Avoid Heat Damage: Applying TIGI Custom Create™ Heat Protection Spray before the blowout will fight breakage and add smoothness for cutting.

Prep Dry-Cutting: For clients with straight and frizzy hair, apply TIGI Custom Create™ Split End Repair Cream before blow-drying so the hair is conditioned and easier to cut dry.

Joel uses the TIGI Professional® Custom Create™ Texturising Sea Salt Spray like a primer because he knows he will use it later to finish and style the haircut.

When moving between wet- and dry-cutting, it’s important to adjust your product strategy to create the best canvas for each technique. “Dry hair reveals the reality, so you know where to texturize, detail and remove weight.” Here’s why: “Wet hair is easier to cut,” says Joel. That’s why Joel cuts the hair 70 percent wet (its elasticity makes it easier to control tension), then blows it out the way it’s going to be styles and texturizes on dry hair. The shag is all about texture and personalization BUT also relies on strong lines and precision-cutting. For clients with short and small curls, Joel uses a different approach-a freehand technique to embrace natural movement.Ģ. Always avoid cutting curls too short, otherwise they might shrink into a micro bangs situation.

Texture: Clients with curly hair? How do they wear it on a daily basis? Cutting a longer or asymmetrical fringe works best if they typically wear it curly.“Or I can change it more into a square or rectangular to incorporate some of the sides to make the illusion of having more hair.” This shape will add fullness. “If someone has finer texture around the hairline, I will move farther back with a triangular section,” says Joel. Here’s how to determine the most flattering, wearable fringe for your client’s hair type: Fringe Factors: How To Choose The Best Fringe That’s why we’re breaking down texture master Joel Torres’ best fringe-cutting tips and videos to achieve face-framing, asymmetrical and concave curtain bangs. Whether they create a subtle frame around the face or a dramatic curtain sweeping effect, all the best shags are paired with fringe. ’70s Curtain Fringe-Cutting Tips From we shag now or later? The ’70s shag haircut-think choppy, face-framing layers with texture for days-resurfaced a few years ago and we’ve been feelin’ the fringe frenzy ever since.

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