How to Cut Your Fringe in 5 Easy Steps

Have 7 weeks of lock down left you in despair about your hair? About to take things into your hands?

Before you let your other half loose with the scissors, top hair stylist Kristine Cimbule (famed for taming the tresses of Jodie Kidd, Perri Edwards, Amy Jackson, and Alice Liveling) has recorded a 2-minute video tutorial to show you how to cut your own fringe at home. 

"Now that we are in week seven of lockdown lots of men and women are despairing about unmanageable hair and with potentially weeks more to go they are trying their hand to DIY. So to avoid a hair disaster I've done this short video tutorial on how to cut your fringe and how to care for your hair." explains Kristie.

To ensure you escape any diy hair disaster follow Kristine’s 5 step instruction guide to cutting your own fringe below.

STEP 1 - Get the right tools: Mirror, hair clips, comb and scissors.

A sharp pair of hair-dressing scissors is recommended. You can use kitchen scissors but they must be really sharp.

STEP 2 - Section Hair Into "Magic" Triangle Shape

Use the comb to form the partings leading down to the forehead and make sure they are the same length and symettrical.

Then take a 1cm section right in the middle and keep the other sections to the side.

Now you need to choose the length you want to take off your fringe. You can go to the end of your nose.

Or to just under your eyebrows. NB. Don't pull your hair down too hard to get this level, just enough so you can see where it will hang.

STEP 3 - The Cutting!

Take the level you have chose for your centre 1cm section and cut straight along carefully.

Now you can see the rough length your fringe is going to be and you need to connect it with the sides.

STEP 4 - Cutting the Sides

Do a centre parting with the short 1cm section split in half on both sides. Then do the left side first. Set the diagonal line through the shortest corner of the front fringe and sloping down towards the long side.

Now pull your fingers down to this guideline and get the scissors and cut along the diagonal line made by your fingers.

If you want a fringe that is straight then you just cut with a less diagonal slant.

You can soften the line but cutting upwards into the hair

Now do the other side taking care the diagonal is the same angle as the other side.

STEP 5 - Softening The Line

Now pull down the whole front section and soften the lines but cutting vertically upwards into the hair with the scissors.

And that's it you have a lovely tidy fringe.

Step 6 - Nourish Your Hair
Kristine also encourages her clients to nourish their hair while on lockdown, and recommends taking GROW by Hair Gain a vegan supplement that feeds your follicles at source.
She said: "There's a good opportunity now to really nourish and feed your hair. Reduce the amount of heat styling and harsh chemical colourings, and feed your hair with the correct nutrients.
"There are several topical and oral treatments on offer to help strengthen hair. I recommend the Hair Gain product it's the only one I've seen a real result with, and that has given my clients thicker and fuller hair that looks really healthy."
GROW by Hair Gain contains natural proteins derived from pea shoots that feed your hair follicles and initiates new hair growth. 

How to Cut your Own Fringe at Home