So how are you thinking about cutting your hair yourself? Before taking the plunge, take into consideration these few tips and tricks that can only be useful and reassure you!
Whatever the reason, whether it's a question of lack of time, money or confidence – following a traumatic adventure in a hairdressing salon – you decided to no longer put the feet, or in any case, less often. However, your hair, they keep growing and the more the months go by, the more you tell yourself that it will really be necessary that you find a solution … A good cut really would not be refusal! In this case, you can always try to you cut your hair yourself… Finally, no, not just "try" – but succeed! Because this time, you will not be able to let off steam on your hairdresser and you will only be able to take it out on yourself! So, we focus and take notes – step by step – we will explain everything to you:
1 – Tips and advice before cutting
To cut your hair, start by getting the right equipment
Put down immediately this pair of scissors straight out of a school bag and back up three steps! No, no and no, we will not let you make a disaster on your hair. Of course, you are not asked to invest thousands and hundreds in professional hairdressing scissors, but to opt at least for a clean, precise pair of scissors that cuts well, which you can easily find for sale on the internet (do not forget to always check the comments of those who have already bought before you to get an idea).
Now, apart this pair of scissors you already suspect, you will also need to have a straight comb, of a brush with pins, of several elastic bands and a removable mirror. You are perfectly equipped for the “big” change!
Detangle your hair before cutting it
It is very important to dwell on the careful untangling of your hair before you start. If your hair is naturally stiff, take the time to smooth them using your brush, however, if they tend to be curly / curly by nature, you can just brush them as you are used to (making sure there are no knots), or you can decide to the smooth beforehand using your straightening iron or hair dryer, for more precision.
So yes, we know that you are not really a fan of untangling, on the one hand: nobody is. But keep in mind that all this work that you will do upstream will be time saved for the rest and a considerable reduction in the risk of error. Indeed, with well-disentangled hair, you will be better able to visualize their length. To do this, use your brush with pins as well as your straight comb to define the line on top.
Better to cut your hair wet or dry?
Here is the famous question! To answer it, it is not so simple because there are two schools: most suggest that the best is to cut them while your hair is dry. This would make the cutting process much simpler since the result is visible immediately and that imperfections can therefore be corrected immediately. However, on dry hair, the slightest scissor blow will immediately be redibitory, it will therefore be all the more necessary to focus. Sure wet hair, it will be much less radical and small errors will be less visible. Be careful not to cut too much because when drying, the hair goes up. As you will have understood, each of these methods has its advantages and disadvantages, you just have to choose with which you feel most comfortable.
Choose basic cuts
Too radical change and too complex hairstyle will not go well with your improvised house hairstyling workshop. So if you wanted to go from long hair to short hair, what we can advise you the best will remain to turn to your usual hairdresser … On the other hand, if you are rather of a reasonable nature, your happiness could well be between your own hands! At home, we maintains, we shortens, we give back movement – pep, but you can never venture too far from the simple cut.
Finally, take your time!
Above all, do not rush either for the choice of the cut to adopt, or for the preparation of your hair and even less during the cut itself! So, we immediately forget the madness in the morning before leaving for work … Yes, yes, you know very well what we are talking about.
Proceed step by step and be sure of yourself. It is only once you have no more doubts about the desired cut that you can get started; then make sure you have enough time in front of you and start combing your hair with precision; Finally, take your scissors and go little by little, it is better take it back in several times than to make a gesture as abrupt as regrettable, don't you think?
2 – Tips and tricks during cutting
Get rid of your split ends
You never get rid of your split ends for very long, unless you have no problem sacrificing a few centimeters of hair every 2/3 months. Although many people who dream of long hair have a hard time admitting it: cutting the tips regularly would result in a marked improvement in length, it's a fact. So, of course, the hair grows from the root and not from the tip, that's obvious, but having forks – it's having hair that breaks at this level and the longer you wait, the more it goes up, the more your hair "shortens". Although it may seem contradictory, the more you cut them regularly, the better they will grow.
Now let's close this parenthesis and get to the heart of the matter:
- First make sure that your line is perfectly straight in order to form two very equal portions of hair that you will place on each of your shoulders.
- Attach the two portions in two proportional tails using two elastic bands.
- Slide the elastic bands just above the split ends you want to remove, making sure that they are well parallel.
- Cut the tips under each elastic so well right for a clean cut or so spiked for a result more blurred.
Switch to straight cut
If you want the result to be noticed more than a simple refreshing of tips you can then opt for this technique all that is simpler to achieve:
- Place all of your hair in the back of your head, always ensuring that they are perfectly disentangled and smoothed.
- Then bring them together in your neck and – using a rubber band – form a low ponytail.
- Slide the elastic to the desired level then cut just below of it … As all this happens behind your back, do not hesitate to draw your removable mirror and / or get help.
Cut your hair in a gradient
You wish give movement on your hair, the gradient is for you! So, as much to shorten a few inches of hair or go to a straight cut did not really scare you, as much there, you feel somewhat overwhelmed … No panic! If you follow our advice, everything should be fine. As we said before: in this article, you will only find particularly simple cutting techniques.
- Take off your neck and bring all of your hair forward – to do this, tilt your head and use your brush.
- Now tie your hair in a ponytail, but right in the middle of your forehead this time. So yes, it's not frankly glamorous at the moment, but wait a bit to see the result …
- Detangle this tail well and flatten it on your face, before tie a second elastic lower than the first, according to the desired length.
- Cut either just under the elastic or lower in a straight line with your fingers, detach your hair and voila! You get a beautiful gradient and without much effort!
However, if you find that your gradient is not marked enough, then you can do the same technique, but this time only with the front part of your hair, drawing a real horizontal part on each side of the skull and from one ear to the other. For a more hazy result, don't forget the picket method.
Adopt the right bangs
While until now having dry or wet hair didn't really matter as long as it was clean, here, you absolutely must work on dry hair.
Whether you want cut your bangs for the first time or simply shorten the one you already have, you can use the same technique:
- Start by drawing a line in the middle of your head before separate your bangs from the rest of your hair using your comb.
- Smooth the wick well then with your fingers, bring it back before your eyes – as close as possible to your forehead – then drag them to the desired height.
- Now, cut right under your fingers hair sticking out from below using the first wick as a benchmark to even out the rest of the bangs gradually.
- Release this wick which has now become a fringe and voila!
3 – Tips and tricks after cutting
Here you are: you can be proud of yourself! Now the cut you want, you can either leave your hair as it is, or proceed to your color or your strands as you are used to.
However, be careful, it's not because you now know cut your hair yourself, easily and at home, that it takes less care! To have a beautiful hairstyle, but also to limit the appearance of split ends, cutting is not the only option. Indeed, as it is always better prevent than cure, avoid excessive heat and chemicals as much as possible and turn to care and other natural products adapted to the nature of your hair. This advice will certainly remain the best we can give you!
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