The fringe haircut, also known as bangs, features longer hair at the front, which can be styled forward or to the side. It's a versatile element in men's hairstyles, capable of transforming your entire look, adding maturity, or injecting personality, especially when face masks are prevalent. This comprehensive guide explores various fringe styles, common challenges, and effective solutions, providing everything you need to confidently sport this trendy look.
The taper style fringe haircut is a popular and modern look for men, mixing a clean taper fade with a longer fringe. This haircut works great for men looking to balance length at the top with a clean, professional look on the sides.
Here’s how to achieve the perfect taper style fringe haircut:
Before we begin, let’s look at the essential tools required to achieve a perfect taper style fringe haircut.
Start with clean, damp hair. You can either wash the hair before the cut or use a water spray bottle to moisten it. Use a professional hair cutting comb to divide the hair into sections. Separate the top of the head (where the fringe will be) from the sides and back, clipping the top section away to focus on tapering the sides first.
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Using clippers, begin tapering the sides and back. Start at the bottom (near the neck) with a longer guard setting, like a #3, and work your way up.
After tapering, move to the fringe. Unclip the top section of the hair and comb it forward. Decide on the desired length. For a classic look, cut the fringe to rest just above the eyebrows. You can also add layers to the top section by cutting vertically into the fringe at different angles.
After cutting the fringe, it’s important to blend it with the tapered sides. Use scissors over comb to soften the transition between the fringe and the sides, ensuring there are no harsh lines.
Once the cutting is complete, it’s time to style the fringe.
For a textured and messy look, apply a small amount of matte styling paste or wax to the hair. Alternatively, apply a lightweight styling cream or mousse to damp hair.
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If a sleek, polished look is preferred, use a small amount of pomade or gel and comb the fringe forward or to the side. Use a small amount of pomade or gel to slick the fringe forward for a clean and polished look.
A taper style fringe haircut requires regular maintenance to stay sharp and fresh.
The fringe is an important element for many men’s hairstyles. For example, a messy fringe can ruin a hairstyle while the addition of a fringe can make you look more mature. It can also be used to transform your overall style, with a choppy or uneven fringe giving off a hardcore, rocker energy and a sleek, straight-across-the-forehead fringe presenting a more professional vibe. Having a fringe is especially effective for times when everyone’s required to wear face masks in public. A mask covers most of the face, leaving only the eyes and hair exposed. Incorporating a fringe into your hairstyle can add a bit of personality back to your look even with a mask on.
While sporting a fringe hairstyle comes with many benefits, you do need to be aware of some issues that affect most men.
Some of the most popular men’s hairstyles today include a fringe that is lifted or slicked back to create added volume in the front. The quiff and the faux hawk have been trending for the past few years and require a certain level of styling precision and cooperation from your hair to successfully achieve the look you’re going for. Fortunately, these styles are often better equipped to hold up against the wind than other fringe hairstyles. However, both styles also tend to fall victim to the same issues: sweat and humidity. When the scalp becomes moist from sweat, the hair begins to fall and lose its shape. Similarly, humidity and rain can cause the hair to become heavy and damp, resulting in a droopy appearance. Like the quiff and the faux hawk, a major downfall of both the pompadour and the slick back are their tendencies to be affected by humidity. Once the hair is in position, its style can easily be ruined by the slightest bit of moisture. The styled front starts to lose its volume, flattening against the head instead of maintaining its shape.
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If you’re not styling your fringe up, then you’re likely sporting one of the following natural fringe hairstyles. The centre part, also known as “curtain bangs”, is a classic style for men, and this is one of the trendy hairstyles. The simplicity of the fringe makes it a popular choice and easy to maintain. That being said, a sweaty scalp can be problematic for this style due to the fact that the hair lays across the forehead, absorbing any moisture that it comes into contact with. If your hair is naturally curly or wavy and you’re straightening it to achieve curtain bangs, moisture can also cause the hair to revert back to its natural frizzy look. If this happens to you often, it means your hair is damaged.
Wind, sweat, and humidity are the biggest issues when you have a fringe that falls across your forehead. Heavy wind, in particular, can cause your carefully styled fringe to look unkempt and unruly, while sweat and humidity have the effect of either exaggerating the look of curly and wavy hair or making straight hair look flat.
A perfectly styled curly fringe can be a great addition to your everyday look, but it’s also prone to an additional maintenance problem. Since a curly fringe is essentially groups of hairs that have been pulled close together into curls, the wind blowing through the strands can cause them to separate and spread out, ruining the look by creating too much volume and frizz.
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