The quiff is well and truly back on the beauty trend radar. When you need to give your hair a new edgier touch, try adding a textured quiff. A heavy texture style that brushed back on sides with an asymmetric quiff. A nice re-creation of 80's popular updo for short hair combined with a French crop for a more fashionable and versatile look.
A hot new hairstyle trend is the pompadour, also known as the quiff or the "faux hawk." This hairstyle -- which usually features shaved sides and a puffy teased top that reminds me of a rooster's comb -- has become the cool hairstyle of choice for singers Miley Cyrus and Pink as well as a host of other celebrities.
The sides of the head in a mohawk are usually shaved with a strip of hair kept long and swept up and off the face. A fake mohawk keeps the upswept plume, but the sides of the head are rarely shaved, but rather combed tightly against the head so it appears to be shaved.
Get the look
1. Hair needs bulk and texture to hold this style. Di Biase recommends applying a double-shot of mousse, combining a mixture of L’Oreal Professional tecni.art Volume Riche, $24, with tecni.art Volume Lift, $24, through the hair from roots to ends.
2. Next, blow-dry the product into the hair and section into two halves, top and bottom.
3. Starting with the top section, create a side part and secure the hair flat against the scalp with bobby pins, parallel and on both sides of the part.
4. Next, roll the hair into two French rolls towards the part, pushing the rolls forward gently to create an over-hanging quiff at the front. Secure with pins to hold into place. Tip: this part doesn’t have to be perfect, messy texture adds to the overall look.
5. Di Biase braised the back section on an angle in an S-shape formation. Start by roughly braiding hair from the base of the quiff towards the nape of the neck. If you have long hair, Di Biase says to secure the end of the braid with a hair band, leaving the end pieces out to finish this look.
