Cut your own hair: With these tips you can succeed
Whether lockdown or a challenging everyday life with a baby – often the opportunity or simply the time to go to the hairdresser is missing. With the right tools and some useful professional tips, you can also dare to do the haircut yourself. Read here how you can cut hair yourself.
What scissors to cut your hair?
First of all: Stay away from the normal household scissors. Also craft scissors or nail scissors are definitely not suitable for cutting hair. The blades are not sharp enough, not optimally ground and would harm your hair more than anything else. Therefore, it is best to rely on professional scissors – they are available for from ten euros in any well-stocked drugstore or atAmazonDisplay.
Cut short hair yourself
Especially women, men and children with short hairstyles should resort to a hair clipper. With a little skill, a good device replaces the visit to the hairdresser. With theClippersDisplayyou can easily adjust the length of the desired hairstyle and then cut it over your hair. If your hair is shorter on the sides than at the top, proceed gradually. There are many models on the market, from the inexpensive one-attachment device to theMultifunctional setDisplay.
Cut long hair yourself
If you have longer hair and just want to cut the tips, you should proceed like this: Crown the moistened hair up to your neck. Now place the hairpieces over the shoulder forward. Hold the hair in the desired length between the index and middle fingers and cut it horizontally with the tip of the scissors.
Then you repeat the process on the other side. To get rid of split ends, simply wrap thin strands around your index finger. Then you can cut off the protruding split ends with scissors.
Dyeing your own hair – this is how it works
If you dye your hair yourself for the first time, you should not resort to a permanent coloration, but opt for a tint or an intense tint. If the result is not as desired, a tint washes out, while a coloration has to grow out. A tint is also ideal for fine hair, as the pigments wrap around the hair and thus give volume. You can avoid color accidents if you prepare well for dyeing your hair.
This starts with choosing the right color. Depending on the initial hair color, the result is different later. Therefore, make sure to determine your initial hair color correctly. On the packaging of the dyes pictures are shown for determination. The high expectations of the result are not always met. Especially the desire for light blond hair is difficult to realize. In order to avoid an orange tinge of the hair after dyeing, you should leave this to a professional.
It is important for a good result that you use enough color. The longer your hair is, the more color you need. As a rule of thumb, you can assume that you need two packs of tint or coloration for shoulder-length hair. It is very important to read the instructions carefully before dyeing. Each manufacturer has different specifications, such as the individual steps of the dyeing process or the exposure time.