Texture decides how a cut actually behaves once you leave the salon. Style recommendations that work with your hair — not against it.
A haircut photo tells you what a style looks like on that person's texture. The same cut can gain or lose inches of visible length, hold or drop a curl, and double or halve your styling time depending on what your hair naturally does. Here's how we match styles to texture behind the chair.
Fine hair: build the illusion of density
The goal is volume without wispiness. Blunt lobs and one-length bobs make ends look thicker; long single-length hair tends to fall flat. Minimal, internal layering adds movement without thinning the perimeter. Root-lift products and a great blowout do the rest — and dimensional color like highlights visually adds depth.
Thick hair: remove weight, keep the shape
Thick hair needs interior weight removal — long layers, texturizing, and face-framing that lets it move instead of sitting like a triangle. Heavily blunt cuts can feel bulky; heavily layered short cuts can expand. The sweet spot is usually collarbone or longer with strategic layering, or a genuinely short cut with the bulk carved out.
Wavy hair: commit to the wave
The most common wavy-hair mistake is a cut designed for straight hair, worn wavy. Waves want mid-length layers that encourage the S-pattern, a light fringe that can curtain, and products that define rather than crunch. Cut for the wave and your air-dry days become your best days.
Curly and coily hair: shape is everything
Curl shrinkage means dry-state length matters more than wet-state length — a cut that looks right wet can sit two inches higher dry. Layers should be carved to how your curls cluster, and one-size-fits-all layering creates pyramid shapes. Deep hydration is non-negotiable: pair your cut with a conditioning treatment and your curls will show you what they're capable of.
Fighting your texture every morning?
If your routine is a daily battle, you have two honest options: a cut designed for what your hair naturally does, or changing what it does — that's where smoothing treatments and perms come in. Both start with the same step: a consultation where we look at your texture in person.
