My First Devacut Experience – Morango Curls, Rotterdam, Netherlands

I first saw Morango Curls’ Instagram page long ago when I was in India and I was always in awe of their work. They were my favourite Instagram Curly Hair Stylist page. Never in my dreams did I think I would get a chance to get my hair cut by them. But it happened!

When I moved to Netherlands last month, I never thought I’d get an appointment with them this fast because they are always booked out. But I did 🙂

The salon is such a happy place for curlies. Nothing but curls. No out of place equipment, no harmful products, and heads of curls everywhere. All the members of staff themselves have curly hair. Everyone was so friendly and cheerful. It was curl heaven.

The process

Time – 2 hours, Price – 70 Euros

1. Dry cut – Irina, the bubbly owner examined my hair and asked me what I wanted. I let her decide the length she wanted to cut 🙂 She started snipping away. She told me that my hair was very healthy and Indian hair wigs are very popular in the market. She asked if she could have my hair(her hair is GORGEOUS and I was eyeing that :P). We found out Devacurl Ultra Defining Gel was both of our Holy Grail Gels 🙂 We talked about so many things curly. Such a fun and friendly lady.
2. Wash and condition – Since I follow the CG method, they didn’t wash my hair with a strong detergent. The girl used Boucleme Hydrating Curl Cleanser followed by the Boucleme Conditioner.
3. Heat – My hair was wrapped in cling film and I was made to sit under the hooded dryer for around 20 mins to deep condition my hair. It was then rinsed off.
4. Styling – Irina then detangled & styled my hair in sections using a tangle teezer comb and using raking method. She used Kinky Curly Knot Today and Boucleme Gel (She wanted to try something new that I hadn’t used before. So she passed her staples like Devacurl gel, B’Leave in, Bouncecurl gel etc). And she used a microfibre towel to absorb the excess water. Then a BIG palmful of mousse was scrunched in.
5. Diffusing – Then a girl dried my hair using the Dyson dryer + diffuser.
6. Final trims – Once fully dried, Irina fluffed my hair, scrunched out the crunch and then cut off any stray pieces that were remaining.

Deva dry cut vs my previous wet cuts

4 weeks into the cut, I don’t find anything different from my regular wet cuts. Because I was at least hoping my haircut shock period would be less. But my hair was in a shock for 2-3 weeks. Irina herself was complimenting my last cut saying there were no holes in it. Maybe because my shrinkage isn’t as much as really curly/coily hair, I can very well do with wet cuts too. But the whole “curls only” experience was really worth it. Haircuts for curly hair