Features of a cascade haircut to the shoulders

Beautiful well-groomed female hair always attracts attention. Shoulder-length hair is spectacular, practical and has never gone out of style. On hair of this length, many popular hairstyles and styling look great. A versatile and charming haircut, according to many fashionistas and hairdressers, is the so-called cascade.

Haircuts made for medium length hair suit almost everyone. Their popularity is due to the following advantages.

• Shoulder-length hair is easy to style. Using a varnish and a hair dryer, you can easily cope with this task yourself.
• This length is very practical. Depending on the action ahead of you and the setting, the strands can be decorated both in a strict office hairstyle, and in a romantic version for a date or a party.
• The shoulder length is very versatile. There are so many options for haircuts that you can easily find the perfect hairstyle, taking into account exactly your face shape, hair type and age.

A cascade is a haircut, which is characterized by alternating strands of different lengths. Above - on the crown - there are very short strands, below - very long. Due to this arrangement of hair, the hairstyle feels light and voluminous. Sometimes a cascade is confused with a ladder hairstyle. But with a cascade, the hairdresser cuts the hair along the entire length, and when cutting the ladder, he processes only the ends of the hair.

There are several types of cascading haircuts. Traditionally, it is customary to distinguish several types of this hairstyle.

In this version, a considerable number of layers are used. Thinning can also be used, when strands of hair are thinned with special scissors to give the haircut volume and natural contours.

It implies a multi-step haircut, in which the transitions in the length of the hair are more emphasized.

With this type of haircut, the strands are cut at an angle.

The layers of the strand start very high (from the crown) and are done through all the hair in length. This option allows for a tremendous increase in volume.

For a cascade haircut, as in the case of any other hairstyle, it is imperative to take into account some of the nuances: the shape of the face, the structure of the hair, as well as their color and the presence of bangs.

This hairstyle is an adornment for almost any type of face. However, it is ideal for those ladies whose face is oval or slightly elongated, since the cascade complements the volume from the sides, makes the face wider and smoothes imbalances. With the help of a torn cascade, you can hide too wide cheekbones. For girls and women with a narrowed face, a graduated cascade (in the form of the letter V) is recommended. This type of hairstyle visually expands the cheekbones, but it will be better if the graduation ends slightly above the jawline.

This haircut is not recommended for those women of fashion who have thick and overly coarse hair. The strands will be difficult to style and will not hold their shape. The cascade looks very beautiful and natural on curly and soft hair. But curls are suitable only for large and not particularly frizzy, otherwise the main length transitions will not be visible on the hair.

A shoulder-length haircut cascade looks win-win with such a dyeing technology as shatush (a gradual transition from darker shades to lighter shades). Short strands with this technique should be lighter. Ombre coloring also goes well with a cascade. In this case, it is recommended to use not only muted, but also bright colors. Highlighting is suitable for this haircut and coloring with a large number of shades does not go at all.

A cascading haircut in tandem with straight bangs can hide a very high forehead. For those who have medium-sized facial features, but an elongated nose, this option is also suitable. With a rectangular face with high cheekbones, you should choose a cascade and straight bangs to the level of the eyebrows. Slanting bangs will make a round or square face more attractive. Long bangs with side sweeping and straight bangs with ragged ends are suitable for this haircut.

Before heading to the salon for a haircut, you need to treat your hair if you have problems with split ends. The fact is that with a cascading haircut, they draw too much attention to themselves. A feature of this technique is considered to be a mandatory control strand, according to which the length of the following is determined. The other hair is pinned by the master using clips. The control strand is carefully combed, pulled parallel to the floor and trimmed to the required size. The remaining hair must be separated with horizontal parting and then pulled to the previous strand, cutting straight to the same length.

The cascade can be styled using curlers, a hairdryer with a diffuser, various gels, mousses, varnish. In order for the hair to gain volume, it must be dried raised at the roots. You can leave the bangs straight or slightly curled. The most common and effective ways to style this haircut are as follows:

• slight curling of the ends of the hair inward;
• styling hair with curling the ends outward;
• the direction of short strands inward, long ones outward;
• creating additional volume on the back of the head or bangs;
• highlighting some ends with curls;
• applying a special gel to the hair and combing the strands with your fingers.

As already noted, this wonderful hairstyle has a lot of advantages. Consider what they really are.

• The shoulder-length cascade is universal and suits almost everyone.
• Hair with this haircut looks weightless and voluminous at the same time.
• Using this hairstyle, it is not difficult to create an attractive and perfect face shape.
• The cascade is good for wavy, straight and curly hair.
• This haircut is multifunctional. With only small details, it looks great both in business communication and at a friendly party. And it will be appropriate everywhere.
• Strands are easy to style in just a few minutes.

But it should be borne in mind that the cascade also has its drawbacks. However, there are a lot of them in any hairstyle.

• This haircut is not recommended for those who like an overly active lifestyle, as hair can get into the eyes all the time.
• You should not do a cascade if your immediate plans include growing long hair, because it will take a long time until the length of all the strands is equal.
• If the hairdresser who does the haircut has little experience, then it may happen that the hair, styled in a cascade, will look very different than it should have been ideally.
• This haircut requires regular adjustments at the salon. Do not forget to visit a skilled craftsman about once every two months.

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