Five Tips That Will Improve Your Haircutting Skills

If you have tried cutting your child's hair at home,by now you realize that it's not as easy as it looks. Here are a few tips that will instantly help you improve your hair cutting skills.

• Make sure that you are positioned at eye level with the area of hair that you are cutting. An good example is when you are standing and trying to trim the ends on a girl with long hair. Either adjust your height by  bending your knees, sitting in a chair while you cut or putting the child in a taller chair. It's way easier to cut a straight line when you can see it.
• Keep your elbows up as you cut. There are some areas of the head where it's more accurate to drop your elbows, but in general keeping your elbows up makes it easier to cut a straight line.
• Only cut the hair that is held between the tip of your fingers and the knuckle. The hair that is held between your knuckle and your hand is not held with the same tension as the rest of the hair due to the larger gap between your fingers in that area. Sticking to the area between the fingertips and the knuckle will make your cutting more precise.

• Don't overstretch the hair as you hold it during the cut. Damp hair can stretch by as much as 60% of it's usual length. Using too much tension will result in hair that is shorter than you expected and it will not appear evenly cut as the hair dries and snaps back to it's original length.
• Make sure that the hair is evenly damp throughout the hair cutting process. This makes it easier to determine the accuracy of your hair cut since damp hair will hang to a longer point than dry hair.

If you put these five tips into practice I guarantee that your hair cuts will improve.

Thanks for reading, peace and hairpiness to all,
Larry

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Hair Chalking "How-To"

 A Simple & Safe Way to Let Your Kids Play with Hair Color

This trick is fun for kids to do to each other and best of all, it will all be gone with one shampoo. Since the instructions in the photograph are minimal, let me add a few tips of my own:

• Hair chalking will only show up on hair that is light brown to blonde. The weak color intensity of chalk just won't show up on dark hair.

• Make sure the hair is dry when you apply the chalk.

• Apply a little hairspray to the ends of the hair and let it dry prior to chalking. It will help the chalk adhere to the hair. 

Peace & Hairpiness,
Larry

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