Shoulder-length hair sits in a strange spot. It’s long enough for a decent number of style options, but it’s also short enough that half of those options don’t quite work the way they would on longer hair. A ponytail can end up looking stubby. An updo can feel sparse. A blowout that should look full…
The warrior cut has become one of the more recognizable men’s hairstyles in recent years, and if you’ve got thick hair, you’re honestly working with one of the best possible starting points for it. This cut lives and dies on volume and texture, and thick hair naturally supplies both without much effort. The trick isn’t…
You’re due for a color refresh, and Great Clips happens to be the closest salon with no wait and no appointment needed. Before you walk in expecting to leave with fresh highlights or a full color change, it’s worth knowing exactly what this chain does and doesn’t offer, because showing up with the wrong expectation…
Ask five different people to define “brunette” and you’ll probably get five slightly different answers. Some will tell you it just means brown hair, plain and simple. Others will insist it only counts if the hair is dark, verging on black. A few might even bring skin tone into the conversation, which sounds strange until…
You just left the salon, or maybe you’re standing in your bathroom rinsing dye off your hands, and your hair looks incredible. Naturally, the next thought is when you can actually wash it, because at some point that “fresh from the bottle” smell needs to go and you’re going to want your normal shampoo routine…
Standing in front of the mirror with a blow dryer in one hand and no real plan is a pretty universal experience. Styling hair looks effortless when someone else does it, and it feels anything but effortless the first dozen times you try it yourself. Most of the frustration, though, comes from missing a handful…
Short hair has a reputation for being low-maintenance, and in some ways it is, but “low-maintenance” doesn’t mean “no technique required.” A pixie cut that’s been finger-styled with the wrong product looks flat and undone. A bob that’s blow-dried without any real intention just falls where it wants to. The gap between short hair that…
“How long will this actually last?” is probably the first question worth asking before you sit down in a salon chair or crack open a box at home, and it’s also one of the most misunderstood. The honest answer depends entirely on which type of color you’re using, because permanent, demi-permanent, semi-permanent, and fashion colors…
Changing your mind about hair color is easy. Removing the color is the complicated part. A brunette that looked rich on the first day may feel almost black after several applications. A vivid red may refuse to fade evenly. Blue can leave a greenish cast behind. Even a supposedly temporary shade can cling stubbornly to…
Hair dye has an impressive ability to end up everywhere except the section of hair you were trying to color. A tiny streak appears along the forehead. A drop lands beside the sink drain. Another reaches the bathtub, and somehow a dark spot turns up on the bath mat or carpet several feet away. Fresh…