How to cut hair yourself at home: 12 methods

How to cut hair at home? We help you! We show you simple photos and tutorials to learn how to cut hair by yourself or with the help of some family member , mom, sister, boyfriend or husband. We also show you more advanced tutorials for those who can get help from a hair look expert and want to experiment with a short cut.

What is needed? Before starting you need to equip yourself with a nebulizer spray with water , useful for moistening the hair. It is essential to have a pair of professional scissors . For medium and long hair cuts, rubber bands are also useful . Here are the easy tutorials with pictures, videos, tips and explanations for trimming hair, cutting bangs or lengths in DIY mode.

1. HOW TO CUT YOUR HAIR IN CARRE '

The bob haircuts remain a much loved evergreen, perfect for both a girl and a lady . This tutorial explains very well how to proceed, using sharp cutting scissors, with the indication of the precise angle to follow to obtain a natural and flawless effect. Below you will also find the video tutorial.

Tutorial to make a yoke cut - Photo Credit: @Sanja Carica Karasman

 

 

2. HOW TO MAKE A SHORT CUT IN THE BACK AND LONG IN THE FRONT

Lovers of asymmetric cuts the courts behind ? Here's how to go from a long bob cut to a long bob at the front but much shorter at the back with the help of an electric razor or a hair clipper. And if you love very short cuts , the tutorial shows us how you can transform the cut into a jaunty pixie cut with a long tuft in front.

Short back and long front up to the pixie cut - Photo Credit: @ Hair2U

 

 

3. HOW TO CUT YOUR CLIMBED HAIR

If you have straight hair and straight and look for ideas for haircuts scaled  to medium length , the steps to follow are not very different. The hair stylist ElleBangs teaches us that it is not necessary to wet the hair: starting from dry hair , but previously washed with shampoo and conditioner, it will in fact be easier to see if the cut is looking good, which with wet hair is much more difficult to to understand.

Hair styling tutorial - Photo Credit: @ellebangs

 

 

4. HOW PIXIE HAIR IS CUT

One of the most beautiful  and most loved short haircuts by stars, the very short pixie cut is perfect for enhancing facial features and for keeping frizzy hair in order, but to achieve it it is better to get help from someone expert . If you have a similar cut and want to shorten it at home, limit yourself to just a trim ! The tutorial by hair stylist Sanja Carica Karasman shows us how to proceed step by step , choosing the right angle to comb wet hair and then cut it.

Pixie Cut Tutorial - Photo Credit: @Sanja Carica Karasman

 

 

 

 

5. HOW TO CUT YOUR HAIR IN THREE WAYS

Are you home alone and there is no one who can help you? Here are the steps to create a hairstyle long climbed, pointy or to parties using some elastic and scissors sharpened. In these cases, remember to cut a few mm less than what we want and to remove the cut at the end by positioning the scissors vertically as a professional hairdresser would do!

Three ways to cut your own hair - Photo Credit: @Patry Jordan English

 

 

6. HOW TO CUT SHORT HAIR WITH A CIUFFO

We need to divide the hair into sections precisely and cut with scissors positioned at the right angle as the video and images show us. We can get a short cut with a long tuft with a fake disheveled messy effect , which can also be transformed into an 80s crest !

Tutorial to cut short hair with a tuft - Photo Credit: @Sanja Carica Karasman

 

 

7. HOW TO CUT LONG BOB EQUAL HAIR

Do we want to make a beautiful medium cut ? The bob cut is always the most popular solution at any age, perfect both for enhancing wavy and curly hair . So here's how to get an almost professional hair cut with the help of a wide-toothed comb , scissors and some goose beak . Ideal for women, girls and little girls. Take a look also at the most beautiful hairstyles for medium and short hair that you can create starting from this cut!

Tutorial to make an even long bob - Photo Credit: @Sanja Carica Karasman

 

 

 

 

 

8. HOW TO CUT LONG HAIR

To cut long hair at home we will need a second pair of hands, especially in the back. In this case, it is essential to create vertical sections of hair from which to start and position the scissors at the right angle, as the photo tutorial suggests. What is the secret of the cut? Each time you move to a new section, you have to pick up half of the previous one to get the mark of the length to cut. The final effect will be natural and without the unpleasant cut effect that is too clean on the lengths.

Long Haircut Tutorial - Photo Credit: @Sanja Carica Karasman

 

 

9. HOW TO CUT CURLY HAIR

How to cut your hair by yourself having curls? To make a curly hair cut you need to have damp hair so that the curls are less defined. RaflnHair suggests we divide the hair on the upper part of the head by twisting the upper strands into small twists, and then proceed to work on the lower strands. Also in this case note that the scissors are held vertical or tending to 45 °, never completely horizontal.

Curly Hair Cutting Tutorial - Photo Credit: @RafInHair

 

 

10. HOW TO CUT YOUR HAIR AT HOME, MEDIUM LONG

Lovers of the au pair cut on medium-long hair ? Here is a very easy method to try, in which starting from a simple low tail we can obtain the desired result in a few minutes, seeing is believing!

Medium Long Hair Cutting Tutorial at Home - Photo Credit: @Patry Jordan English

 

 

11. HOW TO CUT THE HAIR WITH A CLIMBED HELMET

Let's see how to make a graduated and shaded bob cut with a slightly rounded effect, perfect for example to give volume to fine and thin hair . The tutorial explains how to proceed, dividing the hair into sections and cutting at an angle of about 45 ° starting as always from the hair at the nape. Only for the top hair the scissors will be held almost vertically . Let's not forget a final finish by holding the comb and scissors horizontally, to be done even with dry hair.

Tutorial to make a layered bob cut - Photo Credit: @Sanja Carica Karasman

 

 

 

 

 

12. HOW TO CUT THE FRINGE AND THE SCALED TUF BY YOURSELF

How to cut the bangs yourself ? The method shown in the tutorial is very simple and intuitive. Generally speaking, when we select the triangle of hair on the forehead to be cut, we never go beyond the middle of the eyebrow and we cut vertically small Vs , remaining a few mm below the desired length. It is preferable to start with dry hair to avoid ending up with a much shorter fringe than the one we dreamed of! Also discover 8 other methods to cut the fringe alone in a different way: even, climbed, curly, drop-down bangs.

Tutorial to cut a scaled tuft fringe - Photo Credit: @Stella Cini

 

 

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