In general, we arrive with a precise idea in the hairdresser. And we expect him to give us advice to adapt the hairstyle of our dreams to our hair type and give him the necessary pep to make it trendy. Sometimes we leave with a look totally different from what we imagined pushing the door of the hairdressing salon. To avoid disappointment we help you to decipher the language of your hairdresser! A way to make yourself understood and to be more serene before discovering the result!

To talk about the overall length

Short hair : cuts to the boy, short squares ... all hair above the ear are considered short by your hairdresser.
Long hair : as soon as they brush against the shoulders, the hairdresser considers them long, and extra-long those who reach the lower back.

The work of the material

Degrade : do not think you'll look like an artichoke. The hairdresser "aars" the thick hair or gives volume to those that are fine by cutting the locks of covering of different lengths. Rest assured, the result is uniform.
Taper : smoother than the gradient, this method consists of lightening the wick by bevelling the tips with the razor, the mower or the scissors.
Piqueter : this tapering, very localized on the tips, facilitates the styling. It is done only with scissors, after cutting, on dry or wet hair.
Structuring : nothing rigid or geometric. The hairdresser "draws" with the scissors the main lines of the cut.

Fringe, wicks ... to be understood by the hairdresser

The fringe : it can be "thick" like that of Mireille Mathieu, "long" when she reaches the eyebrow and "light" when she lets glimpse the forehead.
A side wick : very seventies like that of Madonna, the big lock of the front is cut in gradation longer and longer so that it can fall on the eye.