That balayage class in Austin rewired how I section hair

I used to split everything into four quadrants like they taught in school, but after 3 hours of watching that instructor work with a diagonal part system, I tried it on my next client and the blend took half the time, so has anyone else ditched the old grid method for something that feels backwards at first?

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john_singh6d ago

That diagonal part system threw me off too when my coworker showed it to me a few years ago. I sat there for two days hating how wrong it felt, then I did a test head on a mannequin and it just clicked. The trick for me was forgetting about perfect symmetry and focusing on where the hair actually falls naturally. Now I use it for most of my color work, especially when someone has a cowlick or weird growth pattern. It takes some getting used to, but once your hands learn it, you won't want to go back.