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myLot reputation of 74/100. JoMarch (2207)   ranked 478 out of 7,100 in have discussion on day to day issues2 years ago

Have you ever cut your own hair? If so why did you?

I have started to do that a few months ago when i decided to get rid at last of my way too long hair...I had no money or time to go to a professional, so I just gave it a try...also I was afraid i would have started to cry or something if i let someone else do it lol i had been with long hair for over 10 years after fighting my mother's taste for short hair so i was not sure i would have liked the result...in the end i just washed my hair, took a pair of scissors, and...cut lol And I liked it so much I could not really stop LOL after that since i wanted a layered haircut i took one of those shaving razors and just had a go with it on the remaining hair...

Im sure professionals on mylot are cringing in horror at this but thats all i had available and the result has not been bad...since then I have to do this every 2 or 3 weeks otherwise my hair tends to grow way too long over a short time...

Actually the first time I did it, the person i was living with thought i had got my haircut from a hairdresser lol either he was blind or i did a good job i guess lol

How bout you? Any DIY haircut story you want to share?


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1. myLot reputation of 92/100. Foxfire1875 (1228)   ranked 2,395 out of 7,100 in have discussion on day to day issues   2 years ago

I've got long hair too that just grows and grows. My friend hates me as she's been trying to get long hair for years and it won't grow past her shoulders. I trim it when it annoys me by brushing it forward and trim a couple of inches off it. It doesn't make it shorter but it layers it and makes it feel lighter.

I have cut it short three times when I've been in a bad mood though. I've never taken razors to it just grabbed it and cut it, then evened it up. It always looks fine and everybody thinks I've been to a hairdresser rolleyes maybe I should train to become one.


myLot reputation of 74/100. JoMarch (2207)   ranked 478 out of 7,100 in have discussion on day to day issues  2 years ago

lol i thought the same about the training!
I was always scared because when i had them long and i went to get them shortened i would tell my hairdresser "Just A BIT" and she would cut A LOT! so i ended up going just once every 2 years...but i realize that long hair was not really for me...i mean i was mostly keeping them tied up or in pigtails...even if i miss sometimes to come up with crazy accessoires for my head lol i used to love bandanas or big flowers in my hair that would drive my mother crazy lol they dont look just as nice now tho


myLot reputation of 92/100. Foxfire1875 (1228)   ranked 2,395 out of 7,100 in have discussion on day to day issues  2 years ago

I hated going to hairdressers, as you're so right you say just a trim and they cut off too much thumbdown

I do love my long hair and don't want to cut it short, even though it does spend most of it's time tied back so it doesn't annoy me.

My hair grows so fast rolleyes I'd need to be in the hairdressers every couple of weeks to keep it looking good and I'm just too poor to do that.


myLot reputation of 74/100. JoMarch (2207)   ranked 478 out of 7,100 in have discussion on day to day issues  2 years ago

Lol same here...after 2 weeks i was telling my gf I had to trim it a bit and she was like What??again?? lol


myLot reputation of 92/100. Foxfire1875 (1228)   ranked 2,395 out of 7,100 in have discussion on day to day issues  2 years ago

That's why I'm growing out my fringe again. I don't know what possessed me to cut a fringe into my hair. I keep going further and further to the side and also it needs trimmed every couple of weeks or I can't see. lol

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2. myLot reputation of 96/100. bcote212 (1024)   ranked 1,516 out of 7,100 in have discussion on day to day issues   2 years ago

I think that it is easier for a female to cut her own hair than it is for a guy to cut his own har. I have trimmed up the back, and around the ears before, but to do the whole thing by myself scares me. We have all seen those guys walking around that have that "I cut my own hair" look, and I dont want to be one of them LOL. So I try to trim up the back and around the ears until I can get to a salon.


myLot reputation of 74/100. JoMarch (2207)   ranked 478 out of 7,100 in have discussion on day to day issues  2 years ago

lol i think so too... shorter hair is harder to deal with,...you would notice it right away...longer i guess one can always fix it if it turns out bad lol i always feel a bit less confident now when i have to trim short hair than at the first big cut lol

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3. myLot reputation of 83/100. mememama (2154)   ranked 1,297 out of 7,100 in have discussion on day to day issues   2 years ago

I've only trimmed my bangs. I'm too afraid of trimming the back since I am not that coordinated! My father used to use one of those flowbee hair things that attach to a vacuum and it was awful! My little child could have done a better job! But he was so proud of himself we didn't have the heart to tell him it was hideous.

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4. myLot reputation of 13/100. Mainframeguy (161)   1 year ago

I know a lady who does and I have always admired her hair! I let my six year old daughter cut mine, which is almost the same thing maybe?

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5. ag6390 (55)   ranked 5,498 out of 7,100 in have discussion on day to day issues   1 year ago

haha i do mine quite a lot... i did mine this time last year... (full head) btw it sounds silly cus at the time i was training to become a hairdresser too hehe... but i left the front of my hair long and took the back really short and spiked... then dyed it underneath bright red and on top black... it actually looked really nice and funky... couldnt have been that bad anyway cus i met my boyfriend a couple of weeks after i did it and he liked it too haha:) x

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