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Dianna GTrimming your own fringe
March 11th 2009 00:57
I’ve made a few attempts to cut my own fringe. Boredom does that to you when you’re waiting in the car, paper scissors are within reach and the ends of your fringe are tickling the tip of your nose. Unfortunately, these few attempts have only resulted in a fringe that looked like it had been hacked by a maniac with razors or resembled a coconut that had been hacked by a maniac with an axe. And I had to ask myself : am I such a cheapskate that I would rather save that $7 than to have my hair professionally trimmed every five weeks? Luckily, my uncle the hairdresser who sadly leaves overseas, was good enough to give me some tips and save my money – and my fringe.
1. Carefully section off your existing fringe with a comb from the rest of your hair. Pull the rest of your hair away from your face and secure with bobby pins, hair clips and/or hair elastics.
2. Start with a dry fringe. Wet hair makes strands heavier and appear longer so when dry, you’ll realise you’ve cut your fringe too short.
3. Divide your fringe into three sections. Begin with the centre section (securing the other two sections with hair clips) and comb the hair down to the browline. Hold it with your fingers about an inch above the ends.
4. Using a pair of sharp, high-quality scissors (don’t use ones you’d normally use to cut paper), hold the scissors at a 45-degree angle and start ‘point-cutting’, snipping bits at a time. Whatever you do, don’t cut straight across the ends, a mistake I did time and time again. It’s almost impossible to keep the ends of your fringe in a straight line with this method (thus, my hacked fringe look).
5. Repeat with the other two sections.
Note : always cut off less than what you need to start off with just in case you make a mistake or aren’t confident in your cutting abilities.
Methinks Ashlee Simpson needs her fringe trimmed
1. Carefully section off your existing fringe with a comb from the rest of your hair. Pull the rest of your hair away from your face and secure with bobby pins, hair clips and/or hair elastics.
2. Start with a dry fringe. Wet hair makes strands heavier and appear longer so when dry, you’ll realise you’ve cut your fringe too short.
3. Divide your fringe into three sections. Begin with the centre section (securing the other two sections with hair clips) and comb the hair down to the browline. Hold it with your fingers about an inch above the ends.
4. Using a pair of sharp, high-quality scissors (don’t use ones you’d normally use to cut paper), hold the scissors at a 45-degree angle and start ‘point-cutting’, snipping bits at a time. Whatever you do, don’t cut straight across the ends, a mistake I did time and time again. It’s almost impossible to keep the ends of your fringe in a straight line with this method (thus, my hacked fringe look).
Note : always cut off less than what you need to start off with just in case you make a mistake or aren’t confident in your cutting abilities.
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