Black Men Style: How to Get Chadwick Boseman Black Panther Haircut & Beard (Is THIS right?)
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Black Panther is out. And if you’re too cool to get the merch—let's be real, nobody’s too cool—you might consider just adopting Chadwick Boseman's elite grooming techniques: the clean but textured hairstyle and neatly trimmed beard he's rocking in the film. The Black Panther haircut is going to be everywhere soon. It’s a polished, wavy take on an otherwise standard trim, and it works for all ages.
Whether you’re here to emulate Boseman’s hair or his beard—or both—we got advice on getting Black Panther’s overall look from Matt Southerland, barber at Blind Barber inside Barney’s in NYC. (Blind Barber, actually, isn't a terrible idea for a superhero.) Here are Southerland’s tips for mastering the style.
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Southerland says that you’ll get the most natural results if you ask the barber to use a combination of scissors and freehand clippers, which are cordless for dexterity. Or, if you want to take the faster, less precise route, trim it all with a #4 guard, going with the grain. This should also achieve the same length and shape, says Southerland.
Boseman’s character has a widow’s peak in the movie, but Boseman doesn’t have one in real life. Southerland suggests that you avoid this detail unless you have a natural widow’s peak. “Stay away from sculpting one, since the natural hairline would have to be compromised,” he says. “Keeping a natural hairline with this style is key and it’s best to just stay natural for the overall aesthetic.” Otherwise, you’ll have all sorts of weird stubble growing a couple days later, which will instantly compromise the style.
You've gotta get a haircut every 2-3 weeks to maintain this shape and style, says Southerland.
How to Maintain and Style Your New Cut
To style it into Black Panther’s textured look, Southerland suggests a leave-in moisturizer. He likes Frederick Benjamin Daily Hydrator, or would substitute it with a light-hold styling cream (Blind Barber’s own 30-Proof Styling Cream would work well here). Massage a dime-size amount (to start, or more if needed) it into to damp hair. For added shine, you can also apply pomade. (He recommends Frederick Benjamin Sleek Water Pomade).
Then, to emulate Boseman’s textured waves, use a hair sponge (try Beauty7’s) and make a bunch of tiny circular motions as you move the brush all over the head. This will give you the wavy definition.
How To Get Boseman's Beard
If you want to go full Black Panther, then you also need to match Boseman’s neatly trimmed beard. Southerland suggests Bevel’s beard trimmer for its precision, since Black Panther has some of geometric angles to his facial hair.
“Start with the longest setting if you’re unsure of which blade to use,” he says. “Work your way down until you reach the desired beard length.” This is good advice in case you don’t want something as short and tidy as Boseman’s—maybe something else will flatter you better, and this way you’ll be able to see.
Then, start shaping the sideburns. Southerland says to leave ½ to ¾ of an inch in width (your natural width should suffice, if you tidy up the edges). “Trim straight down to the corner of the jawline, then continue to shape the beard by horizontally outlining the jawline—the same width as the sideburns—until the line reaches the goatee area,” says Southerland. Trim the mustache hair off of the top of the lip. Black Panther wears an almost pencil-thin ‘stache, if you look closely, and sometimes the middle of the mustache is shaved bare. Then, trim the inside chin area of the goatee straight across, a little wider than the hair on the jawline—about one inch, and you can leave a soul patch if you want to totally mimic Boseman. “If it seems too daunting to shave and shape the inside of the goatee area, then just leave it natural,” Southerland says. Besides, a full beard—no shaping necessary—will also work well with Boseman’s hairstyle. Which is a relief. You can leave that type of stuff to superhero-level stylists in Hollywood.
Black Panther is out. And if you’re too cool to get the merch—let's be real, nobody’s too cool—you might consider just adopting Chadwick Boseman's elite grooming techniques: the clean but textured hairstyle and neatly trimmed beard he's rocking in the film. The Black Panther haircut is going to be everywhere soon. It’s a polished, wavy take on an otherwise standard trim, and it works for all ages.
Whether you’re here to emulate Boseman’s hair or his beard—or both—we got advice on getting Black Panther’s overall look from Matt Southerland, barber at Blind Barber inside Barney’s in NYC. (Blind Barber, actually, isn't a terrible idea for a superhero.) Here are Southerland’s tips for mastering the style.
MARVEL
Tell This To Your Barber
Southerland says that you’ll get the most natural results if you ask the barber to use a combination of scissors and freehand clippers, which are cordless for dexterity. Or, if you want to take the faster, less precise route, trim it all with a #4 guard, going with the grain. This should also achieve the same length and shape, says Southerland.
