Effective for giving volume to fine hair while providing a rejuvenating effect to the look, here is the perfect “anti-aging” bob according to a hairdresser. Follow his advice to adopt this rejuvenating hairstyle.
When you have gray hair and somewhat thin hair material, you often have difficulty finding the haircuts that best flatter you. However, there are a multitude of options for boost hair volume and give an “anti-aging” effect to the look. The ideal will hairdressers tell you? Shorten your hair, without opting for a hairstyle that is too short which will not allow you to work on the texture and volume of your hair. You can opt for a pixie cut, a bixie cut, a ball cut or a short under cut.
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If you are not a fan of very short hair, and you want to maintain a little length, you can opt for the perfect in-between: the short square. According to hairstylist Maria McCool, a certain type of bob cut would be ideal for highlighting fine hair, giving it more volume. It would also give a “rejuvenating” effect to gray hair.
The asymmetrical bob: an ideal haircut for an “anti-aging” effect
In a video posted on social networks, hairstylist Maria McCool explains how she works a bob cut on gray hair. “I call him anti-aging haircut” explains the expert. While her model has a significant amount of white hair, and rather fine hair material, the hairdresser explains that she wants to give a modern and rejuvenating side to her haircut, while giving it a lot of volume. For this, she decides to do an asymmetrical squarewhich she makes with scissors and a razor to give “more softness at the edges”.
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“The front of the haircut is much longer and the top is well textured” explains the hairdresser who accentuates the work on these two areas to give a very airy and voluminous look to the hairstyle. She works the front part of the face, leaving one side shorter than the other, to create this asymmetry and this effect of movement. The result: a modern, voluminous and easy to style bob cut.
3 hairstyle tips to give an “anti-aging” effect to a bob cut
For it to be modern and dynamic, a bob cut must above all be adapted to the shape of your face and the nature of your hairx. For it to be “rejuvenating”, it must add volume and movement to the hair, and therefore be neither too little nor not damaged enough. To create an impression of substance, you can help yourself with certain texturizing products, such as waxes or styling powders, which will give more hold to the roots and help you to have nice volume.
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Shaping and styling your bob also plays a vital role in giving your look an “anti-aging” look. Indeed, a soft and airy blow-dry, beautiful waves, or straightening which boosts the shine of the lengths will immediately give a more chic and sophisticated side to your hairstyle.
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