How to Cut a Trendy Curtain Bangs at Home: A Stylist Shares a Professional Hack

Home beauty care has long become a familiar practice for Ukrainians. In the frantic pace of life and constant anxiety about trips to the salon, there is often not enough time or energy. Therefore, the ability to refresh your hairstyle on your own is not just a way to save resources, but also a wonderful way to quickly treat yourself to a new look.

Daring to cut your hair yourself is always a bit frightening, because no one wants to end up with an crooked or too short fringe. However, if you have the right instructions and understand the basic mechanics, the result will delight even your stylist. The secret of an ideal, light curtain fringe in the 70-style lies in a special technique of twisting the strands, developed by the famous star stylist Frédéric Fekaï, writes Good Housekeeping.

How to cut a curtain fringe on your own / Magnific

Curtain fringe cutting technique: step-by-step algorithm

The main rule of any home hair manipulation is to work exclusively on dry strands. Wet hair always seems longer, and when it dries, it bounces up, leaving you with too short a cut. It is also important to find special barber scissors, because ordinary stationery scissors just chew the hairs and create jagged edges.

Step 1. Separation of the triangle. Using a thin-tail comb, make a part in the shape of an inverted V. The top point of the triangle should be located on the part line, and the side ends should pass to the outer corners of the eyebrows.

Step 2. Twisting (the main life hack). Gather all the future fringe, pull it straight up in front of the face and twist it tightly several times clockwise. This trick allows you to make a beautiful, smooth cut without harsh graphic lines.

Step 3. Control cut. Holding the twisted strand with your fingers, make a straight cut with scissors at lip level or slightly lower if you want to leave some length. When you release the strand, it will naturally settle so that the center appears shorter and the side edges longer.

Step 4. Shaping soft angles. Part the fringe along your usual part into two equal halves. Take one side and, starting from the level of the cheekbone, cut the excess length at a downward angle, smoothly gliding the blade. Repeat symmetrically on the other side.

Basic tips for safe home haircutting

Always leave extra length. You can trim a few more millimeters at any moment, but growing out an unsuccessful length will take weeks. During the cut, keep your head straight and do not tilt it forward or to the side to avoid breaking symmetry. If your hair is curly or frizzy, do not pull it too hard when measuring length — account for the natural curl.

And so that the updated hairstyle has maximum volume and a healthy look even without electricity, learn practical life hacks and gentle techniques on how to dry your hair quickly and beautifully at home without a hair dryer.