Cutting my own fringe - thrifty or disaster waiting to happen?

[GideonKipper]

Anyone trim their fringe on a regular basis? I have a fairly full fringe,( not full and blunt though, just not wispy and side swept if that makes any sense) which really needs a trim but I just can't get to the hairdressers in the next few days.

Am very tempted to get the dog's grooming scissors (very sharp, just like hairdressing scissors really) and have a go.

Is this a good idea?

I'd advise against it Generally.
If you're going to however, cut it tiny bit by tiny bit. Nothing worse than cutting too much and only realising when the hair springs up out of your fingers.
Also, use a straight comb and comb down to longer than where you want it and cut vertically up towards the comb. This will stop it looking blunt and home done. HTH.

Do it!

Watch enough YouTube tutorials so you know what you're doing first and then go for it.

I have a full fringe and have been cutting it myself for years with fantastic results. I hate hairdressers!

After a thread a few weeks ago (on which Bunny was very helpful!) I cut my own fringe and it hasn't turned out too bad. The first time was the best - I used the twisting technique in . It gives you quite an arched shape with long sides.

Then I gave it another trim, cutting it bit by bit as Santa describes, but I made the mistake of holding the hair too far away from my face, which gives you different lengths. So make sure you hold it straight down and as close to your face as possible.

I also got some hairdressing scissors off Amazon for ~£12 which are much better than the old sewing scissors I used to use.

Hairdressers do it for free generally, but always get mine wrong so I intend to master doing it myself!

Eeek! Think I might go for it. Bunny I'll hunt you down if it all goes wrong .

Off to find a comb and will cut vertically, mm by mm.

All done. I watched the twist video Elizabeth and it that way. Looks good. Could probably do with another couple of cm off but I'll refine my technique on dd tonight first .

Excellent!

is easy
use the point cutting technique and make sure to cut the hair under the fingers , not above, to control the lenght.
or search on youtube for fringe point cutting, there are lots of tutorials.
good luck!

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Thanks. I'll have a look at point cutting. Guessing it might be similar to the method described by Santas.

I did the twist on dd and it looks great, better than mine.

My hairdresser told me that, if it becomes necessary to cut the fringe, just cut the middle bit, and not too short. In other words, don't go right along from ear to ear!

That might look a bit odd though. I'd probably look like one of the dc had grabbed the kitchen scissors and took a chunk out of my hair .

Obviously hairdressers have a vested interest in advising us against having a go ourselves .

I've started cutting my own fringe recently..you can get a fringe clip thing (technical) which helps to cut evenly from boots.

Ooh I used to love fringe cut time as a child. People look funny after! Sort of - refreshed. Nothing useful to say just come over all nostalgic!

I always cut my own fringe. sometimes it looks great. Sometimes it looks a bit meh! I once went to my hairdresser for a trim and another (very expensive) stylist trimmed it and made such a hash even my meh effort was better. never thought of getting tips off you tube. off for a gander.

Well done Gideon I have been trimming mine for years and years. I watched closely what my hairdresser at the time used to do and still use that technique now, even if my overall cut has changed - but the fringe is still there! I would advise proper hairdressing scissors for the long term though

And I'm with the others on here - always cut a little and then some more... My one disaster was when I thought I had the thinning scissors in my hand (the ones with gappy teeth) and cut a full chunk out because they were the normal scissors! ouch, that had to grow out but luckily it was at the side

I do mine. I use one of those guide combs, cut straight along but longer than I want, then point cut to soften. Comes out pretty well and means I can keep it at a length I like without having to go the the hairdresser every fortnight.

I makes a DD2 'collapsing in a heap of laughter' mess of mine last time I cut it.

I should have know better, I did when it was wet and got it too short (I wear glasses and there is a really tight margin between my fringe looking sensible and driving me mad)

Too short and you sort of get a stripe of fringe a stipe of forehead and a stripe of glasses frames, it doesn't work.

Had I not been an impatient twat, I'd have got DH to do it, I doesn't do badly and he gets it straight!

Thanks everyone. Woke up this morning with hair looking crap, no amount of cautious DIY fringe trimming is going to sort it so I've managed to squeeze in an appointment tomorrow. I will be studying the hairdresser's method very carefully for future reference!

I improved the shape of mine last night with some point cutting and very careful bit by bit trimming so that it's completely level. I think I'm sold on doing it myself now and will improve with practice.

However....when I came to put my mascara on this morning I realised I'd cut the ends off the lashes of my left eye Now I know why the hairdresser tells you to close your eyes.

Ooops! Eyelashes do grow don't they? Thing is, you can't really do it yourself with your eyes shut .

I'm going to keep practising on dd for now...

I hope they do grow!!

Hmm, I am probably not the best person to ask. Went to hairdressers yesterday and 'fessed up to having trimmed my own fringe as it was getting on my nerves. But apparently the confession was unnecessary as it was blatently obvious what I had been up to! We have known each other a long time, so can be honest with each other rather than maintaining a purely professional 'neutral' expression most hairdressers wear when confronted with some home handiwork and she howled laughing at my blunt cut fringe and showed the other hairdressers next to my seat in the salon. We have agreed I should step away from the scissors in future if I should feel the urge to trim! However, a lot of the other ladies also 'fessed up to having trimmed their own hair (one of them uses a Stanley knife!!!) so at least I am not alone. Love the salon I go to - there is a crowd of us who regularly keep the same appointment schedule and its like meeting up with friends, hairdresser is brilliant and you always come out of the salon with a cut that suits you and feels a million dollars.

think it depends on your confidence and skill level - mine is obviously zero as I had just cut across in a straight line rather than making any attempt to feather it or blend it in with the rest of the haircut!