2011 Styling Tips for Emo Hair: Spiking

2011 Styling Tips for Emo Hair: Spiking

Spiking your hair can be a pain in the butt, especially if you have thin hair that likes to go limp. However, there are several ways that you can style your hair, regardless of how your hair acts/the texture. You need to make sure to play with your hair so that you get a better idea of how it behaves and the best way in order to get it to spike up.

First of all, you need to figure out what you want to use. Gels can be good—but they do have a kind of weird texture when you look at them. There is also putty, which is stronger than gel, but also heavier and doesn’t work quite as well in thin hair. You can use hairspray (different strengths work for different people, so you need to play with this as mentioned before). Then there are pomades which is sort of between gel and putty but not quite as sticky.

The next thing is, to give your roots the most attention. The problem with most people who spike their hair is that they give the top of their spikes the most attention. If you watch anyone who has a mohawk and successfully spikes it, you will notice that the roots are taken care of first. Once you spray the roots, pomade the roots, somehow make the roots stand up, the rest of your hair will be much more compliant. You may want to try using a gel or some thing like that at the roots of your hair and then use hairspray for the actual spikes. Just remember—your roots need the strongest hold. Once they’re up, the rest of your hair will follow. Keep playing with it until you get the right combo of products and the spikes that you want.