Shaw Tease — Hair Volume and Teasing Guide | shawtease.com
The ordered procedure: prep, sectioning, backcombing strokes, smoothing and setting.
Prep starts with completely dry hair. Teasing is done on dry hair because wet strands stretch and break more easily when tensile strength drops. Fine hair gets grip from dry shampoo sprayed about 10–15 cm from the roots.
Sectioning uses the pointed handle of a rat-tail comb to part clean panels, usually 2 to 5 cm thick for crown volume. Clean partings keep each panel's knots separate so the finished shape stays even.
Backcombing strokes travel toward the scalp: hold the section up, place the comb a few centimetres from the roots, and push down in short strokes. Three to five strokes per section pack the roots without making the knot impossible to release.
On narrow screens, swipe or scroll the plate sideways.
Smoothing comes next. Lay the section back and run a boar-bristle brush over the top layer only — it flattens the surface over teased roots without pulling the knots out.
Setting uses a hairspray at hold level 2 or 3 on the retail 1–5 scale. Many high-hold hairsprays rely on film-forming copolymers such as PVP/VA that set the style as the solvent evaporates.
Work through the crown in overlapping panels before moving to the sides, so the height builds in layers rather than in one overloaded section.
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