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hey angels i hope you're having a great
day so far and if you're new here hello
and welcome
my name is lola kate thank you for
joining me so in today's video i'm going
to show you an easy to follow hair hack
to trim or cut the ends of your hair
blunt
okay so first of all this certainly is
not the way that i cut hair in the salon
but this hair hack does actually work if
you follow the steps correctly
i'll just go through now and talk about
the things you're going to need
so the first thing is scissors hair
scissors
not craft scissors or kitchen scissors
because
they will do more damage than good to
the ends of your hair so
if that's all you have then i don't
recommend trying this the next thing
you're going to need is some combs
so i've got a comb for cutting and then
i also have
a tail comb to help you part a paddle
brush
or any brush but i'm just using this one
here and
the next thing you're going to need are
some hair ties
and also an elastic
optional but i prefer these at the end
of the hair i'll show you what i mean
and a handheld mirror so you can see
what you're doing
see how the back's going very important
so i've already washed and blow dried my
hair straight which is what we're going
to need for today
so we can see exactly where we're
cutting and so we can also see
exactly how the hair is sitting if you
have wavy or curly hair i definitely
recommend straightening your hair before
you try this hack
okay so let's get started okay
so first i need to assess the current
shape of my hair from
the last haircut i do have long layers
around the face and throughout the back
which i
am growing out at the back the ends of
my hair
are quite textured and we have a rounded
shape on the bottom
which will be coming up today for more
of a clean
blunt line so the first step is to
thoroughly brush all of the hair back
and down flat
into the same direction next we smooth
the hair
down and flat into a low ponytail and as
low to the back of the hairline as
possible and in the middle
once it is completely smooth and flat i
then use my first hair tie to secure the
ponytail in place
next i add a second hair tie just below
the first one
and keeping it as neat and as flat as
possible
i then add a third hair tie below this
second one
and what this does is it keeps the hair
in the same direction
and creates even tension to the ponytail
next i'm adding an elastic to the ends
which are
thin in comparison to the rest of the
ponytail which is why i prefer an
elastic
because it won't slip out if you do have
longer hair than what i do
i do recommend using more hair ties than
what i have today so just choosing how
much i
want to cut off today and i can adjust
the
hair ties or elastic to whatever length
i like
i'm going with the last one and i'm just
going to cut on top of the last elastic
just clean and blunt
straight across okay and now with the
mini pony that goes straight into
the bin next we remove
all of the hair ties and we are now just
going to have a look at
the shape of the hair so it's good we
have
all of that length off so
with the shape at the moment both of
these sides
will be longer than the
center of the hair so the center of the
hair
is going to be the guideline which is
what the final
length of the overall haircut will be
so with my tail comb now i am parting
the hair
straight down the center and now we have
two sections here
so starting off with this side first
from the
top of the head to the back of the ear
with my tail comb i am now creating
another part combing my
hair down flat with that first section
and adding
in a hair tie
nice and low and then picking
up that back section of hair and
creating another low ponytail
and now i'm just going to do the same
thing for the other side
so if your hair is not layered around
the face like my hair is
then your two front ponytails will be
longer than what mine are
which just means that you'll be cutting
more hair around the front than i am
today
but it is still the same process
and that's a total of four ponytails
so i'm just going to zoom you in closer
okay so picking up the back ponytail
and finding my guide which is the
shortest
section of hair in the ponytail so now
starting to
point cut into the longer end of that
section to bring it
up closer to the guide which is the
shortest piece of that section
so with point cutting it is holding your
scissors directly
up and not on an angle and slowly
chipping away
at the extra length rather than holding
your scissors
horizontal and cutting your hair across
blunt
with point cutting it's a lot more
precise when
we are cutting our own hair it's also
really good
for removing split ends and it's
sitting a lot softer those ends are not
going to be bulky and harsh it's going
to sit nice and flush
and once we're happy with the length i
now start to work on
the first ponytail which is in front of
the hair
and i'm just lining it up and using the
ponytail behind
as my guide and just blending it up
together
now using my hands to smooth the hair
down with some tension so i can see
any hairs that i have missed and just
check if i need to
lighten up a few pieces and this section
in here is still too
long and too heavy on the ends so i am
continuing to point cut until it blends
up with the line now with the back
ponytail i am now combing
all of the hair in the opposite
direction
and as you can see i have a lot of stray
hairs that are coming through from
underneath the hair
and i am continuing to point cut into
the
longer strands until they blend up into
the solid line
that we are creating and now i'm just
going to pop my head back
that way i can check for any strays that
i have missed from underneath
if so just point cut
okay now i am measuring and mapping out
the other side that we are now about to
start on
so as you can see we have the guide
which is the shortest piece so that
corner needs to come off but i'm
also making sure that i use the other
side that we've just cut
as a guide as well so now working with
two guidelines
and just measuring up and mapping up
exactly what needs to come
off so that both sides are exactly level
okay and i am doing exactly the same
thing on this side
it's just that i'm starting to cut at
the front
of the hair rather than starting from
the back ponytail
and that's just so i can balance both of
the sides together
so they're both level with each other so
once i have finished cutting
the other side i then check that the
length is exactly where i like it
now just taking out two of the ponytails
so i can work on this
half of the head first just combing my
head down and checking that i haven't
missed anything and that
both of those sections are blending in
together just stretching my head
up and to the side so that anything from
underneath that i've missed is going to
come through now so i can point cut it
okay and now i'm just going to comb
all of my hair from the back and the
front
all the way to the side and we're going
to start straightening up that edge
so this is now where if i need to very
lightly i can
cut across blunt if i need to or just
point cut
any little bits that are not blending in
with the clean line
and i'm just going to repeat the same
thing for the other side
so stretching my neck at different
angles
that way everything from underneath that
is not level is going to show through
now
i'm also just using my hands to help
smooth the hair down
and also just to give me some extra
tension
while i check that bottom line so once i
have checked
each side i'm now going to hold my head
straight
hold my scissors horizontal and clean up
the blunt line so once i have finished
cleaning up the front area i like to do
one final check by popping my head all
the way back
and combing all of my hair to the front
and just checking for any stray hairs
that i have left
and then what i like to do is comb my
hair all the way back
and make sure that it is nice and even
and i'm pretty happy with the length
let me know your thoughts on today's
video and if you have any questions
pop them in the comment section below as
i'd be happy to help
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thank you for hanging out with me today
take care of yourselves
stay amazing and i'll see you next time
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