I have read a lot about rtrimming split ends or as I've also seen it called s&d. So the way I've been doing it is:in my bathroom with my cutting shears and my magnifing glasses.  I section my hair into 2 ponytails and one side at a time I take out the ponytail dicvide that into 3 sections twist it really tight away from my face and snip off pieces that stick out from the hair that I twist into a tight coiled rope, then I do the same thing again only I twist my hair towards my face. Is this the way that it is done?  I just wanna make sure. Thank you ladies. Sorry for the long post.

You should only be trimming the ends that appear to have damage - splits, kinks, dots.  You want to use a very sharp scissors so that the cut/trim does not cause more damage.  Moustashe, embroidery and hair scissors are good types to use.  A large shears is ok if the blades are very sharp and tight together.