Current hairstyle names and how to get them!

Hairstyle names come and go but . . . the terminology for cutting techniques is mostly universal and sticks around. Become knowledgeable with what the stylists hair cutting terminology refers to and you are more likely to get the look you want!

Beachy Waves – Hairstyle names like ‘beachy waves‘ describe this style pretty well. The look has loose waves that are a bit disheveled with a windblown effect. Notice the ends are either lightly curled or not curled at all.

• Get the look: Use a volumizing mousse and blow-dry till 90% dry. Use curling iron, velcro rollers or a quick hot roller set leaving the ends out. Lightly rake curls through with fingers. Mist with a light finishing spray.

Choppy Hairstyle

Choppy Hairstyles – Hairstyle names with ‘choppy’ in them refer most often to short, straight cuts with uneven layered ends. Hair stylists most often use a razor but may also use a thinning shear or texturizing shear to get the look. A ‘Choppy’ hairdo may also refer to uneven face-framing layers in longer styles.

• Get the look:  In order to see the ‘choppy’ hair style effect, the hair needs to be straightened. Get volume with a root lifter. Use a straightening serum and blow-dry smooth. Finish with a flat-iron for your best choppy looking haircut.

Rihanna’s Piecey Hairstyle

Piecey Hairstyles – Hairstyle names with ‘piecey’ in them allude to short haircuts with defined ends.

• Get the look: To get ‘piecey’ ends straighten the hair with a flat-iron. Use a wax or gel to separate ends into chunky, face framing pieces.

Beyonce Pompadour Hairstyle

Pompadour Hairstyles – Hairstyle names with ‘pompadour’ in them refer to both men and women’s hairdos these days. A pompadour has exaggerated height at the top/front of the hair style (think Elvis and Rihanna) and can be styled a number of different ways. Bangs or long layered bangs are helpful to hold lift put in that area.

• Get the look: Get this pompadour style by backcombing the top/front of hair, leaving out some bangs to smooth over. Mist with hairspray. Smooth over lightly and secure with clip into a half-updo with sides.

Side Swept Bangs – Carrie Underwood

Side Swept Bangs – Hairstyle names with ‘side swept bangs’ can point to a number of different lengths and cuts of hair. Now, however the most current look with side swept bangs being asked for in hair salons is what Carrie Underwood is wearing here. Smooth long hair with long face framing layers.

• Get the look: Blow dry hair smooth, use a straightening serum if needed. Use a large barrel curling iron to lightly curl long layers towards face. Make a deep side part and smooth and slightly bend bangs with iron.

Retro Glam Hairstyles (Old Hollywood Glamour) Kate Winslet

Retro Glam Hairstyles – Kate Winslet wore this hairdo at the 2010 Academy Awards (as did a number of other stars.) Hair style names with ‘retro or old Hollywood glamour points to the obvious . . . the glamorous stars of the 30′s and 40′s. Kate channels Veronica Lake with this retro glam look.

• Get the look: This hairdo is coiffed smooth and with no volume. Use a smoothing or straightening serum and blow-dry smooth and flat. Curl hair starting three or four inches from scalp into vertical or horizontal waves. Pull a shine serum through hair and make a deep side part for a glamorous effect.

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Learn a few new ponytail hairstyles to suit your style this summer!

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If you haven’t mastered at least a few new ways to create ponytail hairstyles . . . it’s high time you do!! Ponytail hairstyles not only top the charts for hairstyle trends in 2010, but they are also the easiest and most versatile hairstyles to create! “Jump in on
Ponytail Hairstyles”

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There are an unprecedented amount of women who are wearing their hair long right now, at least in the celebrity and media world. One reason is baby boomers have checked-out on the old but long held idea that 50 somethings need to wear short hair. They are growing their locks almost in defiance, are looking great and thereby are creating the new 50 (which is 30?) Love it!No matter if you’re young or (not as young,) ponytail hairstyles are ageless and are stirring up a whirlwind in 2010! And the fact that summer is right around the corner means it’s time to get your ponytail hairstyles skills in line.

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I’m pretty sure these ponytail hairstyles can be copied easy enough by any of you who have worn a ponytail hairstyle before, but you may just need a little practice to get it down quick and easy.Slight differences in ponytail placement, curling, straightening, adding length, mussing-up or braiding and product usage, can give you a variety of ponytail hairstyles to go with your mood!

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Elegant Ponytail HairstylesPonytail hairstyles look totally elegant when swept entirely away from the face and are coupled with elegant earrings. Either slightly backcombed on top or slicked down with a styling gel, these ponytails scream posh!

Jessica Alba in a Ponytail Hairstyle

Fergie in a Ponytail Hairstyles

Ponytail Hairstyles with Bump & Sideswept BangsThese ponytail hairstyles only take some backcombing and a touch of finishing spray for a flirty look. Straightened or curled ponytails with flattened side swept bangs look feminine, fun or dressy. Wrap the ponytail with some hair pinning it underneath for a finished look!

Nicole Ritchie in Ponytail Hairstyle

Side Ponytail Hairstyles are Versatile

The side ponytail hairstyles showing up now are braided, coupled with braids, mussy curled and straight . . . anything goes. Remember you can buy hair extensions to create big thick braids, or ponytail extensions for even easier hairstyles!

Molly Sims Ponytail Hairstyles

Fashion Week 2010

Ponytail hairstyles are a feminine way to pump up the coquette side in you this summer and change some bad hair days into good. Take a little bit of time to get down the mastery of ponytail hairstyles . . . and voila! . . . you’re adorable!!

For further discussion on quick and easy hair styles.

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Manscaping, Mens Grooming

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Mens grooming takes on a ‘manscaping’

Say ladies, have you noticed there seems to be more men turning up these days with smooth chests or backs, arms or legs?? It’s happening by way of a new mens grooming technique called manscaping! Manscaping has actually been around for a couple of years now, but has caught on and is on the ‘mens grooming” services at barber shops, hair salons and spa’s as of late.

“Mens Grooming
Adds Manscaping”How hairy is your man? Does the amount of hair bother either of you? I guess ‘manscaping’ is like ‘landscaping’ on a man in my mind. The definition I have seen most is “the modern term for removal of body hair by shaving or waxing”. It may sound crazy to some, but salons report men are into the hair removal process almost as much as women. Men are trimming and/or eliminating any extra hair that may be on their chests, backs, arms, faces and anywhere else that they may desire (other additional area options are not on the menu).

I remember the days when men only removed their hair for body building competitions, swimming or wrestling, and now it has become a common occurrence. Now when a man has his shirt opened 3 buttons down, the chest hair is no longer there and it is silky smooth. My guess would be the men that would receive waxing services are very much into personal grooming and possibly in the group categorized as “metrosexuals” who are into grooming in all ways as much as women, but still a woman’s man.

It is not new anymore for a man to have a standing appointment at a hair salon or spa to receive their waxing treatments. They may select to have the hair removed by shaving, waxing, tweezing or the more permanent method of laser hair removal.

The pricing for mens hair removal may be a bit higher than womens because often additional product is needed for an area. A local salon called “Spa Forever” in Chicago’s Bucktown area caters to both men and womens waxing services. Prices for lip, ear, cheek and chin areas range from $15.00 and up for each area and for full back or full chest waxing starting at $60.00 and up for each area.

I imagine ‘Manscaping’ will be the big, mens grooming service requested as we drift into spring and summer months. I am picturing all these smooth chested 20, and 30 something’s soaking up the rays on the beach this summer!! (Someone better tell them to put a little more sunscreen on when first getting out there . . . with less hair, they will more likely have a bigger burn factor going on, don’t you think?

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