Haircut along the collarbone: who is suitable for it, features of implementation, unusual ideas, photos

• November 16, 2018
• Haircuts
• Karina Novoseltseva

Among such a wide variety of all kinds of women's haircuts, it becomes really difficult to find what suits you and decide on the choice of any fashionable haircut. In addition to the fact that when choosing a hairstyle you should take into account your external characteristics (face shape, for example), you should not forget that you will wear such a haircut every day. Each of them requires special attention and care. Think about your choice soberly, remembering to evaluate whether you will have enough time and energy to style your hair every day. This article will talk about the optimal length of your hair, namely collarbone-length haircuts. They can miraculously combine beauty, femininity and comfort. The article will also provide photos of a collarbone haircut. Already interested in this? Then we wish you pleasant reading.

Cascade

This is perhaps one of the most common and popular collarbone length haircuts. Moreover, the cascade will give your hair even more volume! Therefore, if your hair is quite thin and lacks volume, then most likely you should think about whether you should opt for this collarbone haircut. This hairstyle looks very flattering on any type and size of face. In addition, the cascade can be laid very simply. If you think that you don't have time to pay attention to your hair, then this is another reason why you should opt for this hairstyle.

Features of a shoulder-length haircut

Shoulder length haircuts suit different women with different face types. In other words, shoulder length haircuts are medium length hair that reaches your shoulders or is a little longer.

Thanks to this haircut, it can suit any hair type, whether you have weakened thin hair or thick strands.

Shoulder-length haircuts with bangs have the following types:

• Long bob;
• Long bob;
• Cascade;
• Ladder.

How to cut a cascade?

Before you begin the cutting process, you need to moisturize your hair. It is best to wash them with regular shampoo and then apply conditioner. After the hair is sufficiently moisturized, you should make a parting with which you plan to continue wearing this haircut down to the collarbone.

It is necessary to start cutting your hair from this parting. Divide the hair into two parts with a parting, and then select two frontal-temporal zones and, having separated these hairs, fix them so that they do not interfere with the process of cutting the rest of the hair. Now select the control strand from the parting. The strand should be vertical and starting from the top of the head to the back of the head. Comb it from the roots and pull it up ninety degrees, grasping it evenly in your hands with your middle and index fingers. Your fingers should be positioned at the point where you are going to cut the length of your hair. Cut off excess along the straight line of your fingers. Now add another strand to the control strand on one side and the other. Repeat the same procedure, but now comb not only the hair that you have not yet cut, but also grab the control strand. You also need to cut along the even line of your fingers, but now you should start from the length that you made on the control strand. Continue cutting all the hair in this manner.

After this, it is necessary to make an even transition between the hair of the occipital and temporal parts. We make the transition by cutting off excess hair at a certain angle. Now is the last stage of cutting hair down to the collarbone. Go through the ends of your hair with thinning scissors to make it easier to give your hair the desired volume. This completes the process of creating a haircut, let's move on to styling.

Refined and modern cascades

Women's cascading haircuts for medium hair are also very popular in 2021, partly because they do not require extensive styling to create an everyday look. The most popular look this year is still natural, with a touch of negligence.

Hair cascades can easily cope with this task:

A voluminous crown and different lengths of curls near the face without any styling will look fresh and modern. An indispensable condition is only cleanly washed hair.

After washing, you need to shape your hair with your fingers or a hairdryer and lightly fix it with hairspray or foam. When creating such a haircut, it is important to take into account the shape of your face. For round - to lengthen the curls in front as much as possible, for oval - allows you to make any length, square and triangular - needs bangs. Cascading haircuts are a salvation for those with thin hair

They structure the hairstyle and add volume to the hair. In this case, you should not make large differences between the shortest and longest curls, so as not to hide the volume.

How to lay it correctly?

There are several ways to lay a cascade. And for the first of them you will need a hairdryer and a round comb. Using these items, you need to round the ends of your hair and make the rest of the length straight. Exactly the same styling can be done using a hair straightener. Straighten your hair from the roots along its entire remaining length, and try to round the strand closer to the ends. If the desired effect is difficult to achieve, you can round the ends with a round curling iron, and only then lightly go over them with an iron to make the transition from straight hair to rounded ends smoother. Remember not to use hair straighteners or curling irons on wet hair! Dry them first!

