Cut Thin Straight Hair

Thin, straight hair can be easily cut at home.

Though thin, straight hair can be flat and wispy, one of the upsides to it is that it is easy to cut. Unlike thick, curly hair, which can require difficult styling techniques during trimming, thin, straight hair can be easily cut bluntly at the ends. Cutting your own hair rather than going to a salon is an easy way to save money.

Instructions

1. Fill the spray bottle with water and spray your hair -- or the hair of the person getting the haircut -- until it is damp.

2. Comb the damp hair until all of the tangles are removed.

3. Pin all of the hair up on the top of the head in 8 to 10 sections, using a separate hair pin for each section. Once all the hair is pinned, let the farthest section on one side of the head down, so that it hangs loose.

4. Comb the loose section of hair downward and hold the ends of the hair between your forefinger and middle finger -- as if in a closed peace sign. Allow the amount of hair you want to trim off to protrude from the bottom of the scissors.

5. Trim the hair using slow, precise snips of the scissors. Make sure to cut the hair as evenly as possible as you go.

6. Once the loose section is finished, leave it down and unpin the section of hair closest to the loose section. Comb this section downward and hold the hair between your forefinger and middle finger. If this section has dried out, respray it with your water bottle, before combing it. Trim this section of hair the same way you trimmed the first.

7. Continue letting down sections of hair and trimming them, until all sections are complete.

8. Once all of the sections of hair have been trimmed, respray the hair and comb the hair downwards. Looking carefully along the ends, cut away any pieces of hair or sections that do not match the length of the rest of the hair.

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