Ewan McGregor Faux Hawk Style. Photo by prestwick_99.
Sweeping the nation for the last year or two is the faux hawk (fauxhawk) or fohawk hairstyle. This newer version of the mohawk hairstyle so popular in the 1980’s does not involve cutting the hair so drastically on the sides of the head. A simple slightly shorter cut to the sides and back with the hair somewhat longer on the top of the head allows for the faux hawk hairstyle to be easily manipulated into shape with a touch of gel or wax. Simply smooth the sides back, ease the top into a tapered point and you’re done!
Another wonderful aspect of the faux hawk hairstyle is the ease in which it is hidden during the normal workday. It can be simply brushed back, or parted and brushed to the sides and no one is the wiser that when you go home you get a little bit on the wild side! A light mist of water to reactivate the styling product already in your hair, a quick swipe with a brush or comb and you’re done!
The faux hawk hairstyle can even be done without having to cut any of the hair at the sides of the head, just simple restyling. It’s great for the individual that has concerns about going with the true mohawk, and just want to try out a new look. It’s also less expensive just to try out, because, once again, it’s a matter of styling. You don’t have to worry about waiting for your hair to grow back if you hate it, you didn’t spend a fortune on it, and you don’t have to wear it all the time.
Any person can look great in a faux hawk hairstyle. Young boys, teens, college students, men and women can all sport the faux hawk. I’ve seen women wear it with a sprinkling of bangs and men wear it standing straight up over seven inches high! Often, the wearers cannot be seen at work with a true mohawk, so the faux hawk hairstyle is a great alternative. They look great in the office, and great at the club!
The faux hawk is really the best of both worlds. You can fit in no matter where you go, if it’s up or down. It’s two hairstyles in one and both look great! So just give in to the temptation, add a little styling product to your ‘do and see what you think. I’ll bet you like it!
How to Cut and Style A Faux Hawk
Cutting a faux hawk is a fairly simple matter. The sides of the hair are cut shorter while leaving a band of longer hair up the middle. The advantage of this style is that it can be worn in a more conservative manner for working and restyled into the faux hawk at night for going out.The hairstyle is easy to maintain with regular trim. And you can style it in minutes. The video below shows you how to style a faux hawk.
Faux Hawk Gallery:
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Elijah Wood
Blake Lewis Faux Hawk with Blonde Highlight
JoeHawk
Ricky Martin Faux Hawk
David Archuleta Faux Hairstyle
Layered Messy Fauxhawk
Slick Fohawk
Jude Law Soft Fauxhawk
Orlando Bloom Fauxhawk
Andy Roddick Fauxhawk
Cristiano Ronaldo Fauxhawk-Mullet
Kim Jae Joong Long Faux Hawk
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Kim JunSu Hair
41 comments:
I have a little bit curly and wavy hair, so i have to use a flatiron to plane it to make a good fauxhawk. Can you give me tips for glazing my hair, cause it´s often very hard at my short hair
Glazing your hair is will only optimize the look and feel of your hair. To straighten curly hair, it's far better if you use a curl relaxer. It will soften and relax your hair easily.
thank you for the tip, but does this also work on 3-4 inch long hair? And from where can get this "curl relaxer"?
Yes, it works. you can get it at store, modern salon, or ask your stylist for a good brand.
Hi i was wondering if u can tell what is the hair cut this guy in this link is wearing and the hair colour (like which shade of brown)???
http://www.kootinlok.com/koopic/photo_content.htm
Hi i normally have to straighten my hair, since it is quite thick, i also get it thinned when i go to the hair dressers, but when i put gel in it it doesn't want to stay straight (unless straightened) was wondering if you guys knew any good products that could help sort out this problem, because i keep on getting told that if i continue to straighten hair its not good for it. any help would be much appriciated
To "The Tommy S":
You can use wax, not any ordinary wax, but ask your hair stylist or any hair person for a stick of wax for your hair, that is what I use.
Um..
I really want to have my hair as like a Joe hawk or whatever with a fringe like one of the images...
But should I straighten my hair with a straightener first then use wax?
