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