Do You Cut Your Own Hair?
Haircuts: Best left to the pros? Photo: Eyewire
I don't know what it was, but from the moment I picked them up, I was under the illusion that I'd somehow earned a cosmetology degree. So not the case.
From small transgressions, like snipping away at individual split ends, I built up to larger offenses, like "angling" the hair around my face, and "evening out" unwanted layers. These types of things rarely end well, but since I was growing out my hair anyway, I convinced myself I could pinch-hit in the styling department until my hair reached below my shoulders.
But the other day I found myself somewhere I haven't been in years... a hairstylist's chair. I was only there for a Davines conditioning treatment, but as Pasquale Ferrante, co-owner of the Ion Studio in NYC's SoHo, surveyed my hair, he changed the subject. "You cut your own hair?" he asked.
"No!" I replied. "Well, yes, but ..." My excuses sounded feeble.
Am I the only person out there who cuts my own hair? If you've ever given yourself a haircut -- for better or for worse -- I want to hear about it! Leave a comment below. And stay tuned for our awesome video on the one kind of trim you can attempt at home -- your bangs -- coming soon!
Tags: bangs, cut-your-own-hair, cutting-hair, davines, haircut, ion-studio, pasquale-ferrante






mari stanley, 6-05-2009, 5:52PM
Wow! This will be an excellent video! Can't wait! I actually just trimmed up my bangs yesterday! I have my little-longer than shoulder length hair in layers that I my stylist did a month or so ago, but my bangs were getting a little too long; I'm not ready for a trim all over yet, so I did a few snips according to instructions I found online. Can't wait for a video on this though!
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