Hair: Diadema | Art Director: Fabio Messina | Photography: Andrea Rainoldi
Makeup: Cristina Marzo per 20100Milano | Stylist: Chiara Tubia | Extension: Zeropiu
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Step 1: Isolate a top triangle from left eyebrow, to the crown, to the right eyebrow.
Step 2: Hairline: Comb hair straight down and cut 5 fingers from scalp, curling up the tips and snipping straight.
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Step 3: Repeat the same technique on the sides.
Step 4: Release the triangle section and comb forward.
Cut at a diagonal from the nose to the chin moving from left to right.
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Step 5: Make a backwards diagonal at the chin on the opposite side.
Step 6: Blend the sides by pulling down to maintain the maximum length.
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Step 7: Take a section at the crown of about 3 cm.
Using the occipital as reference, comb perpendicular and point cut with tips of shears.
Step 8: Slide cut from the top section creating length as you move down the hair.
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Step 9: Repeat this process on the entire head.
Step 10: Blend the top to the front.
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Step 11: Finishing touches: Create a circle at the crown area.
Take the sections of the circle and thin at 3⁄4 length from underneath with thinning scissors.
Step 12: Texture the bangs with straight scissors moving down and out.
Step 13: Repeat in the lower back area.
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Final Photos:
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