4/16/2015 0 Comments DIY hair cut: attempt 2I decided it was time for a trim up. Last time i cut my hair was in January, and it's April now, so I was ready for a change. I wanted to avoid the pitfalls made from my first attempt at cutting my hair. This meant being more consistent, and being honest about my limitations. I wanted to choose a tutorial that would be sincerely something j could do again, and something that felt natural to do. I found one where the instructions were basically as follows: -put hair in ponytail at the base of the neck -trim ponytail off -cut in against hair grain to conceal any blunt lines It's remarkably easy to have slight variations on this seemingly simple task. For instance, how high/low should the base of the ponytail be? Should I pull the hair the away from the scalp to create length? Should i come through and thin out some hair after the initial cut is made? I settled on slightly higher than the nape of my neck, and pulled away from the scalp a tiny bit. I came through and chopped the heck out of that sucker. I had to really force myself to unclench to keep from continuing the chop job. My hair had lumps all over from sleeping on it wet. I needed to chill and wash it before proceeding any further. I have this fluffy tuft from my glasses catching my hair (my old pair had a loose hinge) or my kids tugging my hair or both. It bothers me a great deal. So despite the warning from a bang cutting tutorial to avoid cutting bangs spontaneously or while hormonal, I did it anyway, and I did so FEARLESSLY! I grabbed an arched section at a medium thickness. I chose to not go with a V section because I part my hair on the side but don't want to commit to my part location. And I wasn't going for the super thick, down to your Zooeys type bangs. I actually followed a hair related Pinterest pin to a strangers Instagram, and she had super short bangs. My envy overcame me. I needed them. It's just what I needed to complete my "I'm hip, but not snobby" look. At my size and age and with my lifestyle, it's easy to zone into mom jean-soccer mom- type monotony. But I don't want to try hard. Partly because I don't want people to think of me as someone who tries hard, and because I'm lazy. (Not that I interact with people. Haha). So after I was done, I showered, and styled my hair curly. I can write up about how to style curly hair in more detail later, but the gist of it is this: -scrunch with a shirt to dry -use a diffuser to dry more -DO NOT BRUSH! Barely touch it except scrunching until it's a bit drier. -spritz with a curl enhancer, or use some hair oil to smooth out frizz, or both. So, to double heck how it turned out, I decided to straighten it. Mostly out of curiosity, but I wanted to check if there was something I should fix. I started by flipping it out, but then realized how early 2000's that looked and started flipping it in. But at that point my hair was like "WTF, man??!" And just stuck out straight like a scarecrow. It's a bit bushy in spots, and the bottom could probably be trimmed, but the layers look even enough. I'm not crazy about the sections near my ears, but there's a chance I went through and free styled some chops. I honestly can't recall. This has been a brutally honest experience, and I hope it helps someone someday, assuming people read this, which they don't. Maybe just my children will read it when I die, and it will be a message to them from beyond the grave. 👻 👻👻 👻👻🔮👻 👻👻 👻👻 👻👻 👻 👻👻 👻👻👻 👻👻 👻 👻 👻 ⬆️that's my interpretation of my kids summoning spirits using dark magic in hopes to communicate with their dear departed mother.
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