Finding The Perfect Haircut

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Finding The Perfect Haircut

Robert Steinken (Celebrity Hairstylist) gives expert video advice on: What should I look for in a stylist?; What are the secrets to beautiful hair?; What's the biggest mistake women make in choosing a hairstyle? and more...

What should I look for in a stylist?

When you're looking for a new hair stylist, you want to find someone who's going to listen to you. Understand your hair. What you need and how you want to maintain your hair. Someone you can communicate with. Ask someone for a recommendation. If you see someone with beautiful hair, hair you'd like to have. Ask them, "Where did you get your hair done?"

What are the secrets to beautiful hair?

If you want to have beautiful hair, there are a few tips that you should always abide by. First of all, have a cut that suits you, that suits your hair texture, that suits your face. And something that you can manage yourself at home, not something you can only have done in the salon. So consider a great hairstyle. Secondly, a very important thing to having gorgeous, beautiful hair, is the condition. You can't have beautiful hair if it's not in great condition. Therefore, it's really important. Use a conditioning balm on your hair - once, twice a week, whatever it requires. Some people may only need it once a month, but a deep conditioner is a great idea. Also, after you shampoo, use a conditioner, rinse it out well, and your hair's going to look amazing.

What's the biggest mistake women make in choosing a hairstyle?

When you are choosing a new hairstyle face it, you have to be realistic. Many people bring in a picture of someone in a magazine and want that hairstyle. Sometimes it can happen and sometimes that is never going to happen. You can bring in a picture, but you have to remember in your mind, you might not be able to get the exact style. You have to be realistic. You have to ask your hair stylist and explain to them what you want. Again also if you are looking at a picture of a hairstyle, most likely a hairstylist has spent three hours, two hours, an hour and a half, doing that hairstyle. Therefore, it is not going to work on you. Somebody else has done it. You may not have that hair texture. Be realistic of what your hair choice is.

How is celebrity hair unique?

As an hairstylist In Hollywood what can else celebrities models ,singers I use a lot of different tricks. what you see in the magazine people don't realize its taken 1 to 3 hours to achieve that I'm using products in a hair they wouldn't use necessarily us the same way at home. I'm using irons to get that hair shine .I'm working for it on hours together that body that shines that glamorous look. also another thing that I use a lot in my work are hair extensions. people don't realize it because they blend with the hair I cut and maintain into the shape to blend with natural not just to make the hair longer but also feel it out make a look like its that natural bonus 2 to 3 times following their normally dyes what you see is not necessarily of what it is.

What hairstyles are best for an oval face?

If someone has an oval shaped face, fantastic. You have a lot of options. Generally an oval shaped faces is quite the perfect shape. With an oval face shape, you can pretty much pull off any hairstyle. You can have bangs. You can have usually, longer hair. You can have shorter hair. You have a lot of options with an old bowl shaped face.

What hairstyles are best for a square face?

With the square-shaped face, you want to soften the edges. You would want to go something with maybe a very soft bang, but not too much of a bang. Something that frames the face quite softly, meaning layers cut in around the face, and maybe a little longer below the jaw length. That's going to softensquare-shaped face.

What hairstyles are best for a long face?

With a long shaped face you might want to have bangs, or you may want to cut into the hair so that it goes around a little bit above jaw level to even out the proportion of the face. Generally, with a long face, you should stay away from long hair. It makes the face look longer.

What hairstyles are best for a heart-shaped face?

For a heart shaped face it's better to have a hairstyle that frames the face again, with a few layers. You might want to have something below chin length, that gives a little bit of length to the face, and to soften up the whole general shape of the face.

What hairstyles are best for a round face?

If you have a round shaped face, you want to create the illusion of more of an oval shaped face. So you're going to go with a hairstyle that has a little height on top, and generally closer cropped at the sides. It gives the illusion of more of an oval shaped face.