![]() ![]() (And also a little oops, apparently, because a piece of my hair got sucked in, but that's a story for another time.) Although it was coming along beautifully, I panicked a little at the almost-dry act of the play and reached for a dryer and diffuser to give my curls a little oomph. (It reads very 1981 teenager.) But I knew I would have to eventually put it to the test: air-drying.Īfter cracking open new bottles of Drunk Elephant Cocomino Glossing Shampoo and Marula Cream Conditioner, I applied the genuinely miraculous Dove Style + Care Curls Defining Mousse to my damp hair and gave it a few upside-down scrunches. I felt like I had an actual hairstyle again - one that was noticeable and cool but not like I was walking around wearing a neon-sign headband that says, "Yo, check out my trendy hairstyle!" Swigert did an A-plus blowout and emphasized the piecey-ness by lightly creating super-loose waves with a curling iron before zhuzhing the crown for a little volume.Īs any red-blooded human with inconsistent hairstyling skills would do after getting a great blowout, I didn't wash my hair for nearly a week, and I'm happy to report that my new shag even looks awesome when flattened by days of sleep and looking a bit greasy. ![]() "Rounded or shaggy layers work great for those with wavy or curly texture because it's a softer haircut and takes away that 'Christmas tree' or triangular shape that so many of us try to get away from."īefore she even plugged in the dryer, I knew I loved it. She then began point cutting some rounded layers to add in texture, and some shorter layers with a razor. "I created the shape by establishing the length and creating a short-to-long bang, being careful to take your curl into consideration for the length," Swigert recalls when I asked her how she went about creating the cut. ![]() (And I'm sure she literally would have had it not been for her needing to hold scissors.) She was a patient and thorough angel, explaining to me whereabouts on my head she'd be adding layers, how long and thick the curtain bangs would be, and metaphorically holding my hand through the process. ![]() When I arrived, we discussed how, up until a few months ago, my hair reached down to my waist, but I had felt compelled to cut off a lot of the damage and dryness it was still relatively long, but lacking any shape, hence my coming to her for a shag. ![]()
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