QuoteReplyTopic: S.O.S.--The Worst Haircut Ever!!!! Posted: June 25 2005 at 8:52pm
Oh, man. I'm not sure what inspired me to cut 6 inches off my
extensions--the heat, maybe, or the weight--but that's what I did a few
hours ago, and this has got to be the *worst* haircut in history. I
don't have a razor (obviously), so I just lopped it off with the
scissors.
It's so downright awful, it's hilarious, really. I'll be getting a new
install soon (shorter this time, I think), but what does one do in the
meantime? There's always the ponytail, but I don't think even that will
disguise these crazy-looking steps I've got.....
Any suggestions?
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you can give it a razored look with the scissors. it will break
things up a bit. take a strand and a couple inches from the
bottom cut down the length with the scissors. you want the
scissors to be skipping down the hair not cutting very much.
bumpcut two little strands, bump one, bumptwo more. you have to
roll each strand around doing this a couple times but it will
definitely help give a razored look and break things up a bit. Of
course a razor is like five bucks if you want to put your ahir ina
ponytaila nd run out to the BSS.
ooops jenny. Good luck with the touch-up, I have a feeling it will look just great. Hey, we all have done something to our hair - at least yours is fixable. Last summer (during a whim moment) I decided to highlight my hair and afterwards I looked like a pumpkin - but on one side of my head. You see, I totally messed-up pulling the hair out of the highlighting cap. $10.00 for the box and $200.00 to fix it.
LOL! OK, girl, you really hacked at it, didn't you.
Bring it forward in two equal sections like you did in the bottom photo and make two straight cuts at the shortest length to get the hair all one length. That will give you a blunt cut straight across. You can then take your scissors and make little snips vertically into the hair to create a softer edge on the bottom.
Yeah we've all been there,lol.At least its long enough to fix.I've hacked at mine when it was short and its not quite so easy to fix or even hide,lol.I agree with amm.I use that method to trim my hair.If you dont mind losing a little length. Seems like I've had too many hair faux pas to count,lol.
By the way Jenny, Do you(or your hairdresser?) use a toner to get that nice shade or a white blonde semi/demi? I'm dying my hair blonde again.Strand tests have been very successful but dont know how to get it past the inside of banana peel stage.
Thanks girls! I'm going to give it another go. I don't know how wise it
is for me to be weilding the scissors again, but hey...it isn't my real
hair anyway.
LHD: Actually, I don't use any toner at all. I bleach the hell out of
it with Feria 200 ot 205 for 30 minutes or so, and it comes up exactly
this color. My hair's pretty light naturally though, so I don't think
this would work for everyone, and it is *really* damaging.... For many
years, I used a level 10 high-lift (one process, no powder bleach,
Loreal Preference), which brought my hair very light too, but I did
have some brassiness with that after a few weeks, so I would use
Shimmer Lights to tone it down. I think it may've been a bit gentler
than the Feria, but it caused a lot of damage long-term too.
I'm a bad person to ask about color though. My hair really is quite
fried. I was seriously thinking of cutting everything off and starting
fresh with a wig after I saw that pic of Kalika in the wig the other
day. (Don't think it would look as good on me though).
:)
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Thanks anyways.I'm not looking for white blond.more medium just more ash based.Shimmer lights might not be a bad idea.I'm just going to keep trying things with my strands.The white blond looks great on you.I went dark for practicality.But screw practicality I hate my natural color,lol.
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I'm just glad to know there is someone else wearing my haircut...but I have to say it looks quite a bit better on you. I finally bought a box of straight razor blades just to "peel" the ends. Works pretty good really.
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I agree with everyone, point cutting into the ends would help the bluntness. Also, if you have thinning shears with fine teeth, that would also help taper the ends.
use thinning shears( texurizers) grab a section of hair leaving about two inches hanging, and use the thinning shears and snip into the hair, it will take out hair in the same sections as the teeth are.
dont i repeat, DONT use thinning shears on the top of your hair if you have thin hair, you will look like your balding!
(someone did that to me when i was in beauty school) i thought i was going bald.!!!
hiya, if you dont have a hair razor handy just take a disposable shaving raxzor and use that, its fine for synth hair :) just dont dig the razor in.
Thinning scissors -
you need to split your hair into quite large sections ( about 6) and just take a section, and well, basically take *1* chop in the middle of the length :) And thats it!
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Jenny, I don't know how well this will work with extensions, but to
break up that two-tiered look, you can take one-inch wide vertical
sections (maybe less, if the extensions are really thick), pull each
one straight out from your head and snip at an angle (just cut inwards
from the bottom so the longest portion stays the same length all
around). Just work all the way around your head, section by
section. That's how I layer my hair.
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