VANITYLAB BEAUTY BEEHIVE - Why do stylists do that?

Have you ever wondered why stylists do a lot of dry cutting, texturizing and detailing with razors? It's not usually because they forgot to do something when the hair was wet!

The hair shape or perimeter is usually cut in wet then dry cutting addresses texture.  When hair is dry, we can see how your hair type and texture reacts. We can see how curls and cowlicks are really planning to behave.

Sometimes we can dry-cut clients who arrive with clean, properly blow dried and/or flat-ironed hair to save time and save money for our clients. This option is usually offered to clients with a lot of texture/curls/frizz in their hair. 

Another reason you may see a stylist cutting into parts of the dry hair is because they want to create more of a beveled end as opposed to a blunt end like the bottom of a broom. Even though we hear clients say "I don't want layers," there is usually a need to remove some weight near the ends so that hair has room to bend in and lie neatly.

For fine haired folks, adding in some shorter layers near the crown helps get that lift off the back of the head. The shorter hairs can help boost up the longer, heavier hair on top of it. We also like to used this effect in the bang area so they have more volume instead of lying flat! 

So. . . next time you see the shears or razor coming in for a nip, a good stylist should know exactly which hairs they are removing and why!