- We're just gonna have to get some hair on the floor.
- I am so scared.
- Literally terrified.
- Why?
(exhales)
- What am I doing?
- This is not easy.
- Oh my God.
(unintelligible)
- Snip snip snip snip
- Oh my gosh.
- I'm gonna throw up.
(nervous whine)
- Why is this so hard?
- So curtain bangs have been blowing up recently.
I'm scrolling on my free page
and every other thing is like, I cut my own curtain bangs .
How to cut your own curtain bangs. Blah blah
- Rhianna actually wore curtain bangs
in her Savage Fenty campaign that just came out.
So it's like a big thing coming back.
It's such a retro style.
- I think that they're so popular
because it allows you to give yourself a change
without drastically changing your hair.
- I am very nervous.
I really don't think
that it's the best idea to cut your own hair.
Especially for someone like me
who's pretty clumsy, pretty messy.
- I'm not cutting my own hair
I have Natural hair.
And it's cute.
I don't put any heat on it
but sometimes I do want to wear my hair straight.
So then I put on wigs, but y'all,
laying down some edges and having the hair completely flat
When you have a wig, is hard.
So I want to take a wig
and I want to do curtain bangs on that wig.
So if I ever need the grab-n-go straight hair look,
I have one that looks more natural,
because the bangs will cover the edges.
- I'm going to try them
because I want to challenge myself because I think honestly
I kind of use my hair as like a security blanket
and I don't really want to do that anymore.
So that's why I'm doing this.
Even though I'm absolutely terrified.
- I'm gonna watch a little video of Spencer cutting
her own curtain bangs.
- I'm gonna show you how to cut curtain bangs.
- It looks so good on her.
- You're gonna need to make your hair wet.
Now make sure to part your hair down the center.
- Oh my gosh. That's gonna be so much hair.
- Separate these two sections and pin it back.
Now repeat on this side,
comb them together.
Don't get scared.
- I am scared.
- Comb your hair straight down your face.
I'm gonna go evenly at my nose and then cut straight across
- The first snip is so terrifying.
- Always start long and then go short.
That is my mantra for the day.
- Fingers parallel to that part of the section.
That's gonna create this angle.
Now repeat on this side
Now take down your clips,
and blend the bangs into the rest of your hair.
Now style.
- I have full confidence.
I'll be able to match Spencer's tutorial, but, if I don't
if I messed this up, I have just ruined a brand new fly wig.
- I just, I... my pockets will cry.
- And then angle.
- And then you style. Okay.
- I am literally terrified.
My hands are like, Oh, oh they're act...
I was like making a joke, but they're actually, okay.
- Okay, here we go.
- Well, first things first I got put on the wig, so.
Okay, this is the wig straight out of the pack.
And I kind of feel like Mei, like, I feel like
I took Mei's hair off her head and put it on mine.
But I need to touch up this wig a little bit,
and then we can do the curtain bangs.
- Okay, so this is my current set up:
I have my supplies, my bag, my spray bottle,
my computer which is showing my tutorials,
and my girlfriend for emotional support.
- Okay, this cut looks way more like me.
This is my length, but now it's time to wet my hair
so that I can do the tutorial.
(drops phone)
- Oh my (beep)
- Just gonna perfect this middle part.
I guess it's time.
I'm a little nervous, a lot nervous.
Oh my gosh.
The anxiety.
It can't be that hard right?
Famous last words.
- If you look here,
See, this is the edges of the wig.
This is a glueless way, which is good for like grab-and-go
which was the point of this wig for me.
But you can definitely see, like, this is not my hair.
The how far back am I going to do this?
This is too small.
This is not going to do anything. That could work.
Maybe even here.
Oh, this is, this is half the head.
Let's not do that.
Let's not get crazy.
I want it to like, come to like where my ears are.
Yeah. Boom, going to clip like that.
And this is gonna be what I'm working with on this side
- I don't know how thick I want them.
I can't do it.
I'm freaking out.
No, it doesn't look right.
Something's not right here.
I am having a breakdown because I couldn't make
A new triangle and I'm scared of change.
Okay, I stopped crying about how scared to do it
and now I'm going to do it.
I remember thinking Mei, you're being so dramatic,
it's just hair.
And that's exactly what I told myself 10 minutes ago.
And then I started touching my hair
knowing that I'm gonna change it.
I'm gonna do it.
I want to do it.
I'm gonna do it.
It just, it's gonna be like a little bit of a process.
Change is good.
Being uncomfortable is good.
That's like the same amount, right?
Oh my God, baby, I need help, I need support.
- Oh my God.
Oh my God.
A little longer.
Should I do it?
I don't know.
- So let's see.
I have all the hair.
I'm gonna comb it into the middle.
Okay, Spencer said to go evenly at the nose.
I think my nose is about here.
So I think
Oh, let's see.
Oh, this is so hard.
I can barely see, Oh my God,
cutting when you can barely see,
this feels like I'm playing with fire,
but let's go.
