Hair cuts

[Travis Lee Johnston]

Pomade wont really create a dry look, but Use a little bit of Murray's hair dressing found in the black hair care isle of your local drug store or wal-goods supermart for around 2-4$ a can. It's the stuff in the little orange tin jar with a picture of a "Welcome Back Kotter" black couple on the lid. A little goes a long way esp. for the look you want.

Get yourself an ACE brand pocket comb while you're there. Accept no substitutes.

Combing it comes down to a technique you need to figure out on your own, cause it's fairly easy but kinda hard to verbalise on a message board.

If your barber has any traditional skill he should be able to know what you mean by telling him you simply want a James Dean Pompadour cut. Depends also how much hair you have to work with. Good luck sir.

 

[Mr. Mario]

Basicly medium lenght of the hair, shaped and gently tapered on the back, use non greasy hair tonic or cream - Lucky Tiger or Brisk. An this is it. I think his hairstyle is not so difficult.

 

[Scotus]

I seem to remember reading a post, don't know if it was on this thread, I can't find it anymore, about grey hair and pomade... Well, my barber has a client looking like this:

I thought, hey, it can't hurt to show this picture!! I don't even know if that greyhound is using pomade... well, if not, this post still is in the right thread..

You wouldn't think it'd be a good look for grey hair, but it looks quite distinguished on him.

 

[Your Grandpa Dressed Cool]

I was using Murrays for a while but it gave me acne and girls didnt like the greasy look it had. I try not to make choices according to what girls think, but I didnt care for the grease ethier. I already have a Kent folding pocket comb, which works like a charm. I have been using layrite, but it comes out in the humidity of Charleston, hahah. Unfortunatley, I dont go to a barber. I go to a salon and the guy mostly cuts girls hair and is not familiar with traditional barber skills. I cant find a good barber around my town.

 

[The Good]

You may want to try Dax Wave and Groom (red can product), as it might be better for you than the Murray's, and I think it's a little more helpful for achieving a dry look, as long as you don't put on too much. Your hair might flop around a bit, but then again, James Dean's hair didn't really look "plastered" down. One thing you could try to do, is apply the pomade mainly on the roots of your hair only, and not spread it around all over your hair, that way the top could be more dry looking.

 

[Travis Lee Johnston]

As a guy you'll never get a good short MANS cut at a salon. They typically use cheap bad clippers you can buy at a grocery store versus using an Oster 76 shears or other good barber equipment that gets all the hair. Never take a Barber serious if he doesn't use a straight razor and has no hot lather machine in his shop.

Dude, you're telling me in that whole town there's NO half decent Barbershops within a 20 minute drive? Sometimes you really have to look to find these places or drive a bit. That's just the way it is. Not to sound like a dick, but for a good cut it's what you have to do sometimes.

 

[Your Grandpa Dressed Cool]

Yeah, I just need to look harder for an old guy who has been cutting hair for years and is still in good enough health and state of mind to cut hair just as well. Do you think lay rite will be able to achieve the James Dean?

 

[Travis Lee Johnston]

That stuff has never worked in my hair. Try out a LITTLE of Wild Root cream. You can achieve a dryer look and it combs in easy and wont be as messy as a pomade. Washes out easy too. It can be found at a Walgreens, at least around here.

 

[Maj.Nick Danger]

A little Brylcreem or Groom and Clean might do the trick too. Both,(when not OVER-applied) will add shine and some hold without giving the plastered greaser look. It takes a good bit of experimentation to get the exact look you desire.
Best of luck.

 

[Your Grandpa Dressed Cool]

I am thinking about getting a layered haircut that is like the one on the right. Does anybody know what this would look like combed for church and whatnot? Also, what kinda product would work good with a layered cut like this?


EDIT: The haircut I am refering to is under the title Layering and is the haircut to the far right.
http://www.ftmguide.org/haircuts.html

 

[Your Grandpa Dressed Cool]

Thank you Gentlemen. I will put these products on my grocery list.

 

[Rathdown]

It would help to have a couple of head shots of James Dean with you when you walk into the barber shop, so the barber will clearly understand exactly what it is you are trying to achieve. You might also call the local TV stations and ask to speak to someone in the make-up department; they may be able to point you in the right direction for a decent haircut.

 

[brylcreem boy]

I finally made it over to one of the small Barber shops I've been intending to try.
I went in with my hair looking pretty close to this:







Showed the Barber this picture which I found in the LIFE collection on google:



And walked out with what now looks like this:




So far, so good. No issues with frizzing sides at that length!

Looks great HodgePodge! I have a very similar cut, I tend to slick mine a bit heavier though. Looks good it always takes me time to break in a new barber, looks like he did a good job of making it easy to find your part also

 

[The Good]

Is there any idea what James Dean may have been using at the time even? Often, it's a mystery as to what specific hair products famous celebrities used, but James Dean is quite the hair icon even to the present. There might have been some sort of passing reference made to some stuff he used to comb his hair with...

 

[The Good]

I am thinking about getting a layered haircut that is like the one on the right. Does anybody know what this would look like combed for church and whatnot? Also, what kinda product would work good with a layered cut like this?


EDIT: The haircut I am refering to is under the title Layering and is the haircut to the far right.
http://www.ftmguide.org/haircuts.html

If you're talking about the third picture, I actually style my hair like that pretty often. To begin with, your hair should at least be pretty straight, but what I'd use is just a little bit of Royal Crown Pomade, mostly concentrated around the top and front. Just a little, enough that it is flexible when combing, but not when it's too stiff, or you used too much. You could use Brylcreem too if you'd like, but it has less hold, so your hair will be a little bit more floppy if that's what you're after.


But... if you aren't talking about how the hair is styled in that picture, and instead a more neatly combed look, then that's easy to do also. The stuff I mentioned will work for that as well, and it's a good look; for church or otherwise. With a cut similar to that, you could even do a James Dean style pompadour if your hair is long enough up front.

 

[Vic]

I wore that style for years and found that Bed Head's "Hair Stick for Cool People" worked perfectly. It's got the matte finish and exactly the right amount of hold. If I ever went back to that cut, I'd put away my various pomades and my brylcreem and switch back to that hair stick.

As for the cut, like others have said, a few good pictures will go further than a description.

 

[The Good]

Thanks, I'll check out the reviews on it at some point. I've never heard about that one before.

 

[I Adore Film Noir]

Take a copy of this with you:

 

[Yeps]

Maybe try to figure out what James Franco uses.

 

[Twill]

Having thick wavy hair would help tremendously.

I know for a fact that I could never do this. I have thick hair, but its straight as a board and very very fine. However, I do the clean cut businessman very well.