Joan Jett baby mullet breaking some hearts.
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Mullet with great graphic detailing and pop-art color
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This micro-mullet is so beautifully offset by this steel-blue haircolor.
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Loving the graceful shape down the nape in this mullet cut.
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When one has a statement haircut, one looks awesome wearing statement earrings.
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A micro-fringe and a close crop make this mullet very rock-and-roll.
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Blunt fringe offset by the organic shape in the back.
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The mullet has no age restrictions. Anyone can rock the ‘business in front, party in the back’ esthetic.
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Face-framing micro fringe on this mullet shag.
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This micro-mullet is so beautifully offset by this steel-blue haircolor.
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When one has a statement haircut, one looks awesome wearing statement earrings.
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A micro-fringe and a close crop make this mullet very rock-and-roll.
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The mullet has no age restrictions. Anyone can rock the ‘business in front, party in the back’ esthetic.
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Business in the front, party in the back, that's how you used to describe a mullet cut. Today, a trend that was sometimes looked on as a haircut gone sorely wrong has re-established itself in so many variations. Sometimes your mullet is a mullet-pixie and sometimes it's a mullet-shag. It might have been shaped by a razor, it might be buzzed up into a mohawk and it might be a teeny-weeny-micro-fringe-wispy-bits-at-the-nape-mullet. Whether mini, micro, mohawk or pixie, we wanted to know more about the re-emergence of the mullet.
We spied some must-have mullets by Reilley Jenks (@alottavagyna), a hairdresser at Lavish Hair Lounge in Albuquerque, and asked her to give her take on the mullet and why it’s been staging a comeback the past few years.
“I think people have come to this point in self-expression where hair provides so much fun for people,” Reilly says. “And I think a mullet is such a great way for people who like to do things a little bit different to set themselves apart. I think the expression of hair has changed so mullets have become more acceptable.”
So what makes a mullet?
“A mullet is classified as having a shorter fringe, something above the eyebrow, and the top or the areas around the ears being much shorter; it can be personalized for whoever is wearing it,” Reilly continues. “I generally do like for them to be blended vs disconnected though that's a personal choice. I’m so drawn to a mullet-shag which is to me the perfect haircut.
"I cut my mullet with a razor because I like to achieve an edgy and soft look around the face, particularly, though I might do some finishing with shears once the hair is dried just in case there are any areas that are a little heavy. (I don’t dry cut with a razor.) When I dry the hair, more often than not I am diffusing it because I love to play with people’s natural texture.”
Check out the slideshow of mullet shapes and click through to see other work--mullets and more--from these talented stylists.
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