Taper Fade Haircuts 2020

Taper Fade Haircuts 2020

Fashion Trendy BitchThe taper fade haircut is one of the most popular men’s hairstyles. While the taper and fade are actually two different types of haircuts, they both combine to create the taper fade. Versatile, clean cut, and a blend between modern and classic, there are many variations of taper fades. Whether you have straight, thick, thin, wavy or curly hair, the taper fade is the best way to cut short hair on the sides and back.

If you’re looking to get a taper, here are the best taper fade haircuts for men. From a low, high, mid, skin and bald taper on the sides to pairing the cut with short, medium-length or long hair on top, check out our collection of pictures to find a cool taper fade hairstyle!

What Is A Taper Fade?

The taper fade haircut is a way to cut hair on the sides and back. The taper fade starts with long hair on top and gradually tapers the hair shorter down the sides of the head. The fading process blends the longer hair on top into the sides to create a clean faded or tapered style.

The tapering process is usually performed with clippers and scissors. Sharp and neat, the result is a high contrast, low maintenance haircut that doesn’t require any styling and thereby emphasizes the hairstyle on top.

How To Ask For A Taper Fade

When you ask your barber for a taper fade haircut, you’ll need to know how high or low you want the fade to start and how short you want the cut to go. With so many different types of tapered haircuts, it’s important to know how to talk to your barber to get the cut and style you want.

For instance, you can ask for a high, medium or low fade. The low fade begins just above the ears goes all around the sides and back. The high fade blends right at the top of the sides and quickly tapers the hair down.

How To Cut A Taper Fade

To cut a taper fade, you’ll need a good pair of hair clippers with a few guard sizes for the blending process. If you a crisp, clean cut fade, we highly recommend you visit a barbershop. To do a fade, the hair on top must be the longest part of the cut. The hair on sides and back should then progressively get shorter.

Using different clipper guard sizes, slowly taper the hair. However, you can decide how quickly or gradually you want the fading to be.

To cut your own hair and do a taper fade effectively at home, you’ll need to seamlessly buzz your hair so it looks naturally graded from one length to another.

Taper vs Fade: What’s The Difference?

It is important to note that there is a difference between a taper and a fade. Although barbers use both cuts to smoothly transition between different hair lengths, the classic taper is different than a traditional fade.

When you compare the taper vs fade, tapered cuts leave thicker, longer hair on the sides while fades trim hair very short and down to the skin.

Ultimately, the taper fade is a modern haircut that combines the best parts of both cutting techniques. Short, trendy, and iconic, it’s one of the top haircut styles for men!

Best Taper Fade Haircuts

The taper fade has been a popular men’s cut for years. Below, we’ll provide examples and ideas on the best taper, fade and taper fade haircuts for men.

Whether you want a high, mid or low taper fade paired with short or long hair to style a comb over, slick back, quiff, blowout, crop top, pompadour or hard side part, these are the best fade hairstyles to get right now!

Low Taper Fade

The low taper fade is stylish and easy to get, and continues to be the most popular fade haircut for guys. The low taper can be combined with any number of classic and modern men’s hairstyles. While the low cut still offers the traditional short sides and back, the tapered haircut doesn’t expose too much of the scalp.

From the side part to the quiff to the comb over, the low fade is perfect for business professionals, gentleman, young men, and boys. However, you can ask your barber to make the low taper fade very short and edgy with a skin fade finish. The bald fade will shave the bottom of the taper for a cool style.

High Taper Fade

The high taper fade is the shortest fade haircut you can try. The high taper starts just below the longer hair on top, and usually tapers quickly for a high-contrast look. Generally, the high fade looks better with modern styles like the textured quiff, French crop, faux hawk, spiky hair, and buzz cut.

Furthermore, if you want a short haircut, the high taper fade can get you the contrast necessary to focus the eyes on the short hair styled on top. Sleek, trendy, and badass, the high fade haircut offers a sexy cut and style that will look good on hipsters, bad boys, dashing young guys.

Mid Taper Fade

The mid taper fade is a great haircut for guys who want a happy medium between a high and low fade. The mid taper starts in the middle of the head and buzzes hair all around. Clean and fresh, a medium fade looks both professional and fashionable.

Match the mid fade haircut with a comb over, brush back, blowout, or fringe hairstyle to take advantage of the short sides, long top men’s hair trends. For a crisp and sharp finish, ask your barber for a line up along the edges.

Taper Fade + Long Hair

The taper fade looks especially good with long hair. As one of the best short sides, long top haircuts, a long hair fade maximizes contrast on the sides and back to focus your eyes on the longer styling above. Medium-length to longer hairstyles also offer the advantage of versatility, giving guys the ability to try a number of different hairstyle ideas.

If you’re willing to experiment with the latest trends, textured and messy styles are great-looking and casual. Try a long quiff, comb over, slick back, brush up, faux hawk, or spiked up style. The long hair taper should be a natural fit.

Coolest Back to School Hairstyles to Slay Your First Day

Coolest Back to School Hairstyles to Slay Your First Day

Get you a hairstyle that can do both – withstand the sweat of gym class and complete that epic first day outfit you've got planned. These celeb faves are just what your strands need to take on the first day of class and live to tell the tale.

Check out all the trendiest back to school hairstyles (and haircuts, too) that will have jaws DROPPED as soon as you walk in the door.

Twisted Bangs

Instead of your typical braids, try out a cool twisted take to keep your bangs out of your face. Keep your center part as is, then wrap two pieces of hair over the other. Wear your natural texture for a chill, beachy look.

