How to cut hair ends?

Women, as a rule, more than men, pay attention to their appearance. Stylish clothes, beautiful shoes, fashion accessories - all these things, of course, help to create the desired image, but if the hair looks lifeless and dull, then all efforts go to naught. Sometimes to solve a problem you need to take drastic measures but in most cases it is enough just to cut the ends of the hair - and the problem will disappear.

Each hair has an outer sheath of the cuticle, which is exposed to damage, especially at the very bottom of the hair, at the tips. Split ends are nothing but stratified parts of the cuticle. The gradual thinning and then stratification of the upper shell opens up the internal structure of the damaged hair, which leads to dryness, breakage and loss of gloss. Split ends will not disappear by themselves, they need to be cut, and this can be done not only in a beauty salon, but also at home. Not always the motive for shortening the tips is damage to the cuticle, sometimes it's just a desire to change your image a little: trim or cut the bangs, make a ladder or cascade, just shorten the length of the hair. Whatever your motives Cutting hair tips yourself is not such a difficult task, besides having a lot of advantages.

In the first place - this, of course, saving money. The cost of this manipulation in beauty salons is unreasonably overestimated, so it’s more profitable to trim the tips to yourself. Trips to salons take time, which for various reasons is not always possible to carve out. No less important argument in favor of self-cutting tips is length adjustment. It is not always possible to correctly explain to the master the degree of shortening of the length.

At first glance, no special tools are required for cutting the tips, except for ordinary scissors and a comb, but not everything is as simple as it seems. In order for the result to exceed your expectations, in a positive, of course, sense, you need to choose the right tools. In the first place - these are, of course, mirrors, where without them.

Best of all, if they will be two: a large wall and desktop average. A large mirror is necessary to control the process, and with the help of the second one can consider the result of shortening from behind. In order to smoothly cut the tips, It is better to use straight hairdressing scissors; standard sharpening is quite acceptable.

Depending on the type of cut chosen, thinning shears may be needed. With their help, you can discharge your hair in the selected location. Hairbrush - another tool, without which it is impossible to evenly cut the tips.

It is better if the comb is two: one large massage is useful for smoothing curls, and the second straight with two types of teeth (frequent and rare) is needed to align the strands before cutting.

Of course, it is impossible to do without pins, rubber bands and all kinds of clamps.Their number and size depends on the type of trimming. Haircutting and leveling the tips is very difficult to hold on dry hair, so you will need a spray with water.

Hairdressing level, shaped like a clip, greatly simplifies the process. The choice of the type of level depends on the place of cutting the tips. If you need to trim the bangs, then it is better to get a small level, and if you want to trim the hair along the entire length, then you need to use a higher level.

For strongly split ends, it is best to use a special device. The sharp hot razor of the device will not only allow to trim the hair to the desired length, but also solder the tips, thereby preventing further delamination of the cuticle.

There are many ways to trim the tips. The choice of one method or another depends on many factors. You need to take into account everything: the length of the hair, the structure (thickness), and the type of haircut. It is no secret that the longer your hair, the easier it will be to equalize the ends of the hair. Properly trim too short hair, especially in the neck, is unlikely to succeed, so it’s best to turn to a professional.

But if your goal is to cut out or shorten the length of the bang or to cut the ladder in the temples, then such manipulations can be done independently. For long hair there are at least 3 ways of trimming the tips, implying different methods of capturing them: harnesses, a tail at the crown, a low tail fit. The other methods of trimming the tips, such as 2 tails, 6 tails, combing hair forward and some others, are used less often.

The most time consuming and lengthy, but at the same time allowing to trim the hair along the entire length, and not just at the bottom, is twisting the curls into small flagella. This method is suitable not only for long, but for medium length hair. When twisting, hairs with dry lifeless tips are knocked out - and they are cut.

The remaining methods help not only get rid of dry ends, but also give the hair the desired shape. The basis of some methods is the anchoring of the tail. Depending on the location, you can achieve a different cut shape.

In order to cut the hair in a semicircle, the tail should be located as close as possible to the neck. For a cascade haircut, the tail is fixed on the crown or 2 tails are fixed closer to the neck, having previously divided them into 2 equal parts. For a beautiful square fit the way 6 tails.

If the hair is rather long or you need a ladder in the temporal part, then you can not resort to rigid fixation of the hair. With the help of a clear selection of zones, the hair can be trimmed with a triangle, a cascade, or just a classic smooth cut.

You can give a hairstyle the desired shape and simultaneously cut the ends spoiling the appearance of the hairstyle only by observing the technology of execution. Only step-by-step following of the instruction will save from errors. Regardless of the method chosen, it is necessary not only to prepare the place and the tools, but also the hair itself. The first step for any kind of haircut will be washing the hair and hair treatment with balsam. Clean smoothed hair cut much faster, and more pleasant.

Consider different hair trimming schemes.

We collect well combed hair into a ponytail and fix it with an elastic; it should be located below the back of the head in close proximity to the lowest hairline.Carefully combing the tail, wet it over the entire length, if the hair is dry.

Then we fix with the help of additional elastic hairs in the tail, placing them every 3-4 cm along the entire length. The lowest retainer should be located just above the intended level of the slice. Fixing a thin tip of the tail between the fingers, and keeping the scissors parallel to the fingers, carefully cut off the hair. At this stage, the hair cut has a not very straight line, the strands in the central part are slightly shorter than the side regions.

For further trimming, remove all elastic bands fixing it from the tail and proceed to leveling the cut. Dividing the hair into 2 halves, move them forward. Separate and then fix the upper part of the hair with a clip or elastic band. The lower part should fall freely on the shoulders.