Hairstyles for shoulder-length hair – photo

Fashionable haircuts for medium hair

The most fashionable hairstyles for shoulder-length hair are bob, bob and cascade. They not only have not lost their relevance, but, on the contrary, have gained even greater popularity. The advantage of the bob is that it is suitable for all hair types. In addition, the haircut is easy and quick to style, it suits all women and looks great both straightened and with curls. Depending on the shape of the face and hair type, you can make a bob with or without bangs, asymmetrical, smooth, short or elongated.

The cascade is suitable for both thick and thin hair, highlighting the advantages of both types. A multi-layered haircut visually gives volume to thin strands, makes them flowing and lively, and adds lightness and elegance to a thick mop. If you style them with a small amount of mousse, foam, or varnish, the curls will become clearer and more structured.

A skillfully done bob can hide facial imperfections and become the highlight of the most stylish look. Straighten, curl your strands, create a “wet effect” and look different every day with the same haircut. Today it is very fashionable to cut an asymmetrical bob or shave the temple; this technique will be appreciated by true fashionistas and connoisseurs of extraordinary images and stylistic solutions.

Everyday styling for shoulder length hair

For everyday styling, many girls prefer to do the so-called wet effect. Light negligence has not gone out of fashion for many years, and you can do it like this:

1. Lubricate washed and dried hair with special mousses with strong hold. Comb it.
2. Dry with a hairdryer with a diffuser attachment.
3. Straighten the curls with your hands and fix with hairspray.

Try another option for everyday styling. It won’t take much time, but it looks very beautiful:

1. Apply a fixative.
2. Separate small strands, twist them into a rope and run an iron over them. Slowly, 2-3 times. You will end up with sloppy curls.
3. Spread them with your hands and sprinkle with varnish.

Evening hairstyles

This styling option is incredibly simple, but at the same time amazingly beautiful. By choosing it for going out, you will save time on getting ready and will feel like a princess at the ball. You can do evening styling by performing the following manipulations:

1. We make a parting and curl the curls with a curling iron.
2. We leave two strands at the temples, comb the remaining curls from the forehead to the back of the head, fix them with bobby pins, lifting them up a little.
3. Next, we take each curl, wrap it around a finger, lift it to the invisible ones, where they need to be secured with a hairpin.
4. We twist the remaining side strands into strands and attach them to the curls.
5. You can decorate your hair with a string of pearls, beautiful hairpins or other accessories.

An evening hairstyle with curls curled up will look very unusual and romantic. You can do it this way:

1. Spray hairspray onto clean, dry hair.
2. Next, use an iron or curling iron to curl them upward; you can do this only with the ends.
3. Fix each curl with varnish.

Wedding hairstyles

The simplicity of a wedding hairstyle is the key to the beauty, grace and femininity of the bride. To ensure that all these qualities are present in your image, make something like this:

1. Curl the strands with a thick curling iron, flat iron, or use curlers.
2. Then gather medium-length curls from behind with your hands, twist them into a snail curl and pin them with an artificial flower or pins with stones.
3. Release one curl at each temple, and put on a tiara on top.
4. Coat your hair with a hair hold product.

Another styling option is babette. With it, any bride will look like a king:

1. Make a tail at the back of the head.
2. Put a special device on top - a roller, we fix it with invisible ones.
3. Distribute the tail in parts over the roller, pushing the ends under it. As a result, the roller should not be visible. Fix with pins and spray with varnish.

Long bob

This is another haircut with collarbone length hair. At the back, the haircut is shorter, which makes it more convenient, and at the front of the face, you can see elongated strands that just reach the collarbones. This gives the haircut a more feminine and elegant look, making your life easier. With it, you don’t have to think about whether your hairstyle is suitable for a particular occasion. An elongated bob is just the perfect option for any event in your life! Both for a sporting event and for a date night. Now let's move on to the process of creating such a haircut.

How to cut a long bob?

First you need to moisturize your hair. Once you've gotten your client's hair damp enough, you should divide it into six zones. Three of which will be fixed in plaits, and the other three will remain as free hair. The frontal area or bangs area is fixed in a tourniquet. The temporal zones remain free. The hair on the top of the head should be secured. Part of the hair on the back of the head near the neck will remain free, and the cutting process will begin from there, and the two areas of the back of the head above it must be secured. Comb your hair around your neck, starting from the roots. After this, decide on the length of the hair at the back. Hold the control strand in the same way as in the cascade, with two fingers. After that, pull it towards you ninety degrees from your head and start cutting your hair along the line of your fingers. Gradually add strands from the two upper fixed zones. After this, move to the temporal zone. From there - to the bangs area, and then - to the top of the head. When cutting, only the hair on the top of the head is pulled up ninety degrees. After this, you can go through the ends of the hair near the face with thinning scissors. Dry your hair and proceed to styling your hair.

