To wonder why so few hairdressers do curly hair cuts

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I live in an area swamped with hairdressers. Keratin blow drys and curly blow drys are two a penny. But try getting a curly deva cut. I have found one fairly local salon with a wait of months , otherwise it’s a drive to Manchester or Birmingham.

I don’t want to drive for miles I don’t have time. There are at least 8 fancy hairdressers local to me. I’m genuinely wondering why this isn’t something more widely available?

ByGrabtharsHammerWhatASaving Mine is french 😂 and beginning to lose his now.

It takes such long time for curly hair to get any length back in it,doesn't it!!

When I go to places like Spain and Portugal I see so many women with beautiful,natural curly hair yet here at home it's rare.

It must be nice for your daughter to grow up in a curly household! .

I always felt different and mum never knew what to do with my hair or how to handle it.
The horror thinking back to school mornings when she'd brush it with a denman brush - dry!!! I permanently looked like I'd stuck my fingers in a socket 🙄🤣

@Bigoldhag

Its not in standard training - or at least it wasn’t in our area where I trained. Not for white curly hair or afro textures. Massively failing on the college to be honest. I think as well as the trend for ‘cutting the individual curl’ rather than trying to manage curly hair as straight hair has been relatively more known now, and some havent caught up.

I self taught how to cut curly hair due to having two very curly haired younger siblings - one of whom had afro texture but I had to get it from youtube! I couldn’t even find independent training anywhere near locally to me.

Why the gap in training? The demand is clearly there! Crazy

I straightened mine for years. Now it’s much more fashionable and acceptable to have wavy or curly hair. What that means in most places is a big bouncy wavy styled blow dry though.
To the person who said it doesn’t suit all hair. Mine isn’t super curly. Probably 2c, but when I had a curly cut for the first time in my life I didn’t have a fizzy triangle on my head. My usual long-standing hairdresser can only do straight . She does it well but I don’t want that anymore.

God knows. I’m currently growing out a fucking horrendous cut🙄

I have always loved my wild, curly hair, but have only ever received compliments on the rare occasions I've straightened it. It doesn't bother me at all, but interesting that others have experienced the same.

You need to look for a hairdresser with curly hair. I actually found mine by talking to a woman at work with gorgeous curls, I asked where she went. I have wavy hair and most hairdressers just want to blow dry it straight. I’ve learnt so much about styling and caring for it properly from my current hairdresser.

I live in a very trendy city and hairdressers that do deva cuts are non existent. Many claim to understand curly hair and curly girl method but then stretch cut wet hair and apply silicone products. It's odd as local pages constantly have posts asking for curly girl hairdressers. Never found a hairdresser for dd who is nearly 9 it just constant disappointments and washes to remove whatever the hairdresser has applied that they shouldn't

@liveforsummer

I live in a very trendy city and hairdressers that do deva cuts are non existent. Many claim to understand curly hair and curly girl method but then stretch cut wet hair and apply silicone products. It's odd as local pages constantly have posts asking for curly girl hairdressers. Never found a hairdresser for dd who is nearly 9 it just constant disappointments and washes to remove whatever the hairdresser has applied that they shouldn't

I pay about £55 for mine, she cuts it dry then washes and re cuts if needed I knew it was ok when she whipped out the XHC conditioner and boucleme gel

@NotMyCat I've tried bringing our own conditioner but they always spritz something siliconey on after. By that point I've exhausted the explainatiknd and head tilting looks and it's pay and leave. I just snip the curls when one becomes errant now 😆

[quote liveforsummer]@NotMyCat I've tried bringing our own conditioner but they always spritz something siliconey on after. By that point I've exhausted the explainatiknd and head tilting looks and it's pay and leave. I just snip the curls when one becomes errant now 😆[/quote]
I nearly lost my shit at my last hairdresser who must have said about a dozen times - because you don’t wash your hair… I do wash my fucking hair. I shower and wash it every single sodding day. I choose not to use shampoo, I wash it with conditioner but that doesn’t mean I don’t wash it you dribbling imbecile.

It has taken me years to find a decent hairdresser who can cut curly hair and she has curly hair herself (not that you’d know it most of the time!) She gets my hair and its bounce! (I don’t do curly girl though as it didn’t work for me.) I’d keep an eye out for someone with curls and ask them where they get their hair cut - I’ve had a couple of people approach me and I’m always happy to send them in her direction.

Hardest bit for me is explaining that my curl isn't consistent. Very springy at the front, only a bit wavy at the back. So if cut wet it needs to be cut much shorter at the back and come down in almost an exaggerated graduated bob to the front. Only one person has ever actually cut it like that. Usually I just end up with a delightful bowl haircut.

Well judging by the above there are defiantly a need in the market. If any hairdressers out there are reading please listen !

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Cookerhood, I’d recommend Lindsey Hughes in Farringdon. She’s amazing.

My hairdresser straightens mine to cut it! My hair is a mix of 2a, 2b and 2c so I'm not sure it's 'curly enough' to seek a curly hairdresser. I might do one day in the hope they can cut the 2a sections a bit shorter to see if that helps spring them up a bit!

One day I need to be brave and style my hair with gel etc. so my hairdresser can see the waves better.

My hair is straight until just past my ears if I don't style with mousse/gel etc. Then it waves a bit, some bits almost straight and others go into a ringlet for the last few inches. My mother has lovely curls and her father has very tight curls. I guess the genes weakened over the generations

I struggle mines fairly lose curls. To cut my hair they wet it, straighten it and cut. I would love someone to cut my hair curl by curl

Yes to all this!

I've worn my hair naturally curly my whole adult life but have only recently (aged 40) found a decent hairdresser. I've been to so many salons who claim to know about curly hair but then just cut it wet.

My current hairdresser (major northern city) is always booked up and has only started to take on new clients since expanding. She's so inundated with customers that she doesn't even display her phone number publicly. People travel from all over the north - it's just crazy.

I feel your pain and I also feel so lucky to live in the same city as my current hairdresser!

@Ihaveoflate please could you let me know your hairdressers details.

Perhaps it's area dependent but lots of hairdressers here specialise in Afro Caribbean hair, so that's where most Caucasian people get their very curly hair cut - my son included.

Anyone near letchworth - i really recommend Stacy at the Colour room
She transformed my locks. They also do incredible colour - vibrant and blondes.

@forrestgreen

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You will usually have more success with a black hairdresser because more black people have curly hair so they know how to cut it. If your area isn’t very diverse then you’re screwed. Most white hairdressers will cut curly hair the same as straight hair, or even try to straighten it!

Last time I went to the hairdressers, the fresh out of training apprentice couldn't even do a blow dry. I don't hold much hope for her being able to style curly hair.

I have been to hairdressers who are good with my hair, because they have curly hair themselves. One absolutely got it spot on when she described it as hard work hair. Mine looks good curly or straight, but fuck me it's hard work getting either

My hairdresser cuts my curly hair but refuses to dry or style it because she doesn’t know how. So I go home with wet hair under a scarf and dry it myself. There is actually a specialist curly hairdresser about 15 miles away but she charges £80 just for a cut which is way out of my budget. My bog standard local hairdresser charges £15 so I just put up with her being unable to style it.