Artist: Diadema | Salon: Diadema Hair Fashion | Photography: Stefano Bidini | Makeup: Mencattelli per "2001 Milano"
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Step 1: Create a part on the left side with an ear-to-ear division.
Hairline: At the nape, cut straight across with a freehand point cutting technique.
Step 2: Continue up the sides to the tip of the ears.
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Step 3: Cut down from the tips of the ears to the mouth with a point cutting technique.
Step 4: Bangs: On the left part, from the crown, cut from the left eyebrow to the right cheekbone with a point cutting technique.
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Step 5: Face contour: Blend the right side to the perimeter with a point cutting technique.
Step 6: Slide cut down the left side making a curve.
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Step 7: Isolate the whole right side from the left part and from ear-to-ear.
Step 8: Take a 2 cm. rectangle from the top at the end of the part on the crown and cut with the occipital as a reference.
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Step 9: Starting at the back, cut graduations from the perimeter to the front base perpendicular to the head to lengthen on the top.
Step 10: Continue on the left side with the same technique.
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Step 11: Right side: Using the top front and left side for reference, cut perpendicular to the head to lengthen.
Step 12: Personalize: Lighten the tips with thinning shears in the back and on the left side.
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Step 13: Lighten the upper right side going out with thinning shears.
Step 14: Use wide-notched thinning shears to disconnect the tips on the lower right side.
Finish with regular thinning shears.
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Final Photos:
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