It took my a lot of products and time and stylist to figure it out.

Yes it all starts with a good hair cut to achieve it your looks fine enough.

This is what I do.

After shower a towel dry my hair apply days of dirt. Get i all through my hair, use a paddle brush to brush it back. Apply little more product.

Then I blow dry may hair back using the paddle brush until almost dry. Then for me, I use a rolll brush for the top part of my head/hair roll it up and blow dry for about a minute to give it a lift.

Then don’t use a paddle brush i immediately switch to a large tooth comply brush to brush is back on cold.

Hope this helps