How To Get Rid Of Split Ends — Dusting Vs. Trimming | Hair.com

If you want to get rid of your split ends but don't want to lose a lot of hair length, you may want to opt for a dusting or trim at your next salon appointment. L'Oréal Professionnel artist, Madison Sullivan, is sharing the differences between these two techniques.

[lilsista]

I didn't know there was a term for dusting straight hair! When I dust my, or my family's, curly hair - the process is definitely different!Thanks for posting, I'm not a hair professional but I love learning as much as I can about it!!

[pagansunite]

I do dusting on myself when I'm bored sometimes, but it's more of a search and destroy game than anything.

[jessikagutierrez]

"trimming is where they remove an inch of hair off the ends" every hair stylist ever: "hahaha, let's make it 3 inches!!"

[breeze]

Everyone: Commenting about no music

Me, hearing music: Am I.... Hallucinating?

[elizabethhopp]

I love this technique! I hate when stylists make fun of people because they want to keep their hair long... they expect us just to chop 4 inches off for split ends and be fine

[linda]

Oh what a beautiful background music. Is this called „ocean of silence“?

[abrahamo]

Am I the only one annoyed cuz there's no audio at all

[ebonimom]

I just watched this entire video through the that still count as a view???

[qwertyone]

Am i the only one who likes the fact that there's no music? No cheezy background music and it's straight to the point ...

[jihye]

I had to hum to my own background music😂

[kells]

I’ve been doing this on my long hair for years. Neat to see a pro do it, I wish more would. Most often they just cut the length.

[chasey]

Dusting is still a new term in many areas. Most salons don't even tell you about it because their stylists don't know what it is yet.

[MelSays]

I’ve tried dusting and not all of the damaged ends stick up or out. I’ve held it the way the stylist did and I tried twisting my hair. So instead, I just take 5-10 mins every day to go through my hair and cut away any split ends I find.

[heavenly_hooves]

I'm confused u guys don't hear the music? I do

[CherrySimss]

Idk why but all the hairdressers I have been to had this same grey ombre shoulder-length haircut.

[kelleymayo]

I kept trying to grow my hair out was always told to trim it every 6 weeks etc but NOW I know what to ask for! Dusting!

[MitzyChann]

I feel like dusting keeps too many strands at different lengths—never ending split end cycle tbh

[lexijdae]

I cut my own hair and trim it very good but never thought of doing this. Always felt something was missing and this is what was missing

[vixxcelacea]

Dusting is great. It's such a good way to get rid of a lot of breakage and brittle parts that naturally happen all along the hair shaft. You can do it at home, but it's harder because you can't see as well so ask a friend if you can. Also you can twist the hair completely and gently run your finger up the section of hair to bring out the end bits and trim those.
I just did twist dusting yesterday and also trimmed the ends as well as point cutting so it wasn't as blunt. I also bought barber scissors, a cheap pair, but still better than say kitchen scissors and it worked great. When you get all that damage mostly off, your hair looks and feels so much better. You think it's not noticeable, but damaged hair creates a dull, unruly look that is subtle, but still there. My partner, who doesn't always notice subtle things commented that my hair looks much better and I lost only a few centimeters to take the worst of the breakage off. I also gave myself long side bangs too.

If you mess up when cutting your own hair, before running to a barber to fix it, try point cutting blunt ends. Sometimes that can make a world of difference, Also always remember to take less off than you think you need. You can always cut more, but you can't undo cutting too much.

[maria]

Hair salons don't offer dusting where I live