Daily Grooming - How To Trim A Horse's Mane - Without Pulling

Happy Saturday! I have something fun for YOU today! Plezant's mane is looking a little rough. He has pulled it out, or got caught in places, and it's very uneven and just not very neat and tidy. So today I am going to show you how I trim my horse's mane.
It probably helps a little bit that I was a licensed cosmetologist for 16 years, so I have the background for hair cutting, and the tools that make the job a little bit easier - which I would highly recommend you use, if you are planning on cutting your horse's mane. (Links down below)
I am not a fan of pulling a mane. Sure it looks nice, but at what cost?
After I get his mane tangle free, and damp, I comb through it with a haircutting comb. Then I cut into the mane -not straight across the bottom. I just cut into it making it shorter. And I do a little bit at a time, and I never cut super high in one cut - you can always cut more - but you can't put it back!
I just repeat the process down the entire length of his mane until I am almost at the point of the length I want.
Next I pull the hair up - straight up and again cut into it - not straight across. By cutting into the hair, it helps it have a more natural edge. ANd by picking up the hair, you are adding some different lengths, also called layers.
Once I am done doing that, then I comb it flat again against his neck, and I go back and cut into the mane again. This is the fine tuning part. So I might cut a little more from behind if it looks a little chunky. Does that make sense?
And once I am done -done, I comb everything down, step back, and take a look at the bigger picture. If anything looks uneven, I go back and trim a little bit more.
Practice makes perfect, so if you are going to trim your horse's mane, do it a little bit at a time.
Grooming Tools I used:
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[@Lemonnyx]

Girl brush from the bottom up … causing a lot of tension and breakage when you brush from the top down without detangling first

[@jobianchi2760]

Nice job evening that out! Personally I love long natural manes and I don't ride English anymore so no trimming of any sort since I show in the ranch horse shows or cuttings if I do show, but straightening up an uneven mane to look fairly natural is definitely at skill and you did a very good job.

[@hoofgirl31]

Nice job. I always taper it a bit shorter towards the poll, it really accents the neck and gives the illusion of more muscling.

[@annahalko-angemi]

I love a short mane. It makes the horse's neck look so much better. Nice job! Also, will you be doing more DIY videos soon? I love watching those types of videos.

[@libbywebb3404]

People think I’m crazy when I tell them I can make a mane look hand pulled with a pair of scissors, until they see the results.

[@naunettemartin7450]

Your horse mean looks good and I like your horse he is a beautiful horse and you ride him nice and you are a good rideer

[@naunettemartin7450]

I don't trim my horse mean it is long

[@gerrycoleman7290]

That is good. Thank you for doing the right thing.

[@naunettemartin7450]

@@gerrycoleman7290 you are welcome

[@Jacky_115]

@@gerrycoleman7290 'right thing'? it's all up to preference

[@gerrycoleman7290]

Why are you trimming the mane? The horse needs their mane for communication, insect control, thermoregulation, etc. What is more important, what you want, or what is in the best interests of the horse?

[@ariannafolz]

Horses use their tail to control insects for one, and two having a thick long mane during hot summers is worse for horses because it makes the sweat more and can also get caught in things just like our hair can etc, and manes arent used for communication in the slightest btw, not to be rude at all im just stating a point

[@gerrycoleman7290]

@@ariannafolz Come on get real. The tail can not effect insects around the area of the mane. Manes are used for communication.......you need to educate yourself.

[@ariannafolz]

@@gerrycoleman7290 im not on here to be rude or start something but you need to get your facts straight gerry, thats why somone invented fly spray and please enlighten me how manes kill bugs, last time i checked a horse will just shoo them away with their muzzle, and also explain how a mane communicates, does your hair comunicate?

[@gerrycoleman7290]

@@ariannafolz When the mane is intact the area it covers prevents access to the skin by the large biting horse flies. How does a mane communicate? In a herd setting with two horses meeting, the bowed neck and flashy mane communicates strength and dominance. The horse's language is body language. Humans language is largely verbal. You get your facts straight.

[@ariannafolz]

@@gerrycoleman7290 mu facts are fine i get where your coming from, but that sounds like somthing wikipedia would say in my opinion, like yes horses bow and yeah a mane protects the neck but you know that insects crawl right? Whatever im done here i said my peace, if lisa wants to cut plezants mane she can and i think shes doing a fine thing since it was partially gone anyway