How to cut bangs at home: tips from a hairdresser
If you want to update your look, but you don’t have the time or money for the salon, use our simple tips.
We are sure you remember what your bangs looked like when you just trimmed it. She was very smooth, razor-sharp and always ready for a selfie. Already after three weeks, she becomes not so attractive, reaches into her eyes, and sometimes even closes them altogether. But instead of running to a beauty salon, you can save money and cut your bangs yourself. If you have never had bangs, but you really want, our tips will work for you too.
If you are determined and want to always update your bangs yourself, then you should forget about kitchen scissors forever. It’s best to spend a little money and buy professional scissors for haircuts (the cheapest range from 500 to 1500 rubles). Otherwise, you run the risk of getting an imperfect cut, which will cause split ends. A mirror should also be prepared for a haircut. Most likely, you have a regular cosmetic, it will work fine.
Many stylists advise cut bangs on dry hairto see how it will lie in real time. Therefore, do the styling with which you go every day, so that it is easy for you to repeat it later.
When cutting, it is best to have with you invisible or clamps for hair, since it will be necessary to fix some of the curls that will not participate in the haircut, otherwise they will interfere. Therefore, part the hair outside the bangs and secure it.
If you are creating bangs from scratch, then you need to determine which part you are using. Take a sharp-tipped comb and imagine you are drawing a triangle: start at the tip of your eyebrow and work your way towards the center of your hair. The more you widen the triangle, the thicker the bangs will be.
If you don’t want your bangs to come out crooked, then it’s best not to cut them in one fell swoop. Divide the bangs into several horizontal sections and cut from the bottom layer to the top.
So that the ends of the bangs are not too thick, you can slightly “lighten” it, or rather, cut it off, as stylists always do after the end of the haircut. Collect the resulting bangs, secure it at the very ends, then take the scissors with the tip up and cut it.
The most common mistake in cutting bangs is that it turns out to be too short. In fact, it is better when it consists of several graduated layers that start from the tip of the nose and become shorter with each layer. In addition, after the first layer, you will understand how long the bangs you still need.
As soon as you cut the first layer, keep in mind that the subsequent layers should be thinner, and the difference between the lengths should be minimal. All this so that there are no too clear boundaries and the bangs look more harmonious and natural, as if it was done by a professional.
Expert Tips
– Useful life hack – try it under the guidance of a master. We have been with clients several times already cut bangs on FaceTime: I explain which strands to take, where to pull it off, and at the same time I show it all at home on a wig. Also you will find many YouTube video, there are great ones and there are unsuccessful ones. Throw it off to your hairdresser and ask if you can cut this tutorial.
Several nuances are also important.
1. Scissors. Manicure, tailor’s or children’s with plastic handles will not work. We need, if not professional, then at least good sharp stationery.
2. Hair before cutting you need to washbut do not dry.
3. Clamps
4. Flat comb for even parting (a massage brush will not work).
5. Good mirror
6. Lighting
The easiest option is to do slightly elongated bangs with an arch… To do this, we take a section of the bangs with one grip, comb it in the middle and place it at an angle of 45 degrees in relation to the head. And we make one cut. The line will turn out below the eyes, the short bangs will not be cut in this way.
It seems to many that straight bangs a la Amelie – the simplest idea, but this is a delusion. Straight lines are the hardest to do: you need to take into account the shape of the head.
Torn bangs it is also not so easy to do, although it looks natural and careless. But in reality, you first need to make a straight line, and then bring it to a ragged texture. So it’s better not to experiment here yourself.
There are many more nuances: the bangs may turn out to be too short (because many do not know that when wet it rises when it dries). Some have many vortices along the growth line, they must also be taken into account. So it’s better to do everything under the control of the master!
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Alika Zhukova, Daria Vertinskaya