How am I supposed trim uneven strands?

Curlyguy17

Hello, everyone.

So I'm guy with long hair. I've been growing out my hair for 4 years and I haven't trimmed it ever since, not even once basically.


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If you look at the ends,you can see that some ringlets are longer than the rest of the hair and up towards the roots it has that fullness you like. Do you think I should cut? 4 years is a long time and i dont wanna lose length!

Look at that, this is a strand of my long bangs. That hair is waaaay longer than the rest of my hair

I wanna stress that I would like to trim my hair myself. I don't want to go see a stylist or whatever..

Curlyguy17

Wow the sleeping forum?

Starmie

It's rather died a bit of of a death in recent times. The more longstanding members are very frustrated with the way the forums have changed and we're all slowly wandering away.
Have you tried youtube? I'm pretty sure there'd be videos of people cutting their own curls. I'm too chicken - I'm happy to trim my fringe (which I straighten) but for anything more I go to the hairdresser.

bomega

I'm impressed you want to learn to cut your own hair. There is a technique called dusting which is just trimming the split ends. You might be able to find some youtube videos about it, but I think it is just looking for the split ends and then cutting, being sure to cut straight across to discourage new split ends.

Curlyguy17

bomega wrote: »

I'm impressed you want to learn to cut your own hair. There is a technique called dusting which is just trimming the split ends. You might be able to find some youtube videos about it, but I think it is just looking for the split ends and then cutting, being sure to cut straight across to discourage new split ends.

Why are you surprised? Cutting your own hair is alot better, you save time and money

MorrisonFan91

Your terse rudeness to bomega, was uncalled for.

Starmie

Agree Morrison. I thought it was just me thinking it sounded a bit off.

She actually said she was impressed, not surprised.

bomega

Curlyguy17 wrote: »

bomega wrote: »

I'm impressed you want to learn to cut your own hair. There is a technique called dusting which is just trimming the split ends. You might be able to find some youtube videos about it, but I think it is just looking for the split ends and then cutting, being sure to cut straight across to discourage new split ends.

Why are you surprised? Cutting your own hair is alot better, you save time and money

There are some youtube videos with instructions how how to cut curly hair (not just trimming) I am very interested in learning how to cut my own hair to save time and money. However, learning to cut my hair has a learning curve similar to learning any new skill, especially one that is outside of one's comfort zone, and hair cutting is definitely not in mine. At this point in my life, there are other things I want to learn that while not time-saving is much more money saving, and more in my comfort zone, such as:
- Car repair (I have some basic mechanical skills, but now want to do more advanced car repairs to save some real money).
- Advanced cooking techniques (I'm a good cook, but there are a lot of other recipes,styles, and techniques I want to get good at).
- Sewing (I can do simple repairs on my clothes, but would love to start making my own. This is definitely a new territory for me).

In addition, at the moment, I am in between jobs, and cannot afford to have derpy looking hair (due to undergoing the learning curve on hair-cutting) in a job interview. I work in a male-dominated field, where ironically it is even more important to look my best. I know this for a fact. In my last job, I was criticized for not being popular due to being fat/curly-haired (really.)/unfashionable in spite of all my technical contributions to the product and my teamwork in support everyone on my team and department. When I protested, I was fired (to be more accurate, either resign or be fired.)

Really it's all about priorities.

bomega

MorrisonFan91 wrote: »

Your terse rudeness to bomega, was uncalled for.

Starmie wrote: »

Agree Morrison. I thought it was just me thinking it sounded a bit off.

She actually said she was impressed, not surprised.

Hey, that was sweet of you guys, but s'ok. He was a little terse, but I wouldn't call it rude. Some people just come off that way.