Can I trim my own fringe?

[itsbetterthanabox]

Or is it silly? It's in my eyes but I can't get down the hairdressers very soon.

[ThatBloodyWoman]

Course you can.
I always did when I had one.

Hairdressers always had a fit when I did go, but it looked fine to me, and no one looked at me like this>>>>

Buggered if I was going to pay £3 for the hairdressers to do it.

[KosherBacon]

There's loads of tutorials on YouTube of how to do it. Think of a celebs fringe that you like, put their name and bangs (American word for fringe) into the search and you'll get loads of tutorials.

[MrsLettuce]

You can but even with masses of experience it does sometimes goes wrong. Fringe needs to be (literally) freshly washed and blowdried (without the product and no need for the poshest of brushes either) before you start. But, even more importantly you must hvae decent quality hair scissors - nail scissors or kitchen scissors will absolutely not do.

Never, ever, ever, ever cut it when it's wet!

[mumblechum1]

I do mine all the time. As Mrs L says, do it when it's dry. I generally snip in lots of diagonal cuts along the end so it isn't a hard line.

[ThatBloodyWoman]

Just do it bit at a time.
You can take more off, but you can't stick it back on.

And for the next couple of mornings, just check for stray long hairs and snip them off.

[CointreauVersial]

I do this all the time. I'm growing out my hair and haven't been to the hairdresser since last August, but I still need to trim my fringe. I can't bear it in my eyes; it also gets very greasy and limp if it's too long.

I'm not particularly scientific about it; I just dampen it, comb it out, and trim a few millimetres off. I have some decent sharp scissors, which is important. It may not be precisely straight, but I don't have poker-straight thick hair, so you wouldn't notice.

Go for it.

[MrsLettuce]

(ah good point about hair type - mine is utterly straight which is probably why I felt the need to issue Very Strict Instructions)

[Coumarin]

You can. I wouldn't. Although I'm looking like the love gold of Claudia Winkleman and Chewbacca at the moment so it's tempting.

[Coumarin]

*love child

[justgoandgetalife]

Never ever trim your fringe when you're exhausted & always cut under your fingers, not over the top!

Guess who did that last night & no I'm not posting a picture.

[burnishedsilver]

Based on my own disastrous attempts I'm going to say no!

[mintbiscuit]

As someone said before do not cut in a straight line. Use little diagonal snips.

My hairdresser always used to cut mine for free though in between cuts. Maybe yours does too?

[HSMMaCM]

All I can say is don't cut it too short, as I did first time. You can always cut more off.

[justgoandgetalife]

Actually, I 'fixed' it - a bit! Thankfully my fringe is/was quite thin, so by taking the hairline back a bit and combing more hair forward, then cutting it as I usually do, but longer, it now covers over the shorter bits and looks like a layered but thicker fringe. Phew!

[I also 'fixed it' when wide awake and cut under my fingers, not above!]

[Thurlow]

If you do little cuts that are rather more into it, as opposed to cutting across straight, it's normally ok. I do this every week or two. Then you're not cutting lots off, you're just tidying it a bit.