Haircut is the main constituent element of any image, so when choosing a style, ladies need to pay attention not only to the style of clothes and makeup, but also to the hairstyle. The owners of long hair are very popular haircut cascade, because it is stylish, versatile and easy to style. To date, there are many options for registration of this hairstyle, which can be easily selected for everyday life, and for special occasions.
Haircut description
Long hair cascade is an original haircut, the creation technique of which provides for multi-level cutting of the strands. As a result, only the shortest hair remains on the top of the head, which at the bottom of the head increases smoothly in length. The main feature of this hairstyle is that It is ideal for all hair types, allowing you to quickly lay unruly curls. In addition, cascading haircut is able to give volume to thin strands, visually making them thicker.
Particularly beautiful is the cascade with bangs, its advantages include the following:
- quick and easy styling;
- ability to hide the flaws of the face
- a huge selection of hairstyles without additional blading;
- beautiful combination with evening and daily images;
- the ability to beautifully emphasize the transitions of colors when coloring and highlighting.
The cascade can be chosen for the fair sex of different ages, including teenage girls. This haircut looks interesting on children's hair, it favorably emphasizes the lines of the oval face and visually softens the contours of other shapes. Most often, young fashionable women prefer to lay strands in the tail. This design is suitable for both school and festive events. The final touch in the hair is bangs, which can be both thick straight and elongated. No less interesting complements the haircut and oblique bangs, it is perfectly combined with straight flowing curls.
Cascade is an original addition to the image of blondes and brunettes. Performing such a haircut on blonde hair, you need to maximize femininity, adjusting the contours of the face.
Stylists recommend blondes to avoid sharp asymmetry, as it will fill the image with notes of cold and deprive it of naturalness.
In this case, it is also necessary to abandon the parting, preferring the highlighting of individual strands and styling, giving the appearance of slight negligence.
As for brunettes, ladies with an oval face are recommended to choose a torn cascade, and for owners of round forms to choose a haircut with straight bangs. In this case, the steps can be made only at the ends of the hair, this design is well suited for women with a full face.
In order to favorably emphasize the shape of the hairstyle, it is enough to use styling with the help of a mousse.
The cascade looks great on a golden or chocolate hair color, a haircut looks spectacular, in which individual strands are distinguished by a different shade using highlighting. A gentle overflow and play of colors will make the girl not only stylish, but also give her an image of mystery.
Varieties
To date, the haircut cascade is represented by different types, each of which is characterized by its own stylistics and technique of execution. Thanks to this choice of hairstyles, each girl can easily choose the option that matches the shape of her face. It is worth more to consider popular types of cascade.
Ragged
This species is distinguished by pronounced strands below and above. This haircut is usually chosen by bold and energetic girls. Due to the large difference in the length of the upper and lower curls, softening and masking of the protruding cheekbones occur.
The hairstyle is perfect on straight and wavy hair, best done with bangs. Beauties with a tidy face are recommended to have slightly elongated asymmetrical bangs, so the hair will stretch out to the sides and create the effect of an elongated silhouette.
Hide the wrong features of the chin by twisting the curls inward. Short strands at the crown will add volume to the hairstyle, if you run along the length of the iron. The torn cascade is simple in laying, suitable for women of any age and favorably emphasizes the beauty of the girl with carelessly falling curls. To maximize the effect of "tornness", should make the tips of the hair uneven. This type of cascade can be done on dyed and curly hair.
Asymmetric
This hairstyle is characterized by extravagance and looks stylish, but does not fit all forms of the face and requires a complex and lengthy styling. In this design, the main focus is on a smooth transition between the strands of different lengths. Often, elongated and short strands can remain on the crown simultaneously.
In order to give expressiveness to the hairstyle, make an additional thinning at an angle.
A huge role in obtaining asymmetry is played by the frequency of changing steps, shortening can be started both from the chin line and from the crown.
With this model, haircuts perfectly hide all the flaws of the face, emphasizes the beauty of the eyes and lips. It is best to choose an asymmetrical cascade with bangs, it will hide the plumpness of the cheeks. In this case, the bangs can be either slightly elongated or short with sharp angles.
