| Trimming hair is a personal choice. In my | | | | looks like a lotion. |
| opinion here are only 3 real reasons for | | | | |
| trimming hair. | | | | Brush out the hair to remove any tangles and |
| | | | section the hair in to workable divisions. |
| 1. To remove damaged ends or split ends. | | | | Use clips to hold the hair you aren't working |
| | | | with out of your way. Wear a hat, cap or |
| 2. For giving hair shape if it has grown | | | | scarf if you can to protect hair from |
| uneven. (See link near bottom) | | | | over-exposure to the sun, salt or chlorinated |
| | | | water, wind and air pollution. Hair grows at |
| 3. To change the style of the hair because | | | | a rate that is in accordance with your body's |
| you desire a shorter length or shorter pieces | | | | chemistry, balance and well being. It is a |
| such as bangs or layers. | | | | misnomer that after a certain point hair |
| | | | growth slows. |
| Hair is an important part of your appearance. | | | | |
| Long hair is a stunning look on some women | | | | Specific Reasons to Trim Long Hair |
| who take great pains to grow their hair to a | | | | |
| certain length. Long hair should be brushed | | | | Sometimes, long hair gets damaged by |
| no more than twice a day with a high quality | | | | environmental conditions, or specific styling |
| vent brush. Leave in oils such as jojoba make | | | | requirements. The results can be severe in |
| a nice hair conditioner the night before you | | | | the long term. The best way to tell if this |
| wash. Using a high quality soft boar bristle | | | | is a problem for you is to look at your hair |
| brush to distribute the oil. Braid your hair | | | | when it's down and examine the density of the |
| and leave in for at least an hour or | | | | hair both at the scalp area and the ends. |
| overnight if you are going to wash your hair | | | | Does your hair seem to "thin out" the longer |
| the next day. Rosemary, lavender, cedar wood | | | | it gets? Do you have a lot of split ends? |
| oil and Juniper berry are excellent for your | | | | Does it get frizzy and frayed looking at the |
| hair and scalp. Just add a couple drops each | | | | ends? |
| to a 2oz bottle of jojoba oil. A hair cut is | | | | |
| different from a trim in that considerably | | | | A friend of mine is a man who has been |
| less is cut when you are trimming the hair as | | | | wearing his hair long for nearly ten years |
| opposed to when you are giving a hair cut. | | | | now. He's a builder. For him, his long hair |
| | | | in a pony tail is a matter of personality. |
| Sometimes, long hair gets damaged by | | | | The trouble is, wearing it in an hair band |
| environmental conditions, or specific styling | | | | every a day and in wind and dust has caused |
| requirements. The best way to tell if this is | | | | his hair to break off at about half its |
| a problem for you is to look at your hair. | | | | desired length. His hair becomes very sparse |
| Trim the top and the side sections of the | | | | at the ends and not at all what he wants it |
| hair by combing them straight down on the | | | | to be. It took a lot of convincing, but |
| sides. Work on the left side first, then the | | | | finally, I made him agree to let a |
| right side. Comb the hair through one final | | | | hairdresser near him on trimming away the |
| time after you've completed it to check for | | | | damaged ends. The first cut was the hardest |
| evenness in the hair. Use a large wide spaced | | | | for him. We had to lose about 100mm from the |
| toothcomb to distribute the product. Keep the | | | | overall length. However, in the last year, |
| blow dryer on a cooler setting and use your | | | | with a careful a regular trim from his |
| fingers to comb the hair as you dry. For | | | | hairdresser(and teaching him how to care for |
| special nights out when you are going to use | | | | his hair properly) he now has hair a little |
| a curling iron or flat iron make sure you get | | | | longer than when we began, and it is shiny, |
| a good distribution of the heat safe product | | | | smooth and healthy-looking. |
| on your hair. If you hair is on the oily side | | | | |
| use the type of product that is thicker and | | | | Read out Makeup. |