In the 3rd decade of the 21st century, the blowout haircut has made a resurgence by associating its aesthetics with different variances of fade techniques.
Thus was the blowout fade haircut born in the hands of modern day stylists and enthusiasts who are relentless in experimenting to find new hair designs.
Styling it out has never been a challenge for me, rather I enjoy the process and so do my customers at every occasion.
This haircut looks as though you’ve been through gusts of winds that gifted you with an attractive haircut using the force of nature and it contrasts with the side hair very well!
Often, they are very low in maintenance but curly blowout fade haircuts should perform some care tasks to protect their natural hair.
My guideline today encompasses all of it – from ideation & styling to the maintenance, so let’s not pause until we’re at the very end!
Table of Contents
- Mind Blowing Blowout Haircuts & Different Fades
- Other Types Of Fades With Blowout
- Brown Low Fade
- Isolated Mid Fade
- High Fade Sharp Edges
- Coiled Drop Fade
- Neat Temple Fade
- Edgar Skin Fade
- Short Hair With Shaved Line
- Straight Hair Bristles
- Long Hair Mid Part
- Twisted Afro
- Modern Mullet
- Asian Kinky Updo
- The Brooklyn Blowout
- Twisted Toward Back
- Blonde Comb Over
- Dreads Burned Ends
- Wavy Hair Brushed Back
- Formal With Part
- Standard Burst Fade
- High Top Skin Fade
- Curly Mohawk
- Tight Crop Top
- Short Burst Mullet
- Man Bun Trimmed Sides
- Designs On The Back
- Blowout Fade Tutorial: The Safest Approach
- FAQ
- Thoughts
What Is A Blowout Fade?
Like I mentioned, it’s a hybrid between a blowout and a fade procedure compressed together to compose unique haircuts.
As the fades treat the hair portions on the sides at different lengths and extents, the rest of the hair undergoes a special treatment that includes shampooing, conditioning & blow drying.
Also known as the Brooklyn haircut, the blowout fade plays with the top hair and generates an air-brushed texture within the gradients of a neat pompadour to a messy updo.
The blown out portion can be slicked toward the front or the back as it’s left completely up to your preference!
Mind Blowing Blowout Haircuts & Different Fades
We’ll now be looking at some of the most fashionable blowout fade haircuts in the modern era that distinguish men with great taste from the average!
Taper Fade Curly Hair
There are quite a few different variants of the blowout taper fade curly hair based on how high up you go with your taper. Each of them carry significant features that set them apart from one another.
Low Taper With Beard
Starting off with a blowout low taper fade for curly hair, you’ll find it to be one of the most relaxing haircuts you could ever think of. The blowout is performed at a minimum level and a dense beard is added into the mix. This low taper separates the beard from the hair body to generate gradients of density that only increases its appeal!
Mid Taper Curls
Curly hair blowout & mid taper has been one of the prime choices for tasteful black men. Whether it’s a football player or a pop artist, this look has been popularized in all fronts because of its class as well as the easygoing nature. You can throw this style on and literally forget about it for the following few days – such is the level of convenience!
High Taper Spillover
A blowout fade high taper implies that your top hair section would be subjected to isolation with a stark contrast of length variance. Hair sides would expose a larger area of your skin and the curls sitting on top should find less support from around. This results in what looks like a curly spillover from the fringes and it dramatically increases the styling value.
Other Types Of Fades With Blowout
Drawing our focus from the curly tapers, we will now explore the wide variety of fade techniques that the umbrella of fade has to offer us.
Brown Low Fade
Low fades have been the designer’s pick for many decades for its charm and for the fact it’s a straightforward concept. Making it into a low blowout fade only enhances its potential to a whole new level by producing some of the most handsome looks. A pompadour-ish effect toward one side that also mimics a slicked look is probably the neatest hairdo I’ve come across in a while.
Isolated Mid Fade
This rendition of blowout mid fade reminds of those French crop tops which preferred isolating the top hair from the rest of the bunch. Although, faded at the medium level don’t necessarily create a sharp separation, thus this haircut had to seek refuge in the two tone method as well. Top layer of bleached blonde with the original color lying underneath, you’ll regret not trying it!
High Fade Sharp Edges
I don’t always recommend high fades to my clients before learning whether they are prone to sunburns or any other vulnerabilities like this. As it lays the scalp bare surrounding your head at a large proportion, the payout is equally astounding. The top hair can be left short and a fully grown beard with all of the fringes lined up to precision complete this tidy haircut.
Coiled Drop Fade
There’s a chance you might mix this blowout drop fade with a burst because of the oval shaped hair reduction behind the ear. But it’s a drop fade nonetheless because you’ll have to pay close attention to the foot of the nape. While large curls consume the major portion of the head area, the nape’s edges comply with the fade on the sides, making it fall under the low drop genre.
