LoneTyranitar said:
but i also have a question for you Ll or TA. Lately i noticed my hair seemed a little fluffy for my tastes and i was thinking, should i get my hair cut with layers next time or just buy a product (supposing you suggest a product instead should i go for shampoo and conditioner or a type of gel/paste)?
It really just depends what type of style you actually are trying to pull off. In almost all cases, though, thinning and layering your hair will always make your styling easier.
If you're trying to style it a certain way, then use wax and hairspray. If you want a more advanced hair style, then I can get into that if you want.
The only real thing that shampoo and conditioners are gonna do are take the stuff out of your hair that starts to build up if you don't take a shower... I forget what it's called now, but you know what I mean. That stuff actually makes your hair look crisp and clean, but I wouldn't advise not taking a shower, haha.
Also, if you use a conditioner with longer hair, you will have a more difficult time spiking it after the shower, because it will all want to stay down. I'd advise using conditioner on days in which you don't plan on spiking it or don't plan on going out of the house.
Also i wanted all of you to help me on a experiment. The other day i heard one of the biggest mistakes, for people that use gel and paste, can make is work their hair from the front. Apparently you should always work it from the back so your hair looks more evened out and natural. Could you guys try this out and tell me if it works? I've been curious and don't really have the hair for it.
Well the reason why it's best to work from the back is because you want the back to stick up, and it is often times the most difficult to stick up. However, if you do some of the more advanced type of hair styles, you're gonna be using straighteners, combs, etc. So, the shape of the style will already be in place, making where you start first not really mean anything.
In some of my styles, I often times start from the front, but not actually start spiking from the front. I have the wax in my hands, and then I cut diagonally to the left and then to the right. If I did it right, then my hair should be in the correct formation. From there, it's just a matter of making all the spikes in the front and in the back. If I did it wrong, then I just put it all in a faux hawk, and then spike to the side from there.
Lastly, if your hair is still slightly damp, then where you start shouldn't really matter, because even a little bit of wax will go a long way. However, if you have too much wax, and you start in the front, then you will have a bunch of blobs of wax randomly in your hair. It can get very annoying when you have to even them out through your hair after you already half finished your style. So all in all, it really just depends on what style you're doing and what you prefer.