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AIBU?

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To have cut my own hair, on a whim at midnight last night?

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LucyEllensmummy · 02/02/2009 10:20

I have a real problem with hairdressers and i HATE having my haircut, have never really liked any of the cuts ive had and i hate having to look at myself in the mirror for so long - uggghh. My hair was looking AWFUL, hadn't been cut for three years and it was straggly and dead endy and just looked like a rats nest.

So last night, just before i went to bed i spotted DDs sciccors next to the hair brush and thought "fuck it whats the worse that could happen?" I figured the worse would be that i would screw it up and have to pay out to have it fixed. SO i bunched my hair up into a pony tail with my hand, tried to make sure it was all level and hacked it all off - its just above the shoulder now - went to look in the mirror and was , it looked OK, apart from one bit that i had missed and i just cut it off. I'm really happy with it, it looks fine, this morning i tidied it up and put some shape in the front of it and tried to make sure there were not any stray "tails". I'm happy - saved me £40 on a hair cut that i would moan about anyway, and the trauma of the hair dressers.

Had a row with DP yesterday so i was feeling a tad delicate, but we made up. This morning he noticed the hair in the bathroom - even though he had seen me beforehand and came back and said, have you been cutting your hair? Are you mentally unstable?? LMAO um, no, i don't think so - why would he think that. My mum always cut her own hair. I wouldn't want to cut it any shorter as i don't think it would be so forgiving but i reckon its the best cut ive had, and the best value for money /

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sarah293 · 02/02/2009 10:22

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WEESLEEKITLauriefairycake · 02/02/2009 10:22

I cut mine a month ago and I'm very happy with it. Like you I cut a huge wedge off the bottom by twisting it up above my head.

I then went further and layered it properly round my face. It looks fine - actually I would go further, it looks nice.

And it took me 5 minutes.

Well done you.

TsarChasm · 02/02/2009 10:27

Wow you're all so brave!

But then again having paid £40 just before Christmas for quite possibly the most incompetent awful haircut I've ever had (and god I've had a few in my time) I can see why people don't want to go to the hairdressers.

I still wouldn't dare do it though myself, but I bet it felt great. I cut dd's fringe sometimes..cutting hair feels so satisfying!

solidgoldbullet4myvalentine · 02/02/2009 10:29

I have often cut my own hair and though people have sometimes been a bit rude about the results (OK sometimes I used to go at it when pissed which was not always conducive to fashionable styling...) I have never been arrested or anything. When my hair was short I did used to like going to the barbers to have it cut: much cheaper than a laydeez hairdresser.

superfrenchie1 · 02/02/2009 10:40

yep i've done the same in the past and always cut my own fringe. my dp has also accused me of being "a mentalist" (sic)

nothing to worry about although after years of DIY i am actually considering a trip to the hairdresser soon for (a) a bit of pampering and me-time (b) a few layers put in - maybe i'm getting too old for it all to be the same length with a fringe

go for it. i quite like having a unique haircut, wouldn't want the same hair as everyone else anyway!

bumpybecky · 02/02/2009 11:07

yanbu

it's hair, it'll grow back

When I finally got fed up from dd1's yogurt being smeared into my hair every day I cut it myself. Quite dramatically - was waist length, cut to just past my jaw length in a late night spur of the moment type event. Never regretted it

RubyRioja · 02/02/2009 11:16

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DunderMifflin · 02/02/2009 11:19

If you like it and it looks fine, you are not nuts - good for you!

I have quite a short style so wouldn't be able to do it myself - I do trim my fringe though!

PaulaMummyKnowsBest · 02/02/2009 11:34

i used to always cut my own hair and was always happy with the result

I don't want my DD to do that to her beautiful long hair though so I act like a responsible adult and we go to the hairdressers together

Molesworth · 02/02/2009 11:38

YANBU at all - I also have a horror of hairdressers. For me it's as bad as going to the dentist. I've got very thick, unruly hair with a great big cow's lick at the front and rarely have I been happy with anything a hairdresser has managed to do with it. Because my hair is a bit like a hedge, I can do a bit of topiary on it with a razor (last time I did have it done professionally it had lots of layers, and I've just maintained that style myself). Also do the fringe with the aid of good scissors and instructions from youtube, and DD trims the back when it starts getting a bit too "Portuguese Man o' War". I realise it probably is a bit mental, and it could do with a good going over by a trained hairdresser, but I haven't been arrested yet either.

