How I Cut & Style My Own Bangs & Hair Care

Guys, how are you it's Gene Watts? Welcome back to my channel, I am doing a video on how I cut my own bangs. I know a lot of you guys have asked me that my DMs and my comments and all that about how I did it. So I'm gon na show you I am not a licensed beautician, I'm just going to show you what I did, but I also figured. I would show you like some of my hair care products and I'm going to show you legitimately the best hair dryer. I'Ve ever tried it was. I think it was just like nominated from Allure magazine as being like one of the best breakthrough products from 2022. So I'm going to show you that, okay, let's get to it, okay, so I guess I will start with my shampoo. I have been using uh pureology since high school, and I learned that you should always kind of alternate your shampoos and conditioners. So then I started switching in between between olaplex, which as much as I love all the plaques, I was using it wrong and it actually dried out my hair, so educate yourself if you're going to use olaplex and then I also use orbe. But lately I got these um shampoo and conditioners there. I got them on Amazon, but these are for anti-hair thinning and even though my hair is not thinning, I just do have just naturally thin hair. So I was like I'm gon na try like anti-thinning, shampoo and conditioner and see if it like really just adds a lot more fullness to my hair. So I've been trying that it's been about a couple weeks, so I feel like it's not enough to like to really tell so I'm going to go through this entire thing and I'm probably going to order another two to give it like a proper test to see. If it works so that shampoo and conditioner um, I will like twice a week use this um, it's a 10. I love this brand, it's a 10 and it's a miracle mask, but it's purple tinted for us blondies, because blonde hair does get really brassy. Looking and purple tones really keep it more Platinum. I do also love this brand. They'Re kind of they are pricey, but this is a honey, infused hair mask by Gazoo and I'll put this in, like you wash your hair, you put that mask in and then I'll. Like do everything else, I need to do and then I'll rinse it and then put some conditioner in it, and it's just like a really good mask that I'll use twice a month. My hair girls, I will link them below. They are like the best of the best um, my girlfriend Natalie. She does my hair color and she has been bringing so much, not only the best color I've ever had, but my hair is like getting healthier and then my other girlfriend Amanda, who puts in some extensions in my hair and she puts in hand-tied wefts that, like There'S no glue, there's it's not harsh on your hair, I've tried clip-in extensions and they were actually pulling out my hair. So I love these, so I will link them below anyways. My hair girls are telling me that they think that there's or they see that there's a lot of like more hair growth happening in my hair. So I have a theory that it's rather a or probably the combination of both a I've been taking. These vitamins called neutrophil. They are very they're, like 80 bucks, I think for the month. They'Re, expensive vitamins, but I've been told by not only them, but so many other people that it's the best hair vitamins that you can take. So I started taking those um. They see a difference and then I made a DIY of rosemary oil, and I put it here and basically I just took - I think it was grape seed oil and a little bit of canola oil, and I you know heated up in a pot. I added real Rosemary in it and I just kind of let it boil for I forgot how long I'll link the recipe below but put it in here and I'll. Put this at the root of my entire hair and I'll go work out I'll, go in the sauna room or I'll, just let it sit for at least an hour before I wash my hair, and I heard rosemary oil is life-changing for hair growth. So it's got to be one of those two okay, so that's like when I wash my hair um. So once I get out of the shower, my hair is still damp. I will use this Derma e. It'S a three in one hair protection serum. I will take like a pump or two and I'll usually Target my ends mostly and I'll put that through my hair when it's still damp and then, if my hair has been really dry, I will put this biosons squalane oil, or this Balmain has moisturizing a lecture Elixir, I actually use this more when my hair is already dry and like if I'm styling it. I just feel like my ends, are a little dry I'll, throw that in, but these two are great oils for your hair or Argan Oil. So I'll put that in my hair, also balmaine Paris has a new hair care line and it's amazing. So this is their leave-in conditioner spray and it smells really good. So I will put this in my hair. I already put this in because it mine Drew my hair because I bleach it and all that stuff. I just need to keep it as much moisture as I can, and they also have for my blondes. Follow me in Paris has an ash toner. So it's if you can see, I just started using this, but they just sent it and it's a purple, a purple spray and it's supposed to help keep your hair Platinum. So you just spray it in and you leave it in and that's it I'll