Which haircut makes you younger immediately? The pony!
"Straight combed hair, usually evenly cut, straight hair" - a bit sober, the Duden describes what filled the gossip columns worldwide a few weeks ago: When First Lady Michelle Obama had a pony cut last year, that had News value and numerous imitators. And it's the president on a funny idea. At the "White House Correspondents Dinner", a traditional press event, Barack Obama also showed off with Matte on his forehead. On big screen. Luckily only a photomontage. Thought to bring a breath of fresh air into the second term, and the proof of how much potential lies in this style element: With minimal effort, each look can be a whole new twist. And that, without changing too much or having to part with the length of the rest of your hair.
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The Pony and its effects: "Short and fringy makes younger" is the name of an unwritten hairstylist law since Audrey Hepburn played "Sabrina" in the sixties. Up to the middle of the forehead and straight cut, on the other hand, it looks like a (slightly unadjusted) statement. With its side parting across the forehead, the pony leaves an angular face appearing more harmonious. And behind a dense fringe hedge is often a smart head, because it can be elegant hide small pimples and wrinkles - or a very high hairline.
"Short and fringy makes you younger"
And when it's time to breathe? No problem: especially long ponies are plugged up with a hand turn and two hair clamps up like mad. Just think about Elfriede Jelinek! Ideally ends a pony - "frange" in French, "fringe" or "bang" in English - about three millimeters above the eyebrow, making it the biggest flatterer that hairdressers can create, even before the blond highlights.
Sometimes, however, it is similar to the horse dwarfs he actually owes his name to: ponies are quite stubborn. For example, with very thin hair. So that he is recognizable here at all and does not look like random strands of hair on his forehead, he should be cut from the highest point of the head forward and fully. Then spray a little so-called sea salt spray (eg from Davines, Got2be, John Frieda), it keeps fine strands at a distance and strengthens, without sticking.
© oliwkowygaj / istockphoto.comWhat ponies can not stand
Incidentally, ponies are highly sensitive to wind from the front. There is a solution for helmet-wearing female cyclists: styling the pony in the opposite direction. Later, wallow again with your fingers in the usual position and massage only in the beginnings of volume powder with your fingertips or briefly mist with dry shampoo (eg Garnier Fructis), which today no longer leaves such a dusty-matte look today in the seventies. Spray, brush, fresh! The volume is better preserved, and the spray also helps against sticky ponies after sweats. In general - especially in the summer - the pony would like to have an extra sausage or extra laundry. Take it easy! The partial freshening over the sink at home spares the rest of the hair, which is otherwise leached out by frequent washing. Then just blow-dry the pony and, if necessary, shape it with the straightening iron.
What to do if the pony is too short?
How to cut a super-fashionable extra-long pony (hairdressing jargon: XXL pony), if you do not see anything after a few days, read on the next page. But what to do if the pony is too short (unfortunately, this happens to the pro)? First, breathe deeply. Second, do not panic, because after two weeks, the spook is over and an inch shorter. Until then just bring as much exercise as possible into the hair: with a little wax or by teasing. And use your fingertips to stroke the ends more often, out of the face. If the short-cut accident occurs after the summer, the actual advantage of the natural hairy sunscreen turns into a disadvantage: bright forehead to brown nose. The rescue comes as a dark bronze powder. Brush from the temples towards the middle of the forehead and go over the cheeks with the rest of the color. This makes the skin more colorful and natural than, for example, a make-up. Who does not have a pony so far: Orient yourself mainly by the face shape.
Which pony to which face shape?
Heart-shaped and oval faces can carry any kind of pony: straight, deep, with a side parting or a round cut, which is shorter in the middle than on the sides.Square, round and wide faces give the pony more harmony when it ends the famous three millimeters above the eyebrow and / or is worn with a slight side parting. Very short and cut out of the face, he makes faces rather flat. For a slender face, a full XXL pony is ideal or one cut to the middle of the forehead. By the way, curls should only be worn by the hairdresser, as the life of the ringlet has surprises. And theoretically you could bury the pony project for a frontal vertebra. Or you boldly use the twist of the natural wave for a full overlong pony with side vertex. Then gently stroke the forehead. Looks very casual - and flattering.
Recutting like a pro
Many hairdressers cut the pony for free between two appointments. In the event that you can not take advantage of the offer and exceptionally want to lend a hand, here are the most important rules.
? The perfect time is one day after washing your hair, then the hair is the most handy. Better not to cut when wet, because when drying, the hair contracts, and the pony line is shorter than desired. Ideally, first comb the hair and shake it with your fingers in position. Then put the sides away with clamps. To cut the pony with the comb (or loosely between the index and middle fingers clamped) something away from the forehead. With the scissors cut at an acute angle from the bottom in the pony mini-fringes, millimeters only - like tiny pointed teeth.
? A pony becomes particularly full when combed from the highest point of the head, the vertex. Otherwise: two fingers wide over the hairline comb the hair strands forward into the forehead and cut off at the root of the nose, fringe (see above).
? Very long ponies that go over the eyebrows, focus on expressive eyes. Such a XXL pony is very nachschneideintensiv. Every week should fall a few millimeters, otherwise the fringes whiz. A long pony also tends to share like an old-fashioned window curtain.
? Speaking of open view: If a pony is to grow out, you need patience. For a chin length you breed him for almost a year. The critical point at which one may decide to cut short is reached when the fringes cover the eye. Then pony the pony with a hair band or sunglasses out of your face. Alternative: Toupage approaches, distribute Sea-Salt spray, with your fingers up from the forehead.
