How to Use Notching Shears When Cutting Hair

Hairstyles today require a multitude of skills and tools to create looks that don't look made up. The perfect symmetry and even lengths of the past are long gone, replaced by a more "messed up" look. You can use product to achieve the full, natural styles, as well as cutting to various lengths and textures. One of the best tools for creating that uneven look is the notching shears.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Hold the sections of hair out from the head. Then cut with the notching shears just on the ends to add body to your hairstyle without taking off the length.

2. Work the notching shears closer to the head for shorter styles. Many men and women like to have pieces of their hair sticking up without having to use a lot of gel and other hair products, and this cut can help to achieve that.

3. Use notching shears to thin hair that is too heavy and thick, as well as to add body to thin or fine hair. They can be used randomly without having to follow a pattern. Notching shears give hairdressers an avenue for creativity that many of the traditional tools do not.

4. Stock your toolbox with a variety of notching shears. The shears come in many different sizes and should be used according to their recommended use. The biggest difference in one to the other is the size and spacing of the teeth.

5. Use wider spaced teeth for thinner hair and closely spaced teeth to texturize and shape thick or curly hair. The more teeth in a notching shear, the less hair it cuts off.