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4 Tips for Fixing a Bad Layered Haircut

Bad haircuts are one of life’s major beauty disappointments. Once you see the result in the salon’s mirror, you feel defeated, to say the least, and you wonder just how the stylist thought this was even a good idea.

Layer cuts, unfortunately, are extremely easy to mess up. On one hand, you could get something with extra volume that flatteringly frames your face. On the other, a truly dreadful layer cut has missing ends or blunt edges, looks mangled, ends up with a “helmet” effect, has too much space between layers, or looks extremely 1990s.

So, at this point, what can you do? Depending upon the damage done, think about these strategies:

Get It Trimmed by Another Stylist

Have another stylist you trust trim it, so that it’s overall softer and shorter. A trim, to improve the cut, should make the layers closer, balance them out, and blend them more. This helps get rid of the unintentionally piece-y effect.

Or, as your hair grows out and you’re wanting more of an even length, have a stylist trim only the bottom layers. Over time, this evens everything out.

Grow It Out and Style It

Speaking of growing it out, you’ll have to wait in the meantime, but can style it to obscure the poorly cut layers. Depending upon your hair’s length and texture, consider:

  • Disguising the layers with waves
  • Parting it to the side
  • Giving it more texture, such as with a texturing cream, mousse, or sea salt spray

Add Volume

Bigger can be better, especially if the cut you got ended up looking flat. If the ends are closer together, add mousse to improve its overall volume, which can temporarily camouflage the layers.

Straighten It

Layering can, as mentioned above, look extremely ‘90s. Think of The Rachel cut from <em>Friends</em> as the paradigm example. But, much of this effect, in fact, comes from curling in the ends. So, to reduce the dated look, straighten everything, so that it seems intentionally piece-y.

Are you looking to change an unflattering layered haircut? Schedule an appointment with our team of experts for a trim or a complete do-over.

Spring Beauty Tips

Here are some of the hottest beauty tips for this spring!

With warm weather on the way, it is time to freshen up your look with the best new beauty trends. Take a look at these new styles for makeup, hair, and nails to make sure you are looking great this spring and summer.

Makeup

Clean out your beauty bag of all the makeup you were wearing in the winter. It is time to lighten up your makeup, so ditch the heavy face creams and smoky eye liner. Bold matte lips are gorgeous and extremely wearable. Using a lip brush, apply lipstick from the center of your lips and work out. If you make a mistake just dip a q-tip into some face powder and drag it along the edges for the perfect, crisp line.

Some cool colors to try this spring:

– Bite Beauty Matte Cream Lipstick in Vibrant Fuchsia $24, Sephora
– Nars Lipstick in Heat Wave $26, Saks Fifth Avenue
– Covergirl Lipstick in Siren or Spellbound $8, CVS

Time to brighten up those eyes! Skip the pastel colors and look for saturated jewel tones that will make your eyes pop. With an eye pencil you can create a beautiful look quickly, easily, and for cheap. Instead of drawing a line all over the eye area, only use your bold color along the lower lash line.

Colors you might like:

– Makeup Forever Aqua Eyes in Metallic Royal Blue $18, Sephora
– Sephora Collection Jumbo Liner in #10 Green $14, Sephora
– Almay Truly Lasting Eyeliner in Purple Amethyst $8.50, CVS

Hair

Braids will still be a popular hair style for spring and summer 2013. The wet look is one of the hottest celebrity trends right now. This glossy hairstyle can be worn with volume, straight back, or with a sleek part. Edgy cuts are also in this year. If you really want to be noticed, go with one side cut very short or even shaved with your hair longer on top. If you are feeling adventurous you can try this look, it worked for Rihanna!

Nails

Great looking nails are a must. The 3D design has been a very popular style for a while and is still holding strong. Oval and pointed nails are in for this spring. Add some metallic colors and your fingertips will be the envy of all your friends. If all else fails, the natural nude look is classic and will never go out of style.

A Hair Raising Experience

Try doing a Google search for gold medal winning gymnast Gabby Douglas and the first suggestion that comes up is “Gabby Douglas hair”. Turns out while Douglas was jumping and tumbling her way to Olympic gold she made quite a fuss with the simple way she styled her hair. Since she is a gymnast Douglas chose to pull her hair back in a loose bun with pins that would make it easier for her to complete her complicated routines in the individual and team competitions. As any athlete will attest having hair in your eyes while competing is distracting and many choose to go with less than fabulous styles simply for practical reasons.

Well, Douglas’ choice just wasn’t good enough for many in the social media world since Twitter blew up with countless tweets about how unkempt her hair looked and how it was in need of a “hair intervention” and that the 16-year old needed to “better represent black women”. Never mind the fact Douglas was on her way to winning not one but two Gold medals, a certain segment of the population were more concerned with her looks. While many commentators and athletes including tennis champ Serena Williams rushed to Gabby’s defense the issue of black women and their natural hair bubbled up to a boiling point and this poor gymnast who should have been basking in a major accomplishment found herself defending her hair style.

Gymnastics does involve style points but it is for landings and execution, not hair. To think Douglas should have been thinking about her hair before going out in front of a television audience of millions, not to mention the harsh judges, instead of focusing on her routine is insane. And isn’t in interesting that those that would criticize a 16-year old competing in the Olympics were conspicuously absent from the medal stand. Gabby’s mom was one of the many who defended Gabby and as we were all told by our moms, if you don’t have anything nice to say better to not say anything at all. But Gabby, if you do want to style your hair contact The Beauty Bar!

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