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Styling Guides

Step-by-step styling tutorials and inspiration for every occasion — from everyday blowouts to wedding-ready updos.

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Styling Guides

Fade Haircut: A Stylist's Guide

A fade haircut blends the sides and back from short at the bottom to longer on top. Here is how low, mid and high fades differ, which suits your hair, and what to ask for.

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Curtain Bangs: A Stylist's Guide

Curtain bangs frame your face without the commitment of a full fringe. A Glendale stylist explains the cut, who it suits, and how to style it at home.

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Hush Cut: A Stylist's Guide

A hush cut gives you soft, airy layers without the choppy steps. A Glendale stylist explains the technique, who it suits, and how to style it.

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Digital Perm: A Stylist's Guide

A digital perm builds soft, bouncy S-waves that last months with no curling iron. A Glendale stylist explains the process, cost, and aftercare.

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Halo Hair Extensions: A Stylist's Guide

Halo hair extensions add length and fullness in 60 seconds with no clips, glue, or damage. A Glendale stylist explains fit, blending, and care.

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Stylist shaping the top tier of a jellyfish haircut on a client with long dark hair at The Look Hair Salon in GlendaleStyling GuidesOct 9

Jellyfish Haircut: A Stylist's Guide

The jellyfish haircut keeps your length while adding a short, rounded top tier. A Glendale stylist explains who it suits, styling, and upkeep.

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Layered Bob Haircut: A Stylist's Guide

A layered bob haircut adds movement, volume, and softness to a flat bob. Our Glendale stylists break down variations, styling, and upkeep.

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Stylist pinning a half-up bridal updo, one of the classic wedding hairstyles for long hair, at The Look Hair Salon in GlendaleStyling GuidesOct 7

Wedding Hairstyles for Long Hair: Stylist Guide

Wedding hairstyles for long hair, chosen by neckline and venue. A Glendale stylist explains updos, half-up, waves, prep timing, and the bridal trial.

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Micro Link Hair Extensions: A Stylist's Guide

Micro link hair extensions add length and thickness with no heat or glue. A Glendale stylist explains the method, damage risks, upkeep, and cost.

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Stylist blow-drying a butterfly haircut with long face-framing layers at The Look Hair Salon in GlendaleStyling GuidesOct 5

Butterfly Haircut: A Stylist's Guide

The butterfly haircut gives you short-hair volume without losing length. A Glendale stylist explains the layers, who it suits, and how to style it.

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Stylist cutting a long layered haircut into glossy brunette hair at The Look Hair Salon in GlendaleStyling GuidesOct 3

Long Layered Haircut: A Stylist's Guide

A long layered haircut adds movement and shape without losing your length. A Glendale stylist explains how to ask for long layers and keep them.

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Stylist flat-ironing a smooth, shiny silk press into long dark natural hair at The Look Hair Salon in GlendaleStyling GuidesOct 2

Silk Press: A Stylist's Guide

A silk press gives natural hair sleek, shiny, chemical-free straight styling that lasts 1-2 weeks. A Glendale stylist explains the process, upkeep, and safety.

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About Styling Guides

Step-by-step styling inspiration and how-to guides from the team at The Look in Glendale — from making a blow-out last five days to flat-ironing without frying your ends to building an event-ready updo that survives the night.

Each guide is written the way we'd explain it standing behind your chair: the tools that matter, the ones that don't, the prep that makes the difference, and the realistic timeline for getting the look at home versus booking it in the salon.

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