Had a client with super fine hair who wanted a blunt bob, kept getting those flyaways.

I was in the middle of the cut yesterday and the ends were just feathering no matter how sharp my shears were. On a whim, I misted the very ends with a bit of water and cut them while they were damp, not wet. It gave me a cleaner line without the hair slipping. Has anyone else found a trick for blunt cuts on fine hair that won't hold a line?

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martinez.river1mo ago

Wait, doesn't cutting damp hair risk it springing up shorter when it dries? I've heard that's a thing with fine textures. What kind of hold did you get once it was fully dry?

pat_murray531mo ago

You're right about the spring up thing, but I mean, that's kind of the point for some of us. If I cut my fine hair bone dry, it just sits there flat. Cutting it damp lets me work with the natural wave and volume as it dries. Yeah it might end up a bit shorter, but the shape is way better and it actually has body. For hold, it's not stiff, but it stays in place because the cut follows how my hair actually moves.

jessicap821mo ago

Oh, so we're just out here giving away the ancient secrets now? Next you'll tell me you section with a comb instead of just eyeballing it. Honestly, that damp-end trick is the only thing that works on my own hair, otherwise I look like I got into a fight with a weed whacker. You try to cut it dry and it just does whatever it wants, like a toddler on a sugar rush. Guess we all have to find the one weird thing that makes the scissors behave.