Style Guide

How to Use Sea Salt Spray: Where, When and How Much
How to Use Sea Salt Spray: Where, When and How Much
How to use sea salt spray for grip, texture and body: spray damp hair, start with 4-6 sprays, blow-dry the roots up or scrunch for waves, then finish if needed. Read more...
Why Your Hair Won't Hold a Style (and How to Make It Last)
Why Your Hair Won't Hold a Style (and How to Make It Last)
Styled it in the morning and it's gone by noon? Here's why hair drops out of shape, and the simple routine that helps it hold, from a Scarborough barber. Read more...
Style Your Hair at Home Like Your Barber
Style Your Hair at Home Like Your Barber
Your hair looks right leaving the chair, but not after you wash it? A barber's routine: dry it into shape, pick your finish, use less, and learn your own routine. Read more...
Why Your Hair Goes Flat by Lunch
Why Your Hair Goes Flat by Lunch
Good hair in the morning, flat by lunch? A barber explains why: how it dried, product weight, natural oils and humidity. Plus the routine that keeps the lift. Read more...
Why Your Hair Gets Frizzy
Why Your Hair Gets Frizzy
What actually causes frizz: humid air, a lifted cuticle and rough handling. A barber explains why it happens and what helps, from drying to a tiny bit of matte clay. Read more...
Texture Powder vs Sea Salt Spray vs Matte Clay: Which Should You Use?
Texture Powder vs Sea Salt Spray vs Matte Clay: Which Should You Use?
A barber's guide to choosing between sea salt spray, texture powder and matte clay: what each one does, when to use it, how much to use, and how to use... Read more...
How to Style a Messy Fringe at Home
How to Style a Messy Fringe at Home
How to get a textured, messy fringe at home: sea salt spray on damp hair, blow-dry forward, then texture powder at dry roots. Steps, amounts and the mistake that makes... Read more...
How to Add Volume to Flat Hair
How to Add Volume to Flat Hair
Flat hair? A barber's step-by-step routine for volume: sea salt spray on damp hair, a lifting blow-dry, then texture powder or matte clay. With amounts and the most common mistake. Read more...