Ghost Layers Are the Invisible Method to Increase Your Hair’s Quantity

We love a coiffure with tons of physique and motion, however typically it could actually require a variety of styling to make daring layers look good. In case your hair kind doesn’t play properly with unstyled layers, and also you need a look that may go from smooth and straight to bouncy and wavy, ghost layers are for you. These invisible layers assist create quantity whereas sustaining size and a clean profile. Forward, the consultants clarify who ought to have ghost layers and how you can use them as your secret weapon for unbeatable quantity.

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What Are Ghost Layers?

“Ghost layers are like just a little secret weapon in your hair—tremendous delicate layers that add motion and quantity with out anybody understanding they’re there,” explains celeb hairstylist and Balmain Hair U.S. ambassador, Gonn Kinoshita. “They’re blended so properly that they’re virtually invisible, which is why they’re known as ‘ghost’ layers.”

“Ghost layers are a way used to create a delicate layered texture within the hair with out shedding size,” says Matrix celeb hairstylist Castillo Bataille. These inner layers are minimize beneath a piece of hair that continues to be longer, which is how they create quantity. “Ghost layers are minimize shorter than the hair size. A part of the hair is layered and might arise and transfer simply by being minimize shorter so the layers can create quantity.”

In essence, your stylist removes simply sufficient weight to permit your hair to maneuver extra freely, giving it a fuller, extra voluminous look with out sacrificing size. “The magic occurs within the mid-lengths and ends, so your hair nonetheless seems lengthy and smooth however with that additional oomph,” Kinoshita provides.

Who Advantages From Ghost Layers?

“This minimize is nice for somebody who needs hair motion and dimension with out having to alter their hair very a lot,” Bataille explains. Maximizing size whereas offering your model with extra physique and construction can be the purpose of different cuts just like the ultra-trendy butterfly minimize. Notably, although, the way in which invisible layers masks this dimension makes them so much simpler to put on both with out styling or as a smooth look. Worn styled or with a wavy or coily hair kind, this added quantity is much more noticeable.

“Ghost layers are a dream for anybody with nice or medium hair who needs extra quantity and texture with out shedding size,” Kinoshita says. “They’re good for straight or wavy hair and are nice in the event you’re after a low-maintenance model that appears effortlessly full and bouncy.”

The best way to Get the Look

In case your stylist isn’t up-to-date on the trendiest phrases, you’ll be able to nonetheless get the coveted ghost layers look. Like all issues below the solar, ghost layers aren’t precisely new. A seasoned stylist shall be aware of phrases like “invisible” or “tender layers,” and so long as you stress that you simply don’t need uneven or seen layers, you need to be on monitor.

“Whenever you’re able to get ghost layers, simply ask your stylist for delicate, inner layers that’ll offer you extra quantity and motion with out altering the general size or form,” Kinoshita advises. “One thing like, ‘I would like some hidden layers so as to add quantity and texture, however I nonetheless need a clean, seamless look,’ ought to do the trick.”