How to Cut Your Own Hair in Layers

I have been experimenting with cutting my own hair for many years now. My husband does not appreciate this, and would rather see me spend the money on a good haircut than risk looking crazy. A few times I really screwed it up, but I think I'm getting better at it now. (Right, Honey!?)

I just cut my own hair again, and I think it came out pretty good this time. Yes, I "did" my hair in the photo shown here, but it's still a nice haircut, don't you think!?

The last time I went to the salon, I came out wishing for my old hair back. She cut TOO many layers for my liking. So I figured that if someone's going to screw up my hair, it should be me!

I only use professional hair-cutting scissors when experimenting
with my own hair. You can find them on Amazon!

My hair is very thick, so the mistakes don't really show. I bought a good pair of hair-cutting scissors years ago, just to be able to give myself a trim when necessary. I would never cut hair with anything but professional hair-cutting scissors, even as much of a rookie as I still am!

I have Farah Dukhai to thank for my DIY hair-cutting skills (or lack thereof, ha ha! No. Really, my hair looks great this time, I swear). I stumbled upon Farah's  DIY natural beauty tips while searching Youtube for how to cut your own hair.

Curlers are now my favorite DIY thick-hair go to
for smoothing out my frizz. I prefer the kind that don't require bobby pins!

Anyway, I'm happy to share my DIY hair cut results for the world to see. So, thanks Farah (and her lovely sister, shown in Video 2, below), for helping me improve my hair cutting techniques!






If you're seriously thinking about cutting your own hair, then you should at least get the pro hair cutting scissors and maybe even a kit that includes hair texturing scissors.

I bought a pair of hair texturing scissors myself, but I've never been brave enough to try them! Use hair texturing scissors at your own risk!

xo, Mom