show you guys what that's like I'll do that in between every three to four washes. I will use Color Wow this dream code. I am, I love Chris Appleton yeah yeah. I just want to say Stapleton um, because Appleton he's amazing, as we all know, amazing hairdresser, but he swears by this and I tried it and I do love it. It just kind of keeps your hair from frizzing when it's humid outside for a lot longer. Okay, so now for this hair dryer, I this is a sponsor but mind you, it's literally the best hair, dryer I've ever tried, and it's also the coolest one. I'Ve ever tried. It'S called the zoovi hair hair dryer. It comes with all these different attachments like a diffuser, and then they have this attachment, obviously for styling - and this is for your hair, if you have Sensitive Scalp, but it's amazing, I'm gon na put this on. I'M going to show you how, first of all you turn it on, I can't face it because it turns the green light, but it feels like cold green light, so cool. I I love this feature on it and I'm gon na turn that off. So you can hear me talk, but one of the cool things about this is that a lot of hair dryers will get up to like 140 degrees, which will fry your hair and just dries it out, and this only gets up to 111 degrees. So it keeps it it gets it dry fast, but it also keeps the moisture in your hair, which just leaves your hair, obviously silkier and hydrated, and it's very gentle for kids, who have very fine little hair and I'll cause. Less breakage also has five different features. Right here, so one is care, so if you have it on care, it basically focuses on your hair Health, but also will blow dry your hair um and then the fast one focuses on blow drying your hair fast, while keeping your hair healthy and then there's soft Mode, which is for people who have very sensitive, scalps and there's style modes, so you'll have style and mode when you, when you're using one of these for this or any of that good stuff. This is meant for the soft Style. And then, if you press it and it's not highlighted at all, then it's a cool draft, so I'm gon na blow dry, my hair, I'm going to show you how amazing this is, and I'm going to get my hair prepped for how I will cut my bangs. I'M going to show you how I style them before that, I'm going to use my foxy beige protective spray, it's good to have everything. I'M gon na blow dry, my hair, as you guys, are gon na see. I want to focus on blow drying all the hair around my face forward, so it's pretty fully dry. The ends are a little damp. That'S okay, because we're gon na be focusing on the top anyways right now. So obviously I cut my bangs before so you can see my bangs now, but I'm going to show you how I did it so when, before I cut my own bangs, as you guys see my other videos, my hair right here was down here, and so I Blew all the hair forward and okay, so this is by the way I got this bundle of really cute butterfly hair clips. I love them I'll link them. So this is what I did. I put my hair mostly like back a bit and I slowly started bringing in a few hairs at once, so I'm not taking like a huge chunk and then cutting them. I really was focusing on like taking going a little at a time, because, just in case you hate them. At least you didn't cut off so much hair that you can't hide it. So I brought all this hair here. So imagine if this hair was down to here, I have professional hair. Cutting scissors, do not cut your hair with paper, scissors or house scissors or whatever it is kitchen scissors um, because it's not sharp enough. So it's going to when you cut your hair, it's just kind of it's going to split your hair and just make your ends, split and damage and no fun. So you want to have really good hair scissors. I will link some below that. I only use for my hair, and so these are pieces are down. I generally knew I wanted my hair cut at least to here. So if my hair is here, I want it here even shorter. I can probably cut these a little more right now, but I cut a little lower than the length that I want them, so I cut straight across get rid of that the excess right. So now I take them forward and it cut upwards like this. I'M putting hair everywhere, you don't want them to be straight across. At least I don't. I like mine, more like fringy, so I I cut upwards. So I want different types of links and that's what will give it that cool, but also keep in mind that usually you know at the end I'm gon na be curling, so they're going to be a little bit shorter right now they are straight. So I don't want to cut them too short, so you cut them. You like the length you can kind of mess with them like that, live with them for a day or two, and if you want more just add a little more and depending on your style, like I'm very much like a Visionary, I can like see things. I know exactly what I want, so I do like the ends here to be a little bit longer and you can also take more here here and drag them out when I first cut my bangs. I left these really long and I really did like that um, but then I ended up like cutting them just a little shorter, but you can just take more hair but make it long, but then you'll take more hair. Do the same thing clip