Why does everyone care about our hair?

“Why did you cut your hair?!” - an angry comment that you will definitely hear if you decide to cut off your braid. But why does everyone care about other people's hair?

It is believed that long hair is feminine, and short hair is aggressive and masculine. Therefore, girls are not allowed to have short hair, and if suddenly they can, then there is something wrong with this girl.

And how many of us can’t decide to get a haircut because we’re afraid of being judged?

But you know what?.. I agree with the first statement. Long hair actually has soft lines, and softness on a subconscious level is perceived as femininity. Short hair comes in a variety of styles, but most often has tighter lines. And for us, toughness = masculinity. These are visual codes that we read without thinking: they are built into our culture.

Same girl, different visual messages

But does this mean that we can’t do something?

Essentially, your hair, its length, color and cut is a visual message. I wrote a whole article about the psychology of visual messages. True, it concerned clothes, but hair is a significant part of the same message.

Therefore, when they tell you that “short hair is not allowed for girls”, that “short hair is wrong, it’s unsexy, ugly and stupid”, then, in essence, you are simply prohibited from broadcasting to the world everything that you consider necessary to tell it about yourself . In fact, you are not advised what is best. You are ordered: “Limit yourself to just this part of your message, please. And that's enough".

At first glance, of course, one might think that this is a story about tastes, about which - well, why argue? Well, someone with long hair likes you, what's the big deal? It's still up to the shoulders, but if the back of the head is shaved, it's not very good. What's wrong if a person thinks so? Nothing.

But still, this is not a story about tastes. It is about who has power in this dialogue.

Why should you suddenly shut up in the middle of a “phrase” or even say only what will be pleasant for your interlocutor to hear? There are many explanations for this, but they all usually boil down to the fact that otherwise you will cause him discomfort. Your short hair look is not what he is used to. The visual culture in which he grew up trodden other neural paths and paths in his brain. And his brain is in turmoil. He doesn’t know how to even understand this?! (In much the same way, we come to another country on vacation and want to see borscht on the menu. If there is no borscht, then either the hotel is not very good, or the country is so-so.)

Perhaps he would have gotten used to it, and the “paths” would have been trampled somehow differently. But here the question of power arises. Your interlocutor feels in a position where it seems to him that he can decide for you what to do. And if so, why should he get used to it? Therefore, come on, tell me visually only what I command and approve!

That is why the first question that is asked to a girl who has given herself a super short haircut is “Did your husband allow it?” As if someone must give their permission to this act. (In fact, this question is a marker of your views on gender equality. If you want to ask it, these ideas are probably not close to you, even if you haven’t thought about it, or you thought otherwise.)

In general, if you look at this story from the point of view of communications, then everything is obvious. It's not about hair, short or long, red or green. This is about your personal freedom. And also about your personal courage.

No, not only the courage to “express yourself” - this phrase regarding changes in appearance has already set teeth on edge and lost its meaning. You put on lipstick and now you have already expressed yourself. Well done, sit down, five.

But the courage to appropriate your appearance, your body to yourself - and mark the line that strangers should not cross. And defend this border from encroachment. Some people get tattoos, piercings or scarring to feel free.

And for some, like me, it was enough to get a haircut -).

All my unconscious (and partially conscious) life I walked around with long hair. And I didn’t even think that it could be done differently. No, no one told me “you’re a girl” (at least I don’t remember that). But as a child there was ballet, and you had to put your hair in buns. And then I just didn’t think I was beautiful enough to take such a brave step as a short haircut. Then - later - my husband told me: “Beautiful long hair, keep growing.” Mom agreed - and I grew them and walked around in peace.

True, I didn’t know how to pull them out with a hairdryer and brushing. In my opinion, it is always difficult to do this on your own. I collected them in a ponytail. And, of course, I had no idea that short hair is five times faster to dry and three times easier to style. Simply because they are short.

As a result, I radically cut my hair to a bob above the shoulders only at a very adult age - at 31 years old. And what prompted me to do this, traditionally, was a personal crisis. I wanted to send the hell out of everyone who thought they could express at least some opinion about how exactly I should live, look, what and how I should do. What am I entitled to and what am I not entitled to? I appropriated myself - and almost unconsciously. A week of getting used to the hairdryer and brush - and daily styling turned out to be no problem. This was my hair length. And for the first time it all looked harmonious. Unlike those “long, feminine” ones.

