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I have long wavy hair. I do very little to it in terms of heat styling so it's pretty good shape. How come stylists will take their scissors and cut into (like come up from the bottom) of the ends of my hair?
I have no idea what they're trying to achieve, but I hate the way my hair looks when they're done---it looks straggly and the ends get frizzy. So why do they do it?
On another note, I used to have stylists who would use a razor on my hair and I hated that, too. It would ruin my wave pattern. Now I tell them straight out no razors---no matter how "talented" they are with it and how their skill exceeds any one who's ever used a razor, etc.
Probably to "lighten" it up. I have long hair (middle of my back) and they cut into it a little so it hang heavy around my face.
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It's for texture and movement. It's also a trend that comes and goes, depending on where you are (different things are popular in different parts of the country at different times, etc.) For a while, the razoring technique was hot, here, and there was as stretch of time when every stylist would razor the ends, and speak in horrified tones about using their shears. Then, like it had never existed, it was gone, and "nobody" was razoring anymore, it was all shears again. It's like any other fashion...trends are fickle, they come and go.
If you don't like the effect and want a blunt cut, tell them that. Some stylists take the intiative to just use whatever finishing technique they've most recently used, that is currently trendy, that they just personally like, and don't always take an inventory of that before doing so.
I find that if you have a very particular aversion to a specific technique, it's best to speak up about it prior to the stylist starting, so they know from the get-go that it's not what you want.
I have long wavy hair. I do very little to it in terms of heat styling so it's pretty good shape. How come stylists will take their scissors and cut into (like come up from the bottom) of the ends of my hair?
I have no idea what they're trying to achieve, but I hate the way my hair looks when they're done---it looks straggly and the ends get frizzy. So why do they do it?
On another note, I used to have stylists who would use a razor on my hair and I hated that, too. It would ruin my wave pattern. Now I tell them straight out no razors---no matter how "talented" they are with it and how their skill exceeds any one who's ever used a razor, etc.
Tell your stylist what you want. I've made it clear to mine that I want no razor cutting. It's scissors all the way, with the ends blunt-cut and heavy. He's more than happy to oblige.
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Yeah, apparently it's called point cutting. I ended up looking it up and it's most often done on short hair. I have no idea what she's trying to achieve on my long hair. It's also not supposed to be done more than every 3 haircuts or your risk straggly hair. The best I can tell, she's trying to soften the hemline. I just don't think I need that on wavy hair.
I go in for a trim and the point cutting makes my ends look worse: frayed, thin, etc.
Oh, I hated the razor. I make a point to specifically say no razor so I guess I'll have to add point-cutting to that, too, lol.
It's also not supposed to be done more than every 3 haircuts or your risk straggly hair.
Depends how much you have cut off each time. If you have 2+" cut off, then any point cutting done the previous time is now on the floor.
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