Cutting Your Own Hair

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Before cutting your own hair, wash it with shampoo and conditioner. Dry your hair with a towel. Fill a spray bottle with H20 and keep it near you in case you need to moisten your hair during the cutting process. You can also use a gel to keep your mane wet and prevent it from drying too soon. Comb your hair until it falls straight in your back.

With the help of the comb, divide your hair into even sections or 1/2 inch like when you are cutting your bangs and continue all the way in your face in front of your ears. Use rubber bands or clips to keep your remaining hair fastened in one side. There should be a straight line from the upper portion of your heads to the side portions. Carefully bring the upper portion of your hair in front of your …show more content…

Your initial cut should begin at the tip of your own nose. If you want to make your hair shorter, clip higher but never higher than your nose bridge. There should now be a straight line from the outer portion of your eyes. This will serve as the guide for the remaining uncut portion of your hair. By cutting further below your nose, the longer cut will be.

With the help of a mirror, carefully comb the portion that you have just cut. Hold the hair between your middle and index finger by shaping it like a scissor. Cut the excess hair tips of this portion. What you are attempting to achieve here is a straight line while your hair pin up. You will have shorter haircut if you clipped too much. Use a comb to flatten the sides of the portion and pull it with your newly cut hair.

You can now immediately see it is longer compared with the portion of your hair that you have just cut. With the help of your bangs and pinning the side portions upward, make your succeeding cuts. After that, you can now easily see that your hair falls into layers. Divide another portion of your air from your ear with the comb forward and keep the rest of your hair tied

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