Having settled on a hairstyle that everyone agrees suits us, we are content with it for a while. But, probably due to the notorious female inconstancy, we begin to get bored with her, and the time comes to look for something new.
So, every woman sooner or later goes through the desire to get a short haircut, especially since it is believed that such a haircut makes you look younger.
And even having luxurious long hair is not an obstacle to this desire. Only one thing torments: “A suddenly short hair doesn't suit me? And I will become a little gray mouse, having lost my lush mane...”
Here's an example of Scarlett Johansson's cropped hair that might inspire the indecisive.
It turns out that this question is relevant not only for clients of hairdressing salons. Stylists are also interested in it, and one of them is John Frieda from Great Britain, the same one who created the trend John Frieda.
So, he deeply studied the features of facial structure and found a pattern, which he called the “5.5 cm rule.” The essence of this rule is that the angle at which the lower jaw is located to the vertical axis of the face determines whether a short haircut suits you.
The interpretation of this method in practice is the simplest. Of course, you don’t have to use a protractor; you simply use the ratio of the legs of a right triangle, which characterizes the acuteness of the angle.
You will model one of the legs by pressing a pencil to the tip of the chin in a horizontal direction. And the second leg is a ruler, with which you measure the distance from the pencil up to the earlobe. If you get a measurement result of less than 5.5 cm, then know that you can have a short haircut, a bob, or a pixie, or a revived undercut will suit you. But if you have decided on more than 5.5 cm, then it is better not to risk cutting your hair short; indeed, you may lose your image.
For example, compare the round face of Michelle Williams and the oval elongated face of Kim Kardashian.
Now you should understand why Michelle looks so nice with a pixie, but for Kim this option will not be a winner.
Beauty and some tips below.
Methods for selecting colors before painting
There are two ways to clearly see how a particular hair color will look. The first one was announced: visit a virtual beauty salon, without leaving home. You just need to upload a photo and enjoy a huge selection of hairstyles and color palettes.
Choose a photo that has the maximum image open face and ears. A passport photo would be ideal. If there is no such photo, don’t be upset. The result of color selection will not become worse, but the combination of hairstyles and head will be asymmetrical.
The second option looks somewhat hooligan: it involves visiting a wig store and trying on the latter. Why hooligan, you ask? Trying on a bunch of goods and not purchasing anything is not the most desirable option for a store seller. Therefore, we recommend that you choose the first option and, while drinking tea in your slippers, choose the appropriate option.
Choosing a color based on the color type
If before this you considered yourself to be a completely unique person, then you will be disappointed. All people in the world are divided into only four color types, named after the seasons: winter summer Spring Autumn. There are two subtypes, dividing color types into contrasting and non-contrasting types. Let's consider the features of the definitions adopted in the beauty industry.
Winter
Winter is characterized by typical parameters: boiling white skin, which tends to quickly become injured in direct sunlight. In order not to confuse this color type with its summer counterpart, you will have to apply several injuries to your hand: pinch a section of skin between your fingers and turn sharply. The remaining blue trace will indicate that your color type is winter, red - summer.
This type of appearance suitable coloring hair in blue-black color. Any manifestations of red and brown are contraindicated– completely alien colors will not decorate you, but will age you by a couple of years. From warm and light shades, choose a wheat or honey shade without red. Ash gray color is suitable.
Summer
Appearance is characterized cool shades of eyes and hair. The pronounced difference in contrasts indicates the subtype of contrasting and non-contrasting summer. In the first case, the color of the skin and hair has a sharp combination from the opposite: bright skin And dark hair. In the second: a soft combination of light or dark tones of exterior elements.
It’s not difficult to understand what hair color is suitable if you have a contrasting summer attitude - it will always have golden notes. The low-contrast subtype is emphasized by chestnut shades, which have prevailing red notes in the spectrum.
Spring
Spring presented in tender sensual blondes with bright eyes and eyebrows, whose skin has a milky tint and is often light dark spots. If you recognize yourself in the description, pay attention to the honey colors, all shades of light brown and light red.
Autumn
Natural red hair, freckled skin with a pinkish tint- typical representatives of the autumn color type. Global experiments with appearance are not recommended, will only do natural color hair. It may be lighter or darker, vary in shade, but basic part must certainly be associated with red and yellow pigment.
You can determine the color type using online tests, in the plural, presented on the Internet. Answer a few simple questions honestly, and the computer will respond to your request. It is worth noting that the accuracy of such a test is questionable: you can conduct it after you determine the color type based on your external physical characteristics and compare the result.
