What is Scene Hair?

For the uninitiated, scene hair is that hair style that you see more and more on people, mostly youth but not always. You know the hair style that looks like they cut it themselves without looking in a mirror as they were going at it. This is not meant as a criticism of the scene hair look but calling it a choppy-looking hair cut is not descriptive enough. There are a lot of cuts that look choppy. This description is just meant to differentiate between this look and some other choppy hair styles.

Scene hair is often long or at least longish and dyed black with a couple of chunks dyed blond. While there are other color choices, this is the most common color combination. The point is to have a drastically different look. While you could try it with short hair, scene girls especially, tend to have big hair. The longer your hair is, the bigger it can be. It is one of those styles where there are only a few basic requirements - extreme color change, long hair, and now for the hardest requirement to meet: straight hair.

If you have a little bit of wave or curl, you can get into the scene hair style without a lot of effort. With blow drying and the right type of brush and wrist movement you can straighten your hair enough to satisfy the scene look but if you live in a damp part of the country, this can cause problems. Even the most skillfully blown dry straight hair can curl up in the rain. Another choice is one that was popular in the 1960s when long straight hair was the mode of the moment. You can iron your scene hair into perfect flatness. Again, however, rain can ruin that straight-hair look quite quickly.

In other words, dyeing is easy. Straightening is more of a challenge. There are a couple of ways to get the essential straight hair look. Either the Brazilian or the Japanese straightening method will work. The Brazilian approach uses a protein formula. This protein bonds with your hair and straightens it. This is the less expensive choice. The Japanese system involves a chemical mixture that is applied to your hair which is then ironed. The chemical keeps the flatness created by the iron and even the pouring rain will not make your scene hair all kinky and curly.