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Your short cut to stylish home hairdressing
Ever wondered if you could hack it at cutting your friends' and family's hair, or could even make it as a full-blown stylist? If you've got a little creative spark—a love of crafting or painting or a talent for home makeovers—and an obsessive yen to redo the dos you see around you, it's more than likely you can make the cut. The new edition of Haircutting For Dummies shows you how to draw out your inner artist and bring your ideas to glorious life on the heads of your nearest and dearest—and will help shave dollars off your beauty budget into the bargain!
In a free-spirited, chatty style, master stylist and social media corporate beauty consultant Jeryl E. Spear sits you down for a comprehensive snip-and-tell overview of how to reproduce the latest short, medium, and long hairstyles, as well as fancying things up with cutting-edge techniques like slicing, notching, and layering. Jeryl also provides a drawerful of tips on the tools you'll need to get started.
Packed with detailed illustrations and model shots to guide your work, this book has everything you need to begin the creative work of making everyone you know—and the world—a smarter, more beautiful place!
Jeryl E. Spear is the former Executive Editor of Beauty Launchpad and Editor-in-Chief of HOT Beauty magazine. She is currently a beauty and marketing consultant for prominent beauty corporations, and she is the Content Editor for Cengage- Milady Cosmetology. Jeryl owned and operated a multimillion-dollar full-service salon for 15 years. Follow her Instagram beauty inspiration page @hotonbeauty.
Introduction 1
About This Book 1
Conventions Used in This Book 2
Foolish Assumptions 2
Icons Used in This Book 3
Beyond the Book 4
Where to Go from Here 4
Part 1: Shopping, Talking, and Acting Like a Pro 5
Chapter 1: Setting Up Shop: Kitchen Beauticians 7
Discovering Your Inner Artist: Do You Have What It Takes? 8
Setting the Scene 8
Cutting Up in Your Kitchen 10
Mane-taining your own hair 10
Chopping your children’s hair 11
Clipping a companion’s hair 11
Chapter 2: Strapping On Your Tool Belt 13
Running with These Is a No-No 14
Selecting scissors 15
Playing it straight 16
Making beveled eggs and blades 16
Caving in to convex blades 17
Getting a handle on ergonomics 17
Seeking specialty scissors 18
Caring for your scissors 19
Calling All Trimmers 20
Short List: Tools and Supplies 21
Combing It Over 22
Feeling Secure 23
Practicing with Doll Heads 24
Chapter 3: Beauty Show and Tell 27
Getting Acquainted 28
Being mindful of the past 28
Evaluating the present 29
Getting personal 29
Figuring Out Face Shapes 30
Playing Show and Tell 32
Chapter 4: Typecasting Different Hair Personalities 35
Talking about Texture 36
Feeling fine 36
Striking a happy medium 36
Cozying up to coarse hair 37
What’s Your Type? 37
In the Thick of It: Hair Density 39
Calming Cowlicks 40
How to discover growth patterns 41
Working cowlicks to your advantage 43
Part 2: Mastering Basic Techniques, Stat! 45
Chapter 5: Understanding Head Shapes, Elevations, Angles, and Guides 47
Getting to Know the Four Pillars of Haircutting 48
Identifying Head Shapes and Points of Interest (a.k.a Head Mapping) 49
The four corners of the head 50
Elevating Your Haircuts 52
Getting a Handle on Cutting Lines and Angles 53
Guiding the Cut 56
Horsing around: Using a stable guide 56
This hair is made for walking: Using a traveling guide 58
Chapter 6: Parting Ways: Sectioning Hair for Successful Cuts 61
