While
your Spring hair color can set the tone for
your spring look, there are cuts & styles that can take your spring
transformation to the n e x t level. Want to know what cut to pair with your
new bronde or ice blonde color? Need to know what styles to perfect to show off
your fashion colors? Or, coveting your virgin locks but still need something
to mix it up? Bob, shag & braid with me!
{Cuts}
{Blunt Textured Bob}
Long
bobs kicked off last year, and they're not going anywhere anytime soon!
Especially with warmer weather on the horizon, this is the perfect lightweight
& breezy cut to survive humidity and still maintain an actual style. A lot
of this cut is in the styling—pumping up the volume at the root, adding texture
throughout, and flattening the tips to give that lived-in and blunt look. You
want the cut to hit anywhere between grazing your shoulders and skimming your
collarbone, depending on your face shape {rounder faces should go for a
collarbone cut to lengthen your face shape}. Then, you want very inconspicuous
layers that add texture throughout, without giving you The Rachel.
{Long Modern Shag}
Shags
are famous for their sassy, sexy and majorly swingy layers. And I mean LAYERS.
This is one of the most layered cuts out there—stemming from the original 70s
style, perfected by both women and men {think teen heartthrobs of the
70s like David Cassidy and Mick Jagger}. In the 90s it took on a
rounder shape with the birth of The Rachel {one of the most iconic cuts of all
time, which you can probably tell since it's been mentioned twice already!}.
And in the 00's it made it's return with Meg Ryan. Most of these decade-shags
have one thing in common—short. Today's shag, although perfect on all lengths
and textures, is mostly geared towards medium to long hair. Finally, us
long-haired girls get our shag on. The more layered, fringy and textured - the
better. Julianne Hough rocks my most recent
favorite, chopped by no other than the incredible Riawna Capri of Nine Zero
One Salon {a must-follow on Instagram!}
{Styles}
{Center-part}
Once upon a time I was wearing my hair stick
straight and smack down the center and someone said to me, "you look like
Cher!"—and just like that, I fell in love with center-parts forever. Made
famous by Cher herself, the center-part has been
reborn in a hippy-wannabe, Coachella-style infested, Kardashian-ruling new
world. Sleek {more like plastered}, flowy, bang-split, double-bunned, pinned
back—however you're wearing your hair, a center-part will instantly up your
chic-factor.
{Braids}
I know, this is not a new trend—in fact, most of us have been rocking braids since grade school! But alas, it still reins every day styles, bridal styles and tutorials across the web. Today's hottest braids include a nod to those grade school braids with french-braided pigtails; intricate braids-within-braids; half braids; and chubby little pancake braids. At this point in our lives I think it's safe to say that braids are here to stay—for. EV. er.
XO,
Nik
