HOW I CUT & LAYER MY HAIR AT HOME » diy long layers haircut

a few months ago i shared with you a video on money saving hacks and in one of the tips i mentioned that i've been cutting my own hair for at least the last five years so in this video i'm going to show you how i do that now i'll be completely honest i hesitated a little bit when it came to making this video because i recognize that i am not a hairdresser nor am i a hair expert but after i gave it some thought i realized that pickup lines is about sharing with you simple and minimal ways of living so if i found something that works for me then why not share that with you but look ultimately it's your decision if you want to follow along or not but if this makes you feel nervous to cut your own hair or maybe it's not even the cut that you're going for then just disregard this video all together but if you have been interested in cutting your own hair giving it a trim or adding in some layers then you might find this video helpful in some way and just so you know this is after i've cut my hair how about i show you what it looked like before this is what the hair looked like curled and it was just getting too long feeling a little bit wild and way down on top of the head and what you can see is the ends were a bit damaged and in desperate need of a trim here's what it looked like straightened just to give you a better indication as to how long it really was so time to give it some more volume and get it looking a bit more healthy now to cut your own hair at home you're just going to need four simple things some hair elastics or hair clips whichever you prefer you're going to need some scissors that one should go without saying you're going to need some kind of brush as well as some kind of comb i like to use both personally and that's really it now you can choose to cut your hair dry in which case i definitely recommend that you straighten it so your hair is all the same length or you can choose to cut it wet as you'll see i've chosen to do and in that case you're going to need just one extra thing like this little handy spray bottle to make sure that your hair stays wet throughout the time when you're cutting it all right so step number one is determining the length i start by dividing and separating the top two thirds of my hair into a bun and i begin by cutting off the desired amount from the bottom third of my hair to do this i just brought this hair to the front and separated it into two parts starting with the bottom piece i run my hair through the comb brushing it forward on a bit of an angle and then cut to my determined length so cut straight across with the scissors and then point cut point cut just means cutting into the hair like i'll be doing here it gives the hair some more texture and it helps the layers bleed together a little bit more now we take this piece and use it as a guide by combining it with the other section so combing it all forward as we did before holding the hair firmly between our fingers and then looking for the guide which is the shorter part that we just cut then cut to the guide but be careful not to cut the guide itself you can also choose to point cut into the hair if you'd like but you'll see i skipped it in this step because we're going to come back to cutting the front of the hair at the end of the video but go ahead and point cut now if it gives you peace of mind so now you can see that when we cut the hair in this way it already adds a bit of layers the front pieces are shorter and what's going to fall into the back is longer it's been about six months since i've cut my hair so you see i've gone ahead and cut off a fair bit but if it's your first time start by trimming modestly you can always cut off more the next time you do it if you ended up liking the results and also keep in mind if you're cutting your hair wet it gets even shorter when it's dry so cutting off less might be a better idea especially if it's your first time after you're finished cutting on the other side it's always a good idea to double check that the lengths are the same on both sides and in this case they are so we're good now i just repeat as i did before finding the guide and cutting to that length cutting across at first and then point cutting from the back you'll see that this style of cut naturally gets longer as it approaches the spine and i feel this style of cut suits me much better than when the hair is cut in a blunt straight line across the back now i'm going to tie away this part and get started on adding the layers for the layers i'm going to bring down the top two thirds of my hair that i tucked away before and i'll create a center part you'll want to create a center part regardless of how you part your hair naturally when it's styled then using my comb i took a one centimeter section to the right of the center part and flipped it over to the opposite side of my head and tied away all of the hair on the right side of my head we're gonna come back to this later now using the comb i neatly created a two centimeter section on the top of my head about one centimeter to the left and one centimeter to the right of the center part now it doesn't need to be exact more or less is fine now this is the section we're going to use to determine the length of our shortest layer so i begin by combing the hair straight up holding the hair firmly between my pointer finger and middle finger you just want to make sure that your fingers that are clamping the hair are parallel to the floor now keeping that tension between the fingers you can bring the hair down so that you can see it and cut it straight across blunt cut first and then point cut in how much you choose to cut off is entirely up to you keeping in mind this is going to be the shortest visible layer you can see here this is as short as it's going to be for me and it's a length i'm happy with now i'm going to move about half of this hair to the other side of my head because i don't need it anymore but i want to keep about half of it to combine with the new section of hair because i'm going to use it as my guide now that it's all been combined we do the same thing combing the hair all the way up holding firmly between the fingers and applying tension keeping the fingers parallel to the floor and holding that tension between the fingers as you bring the hair down in front of your face to cut you should be able to see very clearly the guide which is the hair that we just cut in the previous step we want to cut to the guide without cutting the guide itself and i usually actually blunt cut about half a centimeter or so below the guide and then go in point cutting after this and that's pretty much all there is to it at this point it's gonna get really simple because it's gonna start to get really repetitive section away some of the hair you've just cut to the other side of your head so it's out of the way but keep some of that hair to combine with the new section so it can be used as a guide combing up with tension fingers parallel to the floor cutting half a centimeter below the guide and then point cutting in you might be wondering how layers are going to form if we keep cutting the hair to about