How to Trim Your Own Split Ends
from wikiHow - The How to Manual That You Can EditNot every trim requires a trip to the salon. Taking care of your own split ends can keep your hair looking sharp between visits.
Steps
- Obtain a pair of hair shears. Normal scissors will gnaw through your hair and cause you more split ends. You can purchase them online or at a local beauty supply.
- Cut perpendicular to the hair strand. This will keep the end stronger than a slanted cut would.
- Make the cut about 1/4” above the split to ensure a healthy end.
- Try trimming against a light background if you have dark hair and vice versa.
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Dusting
- Start with a section of hair and cut off the split ends of individual strands. You can use one of the methods described below if you wish.
- Take a small section of hair, and twist it. The ends of the hair will pop up out of the twist and you can see split ends and trim them.
- Spread out a section of hair with your fingers. Place your index finger over the top of the section, the middle finger adjacent and underneath, and your ring finger over. Basically weave it through these three fingers. As you slide your fingers down the section you should see bad ends popping out, so trim them. Continue all the way down the strand. Be prepared for eye strain!
- Take a section of hair, leave it loose and search through it for split ends.
- Start on a new section and repeat.
Trimming
- Ask a friend or family member to trim your hair. It's useful if they have some experience cutting hair. You can trim your own hair if you are careful.
- Wash and condition you hair. Comb your hair with a wide-toothed comb while the conditioner is still in. This will separate your hair into sections.
- Take a section and bring it forward, take the end of this hair section and hold it firmly between two fingers just above where you want to trim, and make the cut.
- Bring the next section forward and repeat.
- Make sure you comb your hair very well and do not disturb the ends of the section. It is also important to keep the cut and uncut section separate and cut the same amount of hair off each section.
Tips
- It's recommended to use special scissors made for cutting hair, as normal household scissors will damage hair. Don't forget that hair scissors are very sharp and are designed to prevent the hair they grasp from slipping out, so if you pinch some finger skin in them by accident, you probably will have a pretty deep cut in your skin. Use with caution!
- Products that claim to "heal" split ends are false. They will only temporarily glue split ends together. They may help prevent messy hair however.
Warnings
- If you are a child, get an adult's help for this. It will turn out looking much better because a second person is in a better position to see whether a cut will leave a "hole" or make a portion of hair too short.
- Unfortunately going to a professional and asking for a 1 inch trim to get rid of splits often results in the loss of much more hair than 1 inch. Part of this may be due to the hairdresser deciding that he/she knows better than you, and part of it may be not being firm or clear enough in your instructions.
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