5" Hairdressing Scissors

The shortest blade in the range. A 5-inch scissor puts the tip close to your fingers, which is what you want for detail — fringe work, around the ears, precise point cutting and tight graduation. It is a specialist tool rather than an all-day workhorse: the short blade means more closures to get through a section, so most stylists carry one alongside a longer main scissor rather than instead of it. Suits smaller hands and anyone whose work is mostly detail.