Contents tagged with Hair Scissors
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How To Perform Slide Cutting Hair
Slide cutting is a technique used to thin hair at graduated lengths. Hair strands are cut by sliding down the hair with the blades of the scissors partially open. It's meant to remove volume and blend shorter lengths to longer. This technique should be performed on wet hair. It's important to hold the scissors at the proper angle and they're sharp.
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How To Clean And Adjust Hair Scissors
Clean your scissor on a daily basis either before you start or at the end of your day. Simply take a soft cotton towel with some isopropyl alcohol on it. Begin by wiping the blades starting at the pivot area moving toward the tips. Once this is completed, put a drop of oil in the pivot area and spread a drop on the length of each blade.
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Stop Split Ends- CareCut Scissors
The use of flat irons, blow dryers, coloring seem to go hand and hand with split ends. Jaguar TC ThermoCut System,- CareCut , has developed a thermo scissor that claims while cutting, the hair ends are resealed and the natural moisture is maintained. Supposedly this promotes strength and durability allowing more robust hair growth. While this will not cure all for splits ends, it certainly helps keep your hair looking fresh for weeks between cuts. Hairstylist feedback using the CareCut scissors so far have been favorable. They've seen results where the CareCut scissors works best on fine, frizzy hair. Looking for a salon that uses CareCut scissors? Click here.
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How To Distinguish Between Authentic And Fake Hair Scissors
Producing and selling counterfeit scissors has become a multi-million dollar business. Usually counterfeiting facilities are from Pakistan and China. Consumers need to be educated on ways to detect counterfeit scissors before making a purchase. Nothing is 100% guaranteed but at least you'll be able to make an informative decision. Usually as first glance its difficult to tell if a product is authentic or fake. It's usually after you've started cutting with them you realize they maybe fake because of poor quality cuts.