The salon owner who banned dry cutting taught me more than any class I took

I worked at a shop in Austin for two years where the owner, a 62 year old woman named Diane, refused to let anyone do dry cutting. She said it was lazy and unprofessional. I fought her on it constantly because I learned dry cutting in school and thought it was the best way to handle curly hair. Then one Saturday I had a client with tight coils who was in a rush and I did a quick dry trim without telling Diane. The shape came out crooked and the client noticed before she even left the chair. Diane pulled me aside and walked me through her wet cutting method step by step. It took me 20 extra minutes but the result was cleaner and the client came back three weeks later asking for Diane specifically. That moment made me rethink every technique I had been so sure about. Has anyone else had a boss with old school rules that ended up being right?

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gray_gibson4d ago

Stop kidding yourself, one crooked cut on a rushed Saturday doesn't prove wet cutting is better for everyone. Dry cutting works fine if you actually know what you're doing, and Diane just wanted you to do things her way so she could stay in control.

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