Creating layers by yourself?

[vanamo]

First of all. I think this is my first thread starter (if you don't count the intriduction one).

I have been thinking of hair self styling and I'd like to hear your opinions about something.

I've been trimming my own hair for about a year now and Í've been wondering about creating layers. I have this idea:

"Comb all yor hair (head upside down) on the top of your head and secure it with a elastic (i use terry cloth kind). Put another one near the shortest ends and cut. Of course one needs to have some lenght to do this properly."

I would like to have your opinions how this would work? I would love to have some layers and this could be a way to easily maintain them (to trim the shortest hairs also).

[enfys]

This method is called compact cutting, and it reported to be very effective. The angle you pull from decides where the layers start. A ponytail at the forehead would produce shorter shortest layers than ifit was at the top of your head.

I haven't tried it myself.

This thread has pics: http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=57254&highlight=layers

[ravenreed]

I used this method for quite a while and loved it. I recently bought a CreaClip (http://www.creaclip.com/) because I have short arms and tb length hair and was having trouble getting the scrunchy all the way to the end of my pony to cut. So I do it a little differently now, but only because I outgrew the old method.

[sunnyhope]

tht will work, even from a hairdressrs wiew he he, if you use a hairband to gather the hair and put it about where the fringe will be then you will create good layers. just dont cut to much at the time...................

[PrincessTieflin]

What I do is flip my head upside down, and bend a bit, smooth it out.. and trim along the bottom.. (I REALLY hope I am making sense) That way you only get long layers, can always go shorter if you want :)

Then I just frame the sides to blend it in.

I used this method a lot when I was a stylist.. works wonders on uber long hair.

I f I am not clear please let me know ;)

[hennared]

I second the Creaclip.. I LOVE that thing!

[vanamo]

Ok. Now i've tried it. And it worked quite well :) My hair was so heavy before (my individual hairs are very thin, but i have A LOT of them, so the gravity pulls my hair effectively), but now i feel much more comfortable. Of course the result is not perfect, but for me it is great. At least no one has commneted it looks bad or uneven. I did a pretty good job.

This is so awesome, because I'm a student and I need to save money. Now I save a bundle and can look nice too :) I've been also growing my natural colour for few years now (after ten years of colouring) and i love my natural colour (it is the usual Finnish colour: light brown and it looks sandy brown/beach kind-of-blonde in my opinion), so i'm saving the dyeing costs too.

Thank you for those who gave me advise about layering!!

[spidermom]

I've used this method to get rid of my most damaged hairs and create long layers. It worked.

[BusyBeeMommy]

I was just discussing this method with my gf yesterday. We were all looking through old pictures and there was one (below) where she said "Your hair looks awesome there!" and I told her my husband cut my hair for me using this exact method because I didn't want to spend the $15+ to get it done at the salon.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v473/wildcrazyness/100_4819.jpg