Boseman’s character has a widow’s peak in the movie, but Boseman doesn’t have one in real life. Southerland suggests that you avoid this detail unless you have a natural widow’s peak. “Stay away from sculpting one, since the natural hairline would have to be compromised,” he says. “Keeping a natural hairline with this style is key and it’s best to just stay natural for the overall aesthetic.” Otherwise, you’ll have all sorts of weird stubble growing a couple days later, which will instantly compromise the style.
You've gotta get a haircut every 2-3 weeks to maintain this shape and style, says Southerland.
How to Maintain and Style Your New Cut
To style it into Black Panther’s textured look, Southerland suggests a leave-in moisturizer. He likes Frederick Benjamin Daily Hydrator, or would substitute it with a light-hold styling cream (Blind Barber’s own 30-Proof Styling Cream would work well here). Massage a dime-size amount (to start, or more if needed) it into to damp hair. For added shine, you can also apply pomade. (He recommends Frederick Benjamin Sleek Water Pomade).
Then, to emulate Boseman’s textured waves, use a hair sponge (try Beauty7’s) and make a bunch of tiny circular motions as you move the brush all over the head. This will give you the wavy definition.
How To Get Boseman's Beard
If you want to go full Black Panther, then you also need to match Boseman’s neatly trimmed beard. Southerland suggests Bevel’s beard trimmer for its precision, since Black Panther has some of geometric angles to his facial hair.
“Start with the longest setting if you’re unsure of which blade to use,” he says. “Work your way down until you reach the desired beard length.” This is good advice in case you don’t want something as short and tidy as Boseman’s—maybe something else will flatter you better, and this way you’ll be able to see.
Then, start shaping the sideburns. Southerland says to leave ½ to ¾ of an inch in width (your natural width should suffice, if you tidy up the edges). “Trim straight down to the corner of the jawline, then continue to shape the beard by horizontally outlining the jawline—the same width as the sideburns—until the line reaches the goatee area,” says Southerland. Trim the mustache hair off of the top of the lip. Black Panther wears an almost pencil-thin ‘stache, if you look closely, and sometimes the middle of the mustache is shaved bare. Then, trim the inside chin area of the goatee straight across, a little wider than the hair on the jawline—about one inch, and you can leave a soul patch if you want to totally mimic Boseman. “If it seems too daunting to shave and shape the inside of the goatee area, then just leave it natural,” Southerland says. Besides, a full beard—no shaping necessary—will also work well with Boseman’s hairstyle. Which is a relief. You can leave that type of stuff to superhero-level stylists in Hollywood.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/14/style/black-panther-natural-hair.html
Black Panther Is a Beautiful Showcase for Natural Hair
By Ashley Weatherford@sincerelyashSHARE
Lupita Nyong’o and Letitia Wright in Black Panther. Photo: Courtesy of Marvel Studios
The stars! The clothes! The music! With its February 16 release date approaching, everyone is experiencing Black Panther fever. While we still have to wait for the early reviews (Issa Rae’s one-minute take: “Wooooooooo!”), the hair critics have already ruled that everyone looks fantastic.
Ahead of the movie’s premiere, the Cut talked to the head of Black Panther’s hair department, Camille Friend. The movie’s hair wizard explained the month-long process of creating Angela Bassett’s wig, why Michael B. Jordan needed to wear extensions, and what it was like working on a film that celebrated natural black hair.
What was the overall creative direction for the hair in Black Panther?
There were three parts. For the “traditional” look, we used inspiration from the Zulu tribe, the Maasai tribe, and the Hima tribe. Then we looked at the modern styles in the natural-hair movement. Finally we looked at the Afropunk movement, which has a lot of natural and creative styling. Also, there are five tribes in the story, and we had to create different looks for each tribe.
All of the Best Products and Methods for Curly Hair
What was it like working on a movie where everyone was styled in natural hair?
There’s no press and comb in this movie. No relaxers, no nothing! That was one of the things that I really was firm about. I requested that people come with their natural hair. People were like, “Are you sure?” and I was like, “Yes, I am sure! We have a qualified staff of hair people who are phenomenal and who are well-versed in natural hair.”
Michael B. Jordan in Black Panther. Photo: Courtesy of Marvel Studios
How did you style Michael B. Jordan’s hair?
He has dreadlocks. We wanted to give him a look that you’ve never seen before, and since he is the villain in this story, we wanted him to look strong and bold. He grew out his hair because we didn’t know what we wanted to do with his hair, at first. We eventually decided that we wanted to dreadlock it and keep the sides faded and really short. It’s a great look and he’s really sexy. We added extensions to it, but he did start out with a good amount of hair, and that’s why it looks so natural.
