Snipping Split Ends

Hi Nekita,

I used to trim my own split ends every few months or so, maybe 3 months on average. Like you, I used professional scissors, and I tried to do it while wearing a black t-shirt (so my blonde split ends would show up better), under a bright lamp (the more watts the better). I would do it while watching tv, and it probably took an hour for me, too, although I wasn't trimming every minute. Now my boyfriend, a barber, trims it for me! Also about every 3 months.

Sorry your hair looks bad where the dryer is closest. Do you mean the ends? Any way you can use the dryer less or not at all?

Good luck!

I do mine sporadically.

I do have my article that I wrote a few years back and some blank charts to keep track
http://www.angelfire.com/mi/bbubba/LHC/Trim.html

But I don't follow the article.

One thing that helps is to use your computer monitor and use a white background such as a blank text file.

I do all kinds of methods.

I wrote this in a reply on another site earlier today,

1. Take small sections of hair and twist them until the ends stick up or pop out. You might be able to see splits this way if there are some.

2. Put hair into several smaller braids. You might see some of these ends sticking up out of the briad. If there are some.

3. Do only one section at a time. Perhaps one section per week. You can stretch it out over the course of the week. You could try this while watching your favorite show or do a little bit at a certain time everyday. Clip up or seperate the hair you aren't doing. Then take maybe 5 minutes and just look through a small section and see if you see splits. If you do, then snip them off. Remember to use good scissors meant for hair and that have only been used on hair. Otherwise snipping splits off won't do anything because you'll just be tearing them off instead of snipping.

If you follow my Articles link in my signature
(also here in case this post isn't showing it http://angelfire.com/mi/bbubba/LHC/Articles.html)
you can find not only my full article about this but also some printable, downloadable charts. They're just image files kinda like a blank calendar.