Scene Hair: What It Is and What It Isn’t

Scene Hair Styles

We have all seen scene hair (wow that was a tongue twister, try saying it quickly three times in a row!) but you may not know it by name.  Scene hair is defined by its ultra straight jagged choppy puffy look.  That’s the best way I know of to describe it.  If you want to get a “visual” on it try going online and search for a scene hair gallery.  There are even scene hair blogs and forums out there.  I’m sure facebook has blogs and youtube has short scene hair pictures and videos so it won’t take long for you to find one.

In and of itself, scene hair, once you have identified it is easy enough to recognize.  But it appears to be more than just a hairstyle.  I mean for scene kids there is a whole plethora of fashions and accessories that accompany the “hair.” You will often see girls wearing prissy polka dot ribbons scattered throughout the style.  Then there is scene makeup to contend with.  Without going into any of the little nuances surrounding it, the best way to distinguish if it’s scene or not is to look at the eyes.  Scene makeup ALWAYS has heavy black eyeliner on the lower lid.  Liquid eyeliner is usually used because it can be painted on in a thick black line that won’t smudge and smear.

There is short scene hair, medium scene hair, long scene hair, girls scene hair, boys scene hair etc.  And all of them interchanged and worn among both sexes indiscriminately.  At first scene was black, black, black hair with bits of chopped neon colors throughout.  Now there is bleached scene but still with the odd assortment of randomly choppy colors through the style.  Also, scene hair styles tend to be very puffy.  There are even videos on YouTube that demonstrate how to tease short scene hair.  You can also find the how-to techniques through a quick online search.

There is one thing scene hair is, and that is for kids and very young adults.  It looks ridiculous on women and men beyond their twenties.  Early thirties might just get away with it, but any older it is highly inadvisable to even attempt to go scene.  There are other ways to retain your youthful vitality, but short scene hair isn’t it.  So then, there is one thing scene hair isn’t.  IT IS NOT FOR MIDDLE AGED WANT TO STAY YOUNG, I DON’T WANT TO GROW UP-ERS.   I imagine a toned down, modified choppy fringed bang haircut would be an acceptable compromise if you are “older.”  Just stay away from the chunks of color and the heavy black eyeliner unless you want to get asked where the costume party is.