Elodea
December 4th, 2019, 11:26 AM
Recently I figured out an efficient way of holding the hair scissors while doing S&D, but I'm curious about what other people's techniques involve. Not so much when/where you do it (like in front of the computer, or while watching tv, or outside on the porch in sunlight, etc), but how you hold the scissors.
From this other thread (https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=17958&p=3737054&viewfull=1#post3737054), here's my description of my method of holding the scissors:
I think I just figured out a decent method of holding everything while not having to pick up and put down either the chunk of hair or the scissors each time you find a split end. Let's see if I can describe it in words in a way that makes sense.
While looking through a chunk of hair and holding that in my left hand, I hold the scissors with the middle finger of my right hand through one of the holes. The scissors rest parallel to the back of my hand and the blades are pointing to the side over my ring and little finger. This leaves the thumb and index finger of my right hand free to help go through the chunk of hair and pick out individual splits to trim.
Once I find a split end, I pick it out and hold it with my left hand (while still holding the rest of the chunk of hair as well). Then I swing the scissors into position to cut (putting my thumb through the second hole), trim the split, then swing the scissors back into the resting position where they're just held by my middle finger.
The motion to swing the scissors in or out of position to cut is a bit more efficient than having to pick up and put down either the scissors or the chunk of hair each time. I hope that description of my method made sense!
I actually don't know how you're "supposed" to hold hair scissors; everything I looked up online showed ways that didn't feel natural/comfortable for doing S&D. But I guess those hand positions are supposed to be more suited for people doing conventional trims or cuts on someone else in a hair salon.
So, how do you hold your scissors while S&D-ing split ends?
From this other thread (https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=17958&p=3737054&viewfull=1#post3737054), here's my description of my method of holding the scissors:
I think I just figured out a decent method of holding everything while not having to pick up and put down either the chunk of hair or the scissors each time you find a split end. Let's see if I can describe it in words in a way that makes sense.
While looking through a chunk of hair and holding that in my left hand, I hold the scissors with the middle finger of my right hand through one of the holes. The scissors rest parallel to the back of my hand and the blades are pointing to the side over my ring and little finger. This leaves the thumb and index finger of my right hand free to help go through the chunk of hair and pick out individual splits to trim.
Once I find a split end, I pick it out and hold it with my left hand (while still holding the rest of the chunk of hair as well). Then I swing the scissors into position to cut (putting my thumb through the second hole), trim the split, then swing the scissors back into the resting position where they're just held by my middle finger.
The motion to swing the scissors in or out of position to cut is a bit more efficient than having to pick up and put down either the scissors or the chunk of hair each time. I hope that description of my method made sense!
I actually don't know how you're "supposed" to hold hair scissors; everything I looked up online showed ways that didn't feel natural/comfortable for doing S&D. But I guess those hand positions are supposed to be more suited for people doing conventional trims or cuts on someone else in a hair salon.
So, how do you hold your scissors while S&D-ing split ends?