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Plus, celebrity hairstylist Graham Nation adds tips for curly girls.
So double-check your hair has been recently washed and is free of all products.
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Do not curl, straighten, or use hot tools to style your hair.
He suggests starting with a moisturizing product, such asSexyHair Healthy Tri-Wheat Leave-In Conditioner, and drying as usual.
This is your fringe section.
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Dont use a comb because you dont want it to be perfect.
The best curly hair isnt perfect!"
For aDIY home cut, we don’t want any surprises.
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It will also give you a better visual of any dried-out split ends that need to go.
Simply put: leave the wet cuts for the pros.
Section Your Cutting Area
Find your natural orpreferred parting.
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Comb the hair forward and use your clips to section off the rest of the hair.
Decide On Your Starting Point
Where do you want your layers to start?
Face framing layers open things up and highlight one’s facial features.
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Keep this in mind when choosing your starting point.
With this in mind, I will start the layers between my cheekbones and chin.
You’ll also want to consider your length.
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Starting just below the chin will always be your safest bet if you have extra long hair.
“Adding face-framing layers is very simple,” adds Nation.
Thats usually a face frame.
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Some faces are larger and some smaller.
You might be taking a little less or a little more, depending on your face shape.
This will preserve length."
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Create Your Guide
It’s finally time to start snipping away.
You will not be closing or dragging your shears but sliding, cutting your way down the hair.
Keep reading for more thorough instructions on how to slide cut properly.
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Slide Cutting
For this particular cut, I suggest a method called slide cutting.
Slide cutting is a gentle approach that enables flexibility and less room for error.
The trick is to take it slow.
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Remember, you are not cutting into the hair at all.
It’s all about going straight down from your guide.
Slide cutting will give you a perfectly imperfect gradation as a base for your face-framing layers.
After you cut the middle curl, continue to add in and work around the face shape.
Add in curls as you go to create the shape that you want."
To glide your shears down safely, you want to pulse your two fingers as they go down subtly.
you could always practice doing this before taking the shears to your hair.
This will soften our lines and give us another chance to eliminate any frayed-looking ends.
It will also help us lighten things up wherever the hair appears bulky.
We can gradually separate our layers by point-cutting directly into a single spot.
Use your comb to direct the hair across your face at a low 45-degree angle.
This will show you the line you’ve created in the front.
Continue to take small sections all the way down to your longest length.
Once you’ve finished on each side, you should see your results taking shape.
Cross Check
Comb the hair down around your face.
Check to see that there aren’t any major differences between each side.
Remember, we’re going for a perfectly imperfect look, but there should still be some obvious symmetry.
You might find one side feels more challenging, so take your time.
This is a moment to go back in and slide cut or point cut any uneven pieces.
Use slide cutting to adjust your length and point cutting to adjust your overall shape.
Remove your clips and use your comb to split the hair down the middle, bringing each side forward.
If they don’t organically mesh well together, you may have some corners to eliminate or soften up.
But it’s all about personal preference.
Although I only layered the front bits and trimmed the ends, my haircut got a much-needed makeover.
