A bowl cut or mushroom cut is a simple haircut where the front hair is cut with a straight fringe (see bangs) and the rest of the hair is left longer, the same length all the way around, or else the sides and back are cut to the same short length.
This old-school, mushroom-shaped 'do is having a très chic resurgence. From choppy and edgy iterations to super sleek and stylish crops, bowl cuts are making a huge return.
The jellyfish haircut sports disconnected layers that resemble a short bob with longer layers underneath. If the name is any giveaway, it truly resembles the round body and longer, billowy tentacles of a jellyfish.
A hard, non-faded shift from long to super short hair will cause that look. To avoid it, you tell your stylist that you want to fade or transition from the longer hair to the shorter hair so it won't look like a shelf, or a mushroom.
Noun. pudding basin haircut (plural pudding basin haircuts) A haircut carried out by placing a pudding basin over the head and cutting around the base; or, one that looks as if it were so carried out.
While you're not touching the top when you're first growing it out, you should take length off the back and sides to avoid looking like a mushroom. Once the top most parts of your hair grow longer, things will even out everywhere else.
A butterfly haircut combines short layers with long layers to give your hair dimension, movement and body. The short, wispy layers hit around the chin to frame your face, highlight your features and even contour a round face shape.
“The skunk hair trend is when the hair is parted evenly down the middle and each half-section is colored in two, extremely contrasted shades,” Hillier explains. More specifically, one side is completely black and the other side is a stark white or an almost platinum blonde (like the animal's signature tail).
Meet the ponytail method, also known as "The Unicorn Cut." This DIY haircut method that's been blowing up on YouTube has people tying their hair into an extremely high ponytail that looks like a unicorn horn and giving themselves a refreshed haircut with a single snip.
Kids these days refer to mullets under different terms – lettuce, flow, salad – but nonetheless, they are back in style. The cut is closely associated with both hockey and lacrosse players, as the hair flows elegantly out of the backs of 0 helmets.
“The shag— or super layered hair cut— is the trend,” says Saviano. “It works on almost every hair texture and length, and you can even style this look with or without bangs. It gives off a cool, low maintenance vibe, and truly brings out the best of natural hair texture, as the layered cut gives the hair movement.”
The broccoli haircut, also known as the zoomer perm or bird's nest cut, is similar to the indie-inspired looks of the 00s, featuring shaved or faded sides and a whole lot of volume and length on top.
This iconic haircut goes by many names, such as the mushroom (no, seriously), the curtains (understandable), and the floppy (thank you, Hugh Grant) but when you book an appointment with your barber we suggest you ask for the 90s DiCaprio haircut.
Similar to a mullet, the style features more body and volume at the crown of the head (the head of the octopus) and then longer, thinner, shag-like layers from the mid-shaft to ends (the tentacles). Though the octopus haircut is inspired by both the mullet and shag, it is neither.
"Hair dusting is a technique in which you don't get rid of any hair length, but only the damaged hair tips. This can be done by snipping the very bottom of each hair strand. Think of it in terms of removing fuzz from clothes," Los Angeles-based stylist, Sal Salcedo, explained to Refinery29.
The term "ghost layers" was first coined by celebrity stylist Ramon Garcia, but the style is also commonly referred to as invisible or internal layers. Essentially, it's a cutting technique involving subtle layers that are camouflaged within the hair to give the appearance that everything is one length.
The Waterfall Cut is such a beautiful cut that suits medium to long hair that's straight, wavy or curly. The soft, rounded layers, waves and curls cascade like a waterfall. In the shape of a upside down teardrop, tapering into a softly rounded V-shape at the ends.
As celebrity and editorial hairstylist Neil Moodie explains: “A wolf haircut is a mix of the shag haircut and a mullet, but generally created on longer hair. It has shorter choppy layers on the top and longer choppy layers around the sides and back.”
'Fairy hair' involves tying (or clipping) strands of tinsel into different sections of your hair. These metallic strings give the illusion of colorful and shimmering extensions or temporary highlights.
Get regular trims.
Keeping your hair trimmed and neat, especially the back of your head (which will veer into mullet territory faster than you can say “Achy Breaky Heart”), is the only way to keep it looking nice and, more importantly, intentional.
The mushroom haircut, also known as the bowl haircut, is a short haircut in which hair is cut evenly short on the sides and back, while the length is left long on the top. The finished result looks similar to a mushroom head, hence its name.