back away from the scissors.

back away from the scissors.

i cut my own hair. sometimes if i want to get fancy, i’ll have eve do it, but usually i can do a pretty good job of it by myself because i have very fine, sorta wavy hair. but it’s dangerous to be your own very indecisive hairdresser. there’s been a couple times i’ve woken up hungover and on top of it, very oddly shorn. in june i went from my long natural almost black hair to a short ashy blonde bob. i did the blonde myself too with drugstore brands. i figured, why spend $150 when i could spend $10?

yesterday I was watching bad music videos and I sorta lost my mind for a second, grabbed the scissors and started snipping away. i guess this time i was thinking, what better time to reinvent oneself after having moved to another country? i wanted to be a bit edgier (ick, i hate that word) and decided to go assymetrical and messy…

before manic snipping session:

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after manic snipping session:
after.jpg

i guess it worked all right cuz now everyone wants to mess with it all the time.


18 comments to back away from the scissors.

  • Jealous! Because 1. sounds like you have the same hair type as Kirsten Dunst, and she always looks so adorably tousled, 2. You’ve achieved the perfect shade of blonde that I can never get with drugstore brands and looks terrible on me anyway, and 3. you do a great job of cutting your own hair!

  • Wow, I do the same thing–and have, in the past, achieved the same look (though mine was very, very deep red. :) ) I love that look and it is great for get up and go. I miss it. Now I have longer hair and my kids desperately want me to grow it long again. Sigh.

    Either way it is a great look and I am all for doing your own hair cuts (though sometimes I end up with much shorter than I planned and recently I went to a hair dresser for the first time in 8 years and LOVED what she did–of course she was sporting exactly the same cut so that worked pretty well. :) )

  • Well done! Mine always ends up in a huge disaster. Seriously that looks professional…

  • Emo

    fabulous! how does home hairdessing always end up looking fiercer than when you pay a ton to a proffessional! :)

  • Sunshine

    Thats the perfect cut for you!

  • unbelievable! your hair looks amazing! if i were you, i’d never set foot in a salon again…

  • Lynne

    So courageous with the snippers! Really cute, sweetie! It suits you very well.

  • well i still think your hair looks fantastic – nice snipping job.

  • adorable, as usual. i get that way sometimes too- but then my hairdresser usually scolds me. you’re so lucky you can go blonde with a drugstore dye. when i had pink streaks in my hair, it took forever to get it to pale blonde and was a bitch to maintain.
    anywho… i love it. good job, you freaking amateur!

  • Oh my! Such a cute cut. You must be so brave!
    I am right now a black headed gal but would like to be blonde!
    Were you satisfied with the Clariol product?
    xx

  • Oh my! Such a cute cut. You must be so brave!
    I am right now a black headed gal but would like to be blonde!
    Were you satisfied with the Clariol Born Blonde product?
    xx

  • Yes, i liked it a lot, Amelianne. But make sure you only try it if you’re hair is naturally black. There’s a huge difference between bleaching your natural hair and trying to remove layers and layers of black dye. don’t even think about attempting that without a hairdresser!

    but yes, if you’re hair is naturally black, Born Blonde / Maxi Blonde is pretty powerful stuff and should get you pretty light in a couple of tries. after that if you want to go more ashy/platinum, try the Clairol Light Ash Blonde #818 (don’t leave it in very long at all, your hair gets very porous by this point!) and buy some shampoo and conditioner with violet/blue pigments in them to keep it that way. any beauty supply store should have them.

    good luck!

  • Amelianne

    Thank you very so much for all your information!

  • How cool is it that not only do you cut your own hair but you can style it too (I often lop off my knotty-ass ends but I can’t be said to style it at all.) It looks awesome.

  • I’m impressed…I can barely brush my own hair.

  • Beth

    That looks fab! The furthest I go is cutting my own fringe, and even then it always ends up being a little dodgy and uneven – not good as it’s meant to be a heavy blunt affair. Very impressive job.

  • I can not do anything with my hair. I admire people that can ! I wish I could straighten my hair with the new Brazilian method….

  • I love your new do. And you cut it yourself???

    Lovely

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