that the rest of the hair and then just start making it cutting it this way, and you can add more and more slowly doing it that way, it's a little simple, but it can be difficult. It'S simple for me because I just love it once I have all my bangs cut. I will then take my scissors here, so I would slowly kind of shape the face. I'Ll go all the way down, so I already did it so it's hard to kind of show you guys, but my hair was all like down to here and I trimmed it where I wanted it to be. So the one tricky thing about having bangs that I'm still learning is sometimes when you have bangs, They will start parting when you don't want them to so the only way I found that helped was making sure these aren't as clean there's no oil on them. If there's any oil from your face or skin care, or just like natural hair oil, it just tends to kind of split a little more so using like a hairspray or a dry shampoo or even a texturizing spray really helps. So I'm going to use um foxy base volumizing Hairspray. So when I had bangs I was using. This is so disgusting looking, but whatever I was using this big old round brush to do my bangs, and I thought that was the move and she said for bangs. I should use a smaller, so I have these two sizes right here. It helps them stay forward and rounded, better and split. So I'm going to show you guys how I do that, so I'm going to take this attachment to this UV hair and I just easily Magna - is on I'm gon na put this on Style mind you guys. I am new to all this still, even though I'm kind of not I kind of am so I'm gon na round. My hair turn this on, put it on Style. Okay, I'm gon na show you this one pick the roller place. It make sure your hair is not like knotted, but I kind of just wrap the hair right there and just kind of keep it in place. Foreign place, the roller and I'm just gon na roll the hair and leave it there and you can do the whole rest ahead. I'M not because I'm lazy right now, but mainly I'm gon na focus on those. So I'm going to spray these I'm going to take my blow dryer. I kind of go in here with the heat now there's so many different ways and better ways to go about this, but this is the way I do it and one thing about curling, your hair or anything like that. You the way your hair cools is more important than how it gets hot. So if you, for example, if you really want to hold your curl, don't just curl your hair and let it out and let it cool straight or like loose, let them cool curled! That'S what will keep a curl a lot longer you take this out. Like you see these bangs are they? These will fall throughout the day. I should leave this on for like 10 minutes, but I'm gon na take this one. It'S a nice curl, I'm gon na take these out okay, so I'm gon na bring these forward. So one thing that I like to use when I feel like my hair can use a little extra sleek, I'm using balmains moisturizing Elixir. Like I said earlier, I usually use this more for a styling just to get rid of all the frizz and make sure everything's looking real sleek and pretty okay. That'S it! I'M gon na spray, my hair and then I'm going to use balmain's, hair hair fume to be a little extra, not necessary, but this stuff smells so good and okay, that's a really again. I am not a hairdresser, but I did cut my own bangs. That'S exactly how I did it. You know I highly recommend. If you're doing it yourself, one definitely have good hair cutting scissors and two. I would start very slowly like grab a little baby hairs cut them the way you want style it see. If you like. It add a little more add a little more focus on being a little more shorter around the eyes and then going down shaping the face, or, if you want them, straighter farther depends. But for me this is what I did and I kind of liked how it's not so much bangs that when I want to have it out of my face, I can like my videos prior to this. You can see that my hair, I can't really see my bangs as much, but I definitely had the same cup bangs and yeah. Okay, that's how I cut my bangs. That'S. I think I have everything. That'S all like the hair care. I will link everything below okay, so since Allure magazines has made zooby Halo The Best of Beauty breakthrough of 2022, they are celebrating by giving away free travel bags to anyone who buys a hair dryer within the month of September, so got ta hurry up. But I'm telling you it is so so so worth it. It mimics natural sunlight, which you know, other hair dryers is just straight hot heat, that's terrible for your hair! This is light care. This is awesome and it's light. I traveled with this in Europe and even though I couldn't plug it in because Outlets, but it was very light and it didn't get in the way so highly recommend. I will link everything below and that's it. Thank you guys for watching. I hope you guys have learned something. I have a really fun video coming next week. It is a whole process of really good skincare how I prep my skin, how I do a really cool, smokey eye and um, how I take it off and then it's October, and I have a lot of fun ideas for you guys so stay tuned, uh like And subscribe and do your inner work take care of yourself. Thank you guys so much bye, foreign