Let’s talk about front fringe! It can transform your look by emphasizing your eyes and by softening your forehead. Also, forehead fringe continues to make the yearly trend. Here’s how to style it and how to relax your ‘cowlicks’, giving you the perfect bang.
The crisscross method: On wet (not damp) hair and using a soft cushion brush, set your blow dryer to high heat. Take thick sections and brush your hair diagonally across your forehead alternating with each side. Once almost dry, brush the sections sideways up and over your forehead to create lift. Finish with a few more crisscross strokes. Flat-iron as needed. For straight-fringed girls, that is all it takes. No hairspray required!
For long, side bangs: After blow-drying with your crisscross method, tilt your head all the way to one side until your forehead fringe is above your brow line and dangling in the air. From 18 inches away, lightly mist your bangs with hairspray. (Catwalk’s Session Series Work It Hairspray is our favorite.) Stay tilted and gently shake your head so that your fringe gains movement.
For extra hold, repeat this process. Then count to five Mississippi and come on up! If your fringe is too helmet-like, make a claw with your hand and gently rough the area by scratching your head one inch from the hairline without disturbing the hairsprayed line at the brow. VOILA! Your bangs should last at least four hours or until you comb them out.
- Rebecca Schembri, Published Hair and Makeup Artist, Breeze Salon Reno
If your forehead fringe has grown too long, please see your hairstylist unless you have a super soft, wispy bang. If that is the case, you can trim the fringe yourself in-between salon visits. Use haircutting shears and lightly point-notch the ends by cutting vertically.
Enjoy your perfect bang and be sure to comment below about your hair!
Rebecca Schembri, Breeze Salon Reno
