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A Quick Layered Haircut

» from biggers on May '06 | 7 replies.

It takes time, money, and talent to have your hair cut. To save any of these a little, just using an easy technique can give you a quick-layered haircut. This technique can be used on both long and short hair. By short we are speaking about shoulder length or shorter. Long hair would be considered anything longer than that.

Proper tools are probably the most important part of this haircut. The following is the Preparations:

1. A pair of sharp scissors is a must. Most trouble with DIY haircuts comes from using scissors that are dull. It is impossible to make straight, clean cuts with dull scissors. Most haircutting scissors found in grocery or drug stores usually don’t retain their sharpness as long as an expensive professional pair but they work for a while.
2. A fine toothcomb is another tool that will make this cut go fast and easy. Any type of comb is fine as long as you can comb the hair our evenly. Hair must be combed out evenly and a fine toothcomb works well.
3. Clean hair is also a must for this cut to work. Hair can be wet or dry although most people prefer wet cutting. Make sure that hair is shampooed and snarls are combed out. The hair must be free from residue such as hair spray and gel. Make sure that you cut your hair in an area away from food and where the hair can drop freely onto the floor.
4. Don’t bother with a plastic covering for your clothes or a towel around your shoulders if you are trying this cut on yourself. It will just get in the way and make it difficult for you to cut. The cut can be done in front of a mirror to make sure all of the hair is tangle free and smoothed out, but the actual cutting will be done by looking at the hair.

Now you are ready to begin the cut. The procedure of this cut is for DIY. It can be adapted to cut someone else’s.

1. Stand up, feet one foot to one and a half feet apart.
2. Bend over, flipping hair towards the floor.
3. Comb hair out straight and smooth.
4. Make a cut straight across your hair.
5. Depending on the thickness of the hair, you may need to make more than one cut.
6. Just cut horizontally as straight as possible.
7. The length from the top of your head to the scissors is how long the top layer of hair will be.
8. All hair beneath the top of your head will be longer.
9. If your cut is three inches from the top of your head, your top layer will be three inches and neckline layer will be approximately nine inches.
10. All the other hair will be layered to lengths in between three and nine inches.

Be careful not to lock your knees. Locking your knees can lead to light-headedness. You may already feel some light-headedness by bending over. If you need to stop, do so, then repeat the process beginning where you left off, cutting as horizontally straight as you can.

It’s easy and it works. Have fun with your new-layered haircutting technique.

7 Response to 'A Quick Layered Haircut'

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Anonymous - Sun, Oct 26th, 2008 o; I Want to get this haircut so bad:) 0 | 0 | Quote | Post to Blogs Post this to Blogs

Rachel Edmiston - Sat, Sep 27th, 2008 a friend of mine did this to my hair 12yrs ago, and i LOVED IT!! it actually made my hair looked longer. i've tried to get other beauticians to cut my hair the same way, but no one is ever willing to do it. 0 | 0 | Quote | Post to Blogs Post this to Blogs

Julie G. - Mon, Sep 1st, 2008 I did it, and my hair turned out exactly like I wanted it to. 0 | 0 | Quote | Post to Blogs Post this to Blogs

Tia - Thu, Jul 31st, 2008 I Really Want To Try This Method Out, But Does It Actually Work??? 3 | 0 | Quote | Post to Blogs Post this to Blogs

jill - Thu, Jun 19th, 2008 can i see a pic of the end result? 9 | 0 | Quote | Post to Blogs Post this to Blogs

jessie - Thu, Jun 12th, 2008 yeah my sister showed it to me about 15 yrs ago.Works quite well 0 | 0 | Quote | Post to Blogs Post this to Blogs

angie - Mon, May 12th, 2008 does it actually work? 0 | 0 | Quote | Post to Blogs Post this to Blogs

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