Four-Section Parting 62
Four-Section Spherical Parting 63
Five-Section Parting 64
Seven-Section Parting 65
Seven-Section Parting with Hairline Sections 65
Chapter 7: Dressing Up the Ends 67
Graduating with Honors 68
Taking It Up a Notch 71
Point Cutting Remarks 73
Any Way You Slide It 75
Chapter 8: Cuddling Up to Clippers 79
Getting the Best Clippers for Your Needs 80
Cutting the cord 81
Bells and whistles 82
Guiding the cut 83
Clipping ABCs 84
Maintaining Your Machine 85
Getting Clipper Happy: Practicing Some Standard Techniques 87
The Boyish Taper Cut 87
Bald as a Billiard Ball: Clipper and razor balding cut 90
Part 3: Maintaining Hair Moxie 93
Chapter 9: Making Bangs and Frames 95
Tips for Creating Bangin’ Bangs 96
Starting Out with a Bang 97
Boho bangs 97
Layered bangs 99
Sideswept bangs 102
Curtain bangs 104
Eye-framing bangs 107
Curved bangs 109
Chapter 10: Cutting Your Crowning Glory 113
Tipping the DIY Haircutter in You 114
Minding the golden rules of cutting your own hair 114
Examining the details of your existing cut 114
Analyzing your current haircut 116
Diving into DIY Haircuts 118
Faux cut for straight or wavy hair 118
Dusting cut 120
Condensed Bob Chop 121
Getting Edgy cut 124
Layers and Lift cut 127
Chapter 11: Perfecting Touch-Up Cuts 131
A Little Goes a Long Way 131
Cutting Back: Refresher Trims 132
Getting Down to Business cut 132
Getting Down to Business cut for Type 4 hair 136
A Little off the Top and Sides trim 138
Tipping and Dusting trim 140
Part 4: Getting Snippy 145
Chapter 12: Getting Snippy and Clippy with Women’s Short Styles 147
Checking In Before You Begin 148
Life on the Short Side of the Street 148
Being Pixie Perfect cut 149
Keeping It Simple cut 154
Pulling the Plug cut 157
Chapter 13: Getting Snippy with Women’s Mid-Length Styles 163
Checking in Before You Begin 164
Being in the Middle: Mid-Length Cuts 164
It’s a Frame-Up cut 165
Her Name Is Bob cut 170
The Tilted Lob Bob cut 174
Let It Slide cut 178
Chapter 14: Getting Snippy with Women’s Long Styles 183
Preparing Thyself for Long Locks 183
Shape-Shifting Styles for Long Hair 185
Changing up a one-length cut 185
Being Single-Length and Loving It 186
Making a Clean Break 188
Slaying the Long Lived-In Layer cut 190
Chapter 15: Getting Snippy with Men’s Styles 197
Cutting Corners and Other Barbering Techniques 198
Using the “over-comb” cutting technique 198
Absolute power tools 199
Parting the hard way 199
Finding Your Masculine Mojo 200
Tips for longer masculine styles 200
Negotiating a Standard Business cut 201
Buzz Skill clipper cut 205
Fading away 206
Kicking back with a Trendy Casual cut 207
Chapter 16: Getting Snippy with Children’s Styles 211
Getting Practical with Your Pint-Sized Peeps 212
Girly Cue Cuts 213
Petite Chic cut 213
Lollipop Kids cut 216
Bountiful Curls cut 221
Getting into Boyish Styles 225
The Basic Boyish cut 225
Boys Next Door buzz cut 228
Part 5: Making Your Haircuts Shine 231
Chapter 17: Setting the Stage for Cuts and Styles: Caring for the Hair and Scalp 233
Doing No Harm to the Hair 234
Avoiding the Overuse of Hair Products 236
Testing Hair Porosity 238
Perfecting Your Family’s Hair Care Routine 240
Avoiding common cleansing missteps 240
How often should you shampoo your hair? 241
Caring for Dry and Oily Scalps 242
Special tips for dry scalp and hair 242
Special tips for oily scalp and hair 244
Selecting Shampoos and Conditioners Based on Hair Types and Conditions 245
Sidling Up to the Bar 247
Getting Clean with Co-Washing 248
