itsthatgaljay
August 30th, 2010, 07:10 PM
I haven't had my hair trimmed much since I stopped straightening, so there are still quite a few splits from the heat damage - I had very wispy fairy tale ends. I did give myself a little trim, so my hemline is a bit more blunt now. An S&D won't really help me, since most of the splits are in the ends of my hair.
Today I gave myself another trim, but this time when I bunched my hair together, the ends looked very split after cutting - like the ends of fibre optic cables!
I have some £20 hair scissors, never used for anything but hair (though they could have got some hair gel on, when my friend's boyfriend snipped his hair for a joke) - but they seem very blunt, to the point they do more harm than good – and I haven't used them that much.
I'm at a loss as to what to do now - I don't really want another trim, not till it's grown a bit, but I'm scared I've caused myself a lot of splits. I could
- try to sharpen my scissors (I don't know where, other than online, which I'm not sure about),
- buy new ones (which for the price of sharpening, might be a good idea), or
- go to a hairdresser (eek).
Thing is, I want a U shape hem, and I'm not sure I can do that evenly on myself - but I don't know whether a hairdresser will give me what I want, or if their scissors will be sharp enough. I can't afford to go to an expensive hairdresser. I haven't had any BAD experiences with hairdressers, but I don't feel like what I get was what I imagined (though not because they didn't do what I asked). I could take my mum, draw what I want, and ask them to show me and my mum how much they cut off, and tell them I don't want a millimetre more, despite the damage – but I'm still not sure.
Could anyone give me advice, whether my scissors could be so useless, or if I'm using them wrong / imagining it. Also, how sharp would hairdresser's scissors be? Arg I'm just very confused.
ps. sorry this is so long, I might edit this later to make this shorter and more coherent!
Today I gave myself another trim, but this time when I bunched my hair together, the ends looked very split after cutting - like the ends of fibre optic cables!
I have some £20 hair scissors, never used for anything but hair (though they could have got some hair gel on, when my friend's boyfriend snipped his hair for a joke) - but they seem very blunt, to the point they do more harm than good – and I haven't used them that much.
I'm at a loss as to what to do now - I don't really want another trim, not till it's grown a bit, but I'm scared I've caused myself a lot of splits. I could
- try to sharpen my scissors (I don't know where, other than online, which I'm not sure about),
- buy new ones (which for the price of sharpening, might be a good idea), or
- go to a hairdresser (eek).
Thing is, I want a U shape hem, and I'm not sure I can do that evenly on myself - but I don't know whether a hairdresser will give me what I want, or if their scissors will be sharp enough. I can't afford to go to an expensive hairdresser. I haven't had any BAD experiences with hairdressers, but I don't feel like what I get was what I imagined (though not because they didn't do what I asked). I could take my mum, draw what I want, and ask them to show me and my mum how much they cut off, and tell them I don't want a millimetre more, despite the damage – but I'm still not sure.
Could anyone give me advice, whether my scissors could be so useless, or if I'm using them wrong / imagining it. Also, how sharp would hairdresser's scissors be? Arg I'm just very confused.
ps. sorry this is so long, I might edit this later to make this shorter and more coherent!