I actually had a hair appointment today but of course they were closed. I wear my hair shorter too so like you, need more frequent trims. I may need to take a snip here or there eventually, lol. I quit coloring mine too a few years ago so don't need to deal with that. I have a couple of friends that I've not seen their natural hair color in a few years. It will be interesting to see what they eventually look like.

Covid jail - haha!

I'm seriously considering cutting at least my bangs

I have a hair appt on April 6 but I'm pretty sure that's not gonna happen. I'm also pretty sure, that while I can leave the rest of my hair alone, I'll be trimming my bangs as I can't stand it when they start getting in my eyes. I've done it before and been scolded by my stylist before, but the beauty of hair is that it grows out and that it can be fixed.

Dawn, under the circumstances, I think you’ll get a pass.

Dawn, I've cut my own bangs before too, knowing stylists don't like that. I'd done it once, and when I went in, my stylist asked "what happened here?" I said "I don't know." She said "really?" I just said "really." She knew full well what I'd done - haha.

Anyone who is thinking about getting a wig, do it now before they're all gone!

I had an appointment before they shut down which was great timing. Both of us are good for now. If need be I can cut my husband's and trim mine.

My hair is always around chin length so I snipped some off the other day and I don't think it looks too bad. The worst thing is cutting the back straight but hey, people are supposed to be 6ft away so any ' mistakes' shouldn't show that much should they? Lol

Did someone say wigs?!?!? Got 'em right here...

I am glad I'm not alone when it comes to trimming my own bangs - crookedly!

Sephia, you should have told her the dog did it.

My hair was down to my waist....so...yesterday.....I cut it off, did a longish bob. I really want this doo on KStew. I don't have any hair bleach....it'll have to wait.

Maybe I shouldn't post this? Too tempting?

https://www.wikihow.com/Cut-a-Pixie-Cut

Yes. I am in need of a haircut, Why does the back grow so much faster? I'll have a mullet soon.

I've been cutting my own hair since the 1980s, and I think I'm quite good at it. In L.A. I have a stand-up full length mirror in my bathroom that I can position wherever I want so that I can see the back of my head from different angles. I have left-handed scissors that I use with my left hand to cut the left side of my head, and I've taught myself to be ambidextrous, which was not difficult, except when using multiple mirrors. That took some getting used to.

We're in Coachella Valley now for the next couple of months, and I do not have the stand-up full length mirror here, but I do have my left-handed scissors. At this point, I think I can cut my hair by touch, as I know full well how it is supposed to feel. I might be a tiny bit off, but no one will see me except my brother, and he never looks at me anyway.

I've been trimming my hair for years. Saves a lot of money for me. May not be perfect but it's not in my eyes at least.

SamKaren Your resident dj

Raven, if you cut his, it's only fair that he cuts yours. Why should you have to cut both? (lol)

I do my own most of the time... but when I am out on a bicycle tour, I get it done.

One of the many many cuts I have given myself... and I liked, thus took a picture. :)

My appointment was supposed to be yesterday. I go every 6 weeks for a cut. Of course that didn't happen.
It's not like I'm going anywhere anyway. When the beauty shops finally do open they are going to need hedge trimmers instead of scissors.

I got a cut and colour at the end of February and I'm not due again until the end of May for my sons wedding which is at the end of June. I was thinking of starting to grow out my hair anyway (the colour not the length) , but not until after my sons wedding which I guess may not be happening.

I would never attempt to cut my own hair.

I am just going to let my hair get long. If I get so I can't stand it, I will try trimming it. But my hair dresser was out 3 or 4 months with cancer treatment and therapy, and I just waited till she returned. It should work out ok this time too.

That's a great project that you showed is, function. Does it add a foot or two to the recommended separation?

Don't you ladies have enough faith in your husbands to have him take a snip or two here and there at those lengthening hairs/distressed tresses?

Maybe three or four of you each get a stand-alone full-length mirror, then lend them back and forth so that you could oversee the operation from several viewpoints?

And even have a couple of owners of the other mirrors stand six feet away and oversee while using binoculars?

Maybe one or other of them could the wielder/(wierder?) of the clippers?

When my hair gets too long and I drag my safety razor with the double edged blade down over it ... it sort of delays my need to hold the discussion with my barber.

By the way ... how come it costs so much more to manage women's hair? Is it because there are so many more hairs on their heads? I guess one could say that might be acceptable when compared to most middle aged or older men, but not with most of the young guys.

Just askin'.

ole joyfuelled ... eighth day of being alone (but a visit from my landlord today: air for my waterlogged water tank and a bit of help to get his chore done that needed a little more than his one arm could manage)

I got mine cut in February, and I only go about every six months. Usually I go about every six weeks to get my bangs trimmed, but I'll do that myself. I did it in January, we were going on vacation and my stylist had to cancel me. I couldn't stand those bangs on vacation so I trimmed them. She neatened them up later.

If the back of mine starts getting unruly, my husband can whack away at it. My hair is so curly that it's impossible to tell if it's perfectly even. DH does his own, what there is of it.

I cut my DH's hair with a trimmer so he is all set. I am sure he can trim my hair to clean up the ends. Any layering is probably off the table.

I do DH's hair and have for years so he's all set.

As for me, not sure what I'll do. If I could take my head off, I'd be able to cut my own hair, but I struggle to see the back in a mirror and get my hands to work in the right direction. I might be able to get DH's help with it, and not have us kill each other by the time the process is over...

