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21 September 2012

Tips For When You Cut Your Own Hair

By Casandra Newton


You may be curious about what it takes to cut your own hair. Patience, proper tools and the correct techniques are all keys to a professional looking home job. Take time to learn ways to make the locks look good with trims between professional appointments, and you may be pleased with the results.

Using clippers designed for cutting hair is the way to go for this project. Ordinary, household scissors typically are too dull and can actually damage ends. The finer, sharper precision cut you may be seeking can be possible through these professional grade shears to help you do the task in a clean, efficient manner.

Cutting locks when they are still damp, ideally after a shower, can be the best option to give you a smooth cut and to be able to control the strands as you go along. Dry locks can fly away, and you can miss spots, leading to an uneven cut. Remember that locks also will shrink in length as it dries, so be judicious when it comes to taking inches off.

For a basic, overall trim, take a clump of strands and cut up and away, slightly at a slant as you make slow but consistent progress through all of the locks that need a trim. This process will allow for a natural look without blunt edges becoming split. This strategy also works well for bangs when you may be in between sessions with a stylist for trims.

When it comes to curly locks, you can face a different set of challenges to try and get an even style all around. Talk with a personal stylist on tricks for emergency times when you may need to do maintenance trimming at home. You also can apply more of a blunt cut holding the shears straight in this case for these types of locks.

A spray bottle filled with water can be a valuable best friend as you go along with the styling process of cutting and checking. Spritz strands as you continue to work through the locks. This will keep dry strands, particularly fine locks, from flying away and avoiding the shears, leaving you with gaps that might be missed and longer than the rest of the cut strands.

You can measure the type of cut you have given yourself as you go along by pulling different strands to your nose, ear or other fixed point as a way to measure and see what you have done and how much you have taken off. This way you also can see as you go along if the cut is even on both sides. Stylists also use this trick to make sure a cut is even on both sides.

Take your time to do a proper job when you cut your own hair so that you can be pleased with the style that you attain. Allow enough time to make sure the trim is even and complete. With the proper tools and a level of detail to attention, you may be happy with the results you are able to achieve.




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