Hey what is the cream/wax that you use? "grooming cream"?
antenna wax..
real punx use elmer's glue or eggwhites
hey
i have pretty curly hair, actually really curly hair. will the fauxhawk still work for me, cause i really like the sytle of cut
Thnks..
Where can I get the Elmer's Glue?
Coz I use the antenna wax and Schwarzkopf glue..
Also..what do I say to the hairdresser...can u cut it to a fawkshawk??
you could also trying using pommade. it's like a grease/wax substance and it's much easier to use than your basic wax stick.
several brands i've used are Crew and Short Cuts, and they work quite well for me.
can any1 tell me wat should i tell to the hair stylist?
Same can someone tell me what to tell the hairstylist, should i just print out a picture and show them.
Thanks.
I like this style but im used to have a 0 back and sides and 5 on the top, if i let it grow how long should i have the top and sides?
And im wanting it to cover my forhead a bit, but still have the spikenes on the top and back. Anyone who can help me on this? Thanks
what type of gel or wax is good for faux hawks if you have thin wavy hair
i like this hair style and have just recently got it cut again, but this time i got bleached blond streaks my natural hair is DARK brown and with wax in it it looks black. i use keune forming wax,i have tried vo5 wax and a gel i found the wax made made my hair too oily with no hold and the gel was just awful. As i live in australia and cant buy and try gatsby or ice spiker
A very good product to shape your hair to a fauxhawk is the Fudge Hair Shaper, works like a wax holds like a Gel. Has a very nice Finish. Very nice smell as well..very nice hold too.
I really like the jude law soft faux hawk but my hair is super wavy super thick and curly any advice on what I should tell my hairdresser and what I should do to maintain it?
And of course, no one can forget the INFAMOUS Ryhawk. (The hottset of all faux hawks!)
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee300/_ShadowKat_/ryhawk.png
By the one and only, Ryan Ross
to the guy on the november 12,2008 anonymous . talking about the keune products . any styling product used in your hair is going to appear to have darkened your colour .in the keune range i would go for the keune BLEND . and try mixing the clay and wax or the paste and clay or even the paste and wax . all of the blend products give a good hold,shine and a great smell .
so i have a fauxhawk with a mullet and no matter what i do i can never get a soft dry and razor sharp texture that i want it always comes out kind of clumped together and looking wet i use a flat iron and usually sumotech and hairspray. is there anything i should do to get this texture?
i have straight thin hair and im thinking about getting a fohawk do u tink i should?
Hi
I recently went to a hairsalon, told the girl to cut my hair in a way that she think will look good on me.
She cut my hair cut my hair and styled it for me and told me its a faux hawk with a drylook. Just got some questions about the hair style...
When I have to style my hair do I first use wax, style the hair and then apply hairspray ? She told me she used wax but can somebody tell me how to use wax and hairspray to get the faux hawk dry look again ?
Also I got very curly hair but she used a hair straightener. I will probably kill myself using a device like that. Can somebody please recommend me a good hair straightener product ?
I really like the dryhair look, my hair is lightbrown but if I use gel my hair turn black.
The faux hawk is the greatest tragedy in hairstyling since the fe-mullet.
This style can only work if you have thin hair, or if you keep it really short.
if you have curly hair.. try axe gel spiked look that you can get from wall greens... and just spike it.... i keep mine up by rubbing some gel through most of my hair and i curve down the sides to get a faux hawk and i leave the bangs down... its pretty cool
for a good fohawk; you don't want to be using any gel types. they make your hair appear slick and greasy. also it's too heavy to keep the look. often the hair will fall. what you want to do, is purchase "spray wax" it's the best!.
My hair is thick in the back and on the sides but thin in the front. Is there a way to get the fohawk to look good even though there is less hair in the front?
my hairline at the back grows upwards at either side making it difficult to put down flat atm i use gel but it isnt the best is there any other ways????
hi call me "kyle" or "twiggys" there is only one wax that puts your hair up no matter how long or curly your hair is...
its called dominate waxx not dominate wax, dominate waxx ok it is the best
My hair is not thick at all, and very very light and poofy. This poof is natural and my hair stays poofy until it's probably around 4-5 inches long. Would a fauxhawk still work for me, because I know the sides should be short..but if my hair is short, it's poofy and I dunno if that'll work with a fauzhawk...I hope that made sense.
