Hairdressers say that girls are increasingly asking them to make their chelsea hair. Many find in it a number of advantages for themselves: it is easy to monitor the freshness of the head, it does not need daily care, in certain conditions even different ways of styling are possible. What does this hairstyle look like and what are the options for images?
The history of haircuts
At the moment, most of the trends in the design of the head are not born in the minds of stylists, but come from the recent history. Chelsea hairstyle is no exception. In the 60-70s of the last century, the skinhead subculture was extremely popular. At that time they were practically not politicized, ordinary people from the working class, who adhered to a certain style in clothes and hairstyles.
The men cut their hair almost naked, but at that time the women only began to shorten their hair to a square (long hair was a pride for many years), which is why skinhead girls most often did not shave bald, and cut only part of the hair.
The process of creating a Chelsea hairstyle
Features of this hairstyle is that there are different options and concepts of hair cutting.
If a girl is a rebel and is not afraid of coordinated changes, then she can remove her hair almost completely, leaving only small strands on her bangs and temples.
If the lady does not want to shine almost bald head, you can leave a length of 4-5 millimeters to create the effect of a hedgehog. Moreover, strands are made thicker and around the entire circumference of the head.
For women who are just interested in the concept of hair, the length at the crown is in the region of 4-7 centimeters, and the strands are trimmed in the form of a smooth waterfall.
Men's chelsea hairstyles are not popular because they look unnatural. The guys either trim their hair completely or leave the mohawk.
Women's options: length and coloration
At first glance it may seem that the chelsea hairstyle looks unsuccessful, but with the right approach to the length of the left strands, as well as to the crown, you can achieve an unusual effect: adjust the shape of the face, visually stretch the neck, focus on the eyes.
Women's chelsea hairstyle can vary the unusual coloring.
Firstly, the most frequently used technique is highlighting and coloring. For dark hair take contrasting shades: white, ashen, red, pink. For light - dark colors: black, brown, blue, green.
Secondly, the staining is carried out in such techniques as balayazh, ombr, Californian highlighting.
Thirdly, in some cases, initially paint all the hair in a bright color, and then spend the haircut.
In addition, several contrasting colors are actively used, for example, the main color of the head is light brown, and the feathers are painted in black and red. In this way, you can achieve an aggressive image or easy and playful.
Laying feathers carried out in various ways. If they are thin, then the hair straightens with an iron into even strands.
For a festive exit, feathers can be curled into curls, and curls at the top of the head can be given volume.
For a concise image, the hair on the top is smoothed with the help of clamps, and the long strands are stabbed.
What clothes are acceptable to wear Chelsea hair?
Despite the fact that the hairstyle is rather specific, you can choose different outfits for her - both in youth and in a more strict style.
In order to emphasize the texture of the haircut, you need to pay attention to the shape of the neck of the upper part of the clothes. Only an open neckline is able to convey the entire structure and length of hair.
For everyday days, fit American T-shirts, shirts, denim shirt dresses. Do not forget about leather jackets and leather jackets.
For holidays with curly locks, dresses with bare shoulders or thin straps will look great.
If you decide to make yourself as short as possible, then you are unlikely to be able to go to work with a strict dress code and a regulated appearance.
With this hairstyle, any kind of sports and youth style is acceptable: polo shirts, shirts, jackets, capes, denim suits. Tight suits and dresses will not look too harmonious with a short haircut, so before you go to the hairdresser, think about whether you can continue to go to work and wear your favorite blouse and skirt. If for you the chelsea hairstyle is a matter of principle, then you will surely find the most successful option that will fit into your creative and everyday life.
How she looks like
Haircut under the chelsea - means to make a short hairstyle almost under the boy. To make the haircut look feminine, longer feathers are left all over the head. If desired, they can be removed back to simulate very short hair. Agree, this is a great option for those who like to change.
The presence or absence of bangs depends entirely on the desire of the girl. There are no requirements for the length of the bangs. You can choose the option that is exactly your type of person. But the length of the strands is a separate issue. As a rule, strands of different lengths are made all over the head: the lower curls on the back of the head should be the longest. They can only descend a little from the neck or lie on the shoulders.
What to do with feathers
At a time when the chelsea hairstyle just appeared, strands that fell on the shoulders invariably turned black. In the late seventies, it was the most popular type of short haircut among young people. Today girls most often choose brighter colors for their hairstyle.
There are two options for coloring the Chelsea hairstyle, in which:
- all strands are painted in one color,
- each strand is made in a different color.
If you decide to choose the first option, choose a color that contrasts with your natural. At the same time, the rest of the head, where the hair is short, remains untouched: do not change your natural blonde or chestnut color. Otherwise, you risk becoming like a parrot. If you really want to become even brighter, you can paint all the strands in different colors, but you still should not touch short hair.
Fixation methods
This haircut is good because there are many ways to style it:
- to put short hair with the help of a gel in such a way that a small hedgehog is obtained, while twisting long strands in one direction,
- instead of a hedgehog, you can, on the contrary, smooth the hair with a cream or gel, and twirl the curls in different directions,
- short hair is styled as a cap, and the strands curl at the ends or along their entire length.
Chelsea hairstyle is ideal for a modern woman who wants to keep up with the times. Despite the fact that the haircut is characterized by a variety of daytime and evening hair styling, even just washed and hair-dried hair looks spectacular and stylish.
Step-by-step Chelsea haircut technology
1–2. We separate the rounded horseshoe section, starting from the top and continuing along the perimeter above the occipital bone in the back.
3. We begin a hairstyle using a straight razor. We install a block separation of hair with a rise of 45 °, using a blade for a ragged hair effect.
4. We continue to cut uniformly along the entire perimeter of the horseshoe section to the center of the occipital part.
5–6. We finish cutting the sides with scissors, cut it parallel to the shape of the head and gradually go down, we repeat this procedure on both sides.
