How I find the splits? Magic!

[Gladtobemom]

A long time ago, I bought a pair of cheap +3.00 reading glasses at the store.

When I want to look close up at something like a kids' possible splinter, or the ends of my hair.

Now, I wear reading glasses, so I just put them on right in front of my reading glasses and I get a close up incredibly clear view of my hair ends as I fan them out. I can see the splits and clip them much easier.



This lets you bring things close to your eyes and magnifies them at the same time. It works great and a pair of those glasses are really cheap.

I actually bought a pack of four of them at Sam's Club for $20, so now I have a pair in the first aid kit, bathroom, purse, and a couple of extras put away.

Really handy for when you need a close detailed look at something.

[DragonLady]

Great idea!

[MsBubbles]

Ha Ha! I just bought my very first pair of middle-aged eye deterioration glasses in the dollar store 2 days ago! I don't need them at all, but I do need them for looking at my split ends. Yes, magic!

[missy60]

You can also get them at the Dollar Tree for a dollar a pair.

[Periwinkle]

Ahh, that's a really clever idea!

My dad wears reading glasses and has a +3 pair for looking at screws and other tiny things - perhaps I'll borrow them next time!

[mugglemomof3]

Thank you so much for mentioning this. I've toyed with the idea of getting reading glasses for some of the reports I have to work with that have fine writing and red font, but now that I have the excuse of being able to see splits better - there's no more wavering! I'm gonna buy some today!

[sipnsun]

What a great tip! I even have a pair of those around somewhere for making bead jewelry. I always feel cross-eyed after doing a S&D. Hopefully this will help.

[Samikha]

I always feel cross-eyed after doing a S&D. Hopefully this will help.

Me too! I did one the other day and I thought I would die of sheer frustration. Thank you so much for sharing this!

[Darkhorse1]

Hahaa---I'm of the mindset of what I can't see can't hurt me mentality. I recently did an S & D on my splits. I'm noticing thanks to you gals that my new growth is a lot less broken--I have to be honest--for ages, I wasn't really taking good care of my hair--I'd just rip out hair ties from my long hair after sweaty rides and not think of it. Oopsy. So, I have a lot of breakage high up. But, my hair grows mega fast, so I'm confident I can slowly grow out the breaks.

[Anje]

For younger eyes, you might want a lower strength. I have a pair of +0.50 sitting around from when I was doing fillet crochet with fine thread, and even those have a short range where I can actually manage to focus through them. Better than squinting to count stitches, though.

I'll have to dig them out, give them a try as S&D aides.