What you see is what you get—when it comes to dry-cutting hair, that statement couldn’t be more true. So whether you’re new to the technique or trying to master it, we caught some key tricks you need to know from Dilek Onur-Taylor while on location at the JCP Salon/The Salon By InStyle Trend Shoot.

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Dry-cutting offers more control?

• “Wet hair lies and dry hair tells the truth,” says Dilek. Cutting wet hair requires leaving the length about 1.5 inches longer than the desired end result because of the bounce when hair dries—meaning you never…