The ’90s explosion has officially reached its peak saturation point. Scroll through your feed once and you’ll see it. She has the same shiny chest-length bouncy curls and soft middle part. It’s beautiful, but somewhere between the Velcro curlers, high-tech hair tools, and the army of Instagram tutorials, individuality took a backseat.
When I walked into the salon last month, my stylist confidently said, “The usual bouncy blowout?” That’s when I realized I didn’t know what my hair would look like beyond this. So I decided to rebel against my algorithm with a month-long experiment. Each week, I would try a completely different blowout and record how it changed how I looked and felt. If you need hair inspiration, here are the blowouts you can try:
Week 1: Elegant Crystal Finish
Straight as a stick and shiny as a mirror, this look felt like a power suit for my head. Best paired with a center part and a sleek ensemble, it’s chic but requires some maintenance (hello, frizz serum). I used a smoothing serum, a paddle brush, and a flat iron section by section until my arms felt like the Hulk’s. It’s worth the two-hour effort and arm training.
