Rough Cuts : A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating High-Impact Hair Cuts ...at Home

by Roseward Sky, Colette Moncion (Photographer)

This book is from the publishers of Beautiful Braids and More Beautiful Braids. This small paperback book contains 93 pages of all the latest rough cuts going. The cuts are straight from all of the top salons in New York City. Rough Cuts includes 15 of the latest looks going. From the funky Fade to the hip Caesar to brand-new asymmetrical and layers styles for both men and women. Rough Cuts shows you how to achieve today's wildest cuts. The book includes step-by-step photos and simple instructions make it easy for even a beginner to complete each cut in less than an hour.

If you are a Susan Powter fan, you will love this book. The 15 different cuts include the Platinum Butta ala Ms. Powter, the Seventh Avenue Asymmetrical designed for true oval faces, the layered Petal Cut with length at the neck and lots of layers everywhere else, the Caesar, the super short Tango with lots of feathers and tapering, the Flipped Script, Razor Cuts, the Forelock which is a Razor cut with a big long bleached front lock. The cuts also include the Spike, the Rooster, Tangerine, Flashpoint, Soho, Spun Sugar and Ultimate which is the total shaved head look.

All the styles are very short to shaved. The book gives you detailed instructions and steps on how to cut each look. The necessary cutting tools are described such as the cape, hair clips, magic tape and the type of scissors. Two pairs of good scissors are suggested. The book explains what type of scissors to purchase.

If you want a short look for 98 that is very edgy, this is the book that will get you there. If you don't want to do the cut yourself, take this book to a stylist and let them duplicate it. All the information they need is carefully and clearly included.

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Paperback: 93 pages
Publisher: Three Rivers Press; 1st edition (October 29, 1996)
ISBN: 0517886154