-The idea of, like, full frontal forehead bangs
kind of freaks me out a little bit.
I'm just nervous what my hair will look like in the end,
just 'cause I have such fine hair.
I don't know if it'll be able to keep any texture.
Hey. My name's Melody,
And today, I'm getting a wolf cut.
That kind of easy, wavy, by the beach look
is usually my go-to,
but it is getting a little repetitive.
I'm not really the best with doing my own hair,
so, the lower maintenance, the better.
So, I'm inspired by the trendy new wolf cut.
It looks so fun.
Like, there's so much body and movement.
I do not mind the wolf cut
kind of being a modern take of the mullet,
just because it did have kind of a mullet when I was 13,
you know, when punk hair was all in style.
But I pulled it off.
This was the quarantine Melody.
And now, we're going to post-quarantine Melody.
And she's bold, she's fearless,
she's confident,
and she's ready to make a change.
-Hi. I'm Beau Stone, and I work at Meche salon
in Beverly Hills, California, as a stylist.
I have been a cutting specialist for over six years,
and I specialize in recreating looks, anything with extensions.
Also, adding color in.
Really, just creating looks is what I like to do.
So, knowing what the wolf cut is,
do you have any insecurities with that, or comfortability?
-I'm more open to getting curtain bangs
than just straight across bangs.
-Yeah, for sure. We could definitely, like,
customize it towards you.
-Perfect. I'm so ready.
-I'm excited for you.
-Yeah, me too.
So, for Melody today, we're gonna recreate the wolf cut.
And what we're gonna do is,
it's gonna really suit her face.
And we're gonna keep the bangs a little bit longer,
even though the wolf cut is a very fringe-heavy haircut.
We're also gonna really emphasize on the layers,
and really adding that fullness and volume to her hair.
And we're gonna keep the length,
to really accentuate that change.
First, I'm gonna begin brushing Melody's hair.
Prior to any cutting,
what I will do is, I'm gonna layer in some oil,
and then, I'm gonna layer in a little bit of cream
for style, by Oribe.
And what that will do is, it'll give me a little bit of ease
when cutting or combing through her hair.
I am going to start in the fringe.
I'm gonna go ahead and take some diagonal sections,
really keeping it a little bit longer,
knowing that I can go back through,
and add some more shorter bits or texture.
♪♪
-As an actor, I'm really excited to see exactly if I could fit
in different roles with this kind of haircut.
And I'm just really excited to test this out,
and see if maybe I want to take
my new headshots shots with this haircut, as well.
-From the fringe, I'm gonna go into this side area of her head,
everything from in front of her ear to the back of the ear.
And I will pull that forward,
and I will take out the weight with the razor, as I go in
and cut the length of the layers that really face-frame.
From there, I will connect the layers
from the front through the back,
through a vertical section, through the top of her hair.
And I will always cut away from my wrist
when cutting layers with the razor.
And as I do so, I will slide-cut through to add more texture.
♪♪
-Hair is identity.
I think it's really one of the easiest ways
to express yourself.
It's one of the first things people see.
So, I think your hair does make a pretty big first impression.
♪♪
-Once I've finished the layering process,
which is most of the haircut, then, I will look at the length.
And I'll take my shears for this part.
And I'll pull everything to the front,
split down the back through the center,
and I'll just slide-cut through
to create some more texture throughout the length,
and then, kind of chop into where I want to see it fall.
And then, I'll pull everything to the back,
and do kind of a similar thing,
point-cutting and slide-cutting
until I get the desired texture in her ends.
From there, we'll go in,
add a little bit of re-wetting spray
by the foundation mist of Oribe.
♪♪
I'll go in with the blow-dry.
And I'll start with a small blond bristle round brush.
And I'll blow-dry the bangs away from the face,
adding that nice bevel and bump.
And then, throughout all of the rest of the hair,
rotating directions,
and doing a wavy blow-drying with a small round brush.
♪♪
At the end, I'll finish with some Oribe [indistinct]
setting spray, and some super fine hair spray,
and really just kind of build in that texture,
separating the hair, and spraying in between.
And the exciting part -- the big reveal for Melody.
Ready to see the final look?
-I'm so stoked.
-There we go.
-Oh, my God!
I feel like a '70's supermodel.
This is incredible.
I just want to shake my hair all the time.
♪♪
I love my haircut so much.
I feel like a rocker chic supermodel.
I looked in the mirror, and I couldn't even believe
how good I looked with bangs.
Like, genuinely, I was so shocked
at how well the bangs turned out,
because I've had bangs in the past.
And it looks so great,
and it's gonna be so easy to style.
And I'm genuinely so, so happy with how it turned out.
-I really got to personalize the wolf but to Melody,
and her face, and her cheeks, and her jaw,
which kind of made it very unique to her,
and unique for me to get to cut it.
-I love the whole shagginess of it,
and how it made my really thin hair
look so voluminous, and textured.
And I definitely think it's going to be a hairstyle
I'm gonna repeat.
-I would say the wolf is really trending right now
because lots of layers, texture, and movement,
whereas we're kind of getting out of that really blunt,
beachy, wavy we look,
and really just emphasizing texture, and natural waves,
and low styling.
-I love that this look is easy to maintain.
All I'm gonna do is use my leave-in,
and just comb it, and let the rest air dry.
The overall transformation took about an hour.
Typically, with cutting,
especially working with the razor,
things go a little bit faster and smoother.
-I can't believe I had a celebrity hairstylist
cut my hair in such a legendary salon.
So, it's been an incredible opportunity.
-Working with Melody was really fun.
You could tell she was very nervous, at first,
for the big change.
She was nervous that it was a very fringe, full haircut.
And I think, as her comfortability built,
she got really excited,
and really had a fun time with it today.
I do feel Debbie Ryan vibes from this haircut.
I'm hoping she would be proud.
I feel like any of the cool girls
I see on Instagram with this kind of haircut.
It's awesome.
-My favorite part about my job
is getting to build that trust.
For example, Melody coming in, and not having that confidence,
and being a little scared,
to, then, leaving just super on top of the world,
and shaking our hair, and can't stop touching it.
That's one of my favorite parts of the job.
-I feel so confident.
I'm really glad that I took a risk,
kind of came out of my comfort zone
a little bit, to try something new.
I think I needed something to shake me up a little bit,
and make me feel brand-new.
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