Starting Out to Manage your Curls

Left with little care, curly hair can be a pain as it gets increasingly unruly and unmanageable over time. It can become frizzy and unpredictable, early mornings are the worst as your pillow gets to ruin and tangle the curls. However, with some understanding on curly hair needs and with help from your hair stylist, you can choose the right curly hair cut and you be on your way to showing off your curls to your advantage and envy of others.

A good hair cut will give your curly locks the style that is sure to capitalize on the natural head-turning beauty of curly hair. Your first priority is to find the right hair stylist who knows how to get it done. Here are some advices in getting you started.

• Unmanageable hair is often the result of split ends and fizzed strands. Trim your hair. This is sure to get rid of split ends. Trim it regularly, say, every four or six months. A quarter to a half inch trim is sure to get rid of split ends. Long, rounded layers are more suited to curly hair cuts.
• Get your hair cut when dry. It’s difficult to predict how your hair will look when cut wet as dry curly hair looks different when wet. Also, bear in mind that curly hair shrinks to its curls when dry. Curly hair is stretched by its weight when wet. That means you could loose more hair when cut wet than dry.
• Ask your hair salon before visiting them if they have someone experienced in doing great curly hair cuts. Unplanned hair cuts can stress and damage curly hair. Using a razor to thin out your hair will create rutty ends prone to split ends. It takes skill to cut layers in curly hair successfully.
• Ask your hair salon what hair styling products they use. If they contain silicones, see that you bring instead your own styling products.
• Before visiting your hair salon, you want to get a head start. Cleanse away silicone residue on your hair by using a sulfate shampoo. Silicone in most hair styling products is not water soluble and will need help from sulfate shampoos to clarify.
• Bear in mind that getting a curly hair cut also aims to make your curls fit the shape and accentuate your facial features and shape. While you can browse and chose the style you want from a hair brochure, see if your hair salon has the PC software that can simulate those styles. You should have your scanned or digital photo of your head and face in 3D so you can rotate to an angle and decide for yourself.