Saturday, October 6, 2018

How to cut a fringe?

October 06, 2018 beauty No comments :

How to cut a fringe?

How To Cut Your Own Fringe, An Illustrated Guide

It’s easier than you think

There are a few things that have, throughout my life, consistently let me down. One is dogs who have no interest in spending time with me and the other is hairdressers. While I think hairdressers are very talented, I’ve never popped my bum in that comfy leather chair and come out with what I asked for.

It all started, aged 14. After years of desperately growing my hair, I decided to check out the ‘cool’ new salon in my town and get some layers cut in. Two hours later I was Billy Ray Cyrus circa the late ‘80s. I sat feigning rapture as Sharon showed me with a mirror the back of my own head where six pieces of flaccid hair tickled my neck while the rest had a party up top. Since then, I just haven’t been able to face going back, so, I took matters into my own hands and mastered a couple of simple techniques. Trimming is fairly self-explanatory, but what about the fringe? As mine is currently looking a little Ben from A1, I thought I’d take you along for the ride.

Disclaimer: I am not a hairdresser. If you are, you should probably close this tab right now because by God are you going to be annoyed and disappointed. These are not professional techniques, but they do work.

What you’ll need:

• Hair ties

• A mirror

• Sharp scissors

• A comb

• Water

• A leg razor

• A reckless sense of misplaced confidence

Sectioning Your Hair

If you’re starting from scratch AKA don’t have a fringe, you’re going to need to section your hair. First, you should wet your hair to make it easier to cut, and so that you can see the length clearly. Next, find your parting by combing all your hair back (like you’re doing a slicked back wet look a la Gigi Hadid) while simultaneously push the hair on the crown of your head forwards. Though you’ll find your hair falls to wherever your natural parting is you want to make a middle parting.

TIP: If you’re doing your this in a mirror, take a picture – you’ll be surprised how wonky your parting is it even if it looks perfect in the mirror.

Time To Start Creating That Fringe

It is important to note that the further back the peak of your parted hair is the thicker your fringe will be. I suggest starting fairly shallow – just over an inch from your hairline should be enough for a thin fringe – as you can always make it thicker later by taking more hair from the back. Once you’ve decided on the thickness of your fringe, part the hair currently hanging over your face on both sides from that middle point to your side burns. Then, tie the rest of your hair back.

The Twist and Cut

This technique is only for full or side-swept fringes. I saw it done on YouTube about two years ago and never looked back. Simply, take the section of your hair that you prepared, twist it one full turn to the right, hold with two fingers and cut across. Ta-da.

TIP: Because your hair is twisted it’s hard to see how long your fringe will be, so always cut it a third longer than you want, then neaten up the shape created with the techniques below.

The Razor Technique

Never, ever cut your fringe dead straight across. It’s what nightmares are made of. For a more natural feel, you need a slightly jagged edge and slicing with a razor makes this relatively easy to create. Hold your tool vertically against the inner edge of your fringe and drag it down the hair going ever-so-slightly back and forth. Cutting with a razor means you can remove weight at the same time so that it looks that little softer. Britney use to do this for her killer noughties fringe and anything Britney did circa 2005, we should do (apart from the 1,000 push ups a day, obvs).

TIP: For side bangs or a full fringe, a good guide is that the shortest part should be hitting the bottom of your eyebrows and the longest part should be around the top of your ears.

The Pointy-End-Of-The-Scissors-Thing

If you’ve cut your fringe and you’re all ‘OH GOD, I LOOK LIKE I HAVE A PIECE OF HAM STAPLED TO MY FOREHEAD’ it’s probably too blunt. Don’t fear, just spend a while putting this technique into practice. With your scissors facing (almost) horizontally and only slicing around half a centimetre into the ends, cut little slices from the bottom all the way along until the thick edges are dispersed, and the slope is even.

TIP: Use this technique if you’re trimming your fringe, it won’t change the shape and will keep the edges light.

Thinning hair (The Good Kind)

If you’re lucky enough to own a pair of thinning scissors, dragging them through the bottom third of your fringe will take the weight out of the bottom and make it infinitely less maintenance. You can buy these at Boots for £7.99 and believe me, it makes cutting any fringe 758,987 times easier.

So there you have it, three techniques that will help you create a light or heavy natural fringe. Now, go and spend that £40 you’ve saved on more important things like plants, Mezze at that new Greek restaurant around the corner, or getting a little drunk and heading to a petting zoo on a Sunday. You’re welcome.

Saturday, October 6, 2018

How to cut a fringe?