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Curly cut

A cutting technique made for curls – usually worked dry, curl by curl.

In a curly cut, curls are cut dry and unstyled. That way the stylist sees how each individual curl falls and springs back – something invisible when the hair is wet.

Why it is cut dry:

Curls shrink considerably as they dry. A bob cut wet can look several centimetres shorter once dry. Cutting dry avoids exactly that surprise and allows volume to be placed deliberately.

Known methods:

Common approaches include the Deva Cut and the Rezo Cut. They differ in technique and philosophy but share one principle: the natural curl pattern dictates the cut, not the other way round.

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