Hair like Justin
November 5, 2015 8:12 AM Subscribe
According to this, Justin Trudeau spends less than two minutes a day on his glorious hair. Is it really that easy - just rub your fingers through your hair with the right pomade - or does it also require a glorious haircut from just the right barber?
It is totally possible. His hair appears to be thick and with just the right amount of curl that gives it body. The right cut to give the layers and bring that out is key, then all you need to do is hit is with a bit of pomade to tame it. Then air dry.
The photos were he looks perfectly coiffed are planned photos. I guarantee he didn't do his own hair for the photo shoots and it took longer than two minutes with someone standing there positioning it perfectly for the shot.
I have shirly temple level curls, I literally get out of the shower, blot dry with a towel, sweep in some curl defining gel, pin the top up with 3-4 hairpins and leave the house. When I get to work I take out the pins. Probably no more than 4ish minutes for a girl. But the cut is key, my person knows just how it falls, just where to cut short and where to keep long to make it like this.
posted by magnetsphere at 8:22 AM on November 5, 2015 [3 favorites]
The photos were he looks perfectly coiffed are planned photos. I guarantee he didn't do his own hair for the photo shoots and it took longer than two minutes with someone standing there positioning it perfectly for the shot.
I have shirly temple level curls, I literally get out of the shower, blot dry with a towel, sweep in some curl defining gel, pin the top up with 3-4 hairpins and leave the house. When I get to work I take out the pins. Probably no more than 4ish minutes for a girl. But the cut is key, my person knows just how it falls, just where to cut short and where to keep long to make it like this.
posted by magnetsphere at 8:22 AM on November 5, 2015 [3 favorites]
More likely a decent haircut *and* agreeable hair texture. The haircut might come from a stylist rather than a barber.
But he's got that kind of magical combo of hair that is thick in aggregate but each strand is an agreeable smooth fine-medium, with a soft curl that lets you get away with less precise styling.
I have that combination except for coarse strands, so my pixie cut (especially when it is boy-short) looks like I wash my hair with Dawn and dry it by rubbing it on asphalt, no matter how much product I use, and so has to be flatironed.
posted by Lyn Never at 8:23 AM on November 5, 2015 [3 favorites]
But he's got that kind of magical combo of hair that is thick in aggregate but each strand is an agreeable smooth fine-medium, with a soft curl that lets you get away with less precise styling.
I have that combination except for coarse strands, so my pixie cut (especially when it is boy-short) looks like I wash my hair with Dawn and dry it by rubbing it on asphalt, no matter how much product I use, and so has to be flatironed.
posted by Lyn Never at 8:23 AM on November 5, 2015 [3 favorites]
It looks like he has slightly wavy hair which he gets cut relatively infrequently. The waviness and the average thickness are probably key - I have very straight, thick, coarse hair that I get cut at the barber and the cut this dude has would be hiLARious on me, even with a metric ton of pomade.
My guess is that it's a clay and not a pomade.
If this is a "how can my hair be more manageable" question, I would suggest either a barbershop cut if you're a lady and have been getting salon cuts or a frank conversation with a queer-friendly barber (who will, IME, be more used to dudes caring about the finer points) to figure out a cut that will be easy care for you.
posted by Frowner at 8:25 AM on November 5, 2015
My guess is that it's a clay and not a pomade.
If this is a "how can my hair be more manageable" question, I would suggest either a barbershop cut if you're a lady and have been getting salon cuts or a frank conversation with a queer-friendly barber (who will, IME, be more used to dudes caring about the finer points) to figure out a cut that will be easy care for you.
posted by Frowner at 8:25 AM on November 5, 2015
I mean, a lot of it is luck of the genetic draw converging fortuitously with societal tastes regarding male hair. I have "Really Good Hair" but I rarely do much of anything to it - it's moderately thick with just a slight wave, so how it falls is invariably "good."
