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Cut your own hair without making a mess or getting little hair bits on your neck and body, by braiding, tying off hair before cutting it.
This is how I typically cut my hair, and I think it works well with most hair lengths.
Cutting braids creates texture and movement similar to a razor cut, wherein a stylist creates variation in length with a straight razor.
If hair needs to be trimmed every six months, and if you want a salon-style textured interesting hair cut, adapting to cutting your hair this way can allow you to be split end free with texturized hair if you don't have the disposable income to get in with a competent stylist that often.
This is how I typically cut my hair, and I think it works well with most hair lengths.
Cutting braids creates texture and movement similar to a razor cut, wherein a stylist creates variation in length with a straight razor.
If hair needs to be trimmed every six months, and if you want a salon-style textured interesting hair cut, adapting to cutting your hair this way can allow you to be split end free with texturized hair if you don't have the disposable income to get in with a competent stylist that often.
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You will need:
1. Scissors. Sharp scissors are better. I used old safety scissors and it worked fine.
2. Rubber bands or hair ties. Either are good, since it doesn't matter that rubber bands rip out hair, in this instance, however hair ties can be moved more easily if you place one wrongly at first.
3. Time and patience.
I recorded the cutting process here.
1. Scissors. Sharp scissors are better. I used old safety scissors and it worked fine.
2. Rubber bands or hair ties. Either are good, since it doesn't matter that rubber bands rip out hair, in this instance, however hair ties can be moved more easily if you place one wrongly at first.
3. Time and patience.
I recorded the cutting process here.
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A simple, clear "cut" and enjoyable ''ible. Thank you for sharing. I will be cutting my 9-y-o daughter's shoulder blade-long hair this evening with this technique. I may as well teach her to braid and help me with the task :o)
im not referring to scissors, im just wondoring if there any particular art to where you place the braids etc?
would love to have a go, but worried i will screw up, as my mum WILL make me go to school like it, and then i will look like jasmine the ogre who also cuts her own hair, only she does it really, really badly.
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nice 'ible tho. gj!