Professional Hair Stylist Tutorial: How to Cut Trendy Curtain Bangs
Tempted to change up your hair on your own but don’t know where to start?
Follow this simple, easy to follow tutorial to learn how to cut curtain bangs from a professional hairdresser. Let's get started!
Tools and materials:
- Two identical combs
- A few claw clips
- Hair cutting shears
- Hair straightener
Here you can see my comb choice. They are exactly the same and for this tutorial we’ll be using the wider tooth side.
Use real hair cutting shears. Please don’t use kitchen scissors!
1. Start with a center part
Once you have the curtain bangs, you can style them with any kind of part.
Using the center of your nose as a guide, part your hair down the center.
2. Find your starting point
Take one of the combs and lay it on your head.
Wherever it lays flat, that’s where you’re going to start your curtain bangs. (See video 1:30 -1:38).
3. Find your side points and clip back the hair
Then find the point that meets up with the arch of your brow.
If you don’t have an arch, find your “high recession” which is the point on your head, off to the side.
I have a defined arch in my brow, so I’ve used that as my guide point.
Then pull the bunch of hair from that point forward and clip the hair behind it backward.
Find the same point on the second side. Before pinning the hair back on that side, grab both corners and look to see that they are even, like this:
Now you can clip that side off.
3. Straighten the front section of hair
We will not be wetting the bangs, because they will shrink once they dry.
Instead, we’ll straighten them so that the hair is cut at the same spot, without any highs and lows. Straighten your bangs using the lowest setting on your straightener.
All you need is one pass on each side on the lowest heat.
4. Grab the hair and find the right length
Whenever we use the comb, we will only comb downward (no lifting).
Run the comb through the front hair and then pinch toward the ends of the hair, without making the hairs overlap too much.
Find your desired spot for the length. Curtain bangs are usually from the cheekbones or lower. I recommend the chin.
5. Place your combs
With the first comb, start from underneath, making the teeth face out.
Stack your second comb right on top, with the teeth facing inward.
6. Slide, rotate and cut
Next, slide them down just a bit above your chin.
Then rotate the stacked combs like this:
Cut under the combs. You can cut straight, or if your hair is thick like mine, you might need to point-cut.
Remove the combs and you’ll see a really pretty angle that we’ve created.
7. Point-cut for texture
This part is optional but I highly recommend it.
Comb underneath with the teeth pointing out and hold the hair forward instead of straight down.
Then, point-cut to get a bit of variation and texture.
8. Blend the bangs with the front of your hair
Release the clipped back hair. Grab a small section from one side, behind the bangs, and comb it together with that side of the bangs, without pulling the comb all the way to the end.
Grab that hair and hold it.
Pull it forward, right in front of your nose.
Hold your scissors upside down, like this:
Then carefully* glide the scissors down, only partially closing your scissors.
(*See video 6:40 -6:45 for how to partially close the scissors. If you close them all the way, you’ll cut off a big chunk of hair!)
Look how much softer and blended this looks, and I haven’t even styled it yet!
Do the same technique on the other side. It doesn’t have to be perfect because we’re only cutting off a very small piece.
9. Style
Now that we’re styling our bangs, turn your iron to full heat.
If you have medium to fine hair, you can keep it at medium heat. Hold one side of the bangs forward like this:
Clamp your iron underneath, then twist around like this:
Drag the iron down until the hair comes out.
Here’s how it looks right now:
Grab the hair at the bend and insert the iron, pulling it in the opposite direction.
The result is this really pretty flip.
Do the same thing for the other side. This is the final look of this curtain bangs trend, and I am obsessed!
How to cut curtain bangs
Now that you’ve seen this step-by-step curtain bangs tutorial, you’re all set to try this fun trend.
If you liked this tutorial, leave a comment down below and check out my post on a Super Easy At-home Faux Blowout.
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Suggested materials:
- Two identical combs
- A few claw clips
- Hair cutting shears
- Hair straightener
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I mess it up every time, but never tried this method before. The twist probably makes all the difference. Thank you.
I loved this so much... I have a pixie myself but I cut other people's hair all the time... so anything hair related cut, color, or design I'd love to learn it all!! You're a great teacher!!🍎🤗