Asymmetric cascade for small children and schoolgirls is not recommended, since it takes a lot of time to tab it.
Structured or double
This view is a two-level haircut, in which the upper part of the head is trimmed with a “cap”, and the rest is a ladder. This hairstyle is voluminous, but you need to take care of it regularly. Hair cut by layers has a streaming appearance, so heavy hair seems to be visually lightweight, and thin hair becomes opulent.
Usually such a haircut is done on long hair with a grid for square, oval and round face types. With a double cascade on the back of your head, you need to make a small lengthening, otherwise the short steps on the back of your head will stick out, and at the bottom they will look thin.
In addition, in such a haircut, you should try to avoid abrupt transitions in the length of the steps of the upper and lower strands, since short hairs are difficult to lay on top of the head. Before you decide on this type of hair, it is also important to take into account the shape of the face. Despite the fact that the double cascade is ideal for an elongated and narrow contour, you can choose it on a round face. In this case, it is recommended not to make transitions above the level of the ears, so that the strands slightly cover the cheeks and soften their pomp. The length of the strands around the cheeks should be increased, if the haircut is done on a triangular face type, they are usually laid back or tucked behind the ears.
Graduated or classic
This option is the most difficult haircut, because it is performed in layers. This cascade is characterized by a neat and regular shape, looks great on thick hard strands with long and straight bangs.The main difference of the hairstyle is that the step transitions in it are made indispensable and smooth. The cut of the tips is carried out at a certain angle.
As a rule, this technique is chosen by representatives of the lush head of hair. Making a hairstyle is simple, so even a novice master can handle it.
This type of haircut is suitable for all ages, but more often it is preferred by mature ladies, as the hairstyle allows them to look younger. The main advantages of the graded cascade are the possibility of applying for different hair lengths and the creation of additional volume. With such a haircut, you can experiment and perform any type of staining.
Hairstyle looks superb on both straight and wavy strands, with the exception of curls. Thanks to a special technique of cutting hair, the curls are aligned at the right angle, which visually gives the neck an elongated look.
Who is suitable and not suitable?
Haircut cascade is universal, so it is suitable for all girls. The only thing that when choosing her model is important to consider the color, texture of hair and the shape of the face. Therefore, beauties, before creating such a hairstyle, need to consider a few points.
- External data Chubby ladies need to visually stretch the silhouette in an image, a cascade for long hair with asymmetrical elements (bangs, parting) is recommended for them, the volume on the sides should decrease slightly, and increase in the back of the head. When the face is square, you should soften the lines of the chin, leaving strands below the cheekbones. A good solution for adjusting the face will be the design of the bang, divided into two sides by an asymmetrical parting. The owners of rectangular shapes are well suited for an elongated cascade with a clear oblique, during its laying you need to pay special attention to the curls located below the cheekbones.
For girls with an elongated and trapezoidal face, a cascade below the shoulders with dense straight or oblique bangs is recommended. Oval forms do not have limitations and any cascade models can be used for them.
- Hair structure This type of hair looks great on all types of strands, but still experts recommend it to choose individually. So, on thin hair, a graduated cascade is well suited; on wavy, all models of haircuts can be used, with the exception of a ragged cascade. At the same time, a combination with a length of bangs will help to highlight wavy strands in the image. For straight curls, as a rule, choose a ragged or two-level cascade.
As for the owners of hard, thick hair or curls, they need to apply deep thinning in a haircut, avoiding cutting the length from the back of the head.
Performance technique
Long hair cascade with straight bangs looks different, as it can be created by several technicians. In addition, the final touch hairstyle gives coloring. On long curls, ombra, coloring and highlighting are most often used, due to which a clear border is obtained in the transition between steps. To date, the wizard uses several cascade haircuts schemes.
- Strand by strand. To get the hair in this way, a gradual alignment of the curls is performed. Strands alternately combed up, form levels from the back of the head and are trimmed along the desired length of hair. During haircuts, it is important to carefully comb the curls.
- Control strand. In the middle of the back of the head, the “main” strand is determined, it is pulled at a right angle and cut to a length of at least 10 cm. The rest of the hair is cut in the same way, having previously made a horizontal parting. With this haircut, hair may appear shorter.
