Laurenji
July 10th, 2010, 05:44 PM
So...lately I've been feeling like my hair was scraggly on the ends, since it's been growing pretty much untouched since a rather terrible trim job by my mother in October or so. It's been growing nicely, but the hemline was all ragged and chunky, so I haven't been wearing it down much.
Anyways, I've been thinking about getting it trimmed. I really didn't want to spend $18 for a trim at my regular salon, and I don't really trust the $5 haircut place around the corner. I tried to convince my DH to do it (I figured it was only fair payback since I cut his hair every month, and trimming half an inch off of my hair can't be that much more difficult than what I do with the clippers on his), but he was unsure of his skills. So I looked up Feye's self-trim method and did it myself!
I went from a blunt hemline to a more v-shape, which I like the look of better. Here's how it turned out (smaller version in my siggy):
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=3123&pictureid=76438
(Note: my hair looks super-red in the sunlight for some reason. I guess it might be leftover henna from the henna gloss I did last summer. Usually my hair is about the same color as the shirt I'm wearing, maybe a little lighter.)
Here's a pic from a few months ago for reference:
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=3123&pictureid=51287
Anyways, mostly I'm just excited because it worked, and because even though I trimmed about an inch off, it's still way longer than the last time I took a picture of it. It's growing! Yay! And now I know I don't have to go to a salon when I just want a trim!
Anyways, I've been thinking about getting it trimmed. I really didn't want to spend $18 for a trim at my regular salon, and I don't really trust the $5 haircut place around the corner. I tried to convince my DH to do it (I figured it was only fair payback since I cut his hair every month, and trimming half an inch off of my hair can't be that much more difficult than what I do with the clippers on his), but he was unsure of his skills. So I looked up Feye's self-trim method and did it myself!
I went from a blunt hemline to a more v-shape, which I like the look of better. Here's how it turned out (smaller version in my siggy):
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=3123&pictureid=76438
(Note: my hair looks super-red in the sunlight for some reason. I guess it might be leftover henna from the henna gloss I did last summer. Usually my hair is about the same color as the shirt I'm wearing, maybe a little lighter.)
Here's a pic from a few months ago for reference:
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=3123&pictureid=51287
Anyways, mostly I'm just excited because it worked, and because even though I trimmed about an inch off, it's still way longer than the last time I took a picture of it. It's growing! Yay! And now I know I don't have to go to a salon when I just want a trim!