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What does backcombing mean?

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Verb
  1. present participle of backcomb
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If your bouffant isn't holding, just keep backcombing and use more hairspray.
Make sure there is volume at the top with a touch of backcombing, otherwise it will end up looking flat and limp, so do some gentle backcombing if necessary.
Blow drying hair on a cool heat upside down can give just as much volume as backcombing.
Though it won't turn you into Beyonce, it does add body to roots and mid-lengths without any backcombing, you just kind of smoosh it in.
Make sure there is volume at the top, otherwise it will end up looking flat and limp, so do some gentle backcombing if necessary.
If performed incorrectly, the stress of teasing or backcombing hair can damage delicate strands.

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