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Women's Haircuts · 16 min
Layers in a bob do two opposite jobs, and asking for the wrong one is why fine hair falls flat and thick hair goes triangular. Here is which layering to ask for, in plain words.
Women's Haircuts · 14 min
3c hair is tight, straw-width corkscrew curls with big shrinkage. How to tell it from 3b and 4a, the wash-day routine that stops frizz, and the cuts that hold at every length.
Women's Haircuts · 14 min
The best shoulder length haircuts stop an inch above the shoulder or fall to the collarbone. Here is where to set the length, which cut suits your hair type and face, 10 cuts to show your stylist, and the exact words to say in the chair.
Women's Haircuts · 16 min
Every twist style is the same two-strand move with different hair added. Nine types compared on cost, install time and longevity, plus the parting size that actually decides how long they last.
Men's Haircuts · 16 min
Two numbers decide which braids you can actually get: your shortest hair and the braid size. Ten styles, the length each one needs, real chair time and upkeep, and exactly how to ask.
Women's Haircuts · 19 min
3a is the loosest true curl, a spiral that loops around something about an inch across. Its problem is not dryness, it is weight: load it with butters and heavy creams and the pattern drops out by lunchtime. How to tell 3a from 2c and 3b in thirty seconds, the cuts that hold at each length, what to use and what to skip, and ten 3a looks.
Women's Haircuts · 13 min
Every African braiding style belongs to one of two families, and that fork decides your hours, your wear time and your hairline. Ten styles compared, with the one number to say when you book.
Men's Haircuts · 16 min
Fluffy hair is a haircut, not a product. The length window is 3 to 4 inches on top, the sides have to be tapered rather than faded, and no mousse fixes a cut outside that. Here is the rule, the sentence to say in the chair, the 8 minute routine, and what changes for straight, wavy, curly and coily hair.
Men's Haircuts · 20 min
Every men's haircut is two decisions: how short the sides go and how much length stays on top. Here are 10 cuts laid out shortest to longest, the honest styling cost of each, which one your hair type can actually hold, and the exact sentence to say in the barber's chair.