4/15/2015 0 Comments DIY hair cut: attempt 1So, I started with a long ponytail of straightened hair. All the tutorials I had watched implied that I could place the ponytail where I wanted it, snip that off and my hair would be practically done. There was also an impression that I could use one hand as a guide and hold my hair out to the desired length, trim it up with the other hand, and go around my head that way. Here's what happened: -the scissors weren't even close to being able to cut the ponytail in one go, so I had to make 4 passes, leaving striated lines on the ponytail nub. Once I pulled the hair out, I ran my fingers thru the hair and could feel for unevenness and where I wanted the length to be. The when I took my free hand and tried to snip the hair, I couldn't even come close to telling where I needed to cut. In a mirror, everything is reverse, and it was hard to navigate. If I tried to just move my arm up and look in the mirror forwards, it was still complicated to tell how far my hands were apart. And when I came at the free bit of hair, I kept snipping my fingers since I couldn't tell where they were. Mostly it was just light pinches on dry skin, but i got one good cut. And when I had one bit of hair that was established as a guide, I couldn't see it at all against the longer hair. Once they touched it blended together. So I enlisted my husbands help. It's not as "DIY" as I'd hoped, since I wanted to be able to do it entirely independently, but I had become flustered and he was willing. That's not a good description for it. He didn't reluctantly agree, he voulenteered. He said he would love to help me and he felt honored I trusted him to do it. It was lovely. Plus, the hair cut was partly a cleansing. Shedding the past and starting fresh. And him being involved made it even more meaningful to me. So I pulled my hair out and held it still. He snipped it. He found it easier to snip when it was wet, so we spritzed it periodically. The wetter it got, the curlier it got. After a while it was hard to know if we blended it well. So once we got it to a good even cut and we felt it was likely done, I straightened it once more. We have it one more pass thru and made sure it was even and blended. It turned out nicely. It definitely wasn't the smoothest haircut. I could tell there were some weightier sections. It didn't air dry well on its own. But it was free and I had fun doing it. I appreciated the experience, but I learned a lot about my limitations. -I can't hold my arms up that long -I can't tell how far apart my hands are when they're holding things and behind my head -just because I can feel a section of hair is too long, doesn't mean I can retain that sensation for the length of time it takes to bring the scissors up for the correction.
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