Neat Temple Fade
From a stylist’s point of view, my recommendations for curly hair that demand hefty maintenance is to trim down the sides. It makes upkeep very easy on a day to day basis with an added charm to your look. If fades don’t float your boat, no worries – a temple fade should suffice in this matter. You can put on a temple blowout fade as your hairdo literally in minutes!
Edgar Skin Fade
Not every variant of an Edgar cut is edgy and mixing it up with a blowout skin fade tones it down by a few notches instantly. Following an invisible bowl as your guideline, apply the skin fade underneath it, encompassing your head. Top hair is to be treated with a wash and then blow dried into a smooth & fine texture which should sit idly complemented by sharp bangs at front.
Short Hair With Shaved Line
Short hair blowout fades have quite a few paths to walk down into: a crew cut, or buzz cut or even a number 2 cut. These are the most convenient ways of interpreting blowouts because you’ll have very little hair to perform this treatment to. Although the flowing hair texture won’t be much apparent due to the length, shave down a semi oval line on one side as a focal point of your look.
Straight Hair Bristles
Out of many different ways of styling a blowout fade straight hair, you can opt for the Asian approach. It generally works with medium length hair that carries a miniscule taper on the sides. Then comes the most interesting part. Having applied hair conditioner over a cleaned scalp, use your blow dryer to blast up your entire hair portion so that the fringes are bristled everywhere.
Long Hair Mid Part
The long hair blowout fades bear the mark of a fashionable individual and it offers a great many ways of styling into. Parting down the middle can be a valid option should you have the desire for it. Layer up from front to back so that the frontal hair can climb over your face at one side. A beard should most certainly bolster up the styling points of this look & render you a rockstar!
Twisted Afro
Let’s get deeper into the hybrid styles with this blowout afro taper fade. The afros aren’t left alone unkempt, rather they’re carefully twisted into thin strands standing upright all over your head. As I mentioned earlier, tapers reduce the discomfort of locks brushing over your eyes & ears. Blow them out directed at the napes to keep your hair protected from frizziness.
Modern Mullet
Traditional takes on mullets witness a condensing of hair around the nape area more than anywhere else. However, this modern variant of a mullet blowout fade doesn’t radicalize the hairdo as it carries only a neatly lined out temple fade. The remaining hair body needs to be creamed up and combed backward gently into this captivating as well as masculine haircut!
Asian Kinky Updo
Afro haircuts are based on kinky hair texture which doesn’t seem to take a moment’s rest to lie down. So, the Asian blowout fade concept has decided it’ll give the texture exactly what it wants – a full blowout to stand upright without any aid. This hair body then will go through a treatment of an oval shape after the blow drying part and it’ll maintain the outline without any difficulty.
The Brooklyn Blowout
This haircut is like seeping back to the OG design in this category. As you’ve already read, Brooklyn haircut is synonymous with blowout fade, implying we’ll be looking at the most typical designs in this gradient. Tapered sides hint at a minimal haircut and the sharp edges up front contradict that idea for better contrast. Blow dried hair falls flatly over the scalp in a slick fashion.
Twisted Toward Back
If you want to protect your curls further and feel like you’ve got the time to draw out the most creative design, then twist blowout fade is the concept you should consider. Small portions of hair need to be twisted or braided & waxed up to hold shape and fastened at the end. It can last for around a week if you sleep wearing a satin cap. A wash would most certainly see the end of it.
Blonde Comb Over
Comb over blowout fade is a more common phenomena than you might have anticipated. It endorses the slicked back take on your haircut with a drop fade treated around the sides. You’d be demanded to bleach your existing hair body to a glazing blonde tone which must be hydrated regularly. Using some hair cream & a comb, brush them backward with a flick to finish the look.
Dreads Burned Ends
Would you be shocked to hear that dread blowout fade is a valid concept which men with curly hair find fanciable? A temple fade should get you going in the first place and dreads need to be formed with your natural hair and fed in with blonde hair extensions at the dread ends. Use your blow dryer right after the procedure, before the dreads start to form to smoothen out the texture.
Wavy Hair Brushed Back
This particular hairstyle sits among one of my favorites because it’s an all-round concept – ideal for formal spaces and casual gatherings alike. It belongs to the wavy hair blowout fade category with low tapers on the sides and at the fringe of the nape. Then slowly blow the hair body out toward the back so that the waves are guided properly into this suave hairdo!
Formal With Part
Now we’re talking business with one of those formal haircuts befitting corporate spaces with a touch of spice in it. Blowout fade with part – that’s what the stylists call it – plays with a mid fade slowly curtailing toward the nape. You’ll be parting down your hair at the line and highlight that with a dab of trimmer. Shorter top hair requires blowing out into small spikes for perfection.
Standard Burst Fade
This time we’ve actually arrived at a generic burst blowout fade in a regular haircut. It doesn’t go over the top, both in terms of length and styling features. The nape line is carefully edged up in a very wide ‘V’ and the region behind your ear mowed into a burst. Rest of the hair body is blown out but brushed down quickly so that it only affects the texture and not the manner.
