Pompadour Styling (bonus)
A styling course on the classic Pompadour for men's hairdressers. Learn how to build lasting volume and controlled movement on thick, longer hair, with no part.
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About the course
Pompadour Styling is a bonus course showing how to style a classic men's hairstyle with no part, combed entirely back. This technique is for clients with longer hair on top who are looking for an alternative to the everyday middle part, or who simply want a bold, lifted look. The course teaches how to build a hairstyle with lasting volume, dynamic, and controlled movement from thick hair.
Vlad Pozhoga guides you through the entire styling process step by step, starting with applying pomade to damp hair to give it initial control. He then shows why it's key to separate the fringe and leave it for the very last step. The blow-drying work is broken down into stages: first drying the sides and back in the right direction, then precisely curling and lifting the fringe on the brush with minimal airflow.
In this course, you'll see
- Applying a small amount of pomade to damp hair as a pre-styler for initial control and to build the foundation of the hairstyle.
- Working with intention to separate the fringe and leave it for the very last step - why this simplifies and speeds up the entire styling process.
- Stage-by-stage drying of the hair back, starting from the sides and finishing with precise work on volume at the top.
- The technique for curling the fringe on the brush with minimal dryer airflow, to build the signature pompadour lift without frizzing the hair.
- An unconventional method for setting the hairstyle by spraying hairspray into the dryer's airflow, to achieve a dynamic, uneven texture.
- Final fringe styling options - completely back, slightly to the side, or with controlled fall, to match the style to the client.
This bonus material is the perfect addition for hairdressers who want to show clients with longer hair a second, bolder styling option. After watching this course, you'll be able to quickly and efficiently build a classic pompadour, using unconventional techniques to create a hairstyle full of volume, movement, and character that doesn't look stiffly set.
What you will learn
- 01How to use pomade on damp hair as a styling base.
- 02Why it's worth separating the fringe and styling it last.
- 03How to dry hair back in stages, starting from the sides.
- 04How to curl the fringe on the brush with minimal dryer airflow.
- 05How to use hairspray with the dryer to add dynamic to the hairstyle.
- 06How to finally style the fringe to achieve different styling effects.
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0:2201Applying pomade to damp hair
I'll apply a bit of pomade, just a drop really, to fix this damp hair in place.
0:3202Separating the fringe before drying
To show off our fringe, we need to separate it, so we can lift it at the very end.
3:1703Drying hair in a backward direction
Now that we've dried the side, I'll gradually move up towards the top.
7:2404Curling the fringe on the brush
We reduce the airflow to minimum, take this fringe, and we need to curl it.
8:3405Setting technique with hairspray and dryer
We can turn on the dryer and spray hairspray into the airflow at the same time.
10:2406Creating dynamic in the hairstyle
And right away the hair falls into place nicely. This is the kind of dynamic you get when you style it this way.
10:4707Highlighting and setting the texture
We can also show off our texture here and set it in place.
11:2808Final fringe styling options
At the end, you can play around with the fringe. You can go completely back, or slightly to the side.
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Educator
Vlad Pozhoga
Educator · 2 courses
Vlad Pozhoga is a men's hairdresser and educator with international experience, working in Warsaw for over six years. In his haircuts, he combines modern forms with naturalness and dynamics, focusing on matching the hairstyle to the client's image. In his teaching, he prioritizes quality and precision, explaining techniques step by step such as working with square layers or razor cutting.
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