Hey you guys out there who claim your hair curls up on the ends when it grows out; here’s a hairstyle just for you. Taking the strength and utilizing it along with the ‘body’, you can have a style that is cut at just the right length on top to have it stand at attention, yet bend in the direction you desire. The sides are cut close to avoid them from becoming unruly and spoiling this tailored look.
There’s nothing maddening about Johnny Depp’s hair, just a great style that suits his overall look. While the back remains a mystery, here the front length is at least to the tip of the nose with razor layering throughout for some bulk and formation.
German’s own Bill Kaulitz may not be seeking dalmatians, however, his layered black and white style would fit right in on the same stage. With a look mainly actors and musicians would sport, this look definitely classifies as Freaky Friday.
The decision to make this a Freaky Friday segment or not was a tough one. Sanjaya Malakar surprised everyone when he performed this past week in what Ryan referred to as a “po-hawk”. This is how new terms are born. Sanjaya did have his faux-hawk done in a line of seven ponytails (7 for luck) making them a unique display. So unusual, in fact, that when the stage lights hit these ‘fountains’ of hair, they appeared eerily like flames on top of his head. So Freaky? To some of you, perhaps yes. However, this style of Sanjaya’s will live on as a fashion statement to some and to others, most definitely unforgettable.
While the ladies are taking hours to cornrow their hair in design directions, TV actor, Casper Van Dien, has an easy guy’s approach to the partings on one’s head. He simply uses his favorite hair product that allows his hair to dry and set showing every comb line he’s given it.
Katie Holmes takes on a traditional, straight part, allowing twisted, vertical locks to fall freely from within her warm, brunette hair. Tom Cruise wears a regular haircut, keeping his shortest layer just above the browline and allowing it to fall to the side in a messy tumble.
It’s impossible to overstate the influence the Beatles had on us Baby Boomers. Well, I guess it IS possible, if you mention a certain Son of God ;-). But much more than their mere music affected us.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and within weeks of their arrival in New York, the hair of young men was allowed to grow longer than it had ever been before. And it wouldn’t be cut short again for a very long time, stints in the military excluded.
Prior to this, guys were still greasing up and making ducktails. Even if hair was allowed to grow a bit long, it was slicked back to stay above the ears.
Then, out of the distant east, four British lads stepped off a plane and the slick look vanished, seemingly overnight.
By the time I entered school in 1965, there were many sons of tolerant parents in my class with hair that crept over the tops of their ears. I was decidedly NOT among them. Dad insisted I come home from the corner barber shop (within walking distance) with one of two styles: a flattop, or a crewcut.
The flattop allowed me to have just a tad of hair left to comb, so it was my usual choice. By the way, a flattop would be completely impossible for me today ;-).
Intervals between haircuts for me were generally longer in the summer. My parents equated well-shorn hair as a school-related phenomenon. So when I walked into the barber shop around August of 1966, the time was right for me to spread my wings.
“What’ll it be today, Ronnie? Flattop, or crewcut?” asked Paul.
“Give me a Beatle” were my daring words.
Paul looked at me a little funny, as I recall, but granted my request. He cut a pretty decent Beatle for an old school guy. I went home proudly sporting my longer locks.
Dad hit the roof. He was livid that I would waste three dollars of his hard-earned money on a haircut that looked like it barely shortened my already-too-long hair. I was back in the shop getting my flattop within minutes.
I was in junior high in the 70’s before my hair finally started creeping over my ears. And that was as long as it ever got. Some of my schoolmates ended up with two-foot-long ponytails. Hair on the shoulders was a common 1970’s sight.
It wasn’t until the 80’s that guys finally started cutting their hair short again. The Beatle haircut began a trend that lasted twenty years.
That’s a lot longer than my one and only Beatle lasted.
Popular D.J. and emcee, Ryan Seacrest, wears a style many guys are copying these days. Wearing it very short with a little longer length of an inch and a half to two inches on top, Ryan spikes it then glides it over towards the center creating a soft peak.
Mario Lopez has some density to his hair that looks fabulous at this length that combs easily to the right. Notice the left side is cut stylishly short to spike off at a length that corresponds to the other side.