The latter type of technology is considered the most common. To trim the hair according to this scheme, it is important to adhere to the following strict algorithm:
- first, the hair is divided into 4 parts: occipital, parietal and two lateral;
- then the main strand on the back of the head or the top of the head is determined, it is stretched and cut along the chosen length;
- then proceed to the alignment of each curl separately; if the hair is thin, they are recommended to be collected in a bun;
- cropped curls are applied to the main strand for control, but not pulling; they should be longer than her;
- hair in the lower zone are aligned on those above;
- temporal and parietal part is also trimmed along the control strand, but in this case the hair stretches perpendicularly;
- the creation of a hairstyle is completed with a bang design (if it is provided for in the model); in the absence of bangs, the curls are aligned on the parietal part;
- at the end it is also necessary to trim everything using thinning shears.
Despite the fact that the cascade looks great with bangs and without it, experts still recommend choosing hairstyles for long hair with straight bangs. Her appearance should be determined before the start of the haircut, considering the type of face. The arched type is usually chosen as a triangular, square and trapezoidal face, straight bangs are ideal for elongated forms, it is necessarily milled. Slanting can be used on square, round and diamond-shaped faces.
As for the asymmetric or lateral, it is recommended for girls who have the correct facial features.
Piling
Recently, many of the fair sex with long hair, choose a haircut cascade, as it perfectly emphasizes femininity and hides all the flaws of the face. To hairstyle perfectly complement the image of a girl with tenderness and grace, the curls need to be properly styled. Long hair can be laid in several ways.
- Raise short hair from the roots with a mousse or gel. The result will be stylish “feathers” that will suit both everyday and evening look. The elongated strands must be dried with a hair dryer, slightly tilting the head down. Their tips are covered with gel and twisted outward or inward. It looks beautiful combined version of this installation, in which the curls behind the back twist out, and the front - inside. The creation of a hairstyle is completed by fixing with varnish.
- Make a cascade with parting. It can be laid sideways, smooth and zigzag ways. The alignment of the hair in this case is done with a flat iron, and to obtain waviness, styling with a corrugation is used. At the same time, it is important to pay attention to the fact that curled strands should be combined with straight bangs. For additional volume use curlers. A cascade decorated in retro style, where the bangs are pre-curled, after which they are slaughtered with invisibility in several places, is also considered an excellent choice.
- Make a festive hairstyle. To stand out from the crowd with an unusual and stylish hairdo, simple styling will be required. First, wash the head, then take the foam, do not distribute over the entire length of the strands. Next, proceed to drying with a hair dryer, in which you need to smoothly move from the roots down. The ends of the curls are laid out or inward with a round comb, and you can optionally make an original and beautiful parting. If curls are provided, they should be formed on well-dried curls, pre-lubricated with gel or foam.
That laying lasted a long time, it is recommended to fix varnish.
If you do not do this, the curls may “crumble” and you will get a sloppy look. For better fixation of the curls, spray each strand separately with varnish. To get additional volume on the back of your head will help combing, then hang. It is necessary to begin a hinge plate of hair from the lower zone, rolling up the top strands.
In the next video you will find one of the options for styling a haircut cascade with a hair dryer.
Successful examples
Long hair opens up great opportunities for various experiments with styling and creating images.This is especially true of the cascade with bangs, which gives girls tenderness and refinement. Depending on the type of cascade you can make unusual hairstyles.
This season is very popular straight hair, elongated ironing. This option looks concise and simple, suitable for study, office, and for parties.
To further add to the silhouette of the style, it is recommended to slightly twist the ends of the strands inward.
For the brave and playful girls, a cascade for long hair with curled tips outside will suit. A good choice for energetic ladies will be the red cascade, laid with a slight negligence effect.
For the fair sex, who have no time for styling, suitable hairstyle with hair collected in the tail. In this case, individual strands can be released outside, giving the image elegance. In addition, the hair, trimmed under the cascade, you can collect in bundles, braids and "shells", decorating them with flowers, rims and barrettes. Bright personalities recommended styling with corrugation, it will look gorgeous when going to the club or to a party. Curls in this case, it is best to curl in elastic curls and lay on one side, which favorably emphasizes evening dress.