Que(e)ry #1: Currrrrrls, Part 1

By Raimi and Lee

Hello,

We are Raimi & Lee: your hair consultants/fairy godqueers. We’re here to answer all of your hair que(e)ries and conundrums. We’ve got nine years of hair cutting experience between us. We’re not professional barbers — we’re queerer than that. We love making other queers look fabulous. Where possible, we use photos and examples of real people with gaymazing hair. 

So. Folk got lots of questions about curly hair. How to cut it; how to style it; what products to use: lots of questions! We love curls. Curly hair differs drastically from person to person depending on hair thickness, tightness of curls, and how your hair falls. Since we had so many questions about curls, we’ll start specifically with shorter cuts and styles, and we’ll cover longer styles next time!

Here are some short curly hairdids we <3. Play with these for how they would look with YOUR hair!

Curly (faux) hawk*:

Another take on a queer classic. The faux hawk is a versatile style in which the sides & back of the hair are shorter than the hair on top of the head.

Curly Mohawk*:

Mohawks are a punk classic in which the hair on the sides of the head is trimmed shorter—leaving a longer sunburst silhouette on the top and back.

(Rhianna source: stylesnew.com)

Chelsea
The Chelsea is a bold ‘do where the hair on the sides, back, and top, is trimmed short; leaving a longer bang in the front of the face. POW! The bangs are often very blunt and straight across the forehead. But don’t hesitate to experiment!

Asymmetrical

Asymmetry is in. From undercuts, to bobs, & mullets: asymmetrical cuts are ubiquitous, fun, and a little subversive… SO MANY POSSIBILITIES!

(Source: lisamalanij.blogspot.com)

Jazz Age Realness:

For those endowed with luscious curls, dive into the history books for some inspiration! One of our favorite fashion eras is the Jazz Age.

Forget the fingerwaves and pin curls of old; you have the curls! Cut and styled into a short bob, and then you’ve got that flapper realness. A great option for short curly hairstyle that is boyish & femme ALL AT THE SAME TIME!

DIY:

You know your hair best. Curly hair often has a mind of it’s own, so create your own cut (or have a friend or knowledgeable-about-curls stylist do it for you) that works with the particular way your curls fall.

*Hair has meaning. Some hairstyles and language describing them is culturally significant. If you’re wearing a hairstyle that is not from your own cultural background (as is often the case for people wearing “mohawks”), it might be useful to think about cultural appropriation. If you want to understand more, check out this.

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Go ahead. Ask the experts!

Don’t see your Qweary here? Check the forum!

Who said faux-hauks had to be thin? Not this queer. Sunny’s got her punk on; with torn up black jeans, broken-in black boots, plugs, tattoos, and that fabulous bleached wide faux-hauk. But the bow tie adds a touch of dandy. 

Sweater: H&M
Black button-up: American Apparel
Bow Tie: The Tie Bar
Skinny jeans: CPS jeans
Boots: ALDO
Plugs: gift in Thailand 

Sunny’s Tumblr: tipthevelvet.tumblr.com

Anonymous asked: idk if you guys can help me with this but I have really curly puerto rican hair and i wanna get the faux hawk done. any tips or pictures of how i should get mines done ?

tMas says: Working with textured hair is always about cutting the shape. I love cutting textured hair! It holds shape so well. Depending on what length you want it at, your curl shouldn’t be a problem. The thing about faux hawks is that the shape needs to be triangular. Longest in the middle and tapering down to the to corners of the head. The sides can be cut shorter and either slicked/pushed back or just left as is.

As long as the shape is cut into it and the angle from middle to sides is not severe, you can push the hair into the middle to create the faux hawk. A HUGE misconception with faux hawks is that you smooth the hair up and into the middle with the palms of yours hands meeting palm to palm. All this does is make the hawk look like a rounded mess since our hands are rounded at the edges. Hair should be “fingered” towards the center until a soft triangular shape is achieved. Pin head faux hawks are OUT. Natural organic soft faux hawks are sexy! 

source: africanamerican-hairstyles.blogspot.com

Anonymous asked: Fauxhawks. In or out?

tMas says: As a true faux hawk. Out. As a variation of a faux hawk. In. Asymmetric faux hawks are cool. Ones that are cut for faux hawk but styled more messy instead of perfectly coiffed to the middle work too. It’s summer time, so messy styling is in. Occurs naturally because of the summer heat and humidity. 

source: The Summer Set’s Facebook Photos

Like tMas’ Facebook page: Hair by tMas

I rarely post pictures taken in the mirror with camera phones, but when I came across Laura’s beautifully composed shot I liked it so much that I sought her out. The shoes, the posture, the hair, the swag. She’s got a black and white outfit with just a few touches of red, leaving room for us to take in her messy long-haired bleached tips faux hawk.

• Skinny Pants: Hollister
• Jacket: H&M
• Shoes: Nike