The more amazing thing is Stephen Harper had a stylist who apparently spent a good amount of time and effort to produce that LEGO-man helmet-hair he was always rocking . . . .
posted by erlking at 8:25 AM on November 5, 2015 [3 favorites]
The more amazing thing is Stephen Harper had a stylist who apparently spent a good amount of time and effort to produce that LEGO-man helmet-hair he was always rocking . . . .
posted by erlking at 8:25 AM on November 5, 2015 [3 favorites]
(Vis-a-vis Harper - I think his problem may be thick hair. I have thick hair, and "helmet" is my default state. I've learned to work with it in a retro and/or ironic way, but then I don't have to hold political office.)
posted by Frowner at 8:27 AM on November 5, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Frowner at 8:27 AM on November 5, 2015 [1 favorite]
This is quite possibly my favourite AskMe in recent memory. LBR, Justin has ah-mazing hair. My bet is on a bit of pomade. (FWIW, I like him with shorter hair than the longer style he was sporting a couple of years ago.)
posted by Kitteh at 8:50 AM on November 5, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by Kitteh at 8:50 AM on November 5, 2015 [2 favorites]
Some people are lucky; right hair texture, right level of waviness.
Getting a really good studio cut definitely helps, even with sub-optimal hair genetics. Look in the $50+ range and ask to test some of the fancy ($20+) products after the cut. They're really highly marked up so most stylist won't mind giving you a wash/rinse/blow so you can test several different ones to determine which one works best for your cut/hair. They can also show you how to optimally use them, too.
Product lasts longer with shorter hair; longer hair will drink product and gets expensive fast(er).
For "thick hair," getting the right cut can really really help. I'm guessing Harper either doesn't care or he's hiding male pattern hair loss.
posted by porpoise at 9:16 AM on November 5, 2015 [1 favorite]
Getting a really good studio cut definitely helps, even with sub-optimal hair genetics. Look in the $50+ range and ask to test some of the fancy ($20+) products after the cut. They're really highly marked up so most stylist won't mind giving you a wash/rinse/blow so you can test several different ones to determine which one works best for your cut/hair. They can also show you how to optimally use them, too.
Product lasts longer with shorter hair; longer hair will drink product and gets expensive fast(er).
For "thick hair," getting the right cut can really really help. I'm guessing Harper either doesn't care or he's hiding male pattern hair loss.
posted by porpoise at 9:16 AM on November 5, 2015 [1 favorite]
For his hair that grows in a specific pattern with a specific texture, it may take him two minutes to get the look he has. But if you don't have the same growing pattern or the same hair texture, you cannot get his look in two minutes, even if you cut your hair like his.
posted by AppleTurnover at 12:46 PM on November 5, 2015
posted by AppleTurnover at 12:46 PM on November 5, 2015
Wavy/curly hair needs a good cut. And his stylist/barber seems to be really good, because he doesn't seem to have very frequent cuts. I don't think he uses a lot of product - his hair looks too fine and might collapse if the product is too heavy. My brothers have similar hair, but cut it a lot shorter, because they find "long" hair is too much maintenance. So maybe he is not 100% truthful… Or maybe he can live with a more messy style.
posted by mumimor at 1:52 PM on November 5, 2015
posted by mumimor at 1:52 PM on November 5, 2015
I think, with no sarcasm at all, his biggest hair care secret is his choice of parents. He's looked this way as long as I can remember. I don't think he uses much in his hair either.
It may be hard to replicate his results without a natural curl and the oil balance he has. Products can help simulate it, but they take a lot more time and are significantly more fragile over the course of the day.
posted by bonehead at 1:56 PM on November 5, 2015
It may be hard to replicate his results without a natural curl and the oil balance he has. Products can help simulate it, but they take a lot more time and are significantly more fragile over the course of the day.
posted by bonehead at 1:56 PM on November 5, 2015
Looks like something died on his head to me, but, regardless, pomade is the shit. I've been using it for 25 years (!). Always looks good and it takes a grand total of 5 seconds.
posted by jpe at 5:27 PM on November 5, 2015
posted by jpe at 5:27 PM on November 5, 2015
I hung out with him extremely briefly in our teens and observed him from afar during the 80s (geographic proximity in a lake setting), so I can confirm that he just has great hair.
posted by warriorqueen at 5:51 PM on November 5, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by warriorqueen at 5:51 PM on November 5, 2015 [4 favorites]
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