What’s the story behind Angela Bassett’s wig?
That was the pièce de résistance wig. It was a wig we created. All of the dreads were handmade, and they were blended with four different colors. Once those were made — there were about 110 pieces of individual dreads — we sent those to the wigmaker [Natascha Ladek], and the wigmaker inserted them in the wig. That whole process took about a month.
Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong’o and Angela Bassett in Black Panther. Photo: Courtesy of Marvel Studios
And Lupita’s hair?
She has two looks in the movie. What we coined as the “Wakanda knot” is basically where we took small individual sections of hair and mixed those sections with Paul Mitchell’s Foaming Pomade, and then we twisted her hair down into itself to create that twist knot. The hair stayed really well all day long.
Did you tell the actors to stick to a particular natural hair treatment plan while they were filming?
We shampooed, conditioned, and did oil treatments in the trailer. We’re full service.
What about diffusers? Did you ever use those?
We like everyone to dry naturally. Occasionally we used diffusers, but most of the time I really tried not to.
Danai Gurira and Lupita Nyong’o in Black Panther. Photo: Courtesy of Marvel Studios
How did you approach the styles that took longer than a day? Like twist outs, for example?
Usually we had the actor come in on a day off, or we prepped on the weekend so they could be prepared for the week. We did that with Letitia because she had braids. She would come in when she had a day off because she had to be re-braided every two weeks.
You filmed in the summer in Atlanta. How did you deal with the humidity?
A lot of days we were inside. When we were outside they provided cooling tents for the actors and things like that to keep them cool.
Letitia Wright in Black Panther Photo: Courtesy of Marvel Studios
How did it feel being a part of this movie?
I don’t think black hair has ever been seen in a movie like this. It was an honor to do it and to have an open form to design and take hairstyling to the next level. That’s what we accomplished; we had a great crew and we worked really hard.
What do you want people to take away after seeing this movie?
That black hair is versatile and it’s beautiful. With the right products, anything can be re-created.
For Lupita and Angela’s Hair, Camille Recommends:
Paul Mitchell Foaming Pomade
Kerastase Nutritive Oleo-Relax Serum
Leonor Greyl Serum De Soie Sublimateur
Mizani Scalp Care Soothing Serum
Mizani Style 25 Miracle Milk Leave-In Treatment
Moroccanoil Glimmer Shine
Design Essentials Natural Twist and Set
For Danai’s Forrest-Shaved Head Look, Camille Recommends:
1. Start with a shave stick to prepare your head for shaving (try: Parks Shave Stick or Remington Face Saver).
2. Cut hair with a clipper (try: Wahl Shaver Shaper).
3. Apply an ingrown hair solution to your scalp (try: Tend Skin Solution).
4. Then, wrap your head in a hot towel.
5. Finally, apply Mizani Scalp Care Soothing Serum or almond oil to your scalp.
Black Panther Is a Beautiful Showcase for Natural Hair
By Ashley Weatherford@sincerelyashSHARE
Lupita Nyong’o and Letitia Wright in Black Panther. Photo: Courtesy of Marvel Studios
The stars! The clothes! The music! With its February 16 release date approaching, everyone is experiencing Black Panther fever. While we still have to wait for the early reviews (Issa Rae’s one-minute take: “Wooooooooo!”), the hair critics have already ruled that everyone looks fantastic.
Ahead of the movie’s premiere, the Cut talked to the head of Black Panther’s hair department, Camille Friend. The movie’s hair wizard explained the month-long process of creating Angela Bassett’s wig, why Michael B. Jordan needed to wear extensions, and what it was like working on a film that celebrated natural black hair.
What was the overall creative direction for the hair in Black Panther?
There were three parts. For the “traditional” look, we used inspiration from the Zulu tribe, the Maasai tribe, and the Hima tribe. Then we looked at the modern styles in the natural-hair movement. Finally we looked at the Afropunk movement, which has a lot of natural and creative styling. Also, there are five tribes in the story, and we had to create different looks for each tribe.
All of the Best Products and Methods for Curly Hair
What was it like working on a movie where everyone was styled in natural hair?
There’s no press and comb in this movie. No relaxers, no nothing! That was one of the things that I really was firm about. I requested that people come with their natural hair. People were like, “Are you sure?” and I was like, “Yes, I am sure! We have a qualified staff of hair people who are phenomenal and who are well-versed in natural hair.”
Michael B. Jordan in Black Panther. Photo: Courtesy of Marvel Studios
How did you style Michael B. Jordan’s hair?
