The Look: Reverse Layers

Great For: Fine, sparse and straight hair

Styling Cues: Get volume and lift with a short crop. If you have fine and sparse hair, keeping it long is hardly going to look flattering. Instead, go for short layers on the top and longer at the rounds of the head, so hair can be styled to stand out. A face framing fringe also helps downplay sparse locks. To style the crop, work in a thickening cream and pull pieces out with a vent brush as you dry. Then lift the ends and mist finishing spray onto the roots, then ends.

The Look: Feminine Halo

Great For: Thick, coarse and curly hair

Styling Cues: A long layered cut is ideal for wild, tightly twisted curls. To style, apply a thickening gel on towel-dried hair, twist and pincurl very small sections. Pin in place and let it dry by itself or under a hood dryer. Remove pincurls and take fingers through hair, turning your head upside down to boost fullness. Finish with hair serum for moisture and gloss.

The Look: Modified Blunt

Great For: Thick and straight hair

Styling Cues: There are two ways to style such hair. First, you could go for surface movement that would make a short cut special, with gentle curves that make your do feminine. Ask your stylist to add surface layers to a polished blunt. Make sure these layers move forward. To style it, concentrate on boosting all over volume - curving short layers forward. Then switch to a round brush or curling iron to style the ends. Just a few select strands add all the emphasis you need.

Or, if you want to wear your tresses long, try this: Ask your stylist to add long layers that create fullness and allow you to maximise volume. Keep the cut simple and concentrate on enhancing the wave, which adds bulk. To style, use a thickening or volumising product, then dry in large sections as you twist, then release the sections. Alternatively, wrap hair around large rollers, dry, then unwind the rollers and blend with your fingers.