American Crew's "Grooming Cream" is the best to use.
Fiber Fiber Fiber! Especially for ppl with thick hair, Fiber by Crew is the end all be all! I have ridiculously thick hair and I've been rockin a foax hawk for the past 5 years. Before I found Fiber I tried using everything... gels, waxes, pomades, molding creams and everything in between to no avail. Since my hair is so thick it would either fall over, clump up, or curl up using those other products.
There are three simple things to remember to get a badass foax hawk especially if you have thick hair: #1 Get some Fiber by Crew. Sure it's expensive, but that's just cause it works... it's about $15 for a relatively small canister. #2 Make sure your hair is COMPLETELY day, any moisture will cluster f#$% your efforts. #3 Make sure your doing the styling in a cool dry place and that your hair/scalp is at room temperature.... don’t start styling right after you've used the blow dryer and your head is warm/hot or if you're sweating from running around... any kind of heat is your enemy.
After that it's smooth sailing, of coarse it'll help if you have your stylist go to town on your head with the thinning sheers and using some sort of relaxing/straightening product. And if you have the time and the patience using a flat iron once your hair is dry will definitely supplement your efforts. Once your hair is completely dry, use the flat iron section by section to straighten your hair, once your hair/scalp has completely cooled down apply the Fiber (the thicker your hair the more you're gunna use) working it into your hair in the general direction you'll want your hawk to look until it disappears, then use a combo and or your hands to style, finally spray with a firm holding hair spray so the style will hold all day! You'll be good to go all day long beatin the gurlies off with a stick!
What did Ewan Mcgregor used to style his hair in this photo? I like the texture of the hair.
ok so im trying to make myself a fohawk and im not sure im getting anywhere could someone please give me some tips on how to get a nice looking fauxhawk?(fohawk)
iS FAUX HAWK HAIRSTYLES ONLY GOOD FOR YOUNGER MEN? i'M A GOOD LOOKING GUY BUT I'M NOT A YOUNG PERSON AND OF COURSE NOT OLD. I'M IN MY PAST 40S. WILL STILL THAT HAIRSTYLES STILL DO LOOK GOOD FOR ME, ON ME? I'M GOOD LOOKING GUY BUT IS IT NOT AWKWARD FOR ME PAST 40S?
I have naturally wavy hair it's not straight nor curly and when i don't put anything in it, it looks like an afro. I was never able to find a style I liked because I would pick out styles that are meant for other hair type so it would usually be a disappointment after getting my hair cut. I started using this style and now it looks great. There is a lot of work to it though, especially for people with curly or wavy hair. The best option is to get the sides and back cut very low (2 is a good option). In the top tell your stylist to remove the volume but leave the length long. It looks a lot better when the top is left long. This cut should be done monthly in order to maintain the style neat.
Things you will need:
- Hair straightening iron preferably one that is designed for men (1 inch or less)
- Hair wax
make sure it's not too liquidy nor too thick
- Hairspray
Steps to do your hair in the morning:
1. After taking a shower towel dry your hair.
2. It might still be damp so it is a good idea to blow dry it. It doesn't have to be dried in any specific way. Just make sure it is completely dry.
3. After the hair iron is hot, start at the side of your head and iron a section from front to back making sure you flatten the tips. You will notice how smooth it looks.
4. Continue ironing the next sections the same way starting at the front and working your way to the back.
5. Flatten any undone parts to make sure the tips stick out towards the top.
6. Put a decent amount of wax on the palm of your hand and rub both hands to even out the wax on your hands. Style it through the hair making sure not to put too much as it might cause the hair to lose the straightness. Play around with it until you find the style you like
7. Pull on the tips to perfect the style.
8. Add some hairspray to maintain the style during the day.
This style is good for one day, I wouldn't recommend doing it the night before or maintaining it for several days as sweating can cause the style to frizz.
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