We will always have long hair clients and it’s easy for them to fall into a hair rut – but that won’t keep them coming back. Our clients rely on us to advise on the subtle changes which keep their long hairstyles looking fresh, but without making a dramatic change.

We all know the influence of celebrities so we have chosen some of our favourite long and layered hairstyles from 2016 to demonstrate how you can offer clients simple tweaks to their style, keeping it versatile and sexy, and ensuring the client doesn’t go elsewhere.

Ellie Goulding’s Long Layered Shape

We’re used to seeing Ellie Goulding with a more undone, wavy look and so this uber-sleek, shiny style made a refreshing red-carpet change.

Ellie Goulding’s Long Layered Shape

Cutting guru, Stacey Broughton uses internal graduated layering and over-direction to produce volume and movement and to produce a commercial, long layered shape, which can be easily adapted for different hair types and first shapes. This tutorial provides essential techniques for working with long hair clients.

Jade Thirwall’s Long Layer Variation

With Little Mix back at the Number One in the UK we take inspiration from Jade Thirlwall’s coveted and much-copied long layered variation.

Little Mix Jade Thirwall’s Long Layer Variation

If your clients are asking for a similar look refresh your skills with Bastian Casaretto’s long layer variation tutorial. This cut features graduation in the front, with finger angles, over-direction and elevation internally, finishing with freehand techniques for a soft movement around the exterior. Give it a Jade twist with the addition on an internal braid.

Jennifer Lawrence’s Long Graduation with Low Fringe

Effortless sexy and charming, Jennifer Lawrence knows how rock this louche style up or down.

Jennifer Lawrence’s Long Hair

Graham Oglesby’s demonstrates how a long graduated shape, with internal graduated layering as its base, is softened freehand cutting and over-direction. This creates a youthful salon essential with movement and easy to maintain, flowing locks. Clients will love this.

Anna Kendrick’s Increased Layering

This winter’s Cinderella, Anna Kendrick, is one of or favourite hair celebrities. Her ‘girl-next-door’ style generates oodles of imitations and her silky-smooth, layered locks are always in demand from clients.

Anna Kendrick’s long hairstyle

Hair goddess, Tracey Hughes, shows how to create am Anna-esque, soft and feminine salon friendly haircut, incorporating multiple classic layering techniques and over-direction, resulting in a loose, commercial layered look with effortless movement and texture. A salon winner.

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