Has anyone tried the "twist & snip" on their fringe?

Seacliff I ordered some thinning scissors on Amazon. Most of them had the same expected delivery dates. Think it was 27th June to 6th July however mine arrived on Tuesday. Have used them on the sides and ok but haven't been brave enough to attempt to do the back yet!

I hold my fringe between two fingers above my head and slide the fingers upwards till just a wee bit of hair shows above the fingers and I snip into that. I then grab my thinning scissors and snip gently and randomly onto the whole fringe to keep it from being too heavy.

Seems to work for me as long as I keep my glasses on while I am doing it!

Doodle do you have your thinning scissors yet please? I am after some, and finding it hard to get some good ones, as lots are out of stock. !! Just looking for recommendations. I don't have pinking shears or might try them!

I do it quite often. Comb it out well and clip the rest of your hair, back, top and sides, well away from scissors.

Then pull fringe part to middle of your face, but just above nose,not pulled out higher. Then twist and I just cut it across. It makes a curved fringe. You could cut up into it a bit to make it feathery. I do mine wet as my hair is very wavy dry. But of course be very careful and cut just a little off. This video shows what I'm saying (about half way through). www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jGJjLdZp8w

I've had a go at the ends of my bob. Wish I had read this thread earlier..........? Just call me Wonkygran.

A post by a friend on Facebook the other reminded me of a little party trick I had when I had very long, red hair.

Bend forward, brush hair over face.

While still bending, put on sunglasses.

Straighten up, and voila!

Either a member of ZZ Top, or Cousin IT from The Munsters! (Or was it The Addams Family?)

Yes, my method is similar to* lemongrove*'s. the bag clip instead of fingers, less likely to snip my fingers!

Auntieflo pinking shears are good, just the same as hairdressers’ thinning scissors. ?

My friend did it, but her results were bad. ?
I understood why when she admitted she lost her prescription specs at the beginning of lockdown and due to age related macular degeneration she has very poor eyesight. She says it doesn’t matter as no one is seeing her for a while.

My fringe is now so long that it covers the un-waxed eyebrows and visible nasal hair - what's not to like?

No auntieflo but I have thought of it ?. Inspired by phoenix I have just ordered a pair of thinning scissors to have a go at cutting my hair. Mine is in two layers with a fringe. The longer layer is fine, that can just keep growing but the shorter layer which is just past the bottom of my ears is getting wider and wider as it grows. I am going to try and thin it out a bit. Well I figure with being in total lockdown and not being allowed out at all, it won’t matter so much if it goes wrong. ?

Never mind fringes......it’s my hercule poirot facial furniture I’m fighting with every day.

Did the ‘twist and snip‘ this morning for the second time in lockdown. Works well but, as others have said, now reveals how desperately my eyebrows need work!

Anyone used their pinking shears?✂️

I did the twist and snip and it worked quite well !

That should work, Phoenix. If you think about it, the outer part of the fringe would come out a bit longer, which is how a fringe should be.

I cut 2 inches off my hair the other day. I tried a suggestion seen on GN to gather all hair into a high pony tail and then cut off the end of the tail, to give layers. Well, mine wasn't long enough to make any difference. It was layered and just past my shoulders. I therefore then sectioned it and hacked a couple of inches off each layer. Being wavy, thick and bushy the unevenness doesn't show and I am happy with it. DD can put it right when we are able to be in close contact again (she trained as a hairdresser). It is lovely to feel the air around my neck again.

Good luck Phoenix.

phoenix I think what ilovecheese is doing is something like what I do. Following hairdressers advice I put a clip on my hair or use a Velcro roller or hairbrush to roll the fringe so that only the very ends are curving ofF the brush or out from the ends of the clip and instead of cutting across the fringe, using a pair of small very sharp scissors you cut up to the clip or brush from the bottom so that you are only snipping a few bits of hair in any one snip. This is to stop it looking like a pudding basin cut when you’ve finished. If I can find a picture I’ll be back. Also his tip for me was only cut the hair between the centre of the eyes and not too far to the temples..
Hope it goes ok.
P.s I have a large brown bag if you would like to borrow it ?

phoenix I think cheese's technique with the bag clip is the same as the two-finger technique, so to speak . Or something like that!

I have very short pixie type hair and have been twisting and snipping all over.

The results have been quite good I have to say!

I did have to get my husband to do the back which was a very scary experience but again, not too bad!

I have been doing this method for about 30 years Phoenix
So even if I do say it as shouldn’t ?I am an expert by now.

Sorry, ilovecheese not really getting that? Perhaps post a pic?

No, my hairdresser doesn't either, lemongrove but she knows what she's doing!

I usually trim my fringe by lifting it between the first two fingers so that the hair sticks up above fingers in a line, decide how much to take off then cut across, after that I cut down into the fringe, it gives a better result.I don’t twist the hair at all, neither does my hairdresser when she trims it.

I have tried putting a bag clip on my fringe at the length I would like it to be, then snipping upwards, not across, towards the clip. Snip snip snip until no more fringe below the clip. The result has been o.k. as long as I have remembered not to snip across, always up. And only on dry hair, never wet.
Read this in the paper.