if you have ever wanted to cut your own hair...

[mammapiggy]

this is one way of doing it

i have had numerous discussions about this lee stafford method of cutting your own hair so i thought i would put this link here, just in case anyone is interested and also so i can find this clip again if i need to.

i cut my own hair using this method by the way

I'd really like that kind of cut, but I'm scaaaared to try it on my own hair first....

I have cut my own hair for years, I started off cutting a longish bob, then learned to put in layers and a fringe. I used to get lots of compliments on my haircut!

Then I decided I wanted a really short cut, which would be too tricky to do myself. Unfortunately the hairdresser I went to made a total mess of it. So I've had 8 months of torture growing it, and its back in a bob, layers and a sideswept fringe.

I will NEVER go to a hairdresser again, I do a much better job myself

How do you put your own layers in? Would love to be able to do it as I forget to make appointments often enough and really just can't be bothered with hairdressers

ive not been to a hairdressers for years now either, too much hassle!
i do dh's hair too and the dd 's!

i love that clip though i think its so clever im glad i watch celeb scissorhands and pick up these tips

riven - brave lady

ive never liked going to hairdressers tbh, dont know why

i cut my own hair

to get layers i straighten it, put it in a high pony tail and snip

so far, so good!

yes they do cost too much, i think i must save a fortune doing all of our lots hair!

Cool! I am inspired to try it out NOW!

(Haven't had a hairdresser I trusted for years either.)

Do you all have dead straight hair? I haven't been to the hairdresser for as long as I can remember - seriously can't remember the last time. My mother cuts my hair as it is just past shoulders curly/wavy/frizzy. I'd love to cut it myself but think it would be really difficult.

go for it! like riven says, it grows back anyway!

you dont even have to take too much off if you dont want

Oh my god.

It looks ok ish from a distance on a grainy monitor but up close. Hmmmm. Not sure.

I do trim the ends off DD's hair but I wouldn't do anything over and above that especially not on my own mop (because I can't see the back roperly etc on my own hair, not because I value my own mane over DDs )

eastereggs - my hair is quite straight but i think this could work on curly hair, although i have only seen demos done on straight hair

Am tempted to straighten, ponytail and snip but layers might make me look like Orphan Annie

I did cut my hair for a while (it looked rubbish), the first time after I accidentally died it green. I am obviously not cut out for hairdresser (I also LOVE my hairdresser too much to stop going).

I'm going to cut mine in the next hour, I attack it with clippers. I'm going short again and haven't been near the hairdressers for 6 years.

damn you mammapiggy I am trying to work up the courage to do this. I'm just not sure I can deal with a fringe. I haven't had one since primary school and I'm not sure that with my fat round face I won't just look like a pudding...

Bloody hell it looks as though a 5 year old has gone at it with a chainsaw.

littlelamb - if you only cut a little bit off you wont have a fringe anyway, you dont have to go that short with it just cut a bit off the end of the ponytail and see how it goes - good luck

A woman in Boots was talking about doing this yesterday... maybe she is a MNer!

you have been warned

Oh dear!

Cut dd's hair this way - looks really cool, if a bit retro but absolutely fine on a four year old. Would think twice before doing to my own hair though.