Have you ever cut your hair by chopping off your ponytail?

That depends why you want to have a hair cut by yourself, beside it saves money, if you also want to be more stylish, then I don't think one quick snip is not good. Bit by bit is much better as someone has already responsed to you. I cut my hubby's hair for fun, and he looks fresh after the haircut, a wife of his friend commented he looked smart (the wife didn't know I cut it). I never cut mine, as I don't know how to cut the hair from the back, and my hubby hasn't confidence to cut mine for me.

I prefer going to a hair dresser rather than trying to cut my own hair. Hair dresser does it for me perfectly.

when my 12 year old daughter was 10, she had very long hair and decided that she wanted to donate her length to kids with cancer, so we put her hair in a long braid and went to the hair stylist and she cut it off that way and we sent the braid to the organization. she has had short hair since.

Hi, liquorice! No I have never chopped off my ponytail in one snip. When I was younger and in the seventh grade. My aunt persuaded me to cut my hair at the front into a style. She wanted me to cut my hair half way from the front so that I could have it long hanging in the back. That was the only time that I ever cut my hair, and it will be the last time too. I was about 12 when that happened. But, I have seen shows on the television. Like Maury, where the women and men were getting a make over and they wanted or was forced to cut their long ponytails. It was cut in one straight snip, with a sharp scissor. There are also people that donate their hair to Cancer and Leukemia patients as well. When I had to cut half of my hair to the front it took more than one simple snip. It took about 4 snips. You may need to consult with a hairdresser that can tell you the perfect scissors to use to cut your ponytail in one big snip.

i have before but it didnt come out great so if i do do it that way i make sure i am layering so i can fix up any mistakes or uneven spots and not look screwed up

You mean chop it off? With big scissors? Sound so cool! It might work. I never try that and I don't think I will. As much as I like the chopping idea, short hair doesn't work with my face. It make it look so round and chubby.

no i haven't actually because i didn't have enough courage to do that... also, i think i care about my appearance and my hair too much... :-) i didn't want to spend too much money going to a hairdresser to have a haircut as well... so i usually go to a korean hairdresser here and spend about $30 every 6 months... take care and have a nice day...

My sister did this but still needed to cut it even. I have been cutting my own hair for the past few years now to save money. I also do my sons and my daughters hair cuts too. Considering here a cut is about $20 plus a silly tip that is lots of savings every year. I find the best way to chop my hair is to kinda even it out as I go around the sides and it seems to look ok. My daughter has snipped a couple odd hairs off the back that I missed so it looks even and stuff.

Have you ever seen the little hair scissors that hairdressers use? They are the best things to use! I've got a pair of them myself and LOVE the way they snip! I feel like such an artist when I am using them. And yeah, they should be kept VERY sharp! I have put my hair in braids before and cut off the ends. But then every time I re-braided it there were new bits I would have to snip, I got afraid that I was going to end up with very short hair! I don't remember it looking uneven when it was hanging loose though, but then I don't look at it from the back!

I think you can do that and then clean it up by a few more snips here and there on pieces of hair you didn't quite get evenly. I'm sure it'd be a faster way to cut hair and just as sufficient.

Hmmm...I haven't got the guts to cut my hair by chopping off my ponytail. I'm worried that it might end up a total disaster. I usually snip off my fringe, once it starts annoying my eyes; even that I once made a blunder by cutting it too short - really look like a nerd for a week, till it grew a bit longer.

Hahhaahaa, it saves money for sure but I'm pretty sure it will be very ugly when it's done :)

Just use a scissor. It's enough if you just want to cut your hair. Unless of course if you plan to REALLY cut your hair and shave later, then i guess you will need a scissor and a shaver so that your head will be a shiny thing.