Ooops! | Short Hair Mistakes
Monday, January 25th, 2010
Short hair is all the rave. More than a cut, short hair is a personality, one that you can’t fake and have to get just right. In the right cut, short hair can be an effortlessly chic, no brainer. However, not all short cuts are created equal. The right short ‘do for you will depend on many factors including, but not limited to:
- The shape of your face
- Your social lifestyle
- The natural texture of your hair
- The thickness of your hair
- Your wardrobe
- Your personality
- Your bank account balance/ stylist hookups
for example.
If you are thinking about making the transition to short hair, or even if you’ve already made it and find some difficulty in maintaining it, check out some of the tips below on what to avoid:
1. Blunt cut on curly hair
It may look on ‘fyah’ when you are in the salon, but when you walk out and that humidity hits you can end up looking like the poodle down the street.
With curly hair, there’s no telling where the chips will fall when the natural curl instinct kicks in after it’s first wash, meaning you will never be able to wash your hair and make a dash (lounging around at the beach/ pool perhaps), or engage in any activity where humidity is involved, including being anywhere outside when it rains. eeek!
To keep the unkempt poodle look, try a short cut that is layered. The curlier the hair the less layered it should be though, because the more curly the hair the greater the shrinkage, and the more likely the ‘layers’ will turn into a ‘mullet’. Not cool.
2. Too blunt.
Too helmet gear-ish. Kinda-sorta like wearing a masculine cut jacket WITH super spongy shoulder pads, this look is overly severe. Blunt AND straight AND stiff is just about the recipe I’d say.
This only works on the runway I’m afraid, where , to the average human being, almost everything else looks like it’s made for another planet.
Even if it’s a blunt cut, soften by adding some layers, or by removing some of the weight from the ends by using the texturizing process.
3. Wrong proportions
Find the right proportions. If you are voluptuous avoid cutting hair too close to the scalp to avoid looking like a pin head. Likewise, if you are petite avoid overly layered, voluminous hair, which would make you look top heavy.
4. Lack of maintenance
Not keeping up with a chic short cut is a clear sign of a Diva wannabee. Short hair needs to be cut every 4-6 weeks depending on your rate of hair growth as well as the cut. If you have neither the time nor the money to keep up with this, go for a layered cut instead that would be more forgiving when your hair grows out.
5. Not styling
Short hair needs to be styled daily, especially if you’ve opted for a style that the hair you were born with doesn’t follow, naturally. Depending on your cut and hair texture ‘styling’ can be anywhere from following with mousse after wetting every morning to full hundred breaking out the flat iron.
Consult with your stylist on the styling routine required by the cut on your hair before making the commitment.
6. Over accessorizing
Ladies, short hair is already chic. With short hair your face is put on front street. Don’t mask it with dangly earrings AND a glittery bandeau AND loud makeup AND a necklace – too much.
Choose one accessory to focus on.
**Where applicable, the tips above go for male or female – so long as you have hair that needs to be both maintained using some cutting device and styled.**
Snip away!
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good one – ladies a quick fix if you don’t like your hair cut – add a couple or more tracks of hair to make it longer – till it grows out
I have had a couple of ladies call me and just ask for a bit put at the back and sides to help them with the between transition…
try that and see if it works…
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Simply want to say your article is awesome. The clarity in your post is simply impressive and I can take for granted you are an expert on this field….
oh definitely, a couple ‘extensions’ can help with the growing out phase, or even to add fullness to a cut, or length perhaps – as in the case of adding long bangs to an asymmetrical/ incremental bob. (long in the front, short in the back)
Clip-ins work well too, to change up a perfect cut – you can add length to an area, bangs, or colour to change up the look from time to time without committing, for those like myself with hair commitment issues!
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