Dusting!

[monie20032007]

How do I do it?!? I refuse to get another trim everytime I get a relaxer. I just want to do it myself!

 

[DayStar]

you just take small sections of your hair and look for the split ends within those small sections. Once you locate them you just clip those split ends. I dust with a side lamp and mirror, so i can really see what im doing.

 

[Eiano]

How do I do it?!? I refuse to get another trim everytime I get a relaxer. I just want to do it myself!

I know right! DAMN!!!!!!!

To them it's all about getting more out of their commision but really you don't need it!!!

I don't know.. I have yet to get a trim or dust. I'm terrified to do it on my own but I would like to know as well!!!

 

[vivEz daNs lamouR]

I haven't trimmed my hair in about 8 months. Thankfully I don't need to yet either, but I would love to know how to properly dust.

 

[Eiano]

@ ebony

yeah.

I guess you have to be super concentrated on what you're doing. I would just be afriad of clipping the same pieces of hair twice, or having a section I've already dusted get in the way and i hack it off accidently

I would also have to dust after a relaxer b/c my hair does not stay straight on its own after washing.

 

[crazydaze911]

Are you guys able to keep your hair even this way? I try to dust but some hairs have more splits then others and it ends up uneven (although it grows that way alittle already)....any advice?
BTW - for the newbies - dust and S & D are two different things

 

[OrangeMoon]

I fixed my stylist this time. My t-up was Saturday and while she rinsed out my conditioner I told her "You know I really want a roller set." What was she going to do trim me while I was wet? I think not!!! I asked for a extra curly one too. I want to see my progress and take pictures before I get a trim.

Oh and dust with a reading lamp, mirror and a sharp pair of hair shears.

 

[MissLawyerLady]

I am so tempted to dust before my next touch-up Jan. 10th. I wonder if my stylist would still try to dust my ends herself- just out of pure habit?

I think stylists are so used to relaxing and trimming that they just pick up the scissors and go whether you need it or not.

 

[Kacie]

I fixed my stylist this time. My t-up was Saturday and while she rinsed out my conditioner I told her "You know I really want a roller set." What was she going to do trim me while I was wet? I think not!!! I asked for a extra curly one too. I want to see my progress and take pictures before I get a trim.

Oh and dust with a reading lamp, mirror and a sharp pair of hair shears.

Why not just tell her straight 'I'm not getting my hair trimmed'? erplexed

 

[sareca]

See all those hair sticking up? I indiscriminately cut them off by trimming everything perpendicular to the twist.

I just dusted my hair this week and the ends are so smooth, soft and tangle-free and I didn't lose any length.

Make sure you hold the scissors parallel so you don't cut off a loc.

 

[crazydaze911]

See all those hair sticking up? I indiscriminately cut them off by trimming everything perpendicular to the twist.

I just dusted my hair this week and the ends are so smooth, soft and tangle-free and I didn't lose any length.

Make sure you hold the scissors parallel so you don't cut off a loc.

Thats how the professionals at the long hair care salon in NYC do it...