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Maintaining clean and healthy hair is an important part of personal hygiene. To accomplish this, it is important to clean and cut your hairregularly. When it comes to hair cutting and hair styling, sometimes it is hard for busy people to get to a salon. Trimming your hair at home using professionalhair scissors can help you get rid of this problem, but how do you cut your own hair?
Below are some tips to follow while trimming your own hair
It is more convenient to cut wet hair than dry hair. First shampoo your hair correctly, then dry it and comb out any tangles. Keep a spray bottle filled with water close by to use if your hair starts to dry. Make sure that the hair cutting shears you are using arevery sharp as this will prevent hair shears from pulling your hair. If you intent to cut your hair at home often, it is worthwhile to purchase professional hair cutting shears, clippers, a razor and thinning hair shears.
Read the following to help understand how to use your hair shears and achieve your desired cut.
Normal straight cut
Nothing is better than simple hair styles. Additionally,it is easier to achieve one of these simple hair styles on your own.. The easiest hair cut to do at home is an "all one length" type of hair cut.
Determine an overall length, grab it and cut it accordingly. It is always recommended to measure your hair as soon as you have a cut that you find particularly flattering. Starting small, grab a piece of hair between your index and middle finger. Measure the hair to the determined length and snip off the extra carefully using yourhair scissors. Continue in this way till until you have trimmed all of your hair. You can use this technique with a variety of hair cutting shears and on men's and women's hair. Keep in mind that the length of hair may vary from very short to below the shoulders.
Professional Cut
Perhaps you would prefer a more professional or complicated hair style.If this is the case, you may want to start with a professional cut and then just snip off about the same amount of hair from all parts of your head on regular basis, using your ownprofessional hair cutting shears and maintain the style. Generally, hair on different parts of the head grow at different rates. So, if you select this technique, all you will need is to consult a hair-stylist every now and then since the cut can become uneven.
Another stylish hair-cut
Another idea for a very simple, but attractive hair-cut is to lean over and comb your damp hair straight forward. Use your fingers to smooth the hair and use some very sharp professional hair cutting shears to cut a long straight across.Work section by section from one side to the other. After you finish, check to be sure that the hair cut iseven. Part your hair directly in the middle of your head. Then measure small sections of your hair on either side of the part between your index and middle finger to look for any long pieces. If you see some, carefully cut off the excess with your hair shears.
As you get more practice cutting your own hair at home, you might want to try some complicated yet stylish hair-cuts at home. It may be helpful to purchase a hair styling video that provides step-by-step directions and allows you to replay any confusing sections.