Leave-In Conditioners: Giving Hair Frequent Sips of Water and Moisture 249
Giving the Scalp a Scrub-a-Dub-Dub 249
Refreshing the Hair with Dry Shampoos and Conditioners 251
Dry shampoos: Sopping up sebum and uninvited debris 251
Dry conditioners: Replacing lost moisture and shine 252
How to dry shampoo and condition hair 253
Chapter 18: Handling the Sticky Stuff 255
Becoming a Styling Aid Connoisseur 256
Mousse is more than a dessert 256
Getting a grip on hair gels 256
Shimmying up the barber pole 257
Know when to hold ’em 258
Taking a hair powder 258
Smooth around the edges 259
Lunch is served: Nutritious oils and serums 259
Four Specialty Styling Aids for Coily Hair 260
Chapter 19: Everything You Need to Know about Heat-Styling Tools 261
Brushing Up on Heat-Styling Brushes 262
Key brush types used for heat styling 262
Giving your brushes a checkup 263
Choosing the Best Blow-Dryer for You 265
Style-worthy blow-dryer features 265
Maintaining your blow-dryer 267
Choosing the Best Styling Irons for You 268
Types of curling irons and wands 269
Curling iron bells-and-whistles 269
Finding your perfect flat iron 271
Curling wands for trendy styles 272
Nifty, nonessential heat styling tools 272
Temperature Guidelines for Heat Styling 273
Chapter 20: Styling Tips and Tricks 275
They Went That-a-Way: Directional Styling and Lift 276
Directing the style 276
Learning the base-ics 278
Blowing Them Away with Your Drying Techniques 282
Sectioning the hair 282
Working with tension 282
Seriously breathtaking blow-dry sets 282
Curling Irons: Spiraling in Control 285
Perfecting poppin’ curls 285
Curling wands: Creating loose and unstructured styles 287
Flattening the Curve: Straightening Irons 288
Becoming a smooth beauty operator 288
Curling hair with a flat iron 289
Heat-Free Styling Tips 291
Plopping for curl perfection 291
Twirly curly finger styles 292
Curling super-fragile-istic hair 292
Handling Styling Conundrums 294
Chapter 21: Cleaning Up Your Act 297
Sanitizers versus Disinfectants 297
Treating Your Haircutting Space 298
Disinfecting Towels and Capes 298
Disinfecting Combs and Brushes 299
Cleaning and Disinfecting Scissors 300
Sanitizing and Disinfecting Trimmers and Clippers 301
Sanitizing and Disinfecting Sundries 302
Scalp Encounters of the Third Kind 302
How to Spot a Clean or Dirty Stylist and Salon 303
Is your stylist clean or dirty? 303
Is the salon clean or dirty? 304
Part 6: The Part of Tens 307
Chapter 22: Ten Slices of Advice on Cutting Kids’ Hair 309
Good Timing 310
Secure Seating 310
Curbing Curiosity 311
Covering Up 311
Brushing Up 312
Spiking the Waters 312
Banishing Tears 312
Getting a Grip 313
Entertaining 313
Ensuring a Good Time 314
Chapter 23: Ten Hair Fails and Fixes 315
Embracing the Good Times 315
Multitasking with Scissors 316
Playing by the Rules 316
Going Overbold 316
Disorderly Cutting Conduct 317
Taking a Leave of Absence 317
Keeping It Straight 317
Reaching the Breaking Point 318
Exceeding Hair Capabilities 318
Conquering Curl Rebellions 319
Chapter 24: Ten Bits of Advice for Thinning Hair 321
Understanding How You Can Help Those Dealing with Hair Loss 322
Communicating with Care 322
Terms of Concealment 323
Techniques for Hiding Hair Loss 323
Haircutting Tips for Pattern Baldness 324
Haircutting Tips for Diffuse Hair Thinning 324
Styling Tips for Male Hair Loss 325
Styling Tips for Female Hair Loss 326
Styling Aids and Thickening Hair Products 326
Seeing Neither Hide nor Hair 327
Index 329
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