Fake blowouts (or “fakeouts”) are here to cheer you up without the effort

Beautiful blown hair is back and (literally) bigger than ever. She has only one small problem. You must know how to use a round brush. But fake-him blowouts, or “fake-outs,” are rapidly gaining momentum on TikTok, making hairstyles easy if your skill set isn’t up to the task or you simply don’t have the time. provides a way to replicate to

So far, #fakeblowout has garnered over 10 million views on TikTok, with users looking for a shortcut to the XXL vigor that big, bouncy blowouts provide. The idea is that you can swap straightening irons or curling wands to create flicking motions where you need them—around the face, edges, and layers—without having to lift the dryer for half an hour.

“If my life depended on it, I wouldn’t have been able to blow myself,” admitted one user called @lani.baker. “Hair dryer in one hand, roller brush in the other? It’ll never happen to me,” she added. “But thanks to that, I found a really great hair hack. For me, it looks exactly like a salon blowout, so I’ll show you how,” she said.

Lani is just one of hundreds of helpful beauty junkies that offer easy ways to achieve that 90s explosive look that’s the star of current beauty trends. “But you should be forewarned that if your hair doesn’t have layers, you may not get exactly the same effect.

Here’s how to create a blowout without getting too close to a hairdryer.

“take a small chunk [of hair] With a hot flat iron, flat iron the entire length of your hair as you normally would. [twirl it], then toss it and repeat.when it comes to the front [face-framing sections]I think it’s best to split the sections horizontally instead of vertically,” she indicates. [bending the hair at the root] It just adds volume,” she says. What are the most important steps? Fluff. “Where this hairstyle really shines is when you shake it up,” she says.

But she’s not the only creator offering a quick alternative to blow-drying. We’ve seen a variety of hacks to achieve the blowout look in a short amount of time. And the following ability levels…

face flick hack

Another user @kakimovakamilaa used a similar technique, only for the face framing section, flicking the edges away from the face instead of under or towards it.

curling wand hack

Content creator @cynthisdhimdis used large curling barrels and rollers to add some serious strength and volume to your hair.

straightener and roller hack

User @tessa.ladwig used the method we saw earlier, flicking the ends down using a straightener, but then wrapping a round roller around to set each section longer. As for, she flicked the edges away from her face.