Becoming blonde, brunette or brown-haired: who is contraindicated
The desire to dramatically change your hair color, and with it your usual life, is quite understandable. However, you should not trust the momentary impulse - It will take a long and painful time to remove the wrong hair color. In addition, hair health will deteriorate after such risky procedures. Let's consider the pitfalls that various types carry:
- Blonde
You can become a blonde if you are sure that your face is perfect. White hair will highlight all the imperfections of your facial skin. Sores, pimples - everything will be noticeable. However, with white hair color you will get a vulnerable, gentle and dreamy look. It is recommended fat girls, as it visually lengthens the face. - Brunette
If nature has not rewarded you dark color hair, and you really want it, we recommend double-checking your compatibility several times. You should not paint yourself black if you are over forty years old: alas, you will look forty-five, or even more. But at a young age it is enough to have expressive eyes And dark skin so that black hair color turns you into a queen. Dark shade on hair is highly not recommended for girls who are overweight: it will emphasize the imperfection of forms. - Brown haired
The chestnut shade on the hair is very successful and suits most color types. It is suitable in case if the original color was not much lighter than the desired one. Blondes who turn brown will look older. - Redhead
Red color is not suitable for young girls with blond hair and transparent skin. If you are this type, don't make the mistake of leaving this color for the ladies for whom it suits. Also, bright brunettes should not dye their hair red. - Red, purple
These shades look artificial and are suitable for a very small number of girls and women. Use these colors as a second color scheme, in addition to original color hair.
Be careful about your appearance and do not allow rash decisions to become a reason for it to change for the worse. Choose your hair color according to your color type and avoid prohibited shades. We found out in the article how to understand what hair color suits you: use the recommendations above and you will always be irresistible.
When a girl doesn’t know how to add something new to her usual look, she decides to change her hairstyle. But not everyone is ready to change radically, so often a small part of the hair is subjected to experiments, and with a slight movement of the master’s hand it turns into bangs. However, can everyone decide to take such a step? Who does bangs suit, and who should avoid them? How to choose the only correct one from the variety of options?
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Who is suitable for bangs with an even cut?
This is the most common option that can be done even at home, without the help of a professional. Traditionally, it involves completely camouflaging the forehead, and the ends of the strands touch the brow ridges. However, it is also possible to change the level of the cut line.
Straight bangs have a “rejuvenating” effect by softening facial features, especially if it concerns a “heavy” look due to the eyebrows, which are covered by such bangs.
Due to its graphic nature and transverse line, straight bangs shortens the face, therefore it is indicated for owners of elongated shapes. In addition, it allows you to level out the width and height of the forehead, but at the same time emphasizes a narrow chin, as a result of which it is undesirable if you have a triangular face.
In addition to the main nuances, this variation has a few more points, which cannot be ignored: most of them relate to the structure of the hair.
- Straight bangs are undesirable for thin hair that lacks volume and density: it will look too thin and unkempt.
- It should not be done for those with curly hair and wavy hair, since it looks impressive only with perfectly straight strands.
What is special about torn bangs?
This option can have either an even cut or any asymmetry, but the strong thinning of the edge remains unchanged. Despite the fact that this technology is usually used for thick curls, in a specific situation, on the contrary, thick hair torn bangs undesirable, because its original lightness and enthusiasm are lost. The characteristic of this haircut is carelessness and some avoidance of the classics, as a result of which it is quite difficult to fit it into the office style.
If you need a classic bang that completely covers your forehead, but there is no hair thickness, pay attention to the torn edge.
In terms of its silhouette, torn bangs fit perfectly any type, and the basic principles of its selection remain the same as for direct and asymmetrical variations. The only thing that professionals remind you is that it is advisable not to combine such a haircut idea with geometric styling, as it creates visual dissonance. She is good with a cascade, A-bob, and other non-standard hairstyles.
Are asymmetrical bangs really universal?
Many professionals call this option indispensable for shifting the emphasis from almost any shortcoming, even if it is such only in the eyes of its owner. It is assumed that asymmetrical (especially side-sloping) bangs can make the features harmonious any person, and there is definitely some truth to this.
- Cut in the shape of a triangle looking up, it elongates the face, as a result of which it fits round and square type: in the latter it will also smooth out the frontal angles.
- Sloping to the side and elongated allows you to stretch out a compact face and cut off the corner of a “triangular” one, as well as distract attention from overly pronounced cheekbones in a diamond-shaped one. It also makes it possible to hide facial asymmetry (eyebrows, eyes).
- Slanted to the side and shortened (long edge to the brow bone) looks good on a rectangular face.
The main advantage of asymmetrical bangs is that they can be done with any hair structure: both finely curly and perfectly straight curls.
However, not every one of these modifications can be easily introduced into a hairstyle: shortened asymmetry (the same “triangle”) is not woven into the overall mass, therefore needs constant styling. Beveled variations lend themselves to almost any hairdressing experiment.
Who does bangs suit? If you choose her silhouette correctly, she will suit absolutely any type of appearance, regardless of facial features, hair structure and other factors. And often it is not the appropriateness of bangs in a certain image that is questioned, but the readiness for its permanent styling. Bangs require increased attention, since their untidiness can spoil the opinion of one’s appearance as a whole.