7. Select the radial (radial) parting on the top of the head. We continue to work with the central vertical section at the top. Gradually decrease in the direction from 90 to 45 °, reducing the length to the very bottom to create a volume above the occipital bone.
8. We work in a circle of the head and direct each section slightly to the side in order to increase the length and volume on the sides.
9. Starting from the crown, separate the central vertical section. We get rid of excess volume of hair with the help of a dotted haircut, keeping to the shape of the head.
10–11. Using the middle parting, we continue to create layers right around the perimeter of the upper part.
12. We remove the excess volume of hair using thinning shears, moving from one section to another.
Haircut Appearance
Chelsea hairstyle is a very short haircut almost the entire head "under the machine." This haircut is invented by skinhead girls. They wanted to look more feminine than their fully shaven boyfriends, but at the same time clearly demonstrate their affiliation to a particular subculture. Bangs and long strands on the temples, and sometimes in the lower part of the neck, help to give the image softness and leave the opportunity to change the image.
Long strands at the bottom of the head and on the temples
Chelsea haircut requires only one thing of the same - the top and back of the head should be trimmed “under the typewriter” or shaved. The length of the bangs and in general its presence is not regulated by anything and depends only on the desire of the owner of the hairstyle. With regard to feathers, there is also complete freedom of choice. They can descend below the shoulders or barely reach the neck. As a rule, longer curls are left behind than on the temples. However, some girls generally limited to the strands only on the sides of the head.
How to highlight feathers
Self-expression in the form of coloring in bright colors
At a time when the fashion of a haircut “under the chelsea” only gained popularity, that is, in the mid-seventies, long feathers were painted exclusively in a radical black color. Nowadays, young people prefer more positive colors to their image.
Women's Haircut - Chelsea
As a rule, girls choose three different staining options:
- The feathers are painted the same color as the clipped head,
- Long strands make monotonous, but sharply contrasting with the short-haired part of the hairstyle,
- Each long curl is painted in a separate color, which in one hairstyle can be up to a dozen.
Shaved whiskey - the choice of modern youth
Tip! Leave your natural hair color on the short-cut part of the head, and select the shade of feathers by contrast to it.
If you are a natural blonde, make the strands black. Red and brunettes fit bright blonde. If you prefer, choose more spectacular colors, but do not overdo it so as not to turn into a parrot.
Styling options: short haircut staub, kane and others
Many variations of images is the main advantage of chelsea hairstyle.
- Make a short part of the haircut with a cap, twisting the long strands into curls to the full length, or curl only on the tips. This style is more feminine.
- If you put the feathers on one side, and lift the short part of the haircut and fix it with the gel, you will get a completely different, somewhat aggressive, image.
- If you twist the long part of the haircut in different directions, and smooth the short part by fixing it with a cream or gel, then your image will become more serious and concise.
For the always hurrying modern woman such a haircut is a godsend. After all, even just clean hair in this form looks stylish and outrageous.
Women's Haircut - Chelsea
As a rule, girls choose three different staining options:
- The feathers are painted the same color as the clipped head,
- Long strands make monotonous, but sharply contrasting with the short-haired part of the hairstyle,
- Each long curl is painted in a separate color, which in one hairstyle can be up to a dozen.
Tip! Leave your natural hair color on the short-cut part of the head, and select the shade of feathers by contrast to it.
If you are a natural blonde, make the strands black. Red and brunettes fit bright blonde. If you prefer, choose more spectacular colors, but do not overdo it so as not to turn into a parrot.
What is “Chelsea chop”?
I do not know what you thought, but it is practical material for gardeners. There is an agrotechnical device, which is called the English experts "Chelsea chop". It is applied in the middle - the end of May, just during the Chelsea Flower Exhibition, the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. From here the name “Chelsea's hairstyle” was born.
The originality of the idea is that perennials are not trimmed after, as in the standard cosmetic pruning, but before flowering. Shortening the shoots of the bush, the plants intentionally deprive the upper part, which changes the physiology and stimulates the development of axillary buds, which bloom 4-5 weeks later.
Chelsea haircut: rules for trimming plants.
I know two styles of “Chelsea chop”:
The first option is longline, i.e. shoots of the outer section (1/3 -1/2 of the bush) are cut to half their height.
The second option is selective, but in the same proportion (one stem out of three), which gives a softer, naturalistic effect to group planting.
Phlox paniculata, Campanula lactiflora, Echinacea purpurea, Eupatorium maculatum, Heliopsis, Veronicastrum, Helenium, Monarda didyma, Rudbeckia laciniata "Herbstsonne", Solidago are plants suitable for such an "execution". You should not get involved in pruning, the plants should have a rest at least one season!
Chelsea's haircut was tested by me in 1/3 proportion on two bushes of phlox growing in England.
Earlier flowering White Phlox phlox was photographed in mid-July, and Pink Attraction in early August. It is clearly seen that the trimmed shoots give the bushes pomp and compactness. They are only picking up color, while the higher, untouched part, blooms.
Chelsea's haircut in the Wisley botanical garden.
Early pruning of perennials is a salutary find not only for cottage plots where space is limited. Famous masters of landscape design also do not forget about the method in large compositions. The main tasks here are to achieve a neat appearance, especially when the plants are tall, and to prolong the flowering. By the way, Chelsea's haircut gives slimness to Piet Oudolf mixborders and Prairie-style plantings by Tom Stuart-Smith in Wisley Botanical Garden.
If you decide to conduct an experiment on your site, rely on local climatic conditions. Trimming should be carried out when the plant gains height, probably a little later than in England. Also start with early flowering varieties, because a delay in the development of late flowering can lead to the fact that they do not have time to prepare for the winter.
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