Re cutting bangs, one hairdresser showed me an easy way to do it so you don't come out looking like dutch boy paints but rather a tapered look. She said to take all the hair that you want to be bangs, bring it to the center of your face...keep it close to your forehead, not pulled away from your face... and twist, twist, twist until you get a small column of hair and then snip it to the length you want.

I looked on youtube and came across this version of the twist bang cut...there's another of a salon guy doing it, but he makes it a more complicated process. They're also cutting bangs from scratch as opposed to just a trim which is probably what most of us need.

Joyfulguy wrote: Don't you ladies have enough faith in your husbands to have him take a snip or two here and there at those lengthening hairs/distressed tresses?

Quite a number of years ago I kept my hair long so I could do all the braids, etc. that were in style then, It had finally gotten too long so I asked my hubby to cut 2" off the length. I even gave him a small ruler to use. When he was done I glanced at the hair lying on the floor and saw that it started as 2" but gradually worked it's way longer. He used the ruler all right, but unknowingly lifted it as he made the cut across the back of my head. I emphatically declined his offer to fix it. Instead I made my way to the salon and the stylists enjoyed a good laugh at the story. It also proved to be the end of my long-hair-era.

I cut my bangs all the time but not sure I could cut the rest of it straight. I may be letting it grow out for a while.

Moni, I love your haircut!! You can do mine anytime!!

Luckily I got mine cut last Friday, Monday the shops were ordered closed. I cut mine cut even shorter than normal.

If I tried trimming my own, I just know I'd be cutting above my fingers, instead of below, and by the time I tried to make it even, I'd be such a mess I'd be self-isolating (not just social-distancing) until it all grew again.

At least it's only hair and it grows. I've always said "there's only 2 weeks between a bad hair cut and a good one."

I just hope this all doesn't go on so long that I lose my hair dresser entirely. It took me so long to find someone who does it so well.

DH will not be approaching my hair with scissors. He scored 30% on the mechanical portion of the U. S. Armed Forces Qualification Test. Time has not altered him in this regard.

I'm using this seclusion to stop coloring my hair. I would have done so earlier, but DH objected then, plus my earlier 'grey' wasn't as silver I now see at my roots.

I have 1/4 inch of grey now; had cut & color Feb. 29. When do you think I'll have enough grey to lop off the light brown chin-length portion? Ack! I'll have to get rid of clothes that look nice with brown hair. I can mail my beautician the $50/mo. I used to spend for color while she is out of work.

Hubby cut my hair. NO WAY. His idea of a haircut is to run a razor over his head. My haircut is short layered/feathered asymmetric cut. I figure if it takes awhile until the hairdresser can open again I will be rocking a vintage shag.

Lots of tutorials on youtube for those new to cutting your own hair and want to give it a try. I'd recommend a good pair of shears and, if you don't have them, place an online order.

Remember it looks longer when wet.

I've had a standing order with my hairdressers for years.....do Not cut bangs. Sometimes they get so busy talking they cut them too short. I can cut my own. I'm in big trouble but heck, I'm not going out anywhere anyway.

Once when I was about 10, I tried to cut my own bangs. It looked awful. My mom told me that it's better to let someone else cut your hair so that if it turns out bad, you can blame them instead of being mad at yourself.

I trimmed the ends of my hair this morning. It had gotten to the point where I could not stand it any longer. After a certain length my hair goes limp and straight. Now it is better. Another time I will trim the few layers I have.

I used to cut my own hair. My HS grad picture is a 'selfed' haircut and its really not bad. I would cut my Mom's for her, friends. BUT, that's been a long, long time ago and my cut is the basis for my entire look ;0) I wouldn't consider attempting it myself other than nip 1/4" at the bangs maybe a week before my standing appointment. Really, two people in the last 30 years have gotten the cut right so that its 'fix it and forget it' for all day whether wind, nap, gardening, whatever I'm doing. I've stuck to them like glue.

I have an appt April 8 that I don't know if I'll be able to keep. Small shop, two stylists. There is rarely more than 4 total at any one time inside even though spacious square footage. Both stylists seem to begin and complete one appointment at a time and not overlap, no cutting of one while a color is processing on a second. Each customer has their full attention until finished.

I cut my own hair 90% of the time. I can do just as well as they can and it's free.

I cut and color my hair. Have been doing it for years. Watched a couple YouTube videos on how to cut layers. For the back, I get DH to cut a straight line across the bottom then I do layers.

I have very curly hair that right now is about 6" past my angel bones. Always have it layered so not going to the hairdresser is no problem for me. I stopped coloring my hair long ago.

My hair is long and fairly straight. I wear it pinned up so when it gets inconveniently long I pull it together in a clump at the back, bring that over my shoulder and wack some off. It doesn't matter if it is straight since I will pin it up, it is just so I don't have so much extra to coil up and knot. I have never colored my hair.

I've cut my own hair since high school. In college, I cut hair to earn money....men and women. I've cut my husband's hair since we met; he has a beautiful thick growth of silver hair that he prefers quite short.

I also cut the Sprites' long locks and their g'pa's.

I'm growing my hair out (no cut since last June/July), but trim my own bangs. I trimmed them a little shorter than normal last week to ensure they stay out of my eyes so I touch my face less. I'm also wearing a ponytail to keep the rest of my hair off my face, especially when I'm at work because I have to touch so many public surfaces. btw, the skin on my hands feel like sand paper because of all the santizer, cleaners and hand washing. No amount of hand cream is helping, but that's off topic........ ;)