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Saturday, August 13, 2016

How to cut your hair like a boss!

I have always been nervous to cut my own hair because - how are you supposed to see what you are doing without messing it up? I can't even French braid my own hair, so, how would I possibly be able to cut it myself? 
But one day I found a video on YouTube on how to cut and layer your own hair at home! It looked so easy I decided to try it and I have been cutting my own hair ever since! This saves a lot of money per year - depending on how much you normally spend on a haircut - possibly hundreds of dollars!

My hair gets split ends fairly easily and so I make sure to cut my hair about once every 2-3 months. This promotes healthy hair which helps it to gain length faster because you do not have as much breakage. 
First of all, I want to give a huge shout-out to my husband, Stephen, who took the pictures and the video for this post!
You can see in the "before" picture how scraggly and dead my ends were getting. I was definitely due for a cut!


How to cut and layer your own hair:


  1. Wash and towel-dry hair. You still want it to be damp, but not dripping.
  2. Brush all hair forward to the front of your head.
  3. Cut hair across in a straight line (Your longest layer will be in the back and the shortest layer will be in the front. The length of your layers depends on the length of your hair but my shortest layer falls about 3 inches below my chin)
  4. Even out ends and check in mirror (if you split your hair in front of either shoulder you can pull them together to see if they are the same length) Fortunately, long hair is very forgiving, so you do not have to get it too precise!

Here is the video of me cutting my hair (our dog "Tank" says hello in the first few seconds). 








Thankfully, we also had our cat "Rukia" to help us manage the process. However, she does not advise cutting your own hair as she always goes to a professional. She cares not for frugality.

I am hoping to learn how to cut my husband's hair soon! That is a little bit more intimidating though. Number one, it is not my hair, so I wouldn't be able to forgive myself if I ruined it. Number two, guy hair is a bit more complicated than girl hair to cut. But Stephen's hair is very full and (hopefully) very forgiving, so I hope he doesn't mind being my guinea pig!




Please share in the comments below if you know of any other methods of cutting your hair at home!




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