Once your hair is prepped and ready, grab the section you want to tease and lift it up. Take your comb and brush downwards through your hair, making sure you're doing so on the underside and not the top of your hair. If your sense of direction isn't the best, think of making a shape similar to the letter C when backcombing your hair. Depending on the length of your hair, you may need to start at a different point of your root.
Hairstylist to the stars Matthew Collins told InStyle that those with long hair should "start four inches above the root." Once you've got the hang of making the C shape, repeat it a few times over, making sure you're moving up each time to add volume on top of more volume. There's no rule on how many times to repeat the motion, but be careful not to go overboard.
As celebrity hairstylist David Lopez informed Byrdie, the main goal of teasing is that your final result shouldn't be too obvious — think about the effortlessly volumized hair that your favorite stars tend to have on the red carpet.
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