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Thank you MNers, I have just cut my own hair and it looks

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JackBauer · 16/04/2009 19:30

frigging awesome!

I used a method from this thread and then something similar to trim the back.
I did have same length below shoulder hair and now it is all layered and light and pretty.
And it took 10 minutes in the kitchen with a brush, hairband and some scissors!

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JackBauer · 22/04/2009 23:42

You;ll just have to change again,a nd be cryptic

quick, do it now while no-one is looking

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milkysallgone · 23/04/2009 08:37

Still haven't managed to get the back shorter. So, to be clear - do I do another ponytail but nearer the crown than the front, and just cut across again? Or do I do the 'cutting in' thing with the thinning scissors? [thick emoticon]

EyeballsintheSky · 23/04/2009 08:58

At the risk of finding myself sued when it all goes wrong, I was finding the same thing so I put a ponytail slap bang on top of my head as central as I could get it and cut from there. It seems to be shorter and more layered at the back now.

milkysallgone · 23/04/2009 09:31

Thanks eyeball .

I can't afford to sue .

DitaVonCheese · 23/04/2009 11:00

Oh my goddy god what have I done? I will see you in court, Mumsnet!

DitaVonCheese · 23/04/2009 12:14

Okay, here are my pics ...

Before - long horrid grown out layers

During - 80s throwback

After - oh my Christing Jesus

Basically cut it waaaaaaaaay too short - I can't have a fringe because of my stupid cowlick yet that is kinda what I have. Feeling a bit sick about how much hair is in the bin. On the plus side, I usually walk away from the hairdressers looking more or less the same and feeling a bit let-down - that is NOT an issue today! I still believe it's a good method, just wish I hadn't been quite so gung-ho about it. Now off out to buy pretty clips, then to my mum's and gran's for (brutally) honest opinions. Wonder if DH will notice?

Maybe it looks directional?

MamaG · 23/04/2009 12:37

I'm going to do it. /now.,

MrsTittleMouse · 23/04/2009 12:46

Dita - can't comment on your hair, I was too distracted by your gorgeous baby. What wonderful chubby little arms!

MamaG · 23/04/2009 12:48

oh god oh god
its a bit like a mullet

vaRIAtyisthespiceoflife · 23/04/2009 12:55

Dita - I think it looks fine

I did my yesterday. It's wild
(wild as in '70s rock chick 'cos I dyed it last week too and it was a tad completely different colour darker than I was expecting and it is wavy too, so the cut has made it a bit curlier) I only snipped a tiny bit off though, with ponytails in 3 different places, would have liked more off the length at the back really.

DH has been away since Tuesday, so no-one has noticed (DSs not interested), although DS2s teacher didn't appear to see me yesterdat. TBH it doesn't look much different, just a layery mess instead of a straight one (whoever said "unkempt witch" - that's me too), and I have had a similar cut from the hairdressers (and worse ones) so I aren't worried. If I can get it past DM at the weekend I'll happily do it again.

AllThreeWays · 23/04/2009 13:05

Dita I think you look great...just blow dry with a barrel brush to fix the cowlick (I have one too)
Anyhoo..ADD ME..I just did and love it

MamaG · 23/04/2009 13:08

I'm going to GHD it to death and see if it improves

MamaG · 23/04/2009 13:19

right its GHD'd. Looks a bit better

its so layered though! I'm a wuss with hair. I feel shaky. I think I look shit.

Going to go ask RL opinions from some mates

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JackBauer · 23/04/2009 15:00

SHIT

Pics mamag? We won't lie to you! Is it just different and that is freaking you out as if you were in hairdressers they would have done it a lot more slowly so you woudl have been used to it?

I agree to wash adn dry it before deciding dita, I think it looks fine, but mine looks better once washed and styled. If you cut loads of length off the weight has gone, making it boing back up again

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JackBauer · 23/04/2009 15:01

Oh and thank god for you allthreeways (there's a filthy sounding name...) to add the balance!

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EyeballsintheSky · 23/04/2009 15:15

Well I love mine. I had straggly, thin, no style wavy-frizzy hair and now I have lovely layered swishy hair and it's given me exactly what I need at the front, enough short bits to soften my puddingy spam but not a fringe as such. It's the nearest I've had to a style since about 1990, seriously.

Twirl · 23/04/2009 15:52

I did my DD's last night, looks fab and she loves it. I then did mine (always experiment on your child's hair first!), and again it is fab. Washed it, used GHD's this morning and it looks like I have been to the hairdressers. This is the general cut I have each time though, it just looks much better as I have more longer layers in the sides (which I am always asking my hairdresser to do...). Thank you JB!!!

Saltire · 23/04/2009 16:05

Dita - yours look fab, you suit it!

sockmonkey · 23/04/2009 17:18

Dita... it looks gooooood. You also look a lot like my sister, which is nice, cos I might try & persuade her to do the cut

MamaG...we need pics!

MamaG · 23/04/2009 17:20

I will hopefully upload a pic later

EldonAve · 23/04/2009 17:24

Does it work on kids?

Twirl · 23/04/2009 18:52

EldonAve, my 5 yo had longish stragley hair and I did the pony tail thing and voila, she now has a flicky bob with a long fringe. She is v happy.

MrsSchadenfreude · 23/04/2009 20:43

Well Mr S has sort of noticed - he asked if I had trimmed my fringe as there were some hairs in the wash basin...

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JackBauer · 23/04/2009 20:45

babysteps Mrs S!

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milkysallgone · 23/04/2009 20:55

I cut the back again today; I am so thrilled with it I tell you! Phoned my sis earlier, (who had just been to the hairdressers) to boast about my wonderful flicky hair