Taking small subsections and a gentle approach with this cutting method will give you the most control over what you're doing as a beginner. Use your cutting comb to direct all the hair forward, over your face and pinch out one tiny subsection at a time, each one beneath the other. Slide cutting will give you a perfectly imperfect gradation to serve as a base for your face framing layers. It's all about going straight down from your guide. Remember you are not cutting into the hair at all. By keeping your shears open and making delicate pulses-never fully closing your shears together - let your shears glide their way down the front of the hair. Slide cutting is a very gentle approach that enables flexibility and less room for error. Simply put: leave the wet cuts for the pros.įor this particular cut, I suggest a method called slide cutting. It will also give you a better visual of any dried out, split ends that need to go. By cutting your hair while its dry, we'll be able to cut the hair in response to its cues, not against them. For a DIY home cut, we don't want any surprises. If you're wondering why we aren't cutting the hair while it's wet, it's because our hair will naturally shrink up once it's dried.
We only want to choose between natural movement or a smoothed out blow dry. Do not curl, straighten, or use any hot tools to style your hair just yet. The point of this is to cut your hair the way its worn so you can notice how and where the hair wants to fall.
You're going to do one of two things: leave your natural texture in tact and let it air dry 80% of the way, or smooth out your texture if that's how you normally wear it every day.
#Perfect layers stick free
So make sure your hair has been recently washed and is free of all products. This will ensure there is no product build-up or sebum (naturally produced oil) weighing the hair down at the roots, which would cause the hair to lay differently after it's washed. The key to doing this properly is making sure the hair and scalp are clean.
I believe in a dry cut, no matter what type of texture you have.