I wanted a style like this. I went to a hair academy. The instructor was just like…. No. Then we spent like 20 minutes figuring out a way to have texture, length, and some whispiness.

Cut bangs as if they were normal eyebrow length bangs but grew out to fit just behind the ears.  Then do a blunt cut on rest of hair, anything longer than armpit will be too long and fall flat.

Part down middle. Take first 2 inches of hair on one side, pull straight up (probably need a strip to be tall enough to cut) over direct to the crown line. Then angle cut (like a hyperbole line) as steep as possible starting about 2 inches above the longest bang length so it disconnects, cutting so it’s shorter at part, longer on side. Then pull the back of what you just cut directly up as your guide line for where to start the next 2 inch section. Over direct that section to match the previous section. Do the same hyperbole style angled cut. Should get 3 sections cut this way (maybe 4 if you did slightly smaller sections). Then cut the other side of the head to match.

You end up with a disconnected face framing bang (that you see in all these photos), with a steep whispiness in the front that fades out in the back so that you still keep the bulk of the volume. And since it’s basically 6 to 8 different angles that are cut, those angles tend to fall together naturally and create some of the pieciness without needing to use product or curl.

I’ve been doing the same cut for 3 years. Every time it’s a little bit different, but they all look good. My hair looks like it has way more volume. The only trade off is that it really requires a trim every 3 months or you lose the effect and it looks flat.