How to choose, wear and style topical short haircuts
Text: Anastasia Ekimova
Last week we told about how short haircuts were the most fashionable. More and more women rethink stereotypes about femininity and choose a short haircut, refusing long hair in favor of convenience and comfort. That is why short haircuts are today at the peak of their popularity: they are practical and, contrary to myths, easy to put on their own thanks to the huge amount of various styling products. Nevertheless, many girls are not in a hurry to make such radical changes to their image, as they are afraid that a short haircut will not suit their type of face, that they will not be able to cope with the styling or adapt a new haircut to their image. Hair stylist Anastasia Ekimova tells what haircut is right for you and how to live with her later.
Bob, long bob
The bob is a length from the earlobe to the shoulders, with or without graduation, often with a shorter nape and elongated locks on the face. At the time of suffragists this haircut was considered an expression of progressiveness and freedom. Later, the bean brought into fashion such divas as Marlene Dietrich and Coco Chanel. Recently, this haircut was worn by Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Kylie Jenner and many other celebrities. The main advantage of this haircut is that it is suitable for anyone who wants to change their image is not too radical, but tangible.
The main advantages of a bean are convenience and speed of laying. Bob is suitable for almost all types of hair: thin hair, such a haircut can give volume, and thick and heavy - on the contrary, to break up and make the hair mass easier (this will help you graduation). This haircut is perfect for straight hair. If you have curly hair, choose a length just below the chin and ask the master to make the haircut stepped. These techniques will help you avoid excessive volume in the lower part and maintain beautiful proportions.
There are several options for this haircut: classic, asymmetrical and elongated bean. If you want to visually stretch your face shape, an elongated bob will do for you. And with an asymmetrical bean and a parting offset, the forehead will look smaller. If you want to emphasize the layers of your haircut, choose fashionable colors now: shatush, balayazh and lowlights, and if you like geometry, choose classic colors of any color. The bob can also be customized for itself using different types of styling. Here's how to make some of them.
Fast styling: On wet clean hair, apply a spray for a basal volume of medium fixation. Dry hair, combing back and slightly lifting at the roots. Do not part, part a little in front and remove the hair behind the ears.
Means: Matrix Amplify Wonder Boost Root Lifter, Living Proof Full Root Lifting Hairspray, Moroccanoil Root Boost Spray
Wavy bob: sprinkle slightly damp hair with a texturing spray and dry them, squeezing the strands with your hands. Then, in a chaotic manner, lightly twist the strands on the iron or on the tapered curling. Comb the strands with your fingers, with your head tilted down, and add a light fixative that preserves the mobility of the styling - any varnish of a slight fixation or spray will do.
Means: L'Oréal professionel Wild Stylers by Tecni.art Next Day Hair Spray, Salt Spray, TIGI Catwalk Session Series, Paul Mitchell Awapuhi Wild Ginger Texturizing Sea Spray
Smooth "licked" bean: Split the hair and comb it back and behind the ears, using a cream to smooth the hair. L'Oréal Professionnel Tecni.ART Dual Stylers Sleek & Swing gel (in this case, the product should be applied to slightly damp hair and ironed with a sponge-brush when drying) or Schwarzkopf Professional Osis Flexwax - this tool is suitable if you do not need to straighten hair, and you only need to give them smoothness and fix. To do this, warm up a small amount of the product in your hands and apply it on your hair, as if smoothing it.
Pixie
Pixie - a short haircut, in which the hair on the back of the head and temples is shorter than in the parietal zone. Fully opens the ears and neck. Grooming gained fame after the release of the film "Roman Holiday" with Audrey Hepburn and gained wide popularity in the 60s thanks to Twiggy. In recent years, has become popular due to the images of celebrities: Anne Hathaway, Rihanna, Emma Watson, Miley Cyrus, Charlize Theron - they all tried on the pixie. It is popular for its versatility: it fits any type of face, and properly selected proportions of this hairstyle make it ideal for everyone.
If you want to visually stretch your face or balance its proportions, choose a variant with a pronounced lengthening, and if for some reason you don’t like your forehead, take a closer look at the bangs. If you prefer more daring images, you can not leave your hair at the temples and the back of your head, but shave them. When playing with haircuts, haircuts, make-up and clothes, you can often change the images - this haircut will suit both Tomboy style lovers and girls who prefer feminine looks.
Bright colors, natural tones, ice blond, stretch from dark to light, highlights, colored strands - colorings that look cool on pixies, are numerous. The short length makes it possible to discolor hair without fear and repaint it in different colors, without buying tons of repair agents and not leaving substantial amounts in salons. Pixie advantage is the ability to drastically change the image with the help of styling, which at this length takes very little time and does not require special skills. Unlike styling for long and medium length, any girl can handle pixie styling. Use headbands or headbands - this is also a great company for hair. Here are some options.
Smooth Pixie: comb the hair back or on a part with a comb with small teeth, and then warm up the fixing agent in your hands and smooth them in the right direction. Use fudge or paste for hair.
Means: American Crew Defining Paste, hair lipstick S chwarzkopf Got2b
Curly Pixies: apply thermal protection on the parietal area and wind the strands in a chaotic manner, then disassemble the locks with your hands and fix it with varnish.
Means: Estel Thermal Protection Hair Spray, L'Oréal Professionnel Absolut Repair Lipidium
Disheveled, textured pixie: To create this styling, apply texturing spray on important hair and dry it with a diffuser or by squeezing the strands with your hands.
Means: TONI & GUY Casual Sea Salt Texturing Spray, L'oreal Professionnel Wild Stylers by Tecni.ART Next Day Hair Spray
Fully set up parietal part: Apply on wet hair roots foam and dry, lifting hair up. Any foam or mousse with a high degree of fixation will do, then apply lacquer on them with a strong fixation.
Means: Schwarzkopf Professional Osis + Grip Volume, Schwarzkopf Got2b "Steel Snap"
Hedgehog, buzz-cut
Very short haircut, which is performed by the machine. Hair can be either the same length all over the head, or slightly longer in the parietal zone and shorter at the temples and the back of the head. The most radical, but no less interesting haircut. Celebrities who tried on this image: Charlize Theron, Keira Knightley, Natalie Portman. For inspiration, we suggest you look at the instagram makeup artist Celine Bernaerts. The almost complete absence of hair on the head allows you to look both androgynous and bright, outrageous and pronounced sexually.
Of course, the main advantage of this haircut is its convenience. This length saves both time and money - with it you only need to wash your hair with a comfortable shampoo and dry your hair. This haircut will suit you if you want to radically change your image, if you are just tired of the mass of hair, styling and cans in the bathroom, or if you are completely unhappy with the condition of your hair and do not know what to do with it.
Despite the simplicity of this haircut, it also has variations: you can leave longer hair on the parietal part, you can make a smooth transition from the shortest temples to longer hair on top (fade technique will look cool on dark and thick hair), leave a centimeter - one and a half hairs that will stick up, and yet they can be laid back smoothly with a strong fixation gel, or shave everything down altogether, and in the process of regrowth choose the length you like most. The haircut looks very cool with glasses in a large frame, bright lipstick, graphical arrows and generally any accents on the face.
It is also easy to dye her hair in any color, even at home. You can not worry about dryness and brittle hair, and evenly apply paint or brightening agent is very simple. Bleached, hot pink, pastel hedgehogs, such as Willow Smith or Jesse Jay, look cool. However, it is worth remembering that at such a length, regrown roots are particularly noticeable (if, of course, they bother you).
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