And a couple of years later I had a second crisis - and I cut my hair super short. Like hair, I wanted to put on armor and go destroy the enemy left and right. What kind of braids are there?

And I finally did it!

The short haircut really added some rigidity that my head was missing. I survived a difficult period. And after three months I realized that I wanted my, in fact, feminine bob back -).

Mom, of course, traditionally said: “Well, it’s better with long ones!” Yes, my mother is such a traditional one. She has worn heels all her life.

The husband acted sensibly: he refrained from commenting. True, he sometimes hinted that long hair would be better. Well, that is, as it “hints.” He is a programmer. His world is black and white, and consists only of ones and zeroes. And this has its advantages: he speaks directly -).

At first, these statements of his (and not only his) seemed to me to be a terrible oppression of me and my freedoms. So I kicked back. Strongly.

I behaved approximately the same way when, with the help of a psychotherapist, I learned to defend my boundaries. Around the same time, it turned out that in matters related to appearance, this is easier to do. It is only necessary to clearly establish where these boundaries lie. So I came up with an axiom: the border is always outside my body. And all comments about appearance are a violation of it. Now I've reached the point where even compliments seem rather strange to me. It’s especially jarring when little girls are praised for this. Think about it: beauty is just a DNA lottery, where the combination you inherited from your parents coincides with the modern norm. Praising for this is like saying: “What a great guy you are, you won a prize!” The further I go, the more I believe that it is necessary to evaluate (and praise) what someone has done.

...But later the situation with the hair was mirrored. I started begging my husband to grow a mustache and beard. Even press. Because I really like them. As a sign of masculinity, yes -) And the husband began to kick back. He doesn't like the mustache and beard. That is, completely.

And then I started thinking. If I have my own, hard-won, boundary. Does this mean that another person can have it too? Should he correspond to my ideas and rush to fulfill my requests regarding his appearance? No. Although I can express them to a loved one -) Should I implement his requests regarding my appearance? Likewise. But can you say it?..

The form of these statements is important. Demanding a person to look the way you like, even if he is your husband/wife, is a violation of boundaries. His body is his business. But you can ask. Say “I like it when it’s like this, maybe you’ll try it?” And, most importantly, calmly accept the refusal. We do not own another person to decide what their appearance should be. And when we make statements in the form of demands or express negativity, we are essentially taking ownership of that person.

And, if we don’t take into account the very complete fans of patriarchal life, many feel very well that they are violating boundaries by making comments about someone’s appearance. But they are still released. Especially when they feel impunity. And impunity appears when the commentator is not allowed to feel the existence of boundaries.

Angelina Jolie will not personally answer everyone where to go with an opinion about her weight. And the commentator scratched his ego by arrogating to himself the right to evaluate the appearance of another person. The Internet generally creates a deceptive feeling: “I won’t get an answer here, and in general they post everything themselves, which means everything is possible.” Sometimes people are surprised when you respond by simply holding your boundaries. But they don’t understand the reasons and accuse you of not wanting to hear criticism.

And it’s not just about the hair and its mythical length, which is so “feminine”, but shorter is “not so much.” You can become seriously ill, lose your organs, and forever stop looking the way you used to look. And the comment “don’t look like that, look like that” is transformed into “your appearance is broken, I don’t need that.”

No matter how wonderful a person is in himself.

“Why did you cut your hair short?!” - “Why do you wear red lipstick every day?” - “Why do you give yourself such nails, ugh” - all this advice is from the category “I am stronger than you, you are weaker than me.” Or “I want to make you weaker.” To give in, to indulge in explanations, means to really lose one’s position and give a little bit of one’s real self to another. It’s as if a bridge and a turret were chopped off from your beautiful castle with a moat.

Freedom is not guaranteed to anyone once and for all; it requires protection.

Now I've settled on a hair length that reaches the middle of my neck. "Short!" - says the mother, who herself has been wearing a bob all her life. - Long ones are better! Is it her own complexes that say “okay, I have a bob, at least let my daughter have long ones”? Or the desire for her girl, so grown up, to become little again?

“Maybe we can grow it?” - the husband suggests.

“After your beard,” I answer.

What do you think about hair length? Do you grow it yourself or cut it? Do you give advice to others?