Gorionine · 02/02/2009 11:42

I hate hairdressers too, felt like crying everytime I came out. The only person alowed anywhere near my hair with a pair of sissors is DH!

TheThoughtPolice · 02/02/2009 11:42

God no. I just about manage to trim the tips of my fringe when it gets a bit long.

ConfusedMama · 02/02/2009 11:42

There's no need to spend a fortune on haircuts though!!!

I use a cheap local salon where the average client's age is approximately 70

However my lovely hairdresser is only 40 and quietly fashionable, so she can do the modern basics (highlights etc) as good as the shampoo and sets that are her main bread and butter.

Cut & blows are approx £13.00. Yes, if you wanted a fancy style then you would probably go to one of the big names hairdressers however if like me you have one-length hair that just needs a trim then why spend £££.

I have cut my own hair in the past which is fine if you tie it up all the time but it's damn obvious the moment you wear it down because it is virtually impossible to do the back yourself.

Seek out the modest back-street salons I say, you'd be surprised!!!

Incidentally I have unfailingly found that the BEST nail technicians and beauty salons are often in what might be considered the poorer areas. And the prices are amazing. Sometimes you are just paying for the prestigious location of a salon because their rents are so high - the service is not always better.

RubyRioja · 02/02/2009 11:43

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MrsSeanBean · 02/02/2009 11:43

I don't think YABU at all. Cutting hair is cutting hair. While I accept that (a) it is generally easier to get it done at the hairdressers and (b) it may give a better result on more complex styles, it sounds like you wanted a simple cut anyway, so good for you. I have heard of several people with one length hair who either trim the ends themselves or get a (non hairdresser) friend to do it.

RubyRioja · 02/02/2009 11:44

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ConfusedMama · 02/02/2009 11:46

Re prices: eg last week I had highlights, cut & blow dry - looked amazing - all for £22.

If she does a full head of highlights plus cut and blow the most I have paid is £33.

MrsSeanBean · 02/02/2009 11:47

Is that with foils ConfusedMama? Whereabout are you?!

TheThoughtPolice · 02/02/2009 11:48

Hairdressers have specialist training to do what they do and to do it well. I know it's not brain surgery or rocket science but I wouldn't cut my own hair, in the same way that I wouldn't wax my own foof or MOT my own car.

My mum cuts her own hair. It is passable but could be soooooo much better if someone qualified got hold of it.

ConfusedMama · 02/02/2009 12:00

No, she can do foils but I ask her to do it the old-fashioned way with a cap (my hairdresser is trained in all the old fashioned techniques as well as the new ones!) Because she's very experienced she has never hurt me or my hair pulling the hair up though the cap, although having straight smooth hair undoubtedly helps.

My hair is light brown, shoulder-length and fine to medium, and I have found that with foils unless it's a very experienced hairdresser who can do superfine highlights with foils, the highlights are too thick and look stripy. By the 2nd/3rd go they all start melting into one sludgy colour rather than highlights IFSWIM.

My hairdresser slightly varies the amount of lift in the tint each time so the highlights are minimally differently shaded eevery time, which gives the variety of blonde shade. Other hairdressers just use tint with no lift which is sludgy blonde, or they uuse peroxide on it's own (leads to white highlights - urrrgh).

I heart my hairdresser, she's too good to be true. Her location/number is a closely guarded secret

MrsSeanBean · 02/02/2009 12:07

She sounds like a gem.

Jux · 02/02/2009 12:42

I have done exactly the same thing many times. Just get so frustrated with it and can't afford the hairdresser even if I liked them, which I don't. If you ask me it's the most sensible thing to do until they invent a pill you can take to stop it growing.

Ivykaty44 · 02/02/2009 12:49

Just so you know the style is an old one and actually has a name

just I cant remember what it is called!

But yes you could have gone to the hairdressers and asked them to cut it all at the same point and in the ole days they would put it in a pony tail and lob the top of - alla £40

fishie · 02/02/2009 12:51

i've got curly hair and it always looks better when i've done it rather than hairdresser. i do dh and ds hair too and they look perfectly presentable. they do have very similar hairstyles though....

badgermonkey · 02/02/2009 12:56

I've cut my own hair before - even managed to layer it round the front and it looked absolutely fine. My DH thought I was going mad, too, though.

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