08-11-2009, 01:10 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
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Ok so this sounds like a client of mine with the same kind of overachieving and underachieving curl placement. In the underneath below the occipital her ringlets jump up 16 inches when you pull them out to their full length, on the top 4 inches. You read it right! it has taken us two years to grow out the bottom. When I first started to address the problem we cut the layers on the top so they didn't fall over the underneath, her hair looked so much thicker and better. It had the appearance that her hair was broken off and thin only because the underneath was shrunken up out of sight. When you have this kind of disparity in the curl you must keep the top trimmed up so it doesn't cover up the curls in the back, it doesn't have to be short if you don't want it short in length (unless it is screwed up like my client. She sacrificed length for the better look and just grew it out to the length she ultimatly wanted) it just has to be shorter than the curls in the back. Because it is straighter or less curly then the underneath it will seem as if it grows faster, but this is an illusion. During this two year period, I trimed the ends only in the back maybe 1/8th of an inch to keep split ends at bay,and in the same visit must have cut an inch or two off the top and sides every two months. I will try to find the pdf link and post it here for you and you can take a look. I modified this cut to suit her hair by cutting a shorter length on top, not necessarily shorter than the picture in the pdf, you have to decide your own length and use the pdf as an educational tool and let your stylist determine the best length within those parameters. So when I say shorter it is in realation to the length you pick for your hair.
I'll find the link for you and you can see for yourself and talk with your stylist to determine if it is a good choice for you, after all she or he will have their hands in your hair, so they have an advantage over me just looking at a picture.
Cynthis
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so you won't get too short, and make the layers in the crown shorter, you want them to be 4-5 inches long when they are dry, so you can get good lift. Keep the layers above the occipital bone in the back and you won't get stringy ends. It is a modified square layered haircut. I posted a pdf somewhere here in a thread started by rudeechick called "weird stylist encounter" or something very close to that. PM me if you can't find it,
). My stylist cuts it very similar to what curl pro is saying.
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