HOW TO GROW OUT A FRINGE

We love a hairstyle with a fringe - but if you’ve had your fringe for a while and you fancy trying out a new look, you’ll need to grow your fringe out.

There’s no denying the stages between having and not having a fringe can be a tad awkward - but the sooner you start, the sooner you’ll have your new fringe-free hairstyle. Here’s how to grow out your fringe with minimal fuss - including some top tips from our haircare experts.

Keep up your regular trims

It sounds counterintuitive, but bear with us - regular haircuts can help shape your growing fringe, preventing split ends and promoting healthier growth. If you avoid trimming your fringe, the ends can become wispy, thin and damaged - you’ll be delaying the finished grow-out process and you’ll eventually have to cut off the damaged hair.

Use a scalp serum to encourage hair growth

Most people’s hair grows around half an inch a month - but if you often find that your hair grows more slowly, we’d recommend using a hair growth scalp serum to encourage growth. Our PROfiller+ Hair Growth Scalp Serum is designed to combat the signs of hair loss, improves visible hair growth, and increases hair density for fuller, thicker, and healthier-looking hair.

After a 16-week clinical study, 100% of people who tried our scalp serum experienced renewed hair vitality, and 94.1% observed improved hydration for a deeply nourished scalp and hair.

Use braids and twists to keep things tidy

Twisting, plaiting and pinning your hair into simple braids and twists can effectively camouflage varying lengths; a side braid or twist starting from your hairline can blend shorter strands with longer ones, disguising an in-between fringe.

Braids can actually help protect your fringe from stressors such as overstyling, heat and cold - ensuring you reach your goal with healthy grown-out lengths.

Use accessories to disguise unruly strands

From hats to scarves, slides, pins and headbands, accessories can help keep rogue hairs at bay and also protect your growing lengths. Even simple bobby pins can help to tame a wayward fringe - sweep your fringe to the side, fix with a lightweight hairspray, then pin up your ends with the wavy side of the bobby pin facing into your scalp.

Try a different parting

Even if you’re devoted to your current parting, switching things up can help disguise a growing fringe by distributing the length of your fringe more evenly, making it less noticeable. If you currently have a centre parting, a side parting can transform a straight-across blunt-cut fringe into a side-swept fringe, which is a lot more forgiving when dealing with varying lengths.

If you currently have a side parting, trying a centre parting can help with blending the fringe with the rest of your hair.

Build in face-framing layers

Asking your stylist to add layers around your face can help integrate your growing fringe into the rest of your hairstyle. Well-crafted layered hairstyles soften the transition and add movement and texture to your hair; layers can also soften the harsh lines that may result from growing out a fringe, helping with a more gradual and flattering transition.

Boost your style’s volume

Texturising sprays, mousses, and light-hold hairsprays can add volume and hold, and bouncy styles with texture can help to blend in a regrowing fringe. Blow drying and styling your hair with products can help with directing your fringe to ‘fall in line’ with the rest of your hair, minimising any overly-obvious regrowth.

To add volume to a longer fringe, use a rounded brush to blow-dry your fringe - direct your hairdryer’s airflow to sweep your fringe to the side or backwards towards your crown to boost volume.

Embrace curls and waves to blend a fringe in

If you normally straighten your hair, taking a break from your straighteners and allowing your curls to shine through can make the growing-out phase less noticeable. Curls, waves, or natural straight hair can add dimension and distract from uneven lengths, and help uneven sections merge ‘naturally’ with the rest of your hair.