Learned to map hair growth patterns before starting a cut...

It makes blending so much easier and natural looking...

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Map the hair's natural flow to see where blending gets tricky. Don't you find that cowlicks always mess up your plan? Fixing them early saves so much hassle later.

wilson.diana1mo ago

Absolutely, mapping the flow is the only way to start. Cowlicks don't just mess up the plan, they actively fight against it like a tiny, stubborn rebel. I've found the one right at the crown is the worst offender, it looks fine until you try to make anything lay flat. My method is to cut everything else first and then deal with the cowlick alone, almost like its own separate project. If you try to blend it as you go, you'll just keep taking more length off the surrounding hair and end up with nothing left. It's a lesson you only need to learn once.

emma7681mo ago

Cutting around it first makes total sense. What do you do when the cowlick is right at the hairline, though? That seems like a whole different problem where you can't really isolate it.