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what's good everybody it is I Mel your
main girl also known as means by
mountain
hence the scissors I am a hair stylist
so today I'm going to be creating a
mains by mouth on my own head by giving
myself a trim because I'm long overdue
we can see here when I'm wearing black
it really shows how bad my ends have
gotten so as I'm trimming I'll be
explaining to guys why I'm doing what
I'm doing what a trim a trim just the
trim really is when you need to get it
done and even how to actually do it
depending on the look you're going for
then keep watching this video and let's
get to it so first off what is a trim
let's clear this up really quickly okay
a trim trim trim trim is best described
as a maintenance for the current hair
that you have on your head so whether
you are maintaining a certain shape that
you have or you're maintaining the
health of your hair to maintain the
length of it it is simply a cleanup of
ends that have thinned out kind of split
broken off and are looking kind of
straggly as we can very clearly see here
now maybe let's define what maintenance
is maintenance means to maintain it is a
process again to maintain a current
shape that you have or to maintain your
length this comes through routine and
through regularity however a trip is not
the only way to maintain healthy hair
there are a number of ways to preserve
your hair's health low manipulation
styles little chemical processing low
heat and using the right products like
deep conditioning and repairing
treatments especially the right
cleansers and conditioners for your hair
type and etc etc you may be doing all of
these things but you still need to get a
trim okay so when do you need to trim
your hair you need to consider the
following one what is your current hair
situation is your hair transitioning is
it colored highlighted damaged heat
styled often protective styles etc etc
typically okay the more you do to your
hair the more you need to maintain it
more manipulation into your hair causes
more stress on your strands and
therefore it causes them to wear and
tear and causes your ends to look like
this they are dry they are tangley they
are splitting you got the fairy knots so
if some or all of these things are
happening to you you got a trim in so
number three what is your texture you
need to consider this because thin and
fine hair is typically weaker and is
more prone to damage therefore it needs
to be trimmed more frequently compared
to thick strands that are coarser and
typically just normal they can take a
little more without getting so damaged
the next thing you want to consider it
is what your hair goal is are you
growing your hair or are you maintaining
a length and a shape this point helps to
give you a better idea of how long to
wait in between your trims if you are
growing your hair you want to give your
hair enough time in between your
haircuts to actually achieve some length
but before the end start to split and
then you have to cut them all off this
can be anywhere from two months all the
way to six months depending on your
texture and how much you are doing to
your hairs for example over the past few
years I've been highlighting my hair
every six to eight weeks and I would
trim my hair every six to eight weeks to
maintain my ends but I was also
maintaining a shape that I had now but
I'm growing my hair it's been four
months since I have trimmed it I also
have not highlighted it in that time and
I have now acquired quite a bit of
length now if you're maintaining a shape
and typically when the hair is shorter
you need to get your hair cut more often
otherwise it just looks really grown out
okay now the real difficult question
who should trim your hair you can most
definitely
in fact it's encouraged to see a
professional and I do have another video
on some science to look out for on how
to find your curly hair stylist however
in this video I'm showing you how I trim
my own hair because there are some
people that would prefer to maintain
their hair themselves for multiple
reasons so now we need to get into how
to cut this is where there's some
controversy so allow me to go and
prepare myself ok limber up and boom
back in I'm better
back in on water here's my piece you can
cut hair in whatever state as long as
you understand the hair texture what
it's going to do and the shape you're
trying to create so to start I shampooed
conditioned and actually treated my hair
as well I am going to first get myself
ready don't want any hair going on my
clothes I'm going to part my hair where
I usually part it now I don't
necessarily put in a defined part ever
but it is usually parted off to the side
off-center there it looks good I want it
to be a lot of balance in my haircuts I
want even shape all throughout so I do
want to create symmetry from my part and
in the haircut itself so I'm just
brushing this through of course and the
first thing I'm going to be doing is
trimming the layers I want to shape the
layers first and then just draw up the
ends because I'm hoping to cut a little
bit more off the layers and a little
less off of the ends because I do want
to maintain that length however the ends
do need to be trimmed when you look at
them here you can see that it gets
pretty thin at the bottom and this is
gonna be easy for me not only because
I'm I understand what I'm doing but
because I really like the shape that my
hair is I just need to take it up about
an inch or so but I'm following what's
already in my hair so if you do like the
haircut that you have it just needs a
trim simply follow what's already been
cut so I'm gonna start I'm gonna take a
section and it's a diagonal section and
the reason for cutting my hair wet is
because I want a really clean shape put
into
my hair now let's get real real if you
don't know what you're doing it's not
that you can't do this I just encourage
you to do very little at a time so you
can see me even I am very cautious when
I'm going in towards my hair you need to
see how the hair reacts for a minute so
maybe take the section take a little bit
off let it bounce back look at it again
what I'm really trying to create here is
