How to Cut Your Own Hair in Layers

It often seems that when you are ready for a haircut, you are ready right now. But more often than not, you can't just run to your hairdresser and ask her to drop everything at the moment to fulfill your needs. While it can also save you money you can take care of that last minute emergency hair crisis if you learn to cut your own hair in layers.

Things You'll Need

• Sharp scissors
• Comb
• Hair clips
• Guts

Instructions

1. Follow the pattern of the last cut you got from the salon to trim your hair and give it the bouncy look you get from a fresh cut.

2. Clip up the top layers of your hair with hair clips all the way around your head, leaving one layer. Cut it first, then release a layer at a time and just follow the same lines that are already there. Re-clip the extra hair on top of your head.

3. Cut into your hair once you are finished with the even layers. Zigzag the scissor all over your head to give it a more natural look. Just hold the scissors sideways and cut v-shaped angles all over your head.

4. Pull your hair back into a ponytail. Make the knot near the top of your head. Cut off a couple inches of the ponytail and release it from the holder. Shake it loose and you have a newly created layered look. You can touch it up with more cuts as described in step three.

5. Draw an imaginary line across your bangs and cut straight across. Then go back and make v-cuts with the scissors at various intervals. Unless you have a very symmetrical style, which layering is not conducive to, you should make the v-cuts random to give you a really natural look.