Shoutout to that old-school stylist I watched in Philly last weekend

I was at a salon in South Philly watching a stylist in her 60s cut hair with just shears and a comb, no razors or thinning shears at all. She got perfect texture and movement without any fancy tools, which goes against everything I learned in cosmetology school. Am I the only one who thinks we lean too hard on those specialty shears instead of mastering the basics?

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skyler_craig19d ago

Wait, NO thinning shears at ALL?! That's wild to me (and honestly kind of impressive). I feel like half my toolkit would be useless if I tried that, but clearly she's figured out something the rest of us missed. It makes me wonder how many techniques we skip because we grab the easy tool instead of pushing our skill. I bet her point cutting game is insane to get that kind of texture without a single razor touch.

eva_lewis20d ago

Tbh that stylist sounds like a total boss. I've seen older stylists do magic with just shears and a comb and it makes me realize how much we overcomplicate things. We grab thinning shears for every little thing when a good dry cut and some point cutting would do the same job. It's like we forgot how to actually use our fingers to check weight lines and tension. Mastering the basics is everything, those specialty tools are just shortcuts.