Let`s just say that it was a hair-raising experience, metaphorically at least. A Scottish teenager named Thomas Haggarty recently went viral on social media, after he shared a photo of a botched haircut he’d been given. Haggarty had visited a barber shop with high hopes after they were allowed to reopen for the first time since December. But he left fuming from the ears after the hairdresser shaved off both sides of his scalp, leaving an ungainly mop in the middle. It was in fact such a hellish experience that Haggarty posted a tweet pleading with Scottish PM Nicola Sturgeon to shut down barber shops once more. Well, salons are shut again in Mumbai. But we got hair artiste Fatima Faith Hussain to share tips for different types of hair and face shapes, so that the same misery as Haggarty’s doesn’t befall you once barbers are allowed to work in the city again.

For curly hair

Hussain says that people with curly hair, like Kangana Ranaut, need to first figure out whether they want to add volume or reduce it. “If you have fine hair, you’d want to add volume to curly locks. But for thick hair, you should reduce it,” she says, adding that what angle you want for your haircut depends on your face shape. “If someone has a square face, I would use an angle that is softer and rounder. But if the face is round and oval, I would use a square angle,” Hussain says. One more thing — it’s important to deep-condition your hair every couple of weeks to maintain the curliness.