I bloody love the MN haircut.

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I've been doing it for 2 years now. I don't even want to know how much money I would have spend in the meantime at the salon. It's so easy! And I have the confidence now to try different styles, different ponytail positions etc. Goodbye long layers, hello shoulder length cut! And I don't have to sit in the hairdressers chair and cringe because I hate it when they brush my hair due to an old skull fracture.

That and the mooncup. Saved me a fortune!

Brilliant!

I took a couple of inches off, looks great!!

Saved £30

Cha-ching...

40. I just did it and it's brill!

Hold on, I posted the link, I should get a cut of that! No way would so many people be doing it without the video!

someone should put a MN video up

....and yer can add another 4 to that total - iv only gorne and don the entire family Stella!

We look very naice too!

Thanks Psammead

wow this has really taken off!

I didn't do mine in the end last night, got to go out tonihgt and tomorrow night so will do it Monday morning then I have time to rectify it all week till I need be seen in public again Will only be doing the back ponytail, not the nape though, quite high up and brought up teletubby aerial style for the snip.

Do you think though that if I did two pony tails bang on the sides - think Princess leia - what would happen?

So if that's 44 people with MN haircuts, working on an average of £40 a haircut, we have deprived hairdressers saved ourselves over £1700 in total! Thanks again Psammead!

I've got it too. I haven't been to the hairdressers in over 2 yrs and mine also gets treated to a perfect10 home dye job and swished with Babyliss big hair. MN has saved me £££'s

Ok... So now that I'm an official
MN haircut fan, should I invest in a Babyliss big hair?!

I love mine but because my hair is quite layered I have to pull the ends down with straightners. There is a new smaller version that may be better for layers

Sorry, didn't see the ignore me!

I also did a home dye job this week because of a thread on here have saved £££££

Good to see another MN haircut thread. Great reading

I've been doing mine since the first thread so a couple of years at least, hair is poker straight and fine. Totally unforgiving. First time I did it my uber critical snob of a MIL wanted to know why I'd been wasting money on 'an obviously expensive cut' while we were so skint...

The thing with the basic MN cut is that to loose any length on the underneath layers at the back you have to start with really long hair and cut masses off. Simple maths - 'tis quite a long way from the nape of the neck to teh hairline at the front, then you've got the ponytail length too.

So, yeah, I do an adapted MN cut so I don't end up with a ratty tatty bottom layer. Hair is +/- bra band length so not short as such.

I always do the all-in-one-ponytail-right-on-hairline cut first. Then I section off my hair to do the bottom / back 1/3. Put the front out of the way in bunches to each side and make a ponytail right at the top of the back section, pull it to the front (along my parting) and chop, snip, snip, stab, sorted.

Then, 'cause I like my hair long but with layers around the face I section of the front of my hair (from in front of ears) do another ponytail.

The snip snip stab stab bit is really, really important. The more attention you pay to it the better it'll look. Neatness of ponytail is vital too, on my straight hair anyway, maybe less so with curls.

I read the thread last night...and did I this morning!

Only took 2 inches off as I don't like having flappy bits of hair that I can't tie back, but it looks great!

What the....HOW DOES THIS WORK?!?!?!?!

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I read this last night and PROMISED myself I wouldn't, but....

I did it in 2 timid batches. THe first was about 2 inches off in total because there were loads of long straggly bits, and the second was about an inch. If anything my hair looks longer and thicker because it cut off all the hideous old dregs of ancient highlights/split ends. I think I might go in again because I wouldn't mind it being visibly shorter.

For anyone wondering whether to do it - mine is just past shoulder length, very very thick, slightly wavy, mostly one length and with a thick and unattractive fringe I'm trying to grow out.

Because I'm growing out the fringe it's in a bit of a side parting, so I put the unicorn horn right on my hairline where the hair parts.

Hurrah! Just going in again for one last chop....

Unfortunately my hair is too short but I am trying to persuade my DD (6) to let me do hers
On the back of this though I did let DH at DS hair with the clippers - at 14 months his hair was getting long enough to tie up he now looks like a shorn sheep

Oh my was meant to be thoughtful! Iv been contemplating one for a while, but with my hair needing chopping and not having pennies for the hairdresser I put it off. Now... I have about 30 on my boots card and nappies to buy, so I may treat myself with my points!

I have just had a go and tbh i cant really see any difference but it has spurred me on to give myself a fringe. Rather proud of the result.

Off to wash and straighten this barnet and hopefully see something. If not, then a wee trip to town for decent scissors and attempt no2

coconutty what do you use for your home dye?

3 more to the count - me and DD's.
DD's hair looks neater for it and a trim off the ends.
My growing out shoulder length bob looks fantastic with the process done with about 4 inches off.Didn't want any off the length and its given it a far better shape.
Very pleased!

Did mine this afternoon and it looks fab even DH said so however got carried away with my new hairdressing ability and DS now has a fringe like Worzel Gummidge

When you're cutting into the ends of the ponytail, what are you aiming for? How do I know if I'm doing that bit right?