Kellum
New Member
I wanted a new way to dust my ends in between trims. Previously I was doing Traycee's method. I like the method, but it would take me like 3 to 4 days to do it and after doing that my back and neck would hurt. I thought about getting the Split Ender, but never followed through. I read testimonials, watched You Tube videos, and finally decided to just go head and try it. I would determine on my own whether I liked it or not.
This weekend, chelated and did an Emergencee since I hadn't done on in so long, dc'd for like an hour and blew my hair straight using the warm on my blow dryer. I passed the Split Ender down the length of very thin sections of hair. The sections were at the most 1/4" in width. I did that three times per section. I would examine the section after I was done. For the most part it did get the majority of my ends. I continued doing this until my whole head was finished. The entire process took me about 4 hours. It took a long time because I kept stopping to talk with DH, watch tv, and goof around as well as checking the sections to see if it cut anything.
Here are the pros:
My overall opinion is I like it. It is good to have for dusting your ends in between getting a trim. I plan on using this every 6 weeks and then getting my trim professionally after my touch ups or at least twice a year.
This weekend, chelated and did an Emergencee since I hadn't done on in so long, dc'd for like an hour and blew my hair straight using the warm on my blow dryer. I passed the Split Ender down the length of very thin sections of hair. The sections were at the most 1/4" in width. I did that three times per section. I would examine the section after I was done. For the most part it did get the majority of my ends. I continued doing this until my whole head was finished. The entire process took me about 4 hours. It took a long time because I kept stopping to talk with DH, watch tv, and goof around as well as checking the sections to see if it cut anything.
Here are the pros:
- Faster than the other method. It still takes a long time to do, but not days.I can finish my head in one evening.
- Get the majority of the ends. I would say it cut like 95% or more of my ends, even the good ones. For me that is good because when I do the other method I miss some ends as well. There is no possible way to get each and every end my head. There is just no way, it is impossible, so my goal was to get the majority of them. I have no problem with cutting the good ends. I did that with other method. It keeps my hair healthy.
- Just like with the other method, if I saw that I missed a split I would go back and trim it with my scissors. For the most part it got them.
- Cuts no more than 1/8" to 1/4" of hair. I plan on doing this every 6 weeks according to the moon schedule. I planned this dusting during the Pisces moon this past weekend since it is good for faster growth and thickness. I don't know if it is going to work, but I figured I would give it a try.
- Pricey, it is not really cheap, but I like the convenience.
- The tool is loud. I had to turn the tv up a little to hear over it.
- It is a little heavy. After doing it a while, my wrist and hand was tired.
My overall opinion is I like it. It is good to have for dusting your ends in between getting a trim. I plan on using this every 6 weeks and then getting my trim professionally after my touch ups or at least twice a year.
I thought that was awesome. And it did ship out today. Still, we'll see if it gets here in time.
) Anyway, I'm ready to give this a try. Again, thanks for the post. 
