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Do you have long hair? Is it getting split ends? Does it just need a trim? Then cutting it yourself is the way to go.
A few months ago, my long hair severely needed a haircut, but I wanted to save some money on salon fees. I don’t spend much time on my hair (or makeup, for that matter), partly because I don’t care and partly because I’ve never been able to figure out how to do it myself (ha ha, I realize the irony since I love DIY stuff). So, in my mind, I couldn’t warrant the costs of getting anything fancy done to it at a salon- which would only look great the day of my salon visit and never again since I can’t duplicate it myself.
So, since I can’t fix my hair myself, I decided to cut my long hair myself. *shrug*
If you’re like me and your hair spends most of its time in a pony tail anyway, definitely give this a try.
I have to laugh because the YouTube video that I watched to learn how to cut my own long hair at home starred a hairstylist who repeatedly said, “Don’t do this. But if you do, do it this way. But don’t do this.”
So of course I did it anyway. In my mind, if I completely botched it, then I could go to a real hair stylist to fix it. But before I did that, I wanted to at least try to save $30-50 plus tip and DIY it. Here’s the video that I watched a couple of times:
And here are some pictures of what I did:
- I washed my hair, flipped my head over and combed it out super straight, and put my hair in a tight ponytail at the top and middle of my forehead. (Picture 1 above)
- Then I smoothed it out to make sure it was still nice and straight in front of my face. I looked over the ends and decided where I was going to cut based on the thickness/healthiness of the hair.
- Using some sharp scissors, I cut straight across at that spot. (Picture 2 above)
- I pulled my hair out of the ponytail, combed it out again, and checked that the hair looked okay from the back. That’s it! (Picture 3 above)
Seriously, that’s all I did. It was so easy and took only a few minutes. It’s no stylish ‘do, but then again, neither am I.
Here it is after air-drying.
And look! My hair is still super long. I actually used this technique again a few days later because I decided I needed to trim off a little bit more (since I didn’t quite get all of my split ends), and it worked like a charm both times.
I deem this whole DIY long haircut attempt a satisfactory success. At least, it’ll get me through until I can convince my husband that I should chop it all off and get a short ‘do…
What do you think? Have you ever tried cutting your own hair?
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My husband cuts my hair for me, he has doing it for me for several years . He has the proper shears, he capes me, does the full sectioning and pins my hair up with hair clips. He then trims the bottom layer, and lets down the rest in 1/2” increments ensuring it is trimmed even. I love my hair long, so does he, so there is no worry he will get scissor happy and chop it off short on me. Saves me hundreds a year. He has even given haircuts to a couple friends of mine as they were visiting and the “free” haircut by someone who knows how to properly cut a women’s hair and won’t get scissor happy on their long hair was too good to pass up. You should have your husband cut your hair for you. It’s a great bonding experience and can be quite fun.
Carolyn, I love that your husband cuts your hair! When I suggest that to mine, he says that’s never gonna happen. Lol. I would cut his hair and my daughter’s, but they both balk at the idea. Alas, for now, I’m only allowed to cut my own. ? Maybe I’ll win them over some day.
Sorry your husband won’t do it. Some guys feel it is somehow not manly or feel insecure about themselves or that they will screw it up. Hopefully he will come around. I love having my hubby cut my hair, I would hate to have to go back to the salon again if he wouldn’t do it for me.
Yes, that’s so true. I think he doesn’t want to chance screwing it up. I’ll keep working on him and he may come around, like he eventually does on many of my hare brained house projects. LOL. In the meantime, I am going to try some more techniques I’ve found online for cutting my own. *shrug* And hair eventually grows back. ?