Spring’s hottest haircut leaves your strands exactly the same length as they were when you started — and that’s the point.
New Yorkers looking to keep their locks as is, only healthier, are opting for a technique called hair dusting that nixes split ends without chopping off inches.
“There are a lot of women who don’t want to lose the length,” says UES hairstylist Nunzio Saviano, owner of Nunzio Saviano Salon. “They’re afraid of the word ‘haircut.’ ”
So instead, they’re dropping in every six to eight weeks to trim one or two millimeters from their tresses.
“It’s perfect for keeping the shape of the hair,” he says.
The trick can even help your mane grow faster, says Saviano, because healthy hair grows quicker than split strands.
A dusting with Saviano carries the same $325 price tag as a regular cut, although the process takes a few minutes longer.
“It’s a little bit harder, because it has to be really precisely done,” Saviano says. Dusting is done on dry hair, so an appointment at his salon includes a wash and blow-dry beforehand.
Gregorio Ruggeri, owner of Salon Ruggeri near Madison Square Park, does a quicker dust than Saviano, typically when his clients come in for color appointments. The treatment is complimentary and tacks on only an extra few minutes.
But dusting doesn’t work if your split ends have spread more than a centimeter up your hair.
“If you waited three months,” Saviano says, “you’ll have to get a normal haircut.”