STEP 1: WHAT ARE YOUR OPTIONS?
The first thing you need to do is look at your hair. There’s lots of things you should look for but I’m going to go over the things that really matter, a stylist can help you with the details.
LENGTH
How long your hair is will determine what you can get. You need to consider how long your hair is in different sections, what do you have on the bangs, the sides, the back, the top. Look at all of these when you’re deciding what you can get as far as a cut.
“MY HAIR’S NOT LONG ENOUGH!”
If you may have a style in mind and are lacking as far as length you can do one of two things: wait and grow it out, or (if you’re pretty close) get it cut it in that style and let it grow out that way.
“MY HAIR’S TOO LONG!”
Well then you’re fine. If you’re one of those people who’s let their hair grow like crazy (instead of finding a style) then you’re in luck, you can do pretty much anything you want. However, keep something in mind: It’s better to go for a longer cut at first, you can always cut shorter. Just saying.
STEP 2: WHAT DO YOU WANT?
This is generally the hardest part for people. What do you want? Yes you want amazing, sexy, and stylish hair but what specifically do you want…? It’s hard I know. No one method works for one person so I’m going to go over a few ways to look for a hairstyle, as well as a few things to keep in mind.
LOOK AT THE BACK
What kind of back do you want? Some people like simpler manageable backs, others want it a little longer so they can spike it up. Figure out if you can and are willing to go for the length there, some people really love it.
Spiky backs:
LOOK AT THE TOP
Most emo (scene) hairstyles today go either two ways, the length of the hair is continuous or it’s textured. Continuous means that the hair runs all the way from the top to the bangs and sides. Textured means that some of the hair at the top has been cut in a choppy way to add a more messied look.
Continuous:
Textured:
LOOK AT THE SIDES
Most hairstyles these days have sides that aren’t that thick, they tend to be just enough to keep the bangs in proportion; however there are a few examples of where thicker sides gave a more “poofy” look. Sides don’t also have to be the same thickness, if one side is thicker it can give another look.
LOOK AT THE BANGS
Long bangs tend to be a crowd favorite, there’s not much variety other than length but they have two basic characteristics that you can tweak to be longer or shorter: The first is “the fringe” the hair that is cut with a slight angle, (with one side is shorter and one side is longer.) The other are the side bangs (the hair that is cut around the side of the face.) You can have a long fringe and short sides, a short fringe and long sides, both long, both short, whatever.