Align the cut first with one hand. Well combed hair, determine the shortest strand, it is for her and we will navigate. Fix the hair between the index and middle finger just above the intended cut, the shortest strand should be visible, gently cut off all the long hairs.

We carry out a similar operation on the other side. The upper part of the hair, previously fixed, is dismissed and weed out again. Shorter strands from the bottom are clearly visible among the longer strands from the top layer of hair. We fix the hair, and, focusing on short strands, perform a cut.

To check the sections for symmetry, we separate the strands closer to the face on each side and compare them with each other; the tips of the strands should be at the same level. The result should be beautiful smooth semicircle.

Having carefully combed hair, we collect them by means of an elastic band in a high tail. It should be located as close as possible to the hairline in the forehead area. Keeping your head straight, we begin to comb the hair forward. Holding the hair with one hand, and collecting the loose hair with the second, we try to give them a position perpendicular to the face.

Fix the tail with rubber bands. As a rule, one elastic band is enough, fixed closer to the future cut line, but it can be fixed with two, one closer to the hairline, and the second closer to the cut line. We fix a thin strand between the fingers, and cut off the necessary length, while holding the scissors parallel to the ends of the strand.

All subsequent strands are pruned, focusing on the first. Remove the gum and carefully inspect the cut.

As a result of this method of trimming the ends, an even cut when combing the hair forward turns into a multi-layered and smoothly moving cascade. In order to emphasize the multi-layered cutting, it is necessary to change the method of setting the scissors relative to the cut. Smooth tooth-shaped cut will turn out if, when cutting, the scissors should not be held parallel, but perpendicular to the cutting line.

In order to emphasize the ladder in the face, you need to select on each side of the side strands. Dissolve the hair and on each side select the temporal strand running from the hairline in the temporal part to the auricle. We trim the strands and set them strictly perpendicular to the face, keeping the head straight. Fixing hair between fingers for the necessary length for a cut, trim the tips either holding the scissors parallel to the cut or perpendicularly to get a tooth-like cut. Need to move from top to bottom.

To get the ladder, you can use another way. Selected temporal strands are combed, grabbed and weighed down by a strand. Strictly keeping our head straight, we trim the strand not in a straight line, but along an oblique line. The shortest tips should be at the top, and the longest - at the bottom.

When forming the ladder, the line of scissors and the line of hair from the strand should form an acute angle, clipping; the scissors hold relatively the strand with a slight deviation to the side. After the formation of the main line remove flaws. As close as possible to the cutting line, we fix the strand and cut the hairs that have become out of the cut.

Divide hair into 2 parts and lower your head down. When trimming the tips, the head should be parallel to the floor surface.

For a more pronounced ladder, the cut line should be more oval, the shortest tips are closer to the forehead, and the longest - closer to the neck. From short to long tips should get a smooth transition.

Trim starting with strands located closer to the neck, where there will be the longest tips. Cutting the strand on one side, we immediately equate the strand on the other side. We connect them together and check the length. If everything is in order, proceed to the formation of the line. We fix the hair on one side, and, focusing on the trimmed strand, we form a line in the form of teeth. As a result of all the manipulations, you should get an oblique cut.

The strand, which is the result of a slice, located closer to the frontal part, is compared with a similar strand on the other side and, focusing on the short one, we trim it. Now we fix the hair and in the same way make the cut line. After the cut lines are formed on both sides, we begin to remove flaws. Combing the hairs alternately on different sides, trimming loose hair. The final stage in this method is the formation of the ladder around the face.

This method is a bit more complicated than the previous ones, but it is quite accessible for independent implementation.

We cut the hair, divide it into 6 strands and fix it with rubber bands. You should get 2 temporal, 1 occipital, 1 strand with bang and 2 - near the crown. We clamp the tail between the fingers, and depending on the expected result we make a cut. If you need exactly trimmed tips, then keep the scissors parallel to the cutting line, for a multi-layered haircut, they should be tilted slightly.

You can cut it to the desired length without clamps (rubber bands, clips). The easiest way is to twist the hair into 1 bundle. Lower your head and comb your hair, collect it in a ponytail and twist it into a tight rope. Fix with your hands and cut the desired length. Again, comb and twist the braid of the hair, but this time twist it in the opposite direction. Trim loose ends.

The frequency of cutting ends depends on their appearance. Healthy tips do not differ from the bulk of the hair either in tone or density. The cut ends are dull and lifeless. Hair with dry tips grow more slowly due to lack of water and vitamins, more often confused, and when combing such hair with the effort can be damaged and healthy.

In order for the hair to always have a healthy and well-groomed appearance, and the shape of the hairstyle will be periodically updated, it is necessary to trim the loose ends at least once a month. This procedure should be carried out regardless of how long your hair is. It is enough to cut from 1 to 1.5 cm, because during this period the hair will be at least 1.5 times longer, and at most 2 cm, which does not significantly affect the shape of the hair.

In order to make the process as easy as possible and pleased with the result, you should follow some of the recommendations of experts.

For better visual perception, especially if you have vision problems, It is desirable to choose the right, not only tools, but also the color of clothes. Blond hair is much easier to trim if the clothes are in dark colors, and dark ones, on the contrary, are more visible on the clothes of light colors. Cut tips should not be cut along the line of cutting scales, but a couple of centimeters above this place.

In order not to injure the tips while trimming, it is better to keep the scissors under the slope. Increase the interval between the haircuts will help the use of air conditioning and nourishing masks.

How to trim the tips of the house, see the following video.