My curly haircut at BBlunt Bangalore

My hair was getting very heavy at the ends because the layers weren’t tapered at the ends. This was pulling my hair down causing it to look wavy at the roots and not curly. It was getting a little difficult for me to manage all the weight. So I decided that it’s time for a haircut. There are no salons in India like Devachan or Ouidad that specifically cater to curly hair needs. But since BBLUNT was one of the first brands in India that had a product specifically for curly hair (their BBLUNT High Definition Curl Defining Leave in Cream), I decided to try their salon for the curly haircut.

I booked an appointment at BBLUNT Magrath Road, Bengaluru. I chose to get my curly haircut done by their Senior Stylist (I think her name was Muang, or was it Maung :|) at the cost of INR 1400. Here are their prices and services – BBLUNT Salon Menu. Let’s see how it went!

1. She was a sweet chubby lady 🙂 First she analyzed my hair. All I told her was that I wanted more layers, but she analyzed my hair perfectly. She told me there was too much weight at the bottom, there weren’t enough layers, my bangs were too thick and that my roots were flat. She told me everything that was on my mind 🙂

2. Next we went for a hair wash. She washed and conditioned my hair with BBLUNT products.

3. Then she started with the hair cut. Her scissors and fingers moved in precision to remove the weight off my hair and create volume and layers. She addressed each concern area one after the other. She even patiently explained why she was doing each cut. For e.g. how the bangs cut bluntly at the center took shape when moved to each side of the forehead. She was also keen to know my curly hair routine and just generally things related to curly hair.

4. The drying part is probably what surprised me the most. Every salon that I have been to in the past proceeds to blow-dry your curly hair destroying all curl formation. She took out the diffuser attachment 🙂 First she applied Kerastase Nutritive Oleo-curl Definition Crème (that was the first time somebody used curl products on me in a salon!) in sections, finger coiled them and scrunched them (yes she knew it all :D). Then she diffused the sections until they were about 80% dry. Then she followed it with Kerastase Elixir Ultime Oleo Complexe for shine.

My hair looked beautiful and it was the first time I was walking out of a salon with curly hair as opposed to blow dried hair 🙂

What I liked about my haircut at the BBLUNT Salon:

1. She did not tell me not to get layers for curly hair. I have had a lot of hair stylists tell me that layers increase curl volume and make you look poofy. No – layers create movement in your curls and prevent the dreaded triangle head. Here’s an article explaining it all – Haircuts for curly hair
2. She did not give me advices on how “straightening” or “smoothening” can make my life better. I love my curly hair and wouldn’t trade it for anything! In fact she told me how much she loved my hair 🙂
3. She did not beat the life out of me trying to detangle my curly hair with a brush. She gently used a wide toothed comb.
4. She didn’t blow dry my hair after the cut. She used curl products, scrunched my hair and semi dried my hair using a diffuser attachment.

What I didn’t so much enjoy about my experience at BBLUNT Salon:

1. She didn’t cut my hair dry. Curly hair specialists cut curly hair dry so that they can judge the actual length of the hair as curly hair shrinks considerably after drying. And now after getting back home and styling it on my own, I noticed the layers are a little high and I am not able to leave my hair open that easily.
2. They didn’t allow me to click much pictures of the whole process (Hehe I know this is not related to the haircut :P)

Overall it was a good experience. It’s just been 2 days since the haircut and as with all my haircuts in the past, I sort of have an adjustment/experiment period of some weeks after the haircut before I know how exactly how my hair will behave and what exactly I should be doing to bring out the best curls. For e.g. how much product to use (since the density and length have reduced), if or not to rake the product into my hair, how to style it and all that. Hopefully within a few weeks I will learn that 🙂