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Do you cut your own hair?
« on: January 02, 2022, 09:10:50 AM »
If so is it since COVID and what have you been doing? I have been cutting my own hair for three years. I first tried it pre-COVID because it was costing around £60. I found a youtube tutorial. I'm sure I don't do a great job, but I wear it up most of the time so it's fine as long as it looks healthy. But then I lost my cutting scissors for six months, until today. So it had got very long. I put the cut hair outside for birds to nest with!
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Re: Do you cut your own hair?
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2022, 09:52:54 AM »
I do but I'd rather not :lol: My hair was past my shoulders and I hacked it off as short as I could with scissors. Since I've touched it up once, but it needs to be cut again... well, actually, I want it buzzed. I had my own clippers but they're so old they literally fell apart the last time I tried to use them. I really want to go to a salon and have a pro do it though.
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Re: Do you cut your own hair?
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2022, 10:17:07 AM »
I've been trimming it myself lately. I actually haven't had a professional haircut for almost 6 years. My partner cuts it sometimes. but last time he cut it too short. so the next time i just cut it. Sometimes I just need some of the length to be gone. sometimes maybe its just me getting stressed out though. i get a lot of split ends and the hard water we have here pretty much ruined it. sometimes it gets tangled and give me a headache.

i may cut it again myself. i like the idea of letting the birds use it to nest. i should put dog hair out too!

i do need to get it professional cut but and probably colored now that i'm getting gray hairs. naturally it's kind of a mousy brown so i used to get highlights. but i went through a long period of having no money so i stopped the highlights.
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Re: Do you cut your own hair?
« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2022, 10:21:37 AM »
I haven't been to a salon in a few years, partially because of my agoraphobia and partially because I'm growing my hair out (It was really short before, now it's past my shoulders). I do cut my bangs myself, and when I need to give my hair a trim, I have someone else help me out with it at home.
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Re: Do you cut your own hair?
« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2022, 10:57:13 AM »
Absolutely!!! My fringe gets done most often, every few weeks or so when it gets in my eyes, & the rest gets a wee trim when it goes below a certain point. I want long hair, but not ridiculous hair
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Re: Do you cut your own hair?
« Reply #5 on: January 02, 2022, 11:16:53 AM »
Sometimes. When I was younger, Mum used to trim my hair. I started getting it cut professionally as a teenager when I wanted my hair dyed black - both Mum and I agreed it was best to have the colour done by a professional. As a student I could no longer afford to dye my hair regularly and wasn't even interested in that anymore, so I stopped going to a hairdresser altogether. I started trimming the ends myself, or I'd ask Mum to do a quick trim when I visited.

I don't have proper scissors so I try not to do it myself, but I'm very bad at making appointments and often go a year or more between visits... So I resort to trimming it myself every now and then when it gets bad enough. Luckily I have curly hair and it doesn't really matter if it's even or not. :lol: But a professional does a much better job, I can't deny it. I'm currently hoping to make an appointment, it's been about 19 months since my last one! And yes, I've cut my own hair in the meanwhile. :P   
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Re: Do you cut your own hair?
« Reply #6 on: January 02, 2022, 01:37:57 PM »
Yes, I don't see the reason why I should ever hafta pay for a professional to do a quick trim. If my hair is a bit uneven afterwards, that's okay. It's just to get rid of split ends anyway.
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Re: Do you cut your own hair?
« Reply #7 on: January 02, 2022, 03:28:22 PM »
I've cut mine several times before and during the pandemic.  The first time was on impulse, then covid hit and I continued.  One main reason for it is that I dislike the expectation to converse with the stylist.  I never have a complicated style so it has been pretty easy to do myself.

Just an FYI, you should never offer long human hairs for birds to nest with, it isn't a safe nesting material for them.  They can get tangled up in it, lose circulation to body parts, ingest it and have digestive issues, etc.  Maybe if it was very short pieces it would be okay?
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Re: Do you cut your own hair?
« Reply #8 on: January 02, 2022, 03:31:23 PM »
I haven't cut my hair in years, but this year I'm planning to finally grab a hair clipper and get myself a nice buzz cut.
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Re: Do you cut your own hair?
« Reply #9 on: January 05, 2022, 03:00:37 AM »
I do but I'd rather not :lol: My hair was past my shoulders and I hacked it off as short as I could with scissors. Since I've touched it up once, but it needs to be cut again... well, actually, I want it buzzed. I had my own clippers but they're so old they literally fell apart the last time I tried to use them. I really want to go to a salon and have a pro do it though.

Silly question but maybe your Dad could do it?! Otherwise I did see a woman once with the 'Elvis Military Haircut' and it did look very fetching.

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I've cut mine several times before and during the pandemic.  The first time was on impulse, then covid hit and I continued.  One main reason for it is that I dislike the expectation to converse with the stylist.  I never have a complicated style so it has been pretty easy to do myself.

Just an FYI, you should never offer long human hairs for birds to nest with, it isn't a safe nesting material for them.  They can get tangled up in it, lose circulation to body parts, ingest it and have digestive issues, etc.  Maybe if it was very short pieces it would be okay?

Yes! I find the talking can be so awkward. I think it was maybe 2" long? I'll bear that in mind.
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Re: Do you cut your own hair?
« Reply #10 on: January 05, 2022, 07:59:27 AM »
I do but I'd rather not :lol: My hair was past my shoulders and I hacked it off as short as I could with scissors. Since I've touched it up once, but it needs to be cut again... well, actually, I want it buzzed. I had my own clippers but they're so old they literally fell apart the last time I tried to use them. I really want to go to a salon and have a pro do it though.

Silly question but maybe your Dad could do it?! Otherwise I did see a woman once with the 'Elvis Military Haircut' and it did look very fetching.

Hahaha, I wouldn't trust my dad with a pair of clippers :lol: I actually only want it buzzed on the sides and the back, and short on top. It's a cut I've had before many times. I am AFAB but ID as transmasculine, I don't mind what pronouns people use, just don't call me ma'am :P
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Re: Do you cut your own hair?
« Reply #11 on: January 06, 2022, 07:44:07 AM »
I cut my own hair when I was little :lol: I haven't done it since.

Since lock down, I am now the family hairdresser. I trim my Mum's hair and buzz my Dad's head.

I have buzzed my  undercut, but I ended up taking a chunk out if my hair by accident :blush: I asked my Dad to buzz my undercut, but I could tell he didn't like doing it.

The rest of my hair has only gotten cut once in the last two years now. I am still too scared to cut my own hair, even thought I have watched various tutorials on how to do it. So my hair is long, but then again I always wanted long hair.

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Re: Do you cut your own hair?
« Reply #12 on: January 06, 2022, 12:06:55 PM »
I live at home so my mom will do it if I ask. :) I have done small trims on myself when my ends get really split or frizzy, it's long enough for me to do so.
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Re: Do you cut your own hair?
« Reply #13 on: January 06, 2022, 05:10:07 PM »
i had a sleepwalking incident when i took zzquil and ended up chopping my bangs off XD
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Re: Do you cut your own hair?
« Reply #14 on: January 06, 2022, 05:42:21 PM »
i had a sleepwalking incident when i took zzquil and ended up chopping my bangs off XD

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