can anyone else explain this to me.....

Was told by 3 artisitc directors there is no cut  just an all over Layer....

can anyone explain Thank you in advance.

J.Lo

Jon David Lopez 

Licensed Cosmetologist

**Affirmation: Tough times never last,tough people do.

Annabelle

I am no hair expert for sure, but I am a licensed Cosmo and when I was in school we learned that every time a client asks for "three layers" what you are really going to give them is one layer but the distance from the shortest length to the longest is greater. In other words, they typically just want the shortest layer to be a bit higher than most people might and the longest to be low. So...unless they really want their hair chopped and disconnected into three sections which I suppose is possible but unlikely, it is really one layer that extends down the length of the hair and "appears" to be three layers to the untrained eye. Am I right hair people???

Just a humble makeup artist wanna be...hmm a seven layer burrito sounds good right now

This question surfaces in just about every salon. The fact is, it is truely impossible to COUNT  the number of layers in a haircut. (not unless you have alot of spare time)  My clients' ask me all the time, can you give me two or three layers?  ( We may find their questions to be somewhat  hilarious, but we as the professionals have to educate them)  Pros, what were looking at here is basically the amount of hair were taking off; where you actually start to cut the layers to the point of destination.  In other words the more hair you remove, the more layers you will receive; the less hair you cut the less layers you will have.

(I hope this info was helpful )

We can't order them by the dozens and we sure can't sit and count them one by one. Laymen don't know this however so we must educate our guests, and let them in on our verbage. I'ts ok to actually tech your guests a little something about why you do what you do to them. I let my guests know what I mean by volume, height, depth, I say things like, shimmer, warmth, brilliance, and movement. If we verbally pursued our guests to believe in us &  trust us, it would be most beneficial to us all if we bring the profession bcak to the level of professionalism that  it once was.

I taught at a Paul Mitchell school for three years, and used to tell my students to educate thier guest and they will never leave. Even through the "ah-ha's and so -called mis- takes, share your thought process and vision with them and they will believe in you for life.

Interesting thread.  There are disconnected cuts that look like separate "layers".  And the supposed 3 layer cut (client language) makes sense to me.  I see it as multiple design lines done with horizontal hand positioning. 

Maybe we're the ones getting lost in the language of layers and not trying to understand what the client is meaning.

My take on it......