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Re: Cutting your own hair

[nonnymouscawitz]

No problem! If you've had a wet cut before and it came out good you should be fine with a wet cut but dry cutting takes out all the guess work of "how much will this curl bounce up?"

Definitely check out reviews for salons you near you (with a grain of salt of course, as with anything). If they have a Facebook page, they'll have pictures of their best work and what stylists did it so you can get a feel for their skill. Unfortunately price isn't always an indicator but there should be ways to check them out beforehand.

I'm so glad you love your hair, though! It makes me so sad how many curly haired clients I have insisting I dry it straight because they hate their hair so much.

Re: Cutting your own hair

[ketita]

See, I have a whole story about the hair-loving! I didn't used to love it - it wasn't anything special, just kind of puffy, and I always kept it in a ponytail. Because, you see, I have the same hair as my dad, and his is always kept short, so nobody knew to tell me that you don't brush curly hair. Then, in 8th grade I chopped it all off, and when it started growing out, I was like wait???? My hair is beautiful! Look at the curls!! Little ringlets everywhere!! and I've been a happy camper ever since XD

Maybe you could try to convince any dark-curly-haired clients to do streaks in bright colors? Not gradients or anything, just solid streaks scattered through the hair. You get colored curls popping out between the rest, and it looks amazing. I get so many compliments on my hair, and apparently it's a style that not many curly-haired women think to try.

Another thing is using the right products. Back home we have this stuff called hair cream (no idea what's in it), but it helps keep the curls together and prevents frizz. I don't need it, but a lot of my friends use it.
I agree with you :( it's sad when people don't love their hair, and especially that there's this hate-on for curly hair (also in the media! why are all the "sexy makeovers" straightening???)

Re: Cutting your own hair

[nonnymouscawitz]

Because, you see, I have the same hair as my dad, and his is always kept short, so nobody knew to tell me that you don't brush curly hair.

This is another recurring theme for me. I have had clients sit their frizzy haired children in my chair and insist it all needs to go because it's unmanageable. And really it just turns out that they are straight haired people with curly haired children who never bothered to learn how to deal with curly hair, or who tried but assumed it would be the same as caring for straight hair. It's always fun to watch their surprise when I have their child properly styled in under ten minutes with no fuss, but some of them are not going to put in the same care at home. So frizzy haired children become frizzy haired adults who hate their hair. The first question I ask anyone who tells me they hate their curls is 'do you own a pick?' 9/10 times the answer is 'No, why?' I'm so glad you got to skip all that!


Maybe you could try to convince any dark-curly-haired clients to do streaks in bright colors?

That sounds amazing, and I'm a sucker for bright colors! I will definitely be suggesting that to future clients.

Another thing is using the right products.

This is SO important. I swear most of the hair complaints I see boil down to either 'wrong shampoo' or 'not using product.' People think product means more work, but I spend less than ten minutes a day on my hair and my product drawer is STUFFED with things that easily tame frizz or add shine or remove grease.

We've got some great curl products in the salon, but my favorite thing for curly hair is oil. I've found that a lot of curly hair gets dry at the ends, and oil tames frizz and adds that needed moisture.

also in the media! why are all the "sexy makeovers" straightening???

I could go on a very long rant about racism here but this is long enough (Obviously white people have curls too but the stigma against curly hair has some heavy roots in racism). Princess Diaries is an especially bad offender, just get the girl some leave in conditioner and a pick!

Re: Cutting your own hair

[ketita]

btw, another advantage of dyed streaks in curly hair is that you don't need to fix roots or anything - you can just let it grow out naturally, especially if you put the streaks on lower layers of the hair, so the roots are slightly hidden. The curls camouflage where the roots grow out, so it's super low-maintenance and less expense than having to worry about redoing roots every so often. I usually leave mine in until it all grows out and gets cut away in haircuts.

Yeah, tbh I think that curly hair properly maintained can be very low-stress, once you figure out its idiosyncrasies. A little bit of treatment and you're done. It's especially good with medium-length, because then you hardly have to do anything to it. (I mean, of course different curls are different, and some are more hassle than others...)
I'm glad that at least you're doing your part to try and help those people. Maybe some of them will grow to love their hair... or at least take better care of it.

Another funny hair story, this time about straight hair: some friends of mine have the straightest, slickest hair I've ever seen. it's thick and looks great, but it's so smooth it won't even stay in a ponytail. It's so smooth it hardly even takes dye - where I can keep dye for 4 months and still have it look bright, for them it washes out in a few weeks. Even bleaching hardly takes. It's pretty wild.

Re: Cutting your own hair

[nonnymouscawitz]

btw, another advantage of dyed streaks in curly hair is that you don't need to fix roots or anything

That would be a major selling point for so many of my clients.


Yeah, tbh I think that curly hair properly maintained can be very low-stress, once you figure out its idiosyncrasies.

Yeah, I'm sure there are types of curl that I would need more practice with, but for the most part, if I can do your hair in under fifteen minutes, so can you.

I'm glad that at least you're doing your part to try and help those people.

I try! It's difficult because people tend to want perfect hair with no maintenance. Not 'little' maintenance, but none. And I live in a terrible area. But I do my best.

Another funny hair story, this time about straight hair:

Wow I've never experienced anything like that! That sounds really interesting to play with.