Category: Faux Hawk

Wavy hair might be the single best texture for a faux hawk, and I’ll say that without much

Thick strands are supposed to need extra work for a faux hawk. Not exactly. Thick strands hold the

Thick hair does not make a faux hawk harder. It makes it heavier, which is a different problem.

Straight hair is often said to fight a faux hawk. It doesn’t. Straight hair holds the center ridge

Whether curly hair fights a faux hawk is a fair question. Depends on the curl pattern, mostly, and

The long faux hawk tends to end the fight with a curl pattern rather than continuing it. Instead

Thin-haired guys ask about faux hawks more than almost any other short style, mostly because the height trick

Curly hair holds height on its own, so a barber isn’t fighting the texture to build the shape.

Curl gives a faux hawk the volume and texture that straight hair has to fake with product, and

1. Classic Medium Faux Hawk This is the version most barbers default to when a guy over 40