Cutting your own hair, tips please?

shegha

Point cutting would give you a radom pinking scissors effect. Does that help?
If all goes wrong, I'll fix it

chalky_75

Shega you are a star. DOH has used the thinning scissors exactly as you said and the fringe looks sooooooooo much better. Where are you located -- what a lovely offer. Happy New Year to you and yours

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I use curved nail scissors. So easy to do my own fringe with them

shegha

If you want a concaved fringe longer at each side and shorter in the middle.
Comb the fringe down, pull hair together flat, place your thumb on the hair and cut around the top of you thumb shape this gives a perfect fringe each time.
I'm in East Anglia and work in the local college Hair & beauty department

Seakay

I want a curved fringe, but I don't quite understand the thumb thing; your thumb is not very wide - how do you avoid a scalloped effect?

shegha

You pull all the hair flat together, so no wider than you thumb, then cut round the shape of your thumb, when you release the hair in with be in the concaved shape like the outline of your thump shape.

Fruball

I do my own fringe and have done for years - I gather the fringe up and hold it between my two fingers Up above my head then trim the ends. When it falls back down its perfectly layered and no risk of cutting it too short I was given that tip by my old hairdresser.

Hope that makes sense

ps Not a chance in the world i would ever let Mr Frugal near my hair with scissors so I think you are very brave :rotfl:

chalky_75

Thank you all you kind people for taking the trouble to reply especially Shega.
Mr Chalky does really well and as he likes me to look nice it is in his best interests to take his eyes off the footie!! Actually I cut his with the clippers so I would soon get my own back

Actually I got really fed up when the salon I went to put the cost of a cut and blow dry up to £45!!!!! I left and tried other cheaper ones but I was never really happy - it always looked OK when I came out but not after I had first washed it.

Actually Mr Chalky has just retired aged 52 so we are keen to use our money on really enriching things e.g travelling etc and save on other things. We reckon we are saving about £40 every 6 weeks with the hairdressing at home lark.

Our kids think it is hilarious but are actually amazed how well it is turning out. Especially when you can get good advice here. Go on give it a try especially if you dont have layers in your hair

shegha

Well if you ever fancy a treat our students only charge £8 for a cut and blow dry and believe my you will get a good cut as the take so much care over a cut, it may take a little longer. But if you enjoy being pampered it makes the experiance last longer.
So check out you local further education college and see if they have a hair and beauty department.
Great cheap beauty treatments too

patchwork_cat

Hi
I am sure that Shegha's students are great, but after advice on here and reading in mr Thrifty I went to my local college salon in town. I can honestly say that I have never had a worse cut and the atmosphere was terrible very unprofessional. The woman who did my hair was shaking and this was in June she said that she had been cutting for years, but had decided to get a qualification as she was going to become mobile. I know that I may have got a one off, but as I say the atmosphere was really unprofesssional they were all too busy organising the end of term trip and would wander up and start chatting to the woman cutting my hair. I felt like I was in the salon on Coronation Street iykwim! Sara and David arguing and Sara and Maria having a good old goss while doing 2 clients hair!