a nice rounded shape that is going to be
framing my face which is why I'm pulling
everything forward so I'm gonna have
shorter pieces around my face and then
towards the back it's gonna get a little
bit longer kind of create that rounded V
cut as well so I'm over directing is the
word pulling all the hair forward I'm
working in diagonal sections as well and
one section at a time and simply
trimming the hair as you see it now if
you've been watching me you know me I'm
a 90 degree girl I'm always working up
up and out out from the natural fall of
the head about 90 degrees this is how I
cut my layers as well I'm always
following the head shape working around
so the hairs that are at the top of my
head are going to be shorter and then
the hair is at the bottom of my head are
going to be longer I'm always working
out pulling the hair all the way out
parallel to my head and cutting around
like that that's how I create my
layering always ninety degree from the
head and again pulling everything a
little bit forward that's also giving me
a nice round shape that is shorter in
the front and longer towards the back of
my head and I'm trying to just take off
the same amount all over which was just
about an inch an inch all over my hair
so all the ends get cleaned up sometimes
the ends look a little more raggedy in
some areas and others and that's because
the hair doesn't grow out of your head
all at the same length while it grows so
you need to accommodate for that and
just try to cut in the cleanest sharpest
lines as possible as I'm moving towards
the back I'm
purposely turning my head I am very
aware of where my head is turned I will
be doing this exactly on the other side
as well to keep that balance if you're
on unaware of where you're pulling your
hair where you're turning your head your
haircut is gonna be very jagged and all
over the place only because every move
matters so if your head is different
every time then you're gonna have a very
um let's call it a how do you say how do
you say you're gonna have a more
lived-in haircut which could be okay if
that's look you're going for
again I want it to be nice and clean and
sharp and fresh all over so I'm working
the same sections all over you have to
keep your fingers really nice and tight
when you're grabbing the hair only work
with about an inch section in your hand
at a time otherwise you're gonna get
lost it's gonna get crazy you'll be
overwhelmed and suddenly you're crying
because you messed up your haircut so
one little section at a time one little
trim at a time remember you can always
take off more but you can't put that
hair back on your head and you can see
when I'm trimming around my face I'm
really going that short too long so I'm
shorter towards the middle towards the
bangs and then as it goes around my face
I want it to go longer this area of my
face it has very different curl patterns
so I know that I will be going in after
with the dry cut to refine so keep
watching because that will be the most
important part to be honest this is just
to get a nice solid even trim making
sure that no curl gets left behind
but after is where I'm going to detail
the curls so I'm gonna go ahead and
sound my hair as I always do and I'm
going to use products I've been using
for a while now which is the verb curl
collection starting off with the curl
leave-in this stuff is like milky it's
super nice and liquidy so it's very easy
to work in the hair prep my hair all
over with that and now I'm going in with
the crow cream which you can see is a
thicker consistency I
we mean it in these poorest times of
mine and just making sure I'm working
that in my damp hair and of course
thoroughly distributing that with my
Denman brush working in these vertical
sections out up up on away from the head
which is gonna give me the most amount
of volume and curl definition and oh
hello sister making my way around up and
down top of my head is horizontal
thinning in and then working like this's
fun boom so now I shall diffuse my hair
dry using my hover technique which if
you have not yet seen a video on then
you need to watch my defusing video
which may change your life but so now
that my hair is all dry its styled how I
always wear it this is what I would go
in and do my dry cutting and I have to
do this because I do have slightly
different textures but it is a pretty
consistent curl pattern I really just
want to make sure that there's no
thinner straggling ends or anything
sticking out weird so I'm going section
by section I told my head I like to see
this action because it's layered I kind
of get this stacking that I love most
importantly I want to frame around my
face around my face especially in here
I've got these looser textures and I
just want to make sure that I'm opening
up all of this area probably my number
one tip I can give you guys is not to
get to scissor happy it's very easy to
get lost in the dry cut and continue
cutting but take a step back give it a
day or two give it another wash and then
you can always reevaluate it you can
always cut more off after but if you go
a little too far from the start then
you're gonna have to wait that one out
so there you have it the hedge has been
trimmed I do usually tweak this over the
next couple of washes but I am
thoroughly satisfied
my end feels so much better my legs have
been retained it jumped up a little bit
more because it is super happy now and
that makes me happy and I'm definitely
gonna go take some selfies now with my
fresh hair and show you guys this side
by side because wow a little bit goes a
long way a little trip is better than no
trim and haircut doesn't always have to
be sacrificing your length okay let's
come back in a few months to see where
I'm sitting then and see when my next
trip will be shall we so make sure you
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until next week bye everybody
lucky spoon feed you some food for
thought now how do I know if I cut like
how do I know how this is where there's
some controversy and the reason what
lice got reason the reason for wetting
my hair smells very fresh it's like yeah
I'm starving kind of soothing