Long Bangs

A half-up, braided statement bun with bangs and gold detailing? There's a lot of chicness happening here. Skai Jackson keeps this hairdo from looking basic with super long bangs – an unexpected, but super cool detail.

Swept Back

Go suave on the first day of school with swept back bangs that serve that 2019 Greaser vibe. It's somehow both casual and glamorous.

Big Bow Energy

Hair clips and statement bows – 2019's favorite accessories. Ditch your hair tie and use your favorite barrette (the more extra the better) to clip back your hair into a low pony. It'll stay put all day and look so chic.

Super Easy Back To School Hairstyles

Super Easy Back To School Hairstyles

We can all relate when the thought of school starting in the next couple of weeks has us feeling like this: We hope to make the getting ready in the morning a more splendid experience. So we at Luxy Hair are going to be discussing 10 Super Easy Back To School Hairstyles that can be accomplished in less than 10 minutes to save you that extra time in the morning to catch up on your beauty sleep. Basically, by the end of this blog post we hope to leave you feeling more like this:

Our beautiful friend Elanna Perchele has compiled an easy to follow video tutorial for these beautiful braid hairstyles. You can watch the video below or keep scrolling for text instructions:

Elanna is wearing her 180g Seamless Ombre Blonde Luxy Hair Extensions to help create more length and volume, however, these hairstyles are also achievable without the extensions.  

The Twisted Fishtail Braid

In this hairstyle Elanna clips the extensions in vertically instead of horizontally in order to avoid the wefts being seen when you pull your hair back for the braid.

1. Take the pieces of your hair from both sides of your face and secure them in the back with a small clear elastic creating a mini ponytail.

2. Take the mini ponytail and flip it through the middle, creating a pretty twist. 

3. Grab two sections of hair a bit lower than your twist and repeat the last two steps, creating another twist.

4. Create a fishtail braid with the end pieces of your twist ponytail and secure with another elastic. 

The Half Braid

1. Take the whole top section of your hair and secure in place with a clear elastic. 

2. OPTIONAL - take out some wispy pieces near the front of your face for a more effortless look.

3. Cover the elastic by taking a piece of hair in the ponytail and wrapping it around the elastic, securing it with a bobby pin. 

4. With the remaining pieces of hair, create a regular three strand braid. 

5. Secure with another elastic, and take a small piece of hair, and wrap it around the elastic to cover it up once again. 

The Fake Side Braid

1. Create a side parting.

2. OPTIONAL - add your two clip wefts on the side with more hair so you can have longer strands to work with.

3. Take two sections of hair and secure with a clear elastic, and then flip it and pull through like so:

4. Just underneath that again, take two sections of hair and secure with an elastic, and flip it and pull through. 

5. Repeat.

5. You can continue to do this technique all the way down, however Elanna wraps it up just by her ear.

The Side Dutch Band

1. Create a side part.

2. OPTIONAL - For this hairstyle, Elanna clips in her two clip wefts by flipping them in to create an extra thick one clip weft to really give this braid dimension.

3. Create a dutch braid that frames the front of your face working your way all the way down.

Dutch Bun Braid 

1. Create a side part.

2. OPTIONAL - For this hairstyle, Elanna clips in her two clip wefts by flipping them in to create an extra thick one clip weft to really give this braid dimension.

3. Create a dutch braid that frames the front of your face working your way all the way down.

4. Secure with a clear elastic.

Teenage Haircuts For Guys

Teenage Haircuts For Guys

Back to school is a time for new clothes and fresh hairstyle. Check out these 21 teenage haircut for guys that combine the latest trends and easy-to-wear looks.

If you’re into standing out from the crowd, try a hair design or trendy textured style. If staying cool while playing sports is more important, a fade haircut looks good with minimal effort.

Some of these haircut require some product while others don’t. Styling hair is easy. Just work a pea-sized amount of product between palms to heat it up and work it through hair. Most looks can be styled with fingers alone but other like the comb over, look best when finished with a brush or fine-toothed comb.

Spiky Texture + Hair Design

This cool cut combines blonde color, trendy texture and the latest looks, a neckline hair design. Get just one of these elements or all of them.

Comb Over Fade

The comb over fade is one of the most popular haircuts for men because it looks cool and is easy to style. Just work a low shine or matte product through hair and comb it over to one side.

Short Quiff + High Fade

This short hairstyle is even easier to style. Add a touch or product at the forehead and work hair up and back. This cut works for thick, wavy and curly hair.

25 Popular Boys Haircuts

25 Popular Boys Haircuts

There’s no reason not to get creative with kids hair. Color, hair designs or trendy cuts may be forbidden later so let them have fun now.

Some of these haircuts for boys are styled but all will look great with or without hair product. Check out these kids haircuts for all hair types. These are the most popular boys haircuts of 2019.

Teen Boy Haircuts

Younger guys tend to go for cooler, trendier looks. These teen boy haircuts cover those bases and are also easy to style. You can look great without a lot of time to work on hair or money to spend on products. The key is to start with a haircut that works for your hair type and then styling is a breeze.

For the most part, young men have plenty of hair. Show it off with a cut that highlights thick hair while making it manageable. If you’re experiencing premature thinning, try one of these haircuts instead.

Most of these looks can be styled with a combination of air drying and a dab of product. Check out this pomade guide for recommendations that work for all hair types and budgets. This year’s men’s hairstyles are all about texture with a matte finish so look for hair products with those words.

This is an age where you can have fun with hair, whether you want to dye it a bold color, try a mohawk, or go for one of the latest trends. Now check out these 15 cool haircuts.