the same height as we're doing here keep in mind the head is curved so layers will naturally form at different heights when we allow the hair to fall after we've cut it when everything has been cut you can bring the hair back to its original place and i just sprayed it here to give it a brush to show you how the layers turned out so as you can see shorter layer on the top and longer layers on the bottom of course no extreme layers just a modest amount to give it some texture and volume now we're going to move on to the opposite side of the head but be sure to first separate a one centimeter portion to use as a guide before tying all of this hair away then you can let down the hair that needs to be cut and it likely also needs to be sprayed and combed through to make sure it's evenly wet now i've sped up this part of the video because we do exactly what we did on the other side here taking a new piece of hair and combining it with a previously cut portion combing up finding the guide as you can see here which is the piece we just transferred over from the other side and then we cut just below the guide and then start point cutting in i think you're getting the idea it starts to look like i'm cutting off a lot of hair and i'm sure it looks really daunting or scary but i assure you i've kept much of my length and you'll see that for yourself at the end of the video granted it has been six months since i cut my hair last so i cut off more than i would if i was cutting every three or so months ultimately though cut off as much as makes you feel comfortable and if it's your first time cut less and see how you like the results if you like how it turned out cut more the next time [Music] now especially in this last part you can see it starts to look like i'm cutting off a lot of hair but trust me it looks really good in the end and all the layers come together really nicely alright so now both sides have been cut and layered and we're almost done the only thing left is to frame the hair around the face so go ahead and recreate the center part you can also remove all of the hair elastics we used to tie back the hair and spray the hair if needed to make sure it's all sufficiently wet you can see the hair is already layered at the front of the face but i like the layers to be a bit more noticeable and clean cut so all we want to do is take the comb and draw a line from the center part down to the top of the ear and we do this on both sides of the head then we tie away the hair on the back so that we can focus just on the hair that frames the face wet it if needed and then start to comb the hair down and on an angle holding the hair firmly between the fingers you might need to do this a few times and take your time making sure you've got the hair held firmly because we're working with the front of the face after all this is not a section we want to mess up when the hair is evenly distributed between your fingers you can begin to cut just a little bit off the length about a centimeter or so point cutting in with the scissors as you work your way down the hair on an angle so now that it's done you can see that the layers are a little bit more pronounced and i usually like to go over this part one more time to make sure it's looking neatly cut on an angle cutting away any little stray bits as needed then we repeat this on the other side because i'm right-handed with the scissors and it's easier for me to see what i'm doing on this side of my head you'll see that i cut the hair from the bottom up whereas on the other side of the head i was cutting from the top down but really it doesn't matter in which direction you do it so long as you're cutting off the same amount from both sides as you can see i always do a check anyway to see if the layers are the same length on both sides of the face and after doing this i noticed i needed to cut off a little bit more so that's what i'm doing now and checking this one more time i see that the layers ended up being the same length on both sides so i'm happy with it now you can let down all of your hair and i've just given it a spray and a brush to show you what the final layers look like when the hair is still wet before we begin styling so you can see the layers are not extreme but they are definitely more visible and the hair has overall maintained its length so even though it may have looked like we were cutting off a lot in the end it still looks long and healthy now that the cut is finished you can go ahead and part it however you normally would i usually part it on a little bit of an angle on one side of my head which naturally gives one side more layers than the other then the most important step is to dry and style your hair however you normally would so that you can see how the final result looks i'm always so happy with it and even after five years i'm still dumbfounded with how easy it is to cut my own hair at home so now that i've finished styling my hair you can see that the layers framing the face look really cute and give it a lot of volume now a lot of you asked me what products i use in my hair and the answer is simple i don't use any products i'm lucky to have a hair type that holds its style so i don't need any mousse or hairspray or anything like that the only thing i do use is a little tiny tiny bit of coconut oil just to de-frizz the hair and of course it naturally adds a little bit of shine too but i mean it when i say just a tiny bit it goes a long way and you don't want your hair to be oily now let me show you the back you can see that the hair looks healthy it tapers really nicely towards the center and the layers make the hair look luscious and add plenty of volume as well seriously could this have been any easier i thought i'd also show you the hair when it's been straightened so you can better see how the layers look you can see now there's a lot of texture and the shortest layer is about shoulder length on me but you can always make the layers more or less extreme depending on how you like it curly wavy or straightened the layers look visible and beautiful either way all right so now you know how i cut my own hair at home and how i've been doing it for the last five years it might go without saying i'm always so pleased with the results or else i wouldn't be doing it time and time again i love how light it feels afterwards above all else i love how healthy it feels especially with all the little dead ends trimmed away and gone so i like to keep up with it every three or four months by giving it a little trim but of course now you are at the liberty of cutting it however often you'd like that's one of the perks of being able to do it yourself at home and i'm going to emphasize this one last time for good measure if it's your first time cutting your own hair please cut it modestly at first so trim away just a little bit wait for the results see if you like it if you do the next time you cut it you can always cut away a little bit more if you'd like okay that's it for today guys thanks a lot for watching and i will see you next week [Music] ciao you

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Length: 12min 14sec (734 seconds)

Published: Mon Aug 07 2017