(drum roll)
Okay. It doesn't look incredibly even,
but it's okay, that was just the first snip.
I can definitely trim it.
- Okay. I'm just going to do it.
I'm just going to do it.
Oh my God I did it.
I definitely did it kind of bad.
Definitely did it at kind of an angle.
I'm a little nervous.
I feel like I should stop now.
Oh my God, what do I do?
- [Mei's Girlfriend] I know, I know it's scary.
- Is it straight
Is my hand strai-?
I can't see anything.
Should I just do it?
It's long, honestly, it's like long right now.
- [Mei's Girlfriend] Yeah
I'm gonna throw up.
I'm literally
- [Mei's Girlfriend] Just, babe, do it finish.
- I'm gonna throw up!
- [Mei's Girlfriend] You did it. You did it.
- Oh my God. No, it's so uneven how do I fix that?
- [Mei's Girlfriend] (laughs)
- It got on my face, it got on my
(panicked mumbles)
(beep)
Babe, I want to scream.
Okay it's done!
- [Mei's Girlfriend] (Claps once) Ha!
- We're done guys
Thanks for watching, like and subscribe.
(screams) That's so much hair on the ground. Look!
- When I pull my hair like this
I can actually see it more clearly and we're just
gonna have to get some hair on the floor.
K, we are still at my nose which is good.
It's funny, I think I accidentally did the angle.
Jeez, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.
- I have to keep going because this does not look good.
Oh my God.
Did I make a mistake?
Oh my God.
I'm so scared.
Hair grows.
- Come on, girlies.
This is literally so sick.
Okay okay okay okay okay okay
Okay. This is the worst thing I've ever done.
Like that?
- Parallel.
Oh my goodness, why is this so hard?
It's really not hard.
I'm just kind of freaking out.
This should be simple and easy.
Unless, unless you did that.
No, Okay, no okay it worked.
Okay. You know, sometimes you just kind of get nervous.
- Fingers parallel. Cut off that part.
Okay
Oh my God.
I really cut my hair short.
Oh my God.
I'm a little nervous.
I can't go back now.
There's just no point back.
Shouldn't have agreed to this.
How am I supposed to cut with my left hand?
Oh my God.
I didn't really do it right.
I'm just really confused on this side.
I don't have a good angle for this.
- This is awful.
It's awful.
Oh my God
Should I blow dry them and see what it looks like?
I feel sick.
- [Mei's Girlfriend] (laughs)
I do.
I did it.
It's cut, now I need to blow dry it? Question mark.
Okay gonna brb.
See if I don't have to cry and schedule a hair appointment
for tomorrow, one second.
- That is, not how it's supposed to look.
Whoa. This cutting experience, why? Why? What is this?
How? How? Sway?
Snip, snip, snip, snip, snip, snip, snip, snip, snip.
This doesn't look that bad.
I think I might need to clean it up a bit.
Progress is being made.
Okay. So I'm gonna dry the hair fully
and curl it and see what this looks like.
- I'm not hating it totally.
I just definitely need to fix them up.
I'm just still like a little nervous
and I need to style them.
- This is what it looks like.
Honestly, I just like cried for an hour about it
because I'm really uncomfortable with it.
And I don't like it.
I'll be honest.
I don't like it.
Lucky for me, I know somebody who cuts hair,
I'm going to do a COVID safe outdoor haircut
and see if it makes me feel any better.
I also, even if it is like the worst haircut
in the entire world, which it's not, and even
if that was the case, I need to like understand that there's
like more to me than how I look and more to me than my hair.
Like that is so surface level.
Anyways, if you need the reminder that you are more
than what you look like, and you are more
than what your hair looks like here it is.
Take it from me.
I still, I'm cool and fun and funny
and have a lot to offer.
Even if I don't like how my hair looks
- Considering, I don't know what the hell I'm doing,
I'm actually really impressed with how it came out.
So the whole idea I was going for
was something that would be easy to grab
and go as far as my wigs.
And I don't know if this is a grab-and-go hairstyle,
but I love this look.
It is a completely different look than anything I rock.
- It's not bad.
You can tell that I'm not the best with the curling iron.
- It's the end of the day.
And I'm still loving how this looks
but I also wanted to clarify
I've cut my hair all the way off twice.
I understand like cutting hair can be
a really emotional thing.
I was just a little bit more chill,
cos this is also a wig.
And I think that's why I understand like hair grows back.
You can get a wig.
- Okay, so lesson learned, sometimes you just gotta leave
it to the professionals.
It looks a lot better.
Also my hair's just a lot shorter now.
So I don't feel like crying about it anymore.
Changes is change.
She's been done.
- I know I didn't go full bang on these
but I am just so terrified
of cutting my hair to the point of no return.
And, I think it's also important to know your strengths,
and my strength is not cutting hair.
I'm good with a chef's knife
and I'm not so great with scissors.
Let's just put it that way.
I don't hate it.
I think it's actually kind of cute,
but I just think I'm probably gonna contact
my hair dresser and ask him to help me out a little.
(bouncy French jazz)