I Cut My Own Hair Using The Manes By Mell Pigtail Haircut

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Күн бұрын

See my before and after results from trying the Mains by Mell pigtail haircut on my wavy hair! In this DIY wavy haircut tutorial, I walk through how I sectioned, tied back, and trimmed my hair using the pigtail cutting method. This technique is supposed to help add layers and reduce bulk in wavy and curly hair. I used affordable haircutting shears from Amazon and was pleasantly surprised that I didn't completely ruin my hair! The ends definitely look healthier and I got some nice face framing layers in the front. However, the layers in the back did end up a little uneven. I'm considering going back in and taking off a bit more length in certain sections to try and even it out. Have you tried cutting your own wavy or curly hair at home? Let me know in the comments if you have suggestions for other DIY curly haircuts I should attempt in the future!
The main tutorial video I used: • MY EASY/UPDATED DIY CU...
I also followed pieces of this video tutorial: • HAIRSTYLIST TEACHES SI...
Here is the Lina's Lovely Locks video where she pivots to a wolf cut: • DIY Hair Cut Did NOT G...
I wrote about this haircut experience on my blog here: wavyhaircare.com/trying-the-m...
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@jenleblanc3544 13 күн бұрын

Good job 😊

@madsquishy3410 Ай бұрын

If you want to get some shorter layers through the middle section I can tell you what I noticed my hair stylist doing. She parted my hair in the center and then went down the length of the part from back to front taking equal size sections from both sides of the part, bringing them straight up in the middle and cutting straight across. Then when you let go of the hair, the sections will fall down on both sides of the part and be equal lengths. I noticed it helped to give my hair more of that rounded shape that looks really good on curly hair.

@amberinthemist7912 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful!

@wavyhaircareblog964 3 ай бұрын

Awe thank you!

@Dogandcatmom51 3 ай бұрын

It looks nice!

@wavyhaircareblog964 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@marthagarcia7612 2 ай бұрын

You did a good job your hair really looks nice I wouldn't change nothing about it if I was you but it's up to you One thing about curly hair is that you can't tell if the hair is uneven but it looks really good😊👍

@tonkysue207 Ай бұрын

Very pretty

@Dogandcatmom51 3 ай бұрын

I did this cut a few times and really liked it, but then eventually the layers in the back of my hair became too short for the layers in front when I kept doing this method. After doing it for a while, I had to have the back layered by a professional. The reason I started cutting my own hair was that I have trouble getting haircuts I like from professionals. It’s definitely a problem!

@wavyhaircareblog964 3 ай бұрын

Oh that's interesting! Did you do it the way I did where I section out my bangs and cut those separately like Mell did in the 'sister' video? Or were you just cutting the pigtail part as she does in her main pigtails cut tutorial?

@Dogandcatmom51 3 ай бұрын

@@wavyhaircareblog964 , I didn’t section out the bangs because I wanted my bangs to grow a bit, but I did cut the perimeter the way she did in her pigtail video. When I went to the professional stylist to fix it, she told me my hair looked really good actually, and she’s someone who had cut my hair before I did the pigtail cut also. She just had to fix it a bit, but she liked the overall shape on me. My hair is above the shoulders though.

@savage.4.24 Ай бұрын

Change your sectioning and angle of scissors. Ive been through this before !

@xReal_VipeX 3 ай бұрын

😊❤

@benjamingrino3696 3 ай бұрын

After doing the cut, you noticed that you wanted more layers in the