<p>My hairdresser always cuts my hair dry before applying color & styling. It looks good enough, but not as great as my previous stylist who always cut my hair wet. I’m not sure if the difference is in the stylists, or the fact that she is cutting it dry. I have thick wavy hair, so I think it should be wet to make sure all the ends are even. However I have read that some stylists cut my kind of hair dry to be sure it doesn’t get too short when it “kinks up” after drying. My stylist has been cutting hair for more than 20 years and used to own the salon, so I don’t like to ask too many questions. Anyone else getting dry cuts?</p>
<p>You don’t want to cut wavy or curly hair even when wet- because when it dries it will be uneven.
Depending on how much hair you are having cut at a time- I would wash your hair to be sure it is clean- use scissors to get the bulk off- then use a razor as it dries to lighten the ends. ( you can also use scissors to layer ends)</p>
<p>My hair stylist dampens my hair with a sprayer to cut it…then she does the color…then washes. My hair is straight when it’s damp!</p>
<p>That is interesting, I hadn’t thought about the fact that if it is cut wet it will dry uneven. Probably the decline in my hair appearance has more to do with the fact that it is mostly gray now & much different texture than in the estrogen days.</p>
<p>My gray hairs are a completely different texture and wave pattern than my non-gray hairs, which has made haircuts an ongoing challenge, particularly since my non-gray hair is decidedly curly. Coloring beats the gray hairs into submission to a degree, but I’m having to be more flexible on haircuts than in the past. </p>
<p>One thing that has helped: John Frieda Clear Shine Luminous Color Glaze – used about 3 weeks after a coloring. Boosts the shine and texture nicely for me.</p>
<p>After my hair dries (after the coloring), my hairdresser touches up the cut. Doesn’t every GOOD hairdresser do that?</p>
<p>Mine does coloring first then washes cuts and styles. When my hair is dry she then touches up the cut.</p>
<p>I always have my hair washed, cut and blown dry. (I don’t go all that often.) I don’t color my hair. My hairdresser cuts my hair wet. Then he blows it dry. Then he cuts it again to deal with the uneven bits.</p>
<p>My hair has always been a problem for cutting because while the sides of my hair are pin straight, the back is wavy. It’s always been that way—I have a sibling with the same. Now, with more gray, it’s even more of an issue. </p>
<p>Cutting my hair dry doesn’t work. Cutting it wet doesn’t. They have to do both.</p>