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I used to fight with every single client's hair texture, now I just listen to it
Honestly, for the first five years in my chair, I had this one way to cut. I'd try to force wavy hair to lay straight or make fine hair look thick with tons of layers, and it never really worked out. The change came after a client, Maria, came in with this gorgeous, super curly hair that I butchered trying to give her a blunt bob. She was nice about it, but I felt awful. That weekend, I signed up for a texture-specific class in Charlotte. The teacher basically said, 'Your job isn't to change the hair, it's to shape what's already there.' Ngl, that hit me. Now, before I even pick up my shears, I spend a good five minutes just feeling the hair, seeing how it dries, and asking the client what it does on its own. My cuts take a bit longer, but people leave way happier. Has anyone else had a specific technique or mindset shift that completely turned your results around?
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ryanm602d ago
Just hair? Tell that to my client who cried for a week after I gave her a triangle head. It grows back, sure, but you have to live with the awkward photos until it does. Some of us actually care about not ruining people's confidence for six months. It's not being deep, it's just doing the job right.
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wendy8202d ago
Funny how that shift from fighting hair to listening to it can change your whole business. I started noticing clients would come back more often when the cut actually worked with their life, not just my vision. It stopped being about fixing them and started being about what their hair does on a Tuesday morning.
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susansingh2d ago
I mean, it's just hair though, right? People get way too deep about this stuff. It grows back either way.
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