You never want to cut curly hair wet since dried curly shrinks to a shorter length. 'Grab one side and bring the hair down to your cheekbone using the peace sign trick, then grab a feather razor and softly cut the hair in an angle to avoid a blunt cut,' leaving the outer part of the section slightly longer than the hair closest to the middle part. 'For those Billie kinds of side-swept bangs, you would comb it forward, and then you would part your hair down the middle,' she explains. 'The nozzle helps get the hair smooth it angles the hair in the direction you want it to lay,' she explains.īillie Eilish's bangs are more grown out and are parted down the middle, which works best for those who want to experiment with bangs, but don't want to commit to a front-facing blunt or fringe cut. Next, you need a fine-tooth comb for easy parting, flat clips to hold the hair in place, a boar bristle brush and a blow-dryer that comes with a nozzle. Roszak advises investing in a pair of shears for a clean, sharp cut. Your haircut is only as good as the tools you use-and kitchen scissors should never be considered an option.

But before you start chopping away, celebrity hairstylist and Authentic Beauty Concept ambassador Mara Roszak-the woman whose scissors have cut Billie Eilish, Emma Stone, Cara Delevinge, and Zoe Saldana's hair-has a few tips for you. After all, if you mess up, nobody can see you.

You can't book an appointment for a trim or a cut, as the novel coronavirus forced salons to shut down to flatten the curve, so you pick up the scissors to do the job yourself. After sitting at home for the umpteenth week in isolation, it's perfectly understandable why a haircut or hair transformation might soar to the top of your to-do list.

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