It’s time to officially begin the blow out. Start with the first section around your face. Take the bottom half of the section, and clip the top half back up on your head. Next, brush out the hair, rolling the brush up and under the hair. In your other hand, hold the blow dryer about 2 inches away from the hair.

If you want your hair super straight, you can use a hair dryer with a nozzle for a more concentrated stream of air. But if you’re looking for overall volume, forget the nozzle. Without a nozzle, “the heat will move throughout all of your hair, not just stay on one spot,” says Yoshi.