High Top Skin Fade
It’s as radical as you can get with your blowout skin fade haircut. For the most graphic contrast of lengths and approaches are made visible through this high top design. It’s the oxymoronic version of hairstyles, puffing up the top curls skyward that can block the view of your backseat movie watcher in the theater. Skin fade means you must apply sunblock before every outing!
Curly Mohawk
Things will get interesting when you lay your eyes on this concept. It bears the modern philosophy of hybrid haircuts that bridge between curls and mohawk blowout fade. How does it work? Well, a high fade or even an undercut works to remove the side hair. Then, blow your thin coils out so that they keep standing upright in the limited area to resemble a mohawk made of curls!
Tight Crop Top
Wear this tight crop top like a toupe over your head because that’s exactly the effect it aims to produce. Surround the fade following a straight line to make the effect look seamless. Bleach & dye the hair into a smooth caramel color and the reduced volume helps out in the easy blow drying procedure. Pull everything down and match it with a stubble to look smart!
Short Burst Mullet
While there exists the ideas like inverse mullet, burst mullet blowout fade won’t feel like a far fetched notion. You’ll have to trim everything down with a number 6 cut so that there’s still some length of hair left. Burst fade to open up the sides and density around the nape ensures it meets mullet standards. A blowout can soften down the sharp hair and make your head feel lighter.
Man Bun Trimmed Sides
Blowout fade man bun are two complementary prospects that targets at making your hair maintenance easier by the minute. Separate the top portion from the sides and cut down everything underneath, tagged with taper fade. Long hair that is blown out turns into sleek locks begging to be combined together into a smooth bun standing upright over your crown’s edge.
Designs On The Back
Last but not the least, blowout fade designs is one of very few unorthodox modes of hair styling which is endorsed by delicate barbers. Most of the hair body is quite short in length but the bangs up front extend in size to cover up the entire forehead. With some shaved designs on the nape, a taper fade aspires to accommodate that design making no interruption back there.
Blowout Fade Tutorial: The Safest Approach
Creating a blowout fade haircut using a blow dryer seems to me like the safest method you can follow through. It can be done within half an hour and it’s more beneficial than damaging to your strands.
Let’s learn in four easy steps the way you can land this haircut at home!
Step 1: Adjust Hair Lengths
The hair length adjustment refers to the trimming of side hair to make the fading task effortless and to isolate the top hair from the rest of it. If you’re going for a long hair taper, this adjustment step won’t be necessary.
Step 2: Apply A Fade
Pull out your hair clipper and tweak with the comb guards. Once ready, integrate the fade type you had picked out and your preliminary job will be done.
Step 3: Blow Dry
Now, shampoo and condition your top hair thoroughly. Then, apply some heat protectant solution on your hair body in a hefty amount. Following that, use your hair dryer to blow out the whole lot of hair into the shape you have selected. Try a concentrated nozzle for better results.
Step 4: Final Touch
Lastly, guide the hair according to your liking when it’s half damp and the dryer is still roaring on. It’ll help you seal in the look, whether it’s a slick back or laid down flat, without using any hair cream. Adding a shaved line or design is to be performed in this step as well.
Maintenance
In terms of maintaining your blowout fade, you can use leave-in conditioner overnight, wear a silk cap while sleeping and use a shower bag to keep the hair dry. There are more permanent treatments like Keratin application, but I’d recommend getting it done by professionals.
FAQ
There are so many queries regarding blowout fade that I can’t seem to address each of them in our short time. So, I’ll be answering the most important ones with your convenience in mind.
Q: Is a taper and blowout fade the same?
A: Not at all! Taper is a technique that fades the fringes of your head while blowout fade is a mixture of many styling techniques including a taper itself. In short, taper belongs as a sub-category to blowout fade haircuts.
Q: What makes a blowout fade last?
A: For one, not letting your hair get wet makes your blowout fades last. For the other, taking precaution during sleeping tends to increase the lifespan of these hairstyles.
Q: How long will a blowout fade last?
A: It depends entirely on how delicately you treat your blowout fade. If you maintain standard procedures and are careful about your hair, it should last you between 5-7 days.
Q: Do blowout fades damage hair?
A: The answer lies within a gray area. It’s both yes and no. Yes, because the blowout does include hair dryers and hot air. And no, because it smoothes out the hair texture and keeps the strands healthy in the process.
Thoughts
By this time, you have learned that there are many different ways to achieve a fade blowout haircut, some are permanent while the ones I’ve put on display are temporary.
I won’t discourage you from going for a Keratin treatment, but I’d ask for checking with a dermatologist first and visit a prominent salon for the procedure.
However, I must warn you against the Brazilian blowout fades because it has proven to be deadly in many regards.
This treatment aims at coating your hair with a protein solution so that the frizz is reduced and the texture is rendered silkier.
But it contains formaldehyde as a core ingredient, a prolonged exposure to which has the potential to cause cancer.
So, I wholeheartedly suggest you stick with the temporary, blow dryer treatment with heat protectant on for the best outcome overall!
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