I bloody love the MN haircut.

[Psammead]

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!

SparkySparrow yes, I'll ask a friend tomorrow - as I live with a bunch of klutzes (looks foundly on family members)
Your hair looks great btw!

Ive actually just bought some scissors off ebay for £1.99 so I can do it better next time. I just used kitchen scissors, but I usually get it thinned out so I got some of those scissors that thin your hair. So excited to do it properly.

I think I might get some proper scissors too. Was a bit tricky with the kitchen ones, don't think they were as sharp as I thought they were.

I wonder if those that have had difficulty/unevenness are not all using proper haircutting scissors? Just a thought

I'm wondering if the main difficulty is not spending enough time firmly making sure that the hair drawn into the ponytail is totally flat and smooth against the head. If some of the hair is left 'baggy' - particularly at the back where it's hard to draw it taut, and the hair is longer anyway - then it'll be uneven, and the long back parts will be even longer compared to the front because they've been left longer before the scissors get anywhere near it?

I just used dressmaking scissors - large and not pointy. I've just checked mine again the layers are identically even on either side and I think that's because I spent several minutes smoothing the hair totally flat against the head, then tugging everything as taut into the ponytail as it would go....

It's wonky and too short

I've been doing this haircut for about 20 years and reckon I have saved about £3000!!!

Over that time I've bought two pairs of proper hairdressing grade scissors from ebay selection here and from about £10-20 you can get a really good set of blades that I think would make a difference to how easily and successfully you can cut your hair. A worthwhile investment if you're saving hundreds and even thousands of pounds.

It's a very forgiving technique cos you can keep trimming till you're happy with it - I've never had a disaster doing it.

TheScarlettPimpernel I agree, it takes me about 2-3 minutes to comb and smooth, and only about 30 seconds to cut!

Oh no cat , can you even it out?

Im happy with mine and I used kitchen scissors which were probably too blunt and I was just messing with it by putting my head foreward and holding it in a rough ponytail. DH cut it. Then again Ive not examined it closely or anything, but neither will anybody else.

Going to do a bit more once my new scissors come.

I discovered this about a year ago courtesy of mn and I haven't been back to the hairdressers since, saved myself a fortune. I dye and highlight my own hair too and people just presume I have been to the salon. My cost for the year have probably been around £70 doing it every 6 weeks approx

I'm with you notvery - I was very haphazard about it all,as,like you say I really don't think anyone will be inspecting whether one layer isn't quite even - its just the overall shape I went for.I like the "surfer" look anyway.

Can't quite get it all in my scrunchie though

Just done it - holy crap, it actually works, looks fab!

Was worried about losing length as I have been trying to grow it - if anything my hair at the back looks even longer in contrast with the shorter layers - perfect! Not mulletty at all, just "in a proper style" as opposed to growing-out straggly iyswim.

DH came into the bathroom and asked what I was doing as I was gathering the initial unicorn horn - I explained and bless him, he didn't bat an eyelid, just said "It's not quite even, here" and gave me a hand - made it much easier :) He was surprised impressed with the result!

OK, I did on Friday night. My hair's gone into lovely ringlets! Though I did cut it a wee bit short on top as I have a fringe. I think next time I will just leave the fringe out and cut it by itself as a layered fringe is not a particularly great look!!! Looking forward to a couple of months where I can try a different ponytail position...

Did anyone else with really thick hair find it really hard hacking through the Unicorn horn?I nearly had to go and get the garden shears.
I can tell DH is really impressed with the results too. Definately Psammead as I so hate going to the hairdressers.

I did countess. Im think next time im going to damp my hair and spread it out then cut iygwim? Took me bloody ages to make sure it was straight!

ok, i did it, did unicorn thing, but quite long as don't want fringe, then did nape of neck as nothing had been taken off back and it looked a bit straggly there, just took an inch / inch and half off there.

i look nice.

thanks mn.

Me too merrygold Im going to try the look similar to the link and have a side parting with a fringe

I have really thick hair too countess and DH found it hard to cut too. Though probably didnt help that he used the slightly blunt kitchen scissors

Sorry I meant MerryMarigold not merrygold I couldnt remember your name properly and couldnt see it

Sparky I never bothered with the making sure it was straight bit.The bathroom light fitting has broken so I couldn't see that well! It sounds like a good idea to spread it out next time.

Notvery I was using the first pair of shite scissors that came to hand.Might try my sewing scissors next time.

It's like a fog descended on me.I had to do it immediately and no planning was going to get in my way

Exactly countess I know I should have used better scissors, but couldnt wait to do it

Im just thinking no more small talk with someone I dont know. I like getting my hair washed, but CBA with the conversation that comes with a trip to the hairdressers. Id rather sit there quietly, but then Im paranoid Im looking miserable. The one thing that does really annoy me is the amount of time they take to dry my hair. I do it in 5 mins 10 at the very most, they take forever clipping part of it to the side, using a brush for each peace. No I just comb it then get the hair dryer on it all then style it (though most of the time I just leave it to dry)

I have let it dry to its natural frizzy state and it looks great.

A healthy looking curly bob.

Nice one!

countess Because I'm blonde I fear errors would be more obvious, hence the extra effort trying to make it straight!
If I was brunette I wouldn't have bothered.

Waves to MerryMarigold :)