Men’s haircuts and hairstyles explained: what to ask your barber for, which cuts suit your face shape and hair type, and how to style them at home.
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Men’s haircuts and hairstyles explained: what to ask your barber for, which cuts suit your face shape and hair type, and how to style them at home.
Braids give black men more style options than almost any other cut. Straight-back cornrows, stitch braids, zigzags, two or four big braids, freestyle designs and single plaits all start from the same idea, but each one changes how your hair looks, how long it takes and how it holds up over the weeks. Below are…
Box braids are one of the few hairstyles that look sharp from day one and keep looking good for weeks. Each braid grows out of its own square or shaped section, which gives the style its clean, structured look, and it protects natural hair from daily combing, heat and breakage. Below are 24 box braids…
A buzz cut with a beard is one of the simplest combinations in men’s grooming, and one of the hardest to get slightly wrong without anyone noticing. With almost no hair on top, your beard becomes the main shape on your head. It frames your face, adds weight where the hair has been taken away,…
A crew cut is short on the sides and back, with a little more length on top, usually graded so the front is slightly longer than the crown. It’s one of the most requested cuts in any barbershop because it’s tidy, easy to live with, and suits almost everyone. What changes from one crew cut…
Wavy hair sits between straight and curly. It bends into loose S-shapes rather than tight rings, which gives it natural movement and texture that straight hair has to fake with product. That’s a real advantage, as long as the cut works with the wave instead of against it. Cut it too short and the wave…
Curly hair gets cut differently than straight hair, and a lot of guys don’t find that out until a haircut goes wrong. The curl pattern changes how much a barber needs to account for shrinkage, how layers behave once the hair dries, and which products actually hold versus which ones just sit there doing nothing….
The French crop is short, textured on top, and finished with a fringe that sits just above the forehead. It’s simple enough to explain in one sentence, which is part of why it’s become one of the most requested short cuts in barbershops. What makes it work on so many guys is how adjustable it…
The short modern mullet keeps the basic idea of the old mullet, shorter at the front and sides with more length at the back, but trims everything down and blends it properly. The result looks like a deliberate haircut instead of a joke from a 1980s photo album. The big difference is control. You decide…
A wolfcut is a heavily layered haircut that’s choppy and full on top, shorter and textured around the crown, and longer and wispier at the back. It sits somewhere between a shag and a mullet, which is why it looks a little wild even when it’s freshly cut. The name covers a lot of ground,…
A flow haircut is medium-length on top, swept back or to the side, cut with enough layering that it actually moves. It looks effortless, but it rarely happens by accident. This is one of the more requested cuts in barbershops right now, and honestly, no two guys need the exact same version. Your hair type…