The hairstyle looks like a wig when the roots, volume and shadow live apart from the head.
Beautiful strands by themselves guarantee nothing. Hair must begin in a plausible growth line, encircle the skull, cover the ears and neck, and cast soft shadows on the skin.
Check your forehead, whiskey and partition first.
The wig effect often starts not at the ends of the hair, but on the skin. Too smooth a line, the same thickness around the edge and no short hairs make it an overhead hairstyle. The new partition must be consistent with the direction of strands all over the head.
Volume is built around the skull, not over a flat portrait.
A short haircut changes the outer silhouette, but the head doesn't get wider. Long hair has weight pulling the strands downwards and curls expanding unevenly. Check the distance from the skin to the outside contour on the crown, temples, and back of the neck.
The new color should retain the lightness and structure of the original light.
Black hair is not a solid black spot, and blond hair should not lose individual strands. In natural staining, the roots may be slightly darker, glare repeats the direction of light, while skin and eyebrows do not get an occasional color hue.
Describe the length, structure and behavior of hair
ExampleJust change your hairstyle: make a textured cart to the chin line with natural waves and soft side partitions. Save face, forehead, head shape, ears, neck and posture. The growth line is natural, you can see individual hairs at the roots, strands cast a soft shadow and match the light of the original photo.
Inspect your hair on the contour and in places of contact
Natural Hair Related to Head, Light and Stage Air
Start with the growth line: it should take into account the forehead, whiskey and natural asymmetry. Then trace the partition and the bulk of the hair to the tips. The volume should not look like a separate hat, and individual strands - uniform fringes along the entire circuit.
Compare the shadows under your hair with the shades on your face and neck. In sidelight, one side of a hairstyle cannot have studio glare if it's illuminated differently. On magnification, check for ears, earrings and collar and background between strands: this is where gluing and fabricated details appear more often.
Strong change of length reveals parts of the face and neck that were not in the frame
When long hair covers your ears, shoulders or background, a short haircut requires you to finish painting these areas. Check them separately and don't count the fictional detail as an accurate reconstruction of the original scene.
A natural hairstyle begins in the skin and ends with light.
The stylization may be noticeable, but the roots, volume, edges and shadows must remain part of the same person and frame.