March 2011 Edition The Fayetteville Press Newspaper Page 5b Community Shops

Most short haircuts have some level of a taper, which just means the back and sides are buzzed shorter than the top. Popular short haircuts for black men are based in several classic styles which can be modified as very creative and expressive cuts. Basic Cuts · Generally your short · cut will be “buzzed,” or made with an electric . Overall, tapers are very blended, so that the length differences are not the focus of the cut. For a dark taper, cut your hair long enough so that the scalp barely, if at all, shows through. Your hairline in front should be modified with clean, sharp edges framing your face. For a cleaner look in back, use a blocked neck with a straight horizontal edge. For a less severe look, use a tapered neck—trim down the natural hairline in back and clean it up into a “U” shape along the neck. A more drastic short-to-long cut is called a fade. Leave the top hair longer and buzz the sides and back at an even shorter length than a taper cut, with less gradual blending applied. A very short fade is called a skin bald fade, allowing your scalp to show on the back and sides. In a “Philly fade,” or , your temples are faded more dramatically and this fade can extend over your ears or to the back of your neck. Add a Creative Touch · Taking the basic skin bald fade and long top hair, buzz the top of the hair so it is horizontally flat to create a high top fade. Starting with a low blended fade, which is just a bit longer than a skin bald fade, you can add designs or letters to make your cut more expressive. Using an electric razor, a professional hairstylists can create artistic designs in the short haircuts of their African American male clients. Military Hair Cut The “Army” haircut and the are both trimmed very close to the scalp. The hair on top is only slightly longer. An Army cut can be brushed to stand straight up while the buzz cut is intended to lie flat. These styles look distinguished on older men and confident on younger guys. These haircuts require very little maintenance and can be done at home. Modern men’s haircuts are all about shape and style. Emo cuts are highly textured and layered to express individuality. Punk styles use a combination of shaved sections and spikes to demonstrate a personal statement. Dreads and , although hardly new, tend to fall into the modern category. This is because it has taken a while for ethnic haircuts to become ac- cepted by mainstream society.

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