5 min
How Often Should You Get a Haircut?
Real intervals by cut and hair type, why "every six weeks" is wrong for most people, and how to stretch the gap without looking like you did.
Haircut Guides
What to ask for, how to grow it out, and how to avoid the cut you did not want. Practical guides for before the clippers come out.
What to ask for, how to grow it out, and how to avoid the cut you did not want. These are written for the ten minutes before an appointment: the exact words to use, the trade-off behind each option, and what the cut looks like on week five rather than day one.
6 min
What to Ask For to Get the Bob You Want
French, blunt, italian, stacked, lob: the bobs explained by what changes between them, plus the four words that decide how yours turns out.
7 min
How to Grow Out a Buzz Cut Without the Awkward Stage
A realistic month-by-month plan for growing out a buzz cut: when to trim, what to ask your barber, and how to keep the awkward stage short and tidy.
7 min
What to Ask For at the Salon to Get Curtain Bangs
Curtain bangs go wrong when the brief is vague. Exactly what to say at the salon, and how to match the fringe to your face shape and hair type.