To Cut The Bangs At Home That Actually Look Great- Part 1

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This write up is for you when you are thinking of reaching for the scissors. 

Best left to experts is plenty of things that include perfectly baked bread, furniture assembly, and haircuts to name a few. Beginning social distancing in March, however, all the preconceived notions about what I can and can’t do myself has been thrown out the window. The result was that I baked my own bread, I built a new dresser, and then I decided to try cutting my own bangs. 

If you're thinking of reaching for the scissors, read this first.

Seeming to correlate with spending more time inadvertently seeing the reflection in the mirror while I spend more time in the apartment and was absolutely sick of looking at my overgrown haircut. That’s when I started wondering whether it was possible to cut my own hair at home and presenting the idea to friends and family they acted as if I had gone insane. While bangs were seemingly crazy enough to them, it is also that cutting the bangs seemed absolutely unhinged. 

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How to Cut Your Own Hair at Home

Looking weighed own and lifeless is my super thick, long hair unless I have tons of layers and without a haircut, after a few months, I was already seeing the effect. I observed that my hair is typically drying wavy whereas, with grown-in locks, they were starting to dry straight. That was when I wanted to find a way to thereby put life into it ASAP and even after drooling over photos of mussed up curtain bangs for months, that is when I knew I wanted to give them a slight whirl. 

When you go for curtain bangs, they are parted down the middle that is typically longer and more feathered giving an undone messy feel. I powered forward however determined to give the curtain bangs of my dreams. The result was that I did the research gathering the supplies, and getting in touch with celebrity stylist Frederic Fekkai as he not only endorsed the bang cutting idea as also volunteered to walk me through the process over a video call. 

Thereafter I felt confident to come out on the other end with flawless bangs with Fekkai on my team. Anyway, if not, it is not like I’m doing anything besides baking bread. Here we go ready for a step-by-step breakdown of how to cut the bangs at home. 

1. Firstly, Gather Your Supplies

You need to invest in a pair of shears if you are really serious about cutting your own bangs as the scissors you have lying around aren’t sharp enough as it will end up with a jagged cut. To part your hair precisely you also need a comb where a rattail comb has extra precision but a fine-tooth comb is fine. Finally go for a hairbrush on hand, a hair tie, a curling wand, and a heat protectant. 

2. Then Start Dry

Often in a salon, as you know they cut your hair when it is wet, and of course, you don’t want to do that as hair when dries shrinks and cutting wet hair and think the perfect length then you can actually end up wearing hats until it grows out. So now you can leave a wet cut to professionals. 

3. Hereby Cut Longer Layers Around Your Whole Head

Allowing your new bangs to blend in are the cutting layers of the hair and Fekkai instructs to take the hair from the highest point of the eyebrow and combing to the back of the crown. further on lift your hair in a high ponytail when you feel your occipital bone. Confused by what the occipital bone is, it is just where you feel a bump at the back of your head. With an elastic secure this ponytail and grab the ponytail from the very end twisting it tightly in a clockwise direction.

Here my hair was ready in the high ponytail for layers, preparing for the first snip is by twisting the high ponytail. 

At the very end, hold the ponytail cutting just above the fingers and as the hair is twisted, then you can cut straight across without even creating any harsh lines. 

4. To Frame Your Face

To have it out of the way, put the ponytail behind taking pieces of hair to remain to frame the face twisting them toward the face on both sides cutting an inch off each end making sure they are symmetrical. Thereby cut face-framing layers. 

5. Finally, Layer The Sides

As Fekkai says along with your hair in a ponytail, it is better to take the whole section from the side while you are going to make a part from the top to the back of your ears twisting the hair toward the face taking about an inch off the ends repeating for both sides. 

The Discussion Is Not Yet Over

There are more things to keep in mind when you are trying to cut your bangs at home. In the next writeup, we discuss more of them.