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

[JackBauer]

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!

I'm not putting pics up, I like to remain anonymous on here.

my pic is on.

Right well i've put a couple of pictures on now too. Typically the final one that shows it in all its glory looks a small picture. Oh and mine is a longer version than everyone elses by the looks of it but I did get mum to take a good 2-3 inches off. She has promised to try and do it again much shorter next time.

Whoo I look cool (Thanks Jack )

SMS my photos are in a post a page or two back but might stick one in my profile later.

shiver yours looks fab!

bluebump you have lovely hair

I am just updating my MN mates as we speak....shout if I have missed you in an hour

Hello girls,

I've jumped on the bandwagon too. So glad for your moral support, I could never pluck up the courage before (a couple of times got as far as brushing it all forward but then chickened out at the last minute). But now I've been and gone and done it, so there!

erm, no pics yet. Still got to do something to my fringe anyway.

Feels great not to be enslaved to the hairdressers - empowerment!

Welcome to teh cult Lizkin!

Have been thinking, if you are all that grateful for saving money on hairdressers then you coujld always send me a cut for what you would have paid

Great pics all BTW!

Especially love your DD's rhubarb, very cute.

Thanks Dita!

Ah SMS - yours is the kind of thing I was aiming for!

Which one - the curly or the straight? I prefer the straight. I quite like the look of the curly when I tie back the top layer which doesn't curl - but it just feels really messy.

Also I can't brush it when it is curly or it just goes frizzy/fluffy

Send you a cut - very funny JackBauer!

But, sorry, I'm too cheap, so it'll have to be admiration and unending thanks instead.

SMS it looks good! I like it both ways, the curly in the first picture and the straight version too.

I am very . My hair is too short to do this with at the moment (I am thinking about taking some clippers to it though!)

I used to cut my hair myself quite a lot when i was at school, just used an alice band to hold it down against my neck and then cut round it at jaw level with the kitchen scissors. It always looked fine. My thought is always "it'll grow back!"

ok - i've just tried this, a very weird experience!

Still feeling a little sick and shaky - it looked like I was taking loads off, couldn't believe what I was doing and then when brushed it out the long bits are the same length, there's just less of it!

When I run my hands through feels like I have hardly any left. Haven't had layers since I was about 16!

I'm glad I've done it I think.

I think!

But want the long bits a bit shorter - there's still split ends in the long bits. Haven't time now to read through the thread for more info. Maybe later. It doesn't exactly take long to cut!

Well done Downy, it is a bit when you are doing it.

HAve a look through the thread, I did another ponytail on the crown of my head to avboid the front layers getting shorter and trim teh back. A few other people did this too so it seems to work ok.

Right, have just done this on waist length hair (as in, now waist length).

It was horrid, scraggly, I could sit on ends so they were constantly getting broken, all my layers had grown out, the feathery bits that were supposed to frame my face were somewhere near my shoulders...Was contemplating the hairdressers but I don't trust them (yet I trust myself ) so DIY it is.

It's AMAZING!

I did 4 ponytails - one at the front, one a bit further back, one right on top of my head and one for the back bits. I felt slightly sick when I cut the front one (and made the mistake of looking at it straight away) but then snipped away merrily for a few minutes and it's great. Method repeated all the way back, GHDed like crazy, turned head upside-down to shake out and side part!

Swishy, flicky, slightly shaggy.

I love it.

I have really long hair - will just one ponytail do it for me?

Sorry didn't see frannikin's post there - how much did you cut off each ponytail?

Mine isn't long because I want it to be - just as I can't get/don't want to go to hairdressers - I want several inches off.

sasamaxx, however short you cut it will be the length of your shortest layer.
If you are sure how much you want off it might be worth cutting one of the long parts to an inch or so longer than you want it (to allow for layers) and then put the ponytail in. then you can get the length you want.

Have a look at the video we got it from, hang on here She has quite long hair and it works great, but it looks like there is loads coming off!

Those that say they do 2-4 pony tails. Did you do one pony tail then move hte ponytail a bit further back and repeat. Or did you section the hair into 4 independant ponytails straight way? I feel like I want a bit more off teh back....so am planning on getting the scossors out again.

Maybe DP might notice this time - I think this weekend could be quite interesting as we will be entertaining different family members on all 3 days - and they will notice and comment

I sectioned and cut but mine is flippin' long so I could bring it straight over the front of my head but still see the ends.

Good luck with DP noticing - I won't see mine until Thursday and he has no idea I hacked my own hair....

OK - done it - was still too long so cut again. I've taken around 7 inches off and it's still longer than I'd like. Other than that I LOVE it though! What a great tip.
Think I'll live with it a couple of days and maybe go for it again if I want it shorter!

7 inches! Brave lady....