Tchip - Winter 09
In the mind's eye of the stylists at Tchip, winter will be cool and breezy. With a blend of razor-cut and softly layered haircuts, the looks for the season seem soft, feminine, and romantic.
To add further appeal, many of the cuts that may initially seem single-purpose can be styled to create a completely new look or at least to give the style a fresh direction.
Loose Long Hair
In this hairstyle, the hair is long with a full fringe section and minimal layers in a predominantly blunt cut. The purpose of the layers is to soften the ends of the hair and provide some roundness to the silhouette. The color is natural, with subtle highlights and lowlights that shift only one to two levels at a time.
The styling is very loose and free-form. Blow-dry the hair using a light-hold product and your fingers to create a soft finish. Use a dab of additional product to create separation in the strands while keeping the hair from looking "hard."
Short Razor-Cut Hairstyle
The short, razor-cut haircut shown here is similar to the one in the next hairstyle. This version of the cut showcases the smoothly spaced layers and choppy edges of the perimeter.
Styled to frame and hug the face, the hair is blow-dried with a brush to create soft, diffuse swaths that fan across the cheeks and drape gently across the forehead. Use a light styling product, such as mousse, to avoid an overly structured look. The result is a soft, casual, and alluring appearance.
Hair Directed Back
The even-layered, short razor-cut hairstyle from the previous look gets a lift with blow-drying using volumizing products and a round brush. This styling gives the hair lift in the top sections and directs it back along the sides.
This re-styling accentuates the vertical lines of the look and draws attention to the upper portions of the face. The choppy perimeter is still evident in the nape area, but the rounded silhouette provides a chic, semi-sleek appeal.
Youthful Look
The milky luminous blonde of this model's hair is made youthfully appealing with a short, layered, razor-cut crop. The perimeter is pared down to a fine-textured finish, leaving the hair looking ultra-fine and delicate. The pale locks add a touch of pizzazz, keeping the haircut from being boring.
Achieve this look with a blow-dryer and flat brush using a gentle-hold product to give the hair a little structure and bend. Use the natural parting line of the hair to define the style, allowing for an organic feel while retaining a controlled look.
Vertical Focus
The razor-cut crop of the previous hairstyle is revisited in this look, which takes the soft, casual feel and sharpens it. The luminous blonde color shines in this highly structured haircut. The short hair gets structure and lift with a firm-hold product and is styled for full volume in the top section.
The sides and back are kept low-key in contrast, creating an ideal vertical focus that helps to slim a wide face and elongate roundness, while drawing attention to the eyes. Sculpt the style with a blow-dryer and round brush to raise the hair in the top sections. Use a root-lift spray for stability and long-lasting hold, and a dab of smoothing serum to keep the side and nape sections defined and smooth.
Mid-Length Layered Haircut
This mid-length, layered haircut features tapering interior layers that create a soft gradient in the bulk of the hair. The color is a soft, cinnamon-hued auburn with warm blonde streaks running throughout at the corners of the face.
The styling is blow-dried straight with mostly forward direction to create a shag-like effect while emphasizing the curved lines of the silhouette. The downward drape of the fringe area adds an edgy and "come-hither" quality to the style.
Low-Volume Sweep
If we take the mid-length layers from the previous hairstyle and redress the look by drawing the hair up and back in a low-volume sweep, we can see the layers more effectively and achieve a completely new feel.
The highlighted locks blend into the rest of the hairstyle, giving a lighter sheen, while the outward-angling locks can help broaden a narrow face and mask wide-set or out-of-proportion features.
Achieve this look with a classic blow-dry using a large roller brush and a medium-hold product for maximum control and long-lasting results. Finish with a dab of smoothing serum raked through the layers to add definition.
Girl-Next-Door Look
This gamine haircut, styled in a pixie cut fashion, features razor-cut layers kept choppy and randomized for an organic look and feel. The cut takes full advantage of the body-rich hair with a mild wave pattern, creating lush and inviting sweeps and whorls.
The choppy edges along the perimeter help keep the viewer’s interest and provide balance to the features. Achieve this casual, girl-next-door look by blow-drying the hair with a vented brush, using a sculpting paste followed by the fingers, and finishing with a dab of serum to define and prevent frizz.
Hip Energetic Look
To add some rock-n-roll to your look, start with the previous haircut and adjust the styling product and direction. By shifting the hair’s direction to vertical, you create a broader silhouette with vertical height and enhance the texture created by the razor cutting.
The finished look is hip and energetic with a definite rocker-chick vibe. Create this style with a blow-dryer and brush to sweep the short hair up in the top sections and angle it to the rear oblique corners on the sides. Finish with a touch of sculpting product to add definition and smooth or sculpt the curls at the ends as desired.
Hair: Tchip
Makeup: Stéphane Israel
Styling: Véronique Droulez
Photography: Joseph Chiaramonte