A lot of us wonder about the same thing, when its the right time to trim our children's hair. Curly hair is not like straight hair where you can easily identify when the hair is experiencing split ends.
Trimming their ends, especially those dry dull tips, will help to keep their curly hair looking neat and healthy.
During my research I came across one of my favorite blogger's recent post, "When To Trim My Child's Hair" and it provided me with the answer I was looking for.
"Trimming should be done when the hair needs it", Kandy Land Kurls states on her post and it made sense.
I noticed my daughter's hair needed it a trim because of the following:
1. I noticed that I had to moisturize her ends more than usual;
2. Detangling process required a little extra time;
3. I was only noticing one or two splits ends while braiding or twisting her hair.
After noticing these and after reading Kandy Land Kurls' post about when its the right to trim your child's hair, I decided that it was time to trim those rough ends.
The next step to take after you determine whether or not your child needs a trim is who is going to do it?? Should you do it yourself? or go to a Hair Salon?
Trimming the hair is very simple because the only thing you are doing is taking the very ends off. You are not looking to make the hair even or trying to give the hair layers, you are simply getting rid off those dry ends.
Trust me when I say this is something you can do at home.
How I did it?? I did it by simply following the steps on Kandy Land Kurls' Post "Trimmed N's Hair".
1. I washed Ms. Bree's hair with Creme of Nature Argan Oil Moisturizing Shampoo;
2. Used Herbal Essence Hello Hydration;
3. Moisturize her hair with our favorite moisturizer- Bee Mine Luscious Moisturizer;
4. Banded her hair. She wore her hair banded like this for almost two days.
Why band the hair?? Curly hair suffers from shrinkage, and its better to trim the hair while its dry, it will give you a better idea as to how much you are taking off.
As you can see on the above pictures, Ms. Bree's hair is quiet long.
Trim the Hair:
1. Make sure you use the right shears. By that I mean, shears that are sharp and easy to cut with. Dull and rusty shears are probably are not a good option.
2. Work in sections: Do not take all the bands out at the same time, instead try Kandy Land Kurls' technique by unraveling each section and trimming it, once you are finished move to the next section.
Once we were finished with the trimming process, these were the results:
I only took about 1/4 of an inch and in some sections I took even less. Remember you are only taking off what is damaged.
After trimming her hair, I decided to style it in Box Braids.
1. Sprayed a bit of water and applied more Bee Mine Luscious Moisturizer with a bit of Bee Mine Curly Butter.
Do you have any cool tricks to trim your child's curls?? Come and share with us, we love to hear your comments and or suggestions.