Fashion is whimsical and changeable. She does not tolerate boredom and gets bored quickly. She always seeks self-expression in the new and unknown. But still, this capricious, whimsical and sophisticated lady has her own favorites, which have become cult classics, which are always in fashion, always on topic, always in place. It is precisely in this category of untouchables that the good old square fell into place. Naturally, over time, the bob haircut is somewhat modified and transformed, filled with new fresh notes, but its essence remains the same as thousands of years ago. Yes, yes, exactly thousands! In every season the master hairdressing they try to surprise us with something special, but, as a rule, all this creativity is extremely short-lived, but the square was, is and will be!
Advanced technology for classic haircuts
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Kare ancient and young
Even if you have no particular interest in history, when you mention a bob haircut, your memory will probably still come to mind of Ancient Egypt, the pharaohs and, of course, Queen Cleopatra herself... with a bob. A simple bob cut along the same line just below the ears with straight thick bangs looked more than regal, giving Cleopatra mystery, grandeur and magical charm. Was it her real hair or a wig? special significance does not have.
Long bob with tips touching the shoulders was popular among men of the Middle Ages, but for women the luxury of short haircuts became available only in the emancipated twentieth century. And for almost a century now, the bob, without exaggeration, remains the number one haircut in the world.
Versatility and diversity
The distinctive features of the classic bob haircut are a smooth texture and strict geometric lines, but the light did not converge on the classics alone. There are a huge number of variations on the bob theme: straight bob, asymmetrical, cap, bob with a thin leg... There is sure to be a bob for absolutely any face shape and for any age. It is only important to get to good master, which will help you choose the ideal option for you from a boundless sea of possibilities.
The bob hairstyle has another great advantage - it looks impressive even on thin hair! In fact, the thickness of the hair does not in any way affect the quality of the bob, because to achieve volume, the strands are made of different lengths, and the top ones should be the longest. It is this technique that gives the haircut its characteristic shape. Coloring or highlighting individual strands will help add additional volume, airiness and style to your bob.
What is the secret of popularity
The square is the golden mean, organically combining all the advantages long hair and all the convenience and practicality of short haircuts.
Probably one of the reasons why this haircut is so popular lies in the fact that it fits perfectly into strict business everyday life, as well as into formal sophistication and informal casual wear. A minimum of styling products and time, a little imagination, a few deft hand movements and a discreet office bob is transformed into an enchanting one. evening option.
Bob haircut for me!
Let's try to figure out a little which version of the square is suitable for various types appearance, emphasizing all the advantages and skillfully hiding the shortcomings.
- Young and young ladies with delicate, neat features can safely bet on short bob with open neck. Looks very stylish!
- The best option for a round face with large features is a graduated bob with torn ends, which, framing the face, will somewhat smooth out the heavy features.
- For oblong faces with high forehead perfect suitable for a square just below the chin with thick bangs, which will make the face more proportional.
- Emphasize the beauty of a face with wide cheekbones, a neat, slightly pointed chin and soft features A bob-ball with the ends turned inward will help.
- A too long neck will be balanced by a long, straight, shoulder-length haircut.
- Harmonize and soften wide face with a heavy jaw, an elongated version of a graduated bob with a side parting, oblique bangs and strands covering a somewhat angular jaw will be suitable.
Sometimes you want to make a fashionable bob...
Or a pixie...
“But will it suit me?” - Here main question. “Maybe I should keep my hair long!”
The chief stylist of the British branch of John Frieda Salons, Giles Robinson, invented his formula. He knows exactly who a haircut will do, and for some - only long hair. Want to know? You will need a ruler and pencil.
Place the pencil under your chin and hold it horizontally. Measure the distance from your earlobe to the pencil.
If this distanceless than 2.25 inches(or 5.71cm) - then youa haircut will do. If the distance is greater than 2.25 inches, you are better off staying with long hair.
What did you get?
Short haircuts can suit any face shape, with the exception of round ones. Women with round face Haircuts below shoulder level are more suitable. Bob on round shape the face looks like a helmet. In this case, it is necessary to visually lengthen the face, and therefore leave the hair length.
Tip #2: Do you have beautiful shoulders, chin and neck?
Short hair will certainly highlight them. If you have a short neck, double chin or broad shoulders, you should not cut hair above the collarbone.
Tip #3: You curly hair? Think twice
Curly hair tends to frizz if it is short in length. Some stylists say that curly hair should be cut no shorter than five centimeters below the chin, but I have seen luxurious short haircuts on curly hair. The secret is layering. There is an art to cutting curly hair, so choose your stylist carefully so that you don't end up looking like a poodle after your visit to the salon.
Tip #4: Thin hair looks better in short haircuts
Very Thin hair look flat if they are long. If you have thin or thin hair, a short haircut will add volume to them, just be careful with the layers. Try to keep all the hair the same length as much as possible. A large number of cut hair can affect volume.
Tip #5: Trick
I found this tip in Confessions of Allure magazine's Beauty Editor, Linda Wells. Take your photo so the background is light or dark, depending on your hair color (if you're blonde, choose a dark background; if you're a brunette, choose a light one). Take scissors and cut the hair in the photo to see if a short haircut suits you or not. We recommend starting with longer hair to avoid wasting the photo.
