Top 5 rules for cutting curly hair

Evgeniy Pecheritsa , creative director of the HAIRDESIGN academy, international class master with 14 years of experience, creator of the HAIRDESIGN academy training system and the formation of the teaching structure

When working with hair structure, you need to take into account the degree of texture, that is, how strong the curl of the client’s hair is.

Curly hair has different shapes and this gives different elasticity. The stronger the curl, the greater the degree of elasticity.

Let's look at the main rules for creating a haircut for curly hair.

1. Curly hair always has volume and porosity - this must be taken into account when creating the shape of a future haircut.

2. To enhance the shape of the curl, there are two main methods of hair development.

Brick cutting (translated from English as “brick haircut”) is a technique in which the master reduces the weight of the strand with the tips of scissors. To do this, he needs to pull back the strand and cut the hair in any order, as if laying out brickwork.

Twist cutting is a method of twisting strands that will help give curls a light texture and randomness of layers.

3. Due to increased elasticity when cutting using the line technique, the shape can be more voluminous, but less massive.

4. To maintain the curl line in a short haircut, you need to cut it no shorter than the second crown.

5. If the curl is the same throughout the entire hair mass, then it is ideal to work on dry hair - this will ensure an immediately visible haircut pattern. Wet hair will distort the silhouette of the haircut.

Using any approach, you first need to perfectly analyze the texture of the hair.