He has dreadlocks. We wanted to give him a look that you’ve never seen before, and since he is the villain in this story, we wanted him to look strong and bold. He grew out his hair because we didn’t know what we wanted to do with his hair, at first. We eventually decided that we wanted to dreadlock it and keep the sides faded and really short. It’s a great look and he’s really sexy. We added extensions to it, but he did start out with a good amount of hair, and that’s why it looks so natural.
What’s the story behind Angela Bassett’s wig?
That was the pièce de résistance wig. It was a wig we created. All of the dreads were handmade, and they were blended with four different colors. Once those were made — there were about 110 pieces of individual dreads — we sent those to the wigmaker [Natascha Ladek], and the wigmaker inserted them in the wig. That whole process took about a month.
Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong’o and Angela Bassett in Black Panther. Photo: Courtesy of Marvel Studios
And Lupita’s hair?
She has two looks in the movie. What we coined as the “Wakanda knot” is basically where we took small individual sections of hair and mixed those sections with Paul Mitchell’s Foaming Pomade, and then we twisted her hair down into itself to create that twist knot. The hair stayed really well all day long.
Did you tell the actors to stick to a particular natural hair treatment plan while they were filming?
We shampooed, conditioned, and did oil treatments in the trailer. We’re full service.
What about diffusers? Did you ever use those?
We like everyone to dry naturally. Occasionally we used diffusers, but most of the time I really tried not to.
Danai Gurira and Lupita Nyong’o in Black Panther. Photo: Courtesy of Marvel Studios
How did you approach the styles that took longer than a day? Like twist outs, for example?
Usually we had the actor come in on a day off, or we prepped on the weekend so they could be prepared for the week. We did that with Letitia because she had braids. She would come in when she had a day off because she had to be re-braided every two weeks.
You filmed in the summer in Atlanta. How did you deal with the humidity?
A lot of days we were inside. When we were outside they provided cooling tents for the actors and things like that to keep them cool.
Letitia Wright in Black Panther Photo: Courtesy of Marvel Studios
How did it feel being a part of this movie?
I don’t think black hair has ever been seen in a movie like this. It was an honor to do it and to have an open form to design and take hairstyling to the next level. That’s what we accomplished; we had a great crew and we worked really hard.
What do you want people to take away after seeing this movie?
That black hair is versatile and it’s beautiful. With the right products, anything can be re-created.
For Lupita and Angela’s Hair, Camille Recommends:
Paul Mitchell Foaming Pomade
Kerastase Nutritive Oleo-Relax Serum
Leonor Greyl Serum De Soie Sublimateur
Mizani Scalp Care Soothing Serum
Mizani Style 25 Miracle Milk Leave-In Treatment
Moroccanoil Glimmer Shine
Design Essentials Natural Twist and Set
For Danai’s Forrest-Shaved Head Look, Camille Recommends:
1. Start with a shave stick to prepare your head for shaving (try: Parks Shave Stick or Remington Face Saver).
2. Cut hair with a clipper (try: Wahl Shaver Shaper).
3. Apply an ingrown hair solution to your scalp (try: Tend Skin Solution).
4. Then, wrap your head in a hot towel.
5. Finally, apply Mizani Scalp Care Soothing Serum or almond oil to your scalp.
https://www.essence.com/hair/black-panther-hair-inspiration-camille-friend-interview
On Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther:
That's his hair, so we just used some product and a hair sponge to define his curls. No chemicals, no nothing.
On Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther:
That's his hair, so we just used some product and a hair sponge to define his curls. No chemicals, no nothing.
My little big girl wants like EVERY style these beautiful Black women had...
I can't front, I initially grew my hair out to be like Chadwick and ended up with Killmonger instead
I can't front, I initially grew my hair out to be like Chadwick and ended up with Killmonger instead
'Black Panther's Chadwick Boseman Says It's Not True That He Doesn't Want to Do the Wakanda Salute
http://comicbook.com/marvel/2018/06...ck-boseman-not-wanting-wakanda-salute-not-tr/
"I think there's been so much talk online about me not wanting to do it, which is not, that's not true, but I think people are scared to do it like, somebody gave me like a halfway one like they were kind of scared to do it outside. I could tell that they were trying to do it but they didn't want to, so I think it's stopping a little bit now," Boseman told MTV.
http://comicbook.com/marvel/2018/06...ck-boseman-not-wanting-wakanda-salute-not-tr/
"I think there's been so much talk online about me not wanting to do it, which is not, that's not true, but I think people are scared to do it like, somebody gave me like a halfway one like they were kind of scared to do it outside. I could tell that they were trying to do it but they didn't want to, so I think it's stopping a little bit now," Boseman told MTV.
This whole thread 
i've been growing my hair for a month now so i can do this. i'll be rocking it next week,