💫🤗🫶🏽
I’m going to try this. However, my hair is fairly curly, about 2c I think. What would you suggest for us curly girls?
@@evezford I got you girl! Try these too! 👇🏽🥰🤗
👉🏽Curly Cowlicks | Part 1 | In Front #hairtutorial @ashleyhopehairplay
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👉🏽Curly Cowlicks | PART 2 | The Crown
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@@ashleyhopehairplay thanks!!!
can you show us how to do this with the air wrap ?
@@xW0ntons Great idea .. yes! I will film that for you … also for now here’s some general tips on getting more control with your Dyson Airwrap 👇🏽
DYSON AIRWRAP tips
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@@ashleyhopehairplay thank you 🙏 my cowlick is crazy
I have a double cow lick one on the crown like yours and one at the front on the side parting ……… help! Thank you so much
No worries! That’s tough, but u can still work with it. Make sure your cowlicks are good and wet. You might even need to do one at a time and wet the next one as you go bc they might dry too much in between just by the residual air floating around but u want to really make sure your first pass with the brush brings as much of the hair from the cowlick opposite the way it wants to go as possible. You’re cancelling it so against whichever way it grows as hard as possible and straight out the gate. Then follow the steps as normal. That should give you the best result. Attack the strongest one first. Good luck taming my friend!! Thank you for watching!! Xo💓💪🏽🤗✨
Hi Ashley thank you so much for taking the time to advise me. I will feedback results. Love and light cheriexxxx
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Oh my word in 50 years the way everyone else says to do it made it so much worse. I am very hopeful for this technique. Thank you.
Thank you for watching! . Lmk how it goes, and don't forget to make sure the hair is really wet before starting to blow dry 😉🫶💕🥰
@@ashleyhopehairplay I wanted to come back and update you. This worked so well. Thank you very much!
@@angelamelum4304 thank you SO much for the update! I'm so glad it did! All I wanted was for this video to help just 1 person! 🥹🥰. Now you’ll have this trick in your back pocket forever 🤸♀️🤗🫶
great video, great information ty
Glad it was helpful! 💕
Thank you 💚💚💚👍👍👍
Thanks for watching! Xo 🫶🏽💓
Putting a wet piece in with the dry section defeats the work you just did. One section at a time, if you want to take longer, or Al of it and in concert will give the same result from front to back.
What even causes cowlicks😭 for the longest time I thought I was going bald but even knowing that it’s a cowlick I am traumatized thinking that it is a bald spot >
I have the same cowlick but my hair is naturally wavy/curly, therefore how do I deal with because I don’t blow out my hair
I’m in the process of editing a video on exactly that! Stay tuned! 💓🤗
Ashley, I have the same curly/air dry issue. plz add this new video to cowlick playlist so we can find it easily!
@@tensho12345 Adding to the cowlicks playlist as soon as it’s ready!! Stay tuned and thanks for watching!! 💓💓💓
@@tensho12345 hi!!! here's a video on curly cowlicks (in front), stay tuned for part 2 curly cowlicks (in back). I hope this helps!! 💘🤗
Thankyou so much
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Thank you 🙏
I hope it helps! 🫶🏽🤗 keep me posted if I can help any more ❣️
I have curly hair, can you show how to get rid of the cowlick in curly hair?
Yes! I’m actually editing that video now. Stay tuned! 🫶🏽🤗
here's a video for curly cowlicks( in the front), stay tuned for part 2 curly cowlicks( in back). I hope this helps! 😘💖
Mines kinda to the side back 🫤
That’s ok! This technique works anywhere! 👉🏽 just wet down the area around the cowlick, brush directly over it when blowdrying (back and forth until it’s dry) and then finish with the direction u want it to stay in. Lmk if u give it a try- it’s super easy! 🫶🏽
This could work when i wear my hair flat, but some days i use hot rollers raising the hair in that area. Now what? Also, when i get up i the morning it's prominent. Is there something to KEEP this from happening in the first place?
Such great questions! 🤗 I have some questions back 👇
Are you blow drying before you hot roller set?
I would use this technique to do just the cowlick area at minimum to get it under control even if you dont blow the rest of your hair in the morning before you set it. Then so you don't encourage popping up on the cowlick section, but you still get volume and curl, take that whole circular section around the cowlick that you dried and set it in 1 roller so your cowlick isn't splitting anywhere and set it OFF BASE or a little farther back and not straight on top of the section. I hope this answers your question. But Lmk if I didn't and keep me posted if u try. 🫶💝🤗
What if you have a cowlick in the middle front at the hairline that forces the hair downward in front of the forehead, like I do? I have a low forehead and want the hair to go away from my face there. I’ve tried confusing the root, but the small section of hair at the cowlick keeps falling forward in an awkward way. Hair spray does not help. Thanks.
Great question - you have to get it when it’s really wet. And go straight back wi the ur first pass of the brush and blow dryer. Start brushing back, then side to side until it’s dry, the. For the last pass, back again until the section of hair falls off the brush. That should give u the best results. Sometimes if the cowlick is really stubborn I start slow. Low air flow but high heat on my dryer to give myself more time to work and control it. I hope this helps but keep me posted! Thank you so much for watching 🧡😘
I hate my cowlick so bad.😭
same!! 😣
Just curious will this method last from shampoo to shampoo?
Great question 🤗 ideally yes! As long as the hair is fully 100% dry when you’re done with the technique it will stay until the hair gets wet again. (bc you are breaking and re-setting the hydrogen bonds in the hair by Fully wetting and then fully drying it). The key is to keep drying it for a few more seconds than you think it needs bc any moisture left in that area could make the cowlick reappear as it dries fully. 😉🫶
I love your colour what do I tell the hair dresser to get it the same? Also I’ll for sure the cowlick stuff came out great
Aw thank you so much! My base is a 5 and then we gloss my highlights with a 7 natural gold bc I like all warm tones. Hope the cowlick trick helps. Thanks for watching! 💓🫶🏽🤗
What about for curly hair though? 😢
Oh Try these! ... I hope they’re helpful! 🤗🫶🏽
💜Curly Cowlicks | Part 1 | In Front #hairtutorial @ashleyhopehairplay
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💜 Curly Cowlicks | PART 2 | The Crown
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