"It Changed My Life"

Claire's Fringe Trimmer - £5.50 from Claire's

Yes, I'm talking to you today about a fringe trimming tool that changed my life. It's not often products or tools revolutionise the way I do things but this? This is magic. It's actually very basic and also common sense but I am both basic and lack in common sense so it appeals to me on an extremely deep level. Essentially it's a plastic clip that you slide to your desired length and cut beneath - as hairdressers do with their fingers. When I do it with my fingers my little girls end up with little Bettie Page fringes and/or 'The Wonk'. It happens so often we actually call it 'The Wonk'. Mistakes shouldn't have names.

I'd heard about this briefly labelled as a 'fringe thing from Claire's' so I wandered into Claire's and asked about the fringe thing. It turns out it's this beauty that's just £5.50 so I raced home, grabbed my children and told them that if they'd sit still I'd make them an apple pie for dessert. Usually it's so fiddly trying to cut their fringe with flyaway hair, wiggly arms and legs and a desire to sing more Disney tunes but it was so easy. I knew where I left off even if they moved and the scissors couldn't go haywire halfway up the forehead (that happened about three years ago).

If you're a bit of a cack hand with scissors trimming your own fringe or you have children, buy one. For £5.50 it may not revolutionise your life but it may and that's got to be worth it?