You do not need a diffuser to scrunch your hair. It does help tremendously but it is optional. Instead of a diffuser you can put your blow drier on low heat so that pieces don't go flying everywhere. Diffusers are highly recommended but this is a simple alternative that will save you money.
What works for my straight hair is scrunching while it's damp, use a little hairspray or mousse and scrunch some more; then use a diffuser on my hairdryer to set it. (And since my hair doesn't always "scrunch" evenly, I have a wavy curling iron to touch up the straighter areas.)
Assuming you want curly hair... Apply your preferred curl-enhancing product. Attach the diffuser to your hair dryer, turned on to low. Instead of scrunching with your hands, let the diffuser physically do the 'scrunching' for you. Pile a section of hair into the diffuser, 'scrunch' it towards your scalp, and hold it there for 10-15 seconds. You likely want the air flow going up, angled away from your head. Repeat until hair is nearly dry. Resist hand scrunching. Let it finish trying on its own. Important: do not touch. Let it dry completely. The curls are setting and touching it now will disturb them.
Assuming you want curly hair... Apply your preferred curl-enhancing product. Attach the diffuser to your hair dryer, turned on to low. Instead of scrunching with your hands, let the diffuser physically do the 'scrunching' for you. Pile a section of hair into the diffuser, 'scrunch' it towards your scalp, and hold it there for 10-15 seconds. You likely want the air flow going up, angled away from your head. Repeat until hair is nearly dry. Resist hand scrunching. Let it finish trying on its own. Important: do not touch. Let it dry completely. The curls are setting and touching it now will disturb them.
You need to "scrunch" it while drying it. Scrunching it is to make gentle "squeezing" motions all throughout your hair, but do not comb or brush it. After shampooing, but before drying your hair, apply the mousse (the amount depends on the length and thickness of your hair) evenly throughout your hair. Then while bending over at the waist (so your hair is hanging upside down), scrunch your hair and blow dry using a diffuser on the dryer. When your hair is almost completely dry, stand upright and spray with hair spray, then bend over at the waist and spray the underside of your hair. Scrunch a bit more, then blow dry (with diffuser still attached to dryer) while scrunching. When hair is dry, stand upright and fluff with fingers. But do NOT comb or brush. Apply more hair spray if needed.
I have the same problem but what i do is put it in a bun at night then take it out in the morning then use some kind of curling spray and damp my hair, dry it then i put mousse in it and scrunch it in my hair.
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I put mousse in my hair and make sure its wet and squeeze scrunch at the same time.
Find a texture paste - I use Pantene - and scrunch you hair up with it in.
For me i use: ~Gel (hard holding) ~Mouse (for volume but not needed) ~Hairspray ~Also you can use a pick to comb through your hair.
You have to use a very strong gel in wet hair then let it dry in a bun or scrunch and blow dry it at the same time but before blow drying put hair spray on and the do the drying and it will last through out the night
I have straight hair and even after I take a shower and I scrunch my hair.... I doesn't always turn out to be curly!! But I guess that's just my hair. Actually, that often works quite well. You could also try putting a little curling pomade in the hair before you scrunch it.