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Okay. We are in we're in October now. I hadn't had my hair cut since February. I had a quick trim in
July and then I had a cut last week. I have been growing my hair. It's the longest it's ever been.
And I've had some bad stages in this. I've had times where I felt like I'm getting there and I've
got a few pitfalls that I've definitely experienced that I
wanted to share with you because I know so many of you guys have been asking,
so many of you are growing your hair too, so this should help.
The first thing I would say to avoid a mistake you can make is to think that this is going to
be an overnight process. I know that you're, "Yeah, I know my hair has got to grow."
But thinking that it's going to be easy and not really having a goal in mind. Have a goal in mind,
have an idea of the type of hair that you want and the type of hair that you can achieve.
And on ManForHimself.com, I've got the hairstyle directory. On there there is a cut and a style
that I still look to. That's Jake Gyllenhaal, his hair is amazing. It looks fantastic. He's
got hair really quite similar to mine, but he looks far better than me. Let's be clear,
but he's got really fine hair. And I've been looking into that thinking I can achieve that.
Been looking to it. I've been seeing how it was styled, sort of the products that can be used.
And I've got my eyes on the prize. So check that out.
Just be mindful of what your hair can actually do. If you've got afro hair then growing out
it's just going to mean the hair is going to go bigger. I mean, you can obviously relax it.
And if you've got really sort of curly wirey hair, then it's going to grow in a different way.
So just keep that in mind. Right? The second sort of thing is those awkward stages. I have a friend,
my friend Nicholas who's a hairdresser had said to me, you're going to have awkward stages just right
out. I thought these awkward stages are going to be easy. It's going to be so easy, it's not.
Awkward stages really means when the hair's starting to do its own thing.
This especially on the sides. These started to grow like this and it looked awful. You're going
to find that. Let me put this back. You're going to find that the hair grows in different ways.
It's going to get to a point that it doesn't look styled. It doesn't look good. I can't see a thing.
And you just going to want to cut it. Avoid cutting it, avoid I'm doing little trims yourself,
taking it off here on the sort of sideburn area, across the neck, ride it out. Honestly,
avoid all those little bits, pin it back, use some sort of products,
a bit of clay onto that. So sleek it back just slightly, ride it out and see what you can do.
But a mistake also, and I would say about this is not getting your hair cut is also a mistake.
I was in lockdown so I couldn't get my hair cut from February until July. And when I did
get it cut, it really needed it. But I just had a trim because I was still growing it. And that was
really just to take the edge at the ends off, to just keep it neat, just to kill off some of that.
Well, to get rid of sort of the dead ends on it and just to ensure I had a bit more shape into it.
So don't avoid a hairdresser just because you're growing it,
go and see them regularly. And they're going to help to basically put a bit more
shape back into that hair. Maybe take out some of the sides, just kind of level it off to stop
the hair from flicking out, because that's what my hair was doing. Another sort of thing on this is
don't think that your barber or your hairdresser that you went to when you have that super sleek
fade, super sleek, super sharp fade is going to be the same person that can do this sort of thing.
I remember with one of my barbers when I decided initially that I wanted to
move away from the fades and I wanted to grow the sides out. My barber could only use clippers,
and I said, I really want a scissor cut. My barber just can't do that. So I had to make the decision
to leave that barber and to go someone that had more like a skill set for what I was looking for.
If you see a guy on the street or there's someone on social media whose hair you really like,
and you live in a sort of similar place to them,
ask them where they got it cut. And if you asked them where they got it cut, then it means you can
go to the same person because that person knows what they're doing. On manforhimself.com too,
you'll also see on the hairstyle directory, if it's something that a barber has submitted,
then you can check out where that barber works and you can maybe go and see them yourselves.
I've got places in London there. I've also got someone in the North, and there's a real
mixture there. So just be mindful of that. But you really do want someone that knows
their craft. And my friend Nicholas, who works at Josh Wood Colour, he did that because
he knows what I want. He knows me, he knows how I want my hair. He's kind of come on this bit of
hair journey with me. So just having these regular trims, just to ensure that it's growing in the way
it should. And yeah, it's slightly shorter than it was, but it's just going to grow in better.
Also, don't think that the same products you used when you had short hair are going to
work on longer hair. Now, you might think longer hair needs heavier and heavier thicker products.
It's actually the opposite. When your hair is longer, it's going to have more natural weight,
the hair's going to sit far easier. Those awkward stages, yeah, it's going to jump up
a bit, you might need something, but when you get to sort of this length,
actually having something lighter. In my hair today I've just used a tiny bit of hair custard,
by Lush, straight through the ends, I let it dry. And then just a bit of a hairdryer
with... What did I use? I used a tiny bit of cream, the dirty Lush texture cream, just to
add a bit more sort of definition I'm looking down here. Just to add a bit more sort of oomph to it.
But actually using some of those thicker clay products aren't going to be great
in this longer hair, because it's just going to weigh it down. Also in terms of products,
when you're washing your hair, maybe take down that washing cycle just a tiny bit,
I'll be doing another video on washing your hair, or it's already up, and just be mindful of that.
I'll link it so you can check out, but different products are really going to be needed. Stick out,
honestly, stick out, keep your eyes on the prize,
know what you want with your hair, and you will get there I promise you.
Thank you very much for watching. And if you're still new to this,
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Also, some more video suggestions down there, stay with me and watch them.
Head to the hairstyle directory will be there, right there. And there are
other links of things I've spoken to in the description. Until my next new video, buh-bye.