such a cute hairstyle here's what it looks like from the back maybe I've been watching a few too
many DIY YouTube videos but I have been getting this itch to cut my own hair I've given my husband
haircuts for years I give both my kids haircuts but the last thing that I have definitely not done
is cutting my own hair I sometimes am not always happy when I get my hair cut at a salon because
I want it in a particular way I like the back being very tapered I like a good amount of layers
curtain bangs in the front lots of long layers and still keep some of the length in the back but
maybe not quite as long as it is right now I want to be able to put my hair up in a ponytail and
have like cute little things in the front but long enough to tuck behind my ears you know I'm still a
mom so I want to keep things in place so I thought I would do a little cutting my hair with you and
maybe if you feel so inclined you can follow along and cut your own hair into long layers
just as a little background I combined a couple of different YouTube videos that have somewhat
of the style that I'm going for I'm mashing them together and trying to do the easiest way I will
link a couple of videos that I referenced just in my brain down below I think this is gonna be easy
I mean maybe I'm overconfident but I think I can do this you're gonna need a few supplies
I have hair cutting scissors thinning shears I have a rat tail comb and three hair ties so
the first step that I did before I started is I actually straightened my hair my hair
is naturally a little bit wavy there are kind of two different methods people go about this they
either straighten their hair and cut it dry or they wet it down and cut it wet so I'm going to
separate my hair into a front section I'm going to start with the Apex of my head top most part of my
head and I'm just going to make a line that goes down on either side to behind my ears basically
we are making a unicorn horn you make sure it's all combed really flat and smooth and that it's
pretty much even on both sides going back and I'm just gonna tie that at the front of my forehead
oh it's amazing the back sections I'm just gonna slice my hair in half I'm gonna do a
ponytail on each side this is really a statement now I got these three sections we're just gonna
focus on this front part for right now we're gonna decide about how long we want the very
front shortest part of the layers to be I think they were about here to start
with and I want it at least like an inch or so shorter I'm going to be cutting right to here
oh my God that's wild so these little edges we don't want it to be super
blunt cut so I'm going to point cut aim the scissors up perpendicular toward the hair
snip along the edges to make it a little less blunt you can divide it into sections if you
have really thick hair like me okay I feel like that's looking a lot better so that's
it for the front section I'm going to take one side down and divide it into a front half and
a back half I'm gonna tie away the back half and then I'm going to let this down
looking all right we got some layers so now the longest bit here I'm going to take my comb
I'm gonna brush this up at a diagonal and there should be a point at which
the front half and the back half meet I can see my hair ending right here
so I'm going to the end of where that hair meets and I'm going to go one inch further
and then I'm going to do that same thing again where I point cut the ends to make
it less blunt and blend in better if there's any unevenness between the two I can kind of
even that out next I'm letting out that last chunk of hair and we're going to repeat that
same process take a little bit of that previous layered area we're gonna brush this diagonally
upward then we're gonna find where that hair ended which I believe look s to be right here
and then I'm going to go one inch further okay let's see how it's all coming together
not [Music] bad me that okay I feel like I could still do a little finessing all
right let's try the other side now I feel like my hair is borderline way
too thick I should have done three back sections this is where the hair is ending
I feel like I'm holding my breath the whole time now the last section
all right
so that's it I feel like I ate some hair moment of truth let's see how it looks in the back
and then these front pieces
I can tuck it behind my ears so if I'm washing my face it's not just falling all over my face
I think I'm still gonna do a little bit of like thinning out with my thinning shears
oh man I love it so much all right so I thinned it out a little bit at the edges just because my
hair is super super thick but this is the final all the layers are cut feels so much lighter
obviously this is what it looks like pin straight so I wanted to
just show you what it looks like with styling it
I just did the fastest little like two minute blowout with my Revlon hot air brush I'll link
it down below in case you're interested I think I love this so I just added a few
loose curls just to give it a little body and so you can see what it looks like fully styled
oh my gosh I'm so in love it feels a million pounds lighter lengthwise it
feels like I didn't do a whole lot but let me just show you this giant pile of hair
that is on the floor by my feet literally that translates to how it feels on my head and if I
want to put my hair in a ponytail how cute is that I still have my length in the back
for me this is the perfect haircut I really hope you guys enjoyed watching I would love
it if you would try it out hit thumbs up if you found it interesting or helpful
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