A Woman's Guide to Cutting Hair at Home

8. Proceed cautiously

A regular appointment at the hair salon usually lasts between 30 minutes and one-and-a-half hours. As you are probably a novice at hairstyling, you will need a much longer time to achieve the same results. Take your hair cutting slowly and approach it seriously. It's far easier to go back and cut a little more hair off if you have been too conservative, compared to the alternative of cutting off too much and having only time as a cure to a bad hair day that will last several months. Check your progress as you go by measuring the hair from segments on opposite sides of your head against each other and seeing if they are equal in length. If they are uneven, trim them until they are uniform.