A senior stylist told me my foils were too thick and I doubled my speed in two weeks

She said I was grabbing sections the width of my pointer finger when they should be the width of a pencil. Anyone else get a basic technical correction that actually saved them tons of time?

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barnes.kai6d ago

Oh man, I mean is it really that big of a deal though? Like yeah sure pencil width sections are technically correct but I've seen people grab way bigger chunks and their color still comes out fine. It kind of depends on the hair type and the color you're using too. If you're doing a lived-in look with some dimension, slightly thicker foils actually blend nicer sometimes in my opinion. I feel like as long as your saturation is on point and you're not overlapping, the section size police aren't gonna bust down your door. idk, maybe it's just me but I think people get way too precious about super tiny details that don't always make or break the end result.

max3889d ago

Bigger sections sound like a recipe for disaster to me. You're just asking for patchy color and missed roots when you rush through foils like that. A pencil width is barely anything, sure, but that extra precision is what keeps your work from looking like a home job. There's a reason experienced stylists harp on section size. It's not about speed, it's about consistency. Skimping on that detail to save 10 minutes just means you'll spend twice as long fixing banding later. Slow down, do it right once.