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If long, shaggy hairstyles are all carefully coiffed peacockery and close shorn buzz cuts are bold in their scalp-baring daring then crew cuts occupy a middle point on the hair spectrum. And, as a result they don’t command nearly enough of the respect they deserve. Sure, crew cut hairstyles are traditional, tidy and haven’t got the same look-at-me star-wattage as other hairstyle trends , but what they lack in showiness they make up in slickness and practicality. With a crew cut atop of your crown you’ll still be able to leave the house in reasonable time and won’t need to restyle it five times a day, either. In short, it’s the ideal hairstyle for men who want to look their best without battling with their barnet on the regular. What Is A Crew Cut? The terms “crew cut” and “buzz cut” are often used interchangeably, but for anyone asking for the latter from their barber and expecting the former is in for a shock. “Unlike the buzz cut , the crew cut is tapered in the back and sides ...

Why do we always want what we don’t have? Those with limp, straight hair would often kill for a bit of volume that doesn’t require styling tools or bucket-loads of product. And those with tight spiral curls eye the straight-haired with envy. But between the two, there’s natural waves. And while those with wavy hair will still gripe about its annoying tendencies (there are one or two), there’s much to appreciate in this wash-and-go hair type. You can chemically straighten or perm hair, but there’s no magic in a bottle for those in-between waves. Wavy hair tends to be thicker, denser and less prone to thinning and there are plenty of icons including Timothée Chalamet and Harry Styles to look up to. So, what more do we need to convince you that you lucked out in the follicle department? Experiment with the best wavy hairstyles below, along with some expert barbershop styling advice, and you can thank us later. How To Manage Wavy Hair Ok, so humidity might not be your friend, and t...

Admit it, it was once pretty easy to dismiss Harry Styles: just another boy band clone, famous for fifteen minutes and headed for same scrapheap as every other X Factor contestant. The next thing you know, he goes from being one fifth of arguably the biggest band in the world to standing on his own as a solo artist, clocking up the accolades including a BRIT award, a Rolling Stone cover, a Gucci campaign and a revolving selection of hot women on his arm. And that’s before we get into his glorious head of hair. How the hell did it happen? In 2010 Harry, a 16-year-old from Cheshire, stepped up to the mic to sing Stevie Wonder’s ‘Isn’t She Lovely’ to the UK’s X Factor panel. He failed to light up the soloist category, so judge Nicole Scherzinger moved him into the group category along with four other unknowns: Niall, Liam, Louis and Zayn . One Direction was born and they finished in third place. Not that it mattered. 1D were ridiculously successful overnight, making millionaires of ...

As the crowds shuffled along the security queue at Ibiza airport, not one person noticed that the band standing next to them had played a raucous, sold-out gig at Ibiza Rocks just the night before. A scene witnessed in 2007, the band was Arctic Monkeys, and they were still riding high on the success of Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not , the fastest-selling debut album in British history. Heads down, studying their feet, four unassuming young lads from Sheffield looked exactly that, blending in with the hungover masses heading home after a week-long bender in San Antonio, paler than when they arrived. But of them all, frontman Alex Turner would never blend in that easily again. After those precocious lyrical anthems put him centre stage at the tender age of 20, he bagged himself a model girlfriend and quickly morphed into an indie-rock god before our very eyes. And with every subsequent album, he’s changed his look, and his hairstyle. Alex Turner’s haircuts are a bit ...

Misinformation is dangerous. Whether you’re placing a bank-breaking bet, or taking Google’s word for it that the weird pain in your left hamstring is probably about to kill you, making conclusions based on falsity can have serious repercussions. The same goes for your hair. Blithely accept any and all advice people give you – from washing your hair every day to never washing it again – and your barnet could suffer. Don’t let your hair fall victim to these false claims; follow this guide to telling follicular fact from fake news. Plucking A Grey Hair Makes More Grow An old wives’ favourite, the thinking that forcibly yanking the first signs of ageing from your head will only speed up the process is rooted in the misconception that hair grows in the same way as a plant. “If you split a plant’s root, both stems may flower, but plucking hair will do just that [and nothing more],” says Iain Sallis, hair loss specialist and director of the Hairmedic clinic . “If you simply break the h...