Feye's self trim: clarification step 4/5 and straight haired?

[Phalaenopsis]

I'm following the U-shaped trim of Feye's self trim method. I want to trim again, but would love to do the steps for the perfectionist, step 4 and 5, but I don't really get them. Step 4, I think is just doing the same as in the beginning, but doing a self check of some sort?

But step 5 really puzzles me. It says to comb all your hair to one side and trim any strands that are longer. But don't you always have that when you put all your hair to one side?

I'm really confused, but I would love to get the hang of it. The last picture here: http://community.livejournal.com/feyeselftrim/1827.html is just plain gorgeous! And it proves that straighties can cut their own hair too without uneveness.

I wonder if they're are other straighties out there who can show me a gorgeous hemline and cut it themselves.

TIA :flower:

[Charlotte:)]

I'm bumping this thread, because I was just about to ask the same question.

[Quezie]

Bumping again, I want to use this method to cut my hair (it's been over a year!) but I'm a little scared because my hair is pretty straight.

[McFearless]

If you put your hair to the side and trim any long hairs I think it'll throw your hemline off. Maybe it means to bring the hair to the side with the hair elastic around the ends and examine any longer hairs?

Like in this video at 3:24
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9Erf49Eyxc

[teela1978]

I cut my hair this way... though I usually do more of a combo between the u and v cuts. I switch between holding my head straight and tilting it back, and don't bother with cutting off the tip (it was hard to do at shorter lengths and I think it looks fine the way it ends up). I tend to recomb and trim off bits a few times, after the first cutting there's a basic guideline there and combing it all to one side gets rid of weird outliers works better irl than it probably sounds. I think you kinda have to do it to get it. Here's it on my hair around APL
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?pictureid=17296&albumid=889&dl=1216618323&thumb=1
ETA: adding in BSL, I think this is the pointiest I've ever seen the cut turn out on me :shrug:
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?pictureid=30197&albumid=889&dl=1232940544&thumb=1
/END ETA
And this is on waist-length(ish)
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?pictureid=57329&albumid=889&dl=1260493597&thumb=1
My avatar is maybe a smidge past waist, same cutting technique.

Also... I think you need to kind of avoid being too much of a perfectionist. If one side is a mm off, leave it be. I've heard stories of people trying to even things out and ending up cutting off much more than they had intended!

ETA2: Actually, this is the pointiest... http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?pictureid=11924&albumid=889&dl=1210481531&thumb=1

[Panth]

Also... I think you need to kind of avoid being too much of a perfectionist. If one side is a mm off, leave it be. I've heard stories of people trying to even things out and ending up cutting off much more than they had intended!

This!

I always used to let my dad cut my hair and he is a perfectionist. Never minded at the time, but I'm pretty sure I lost several inches each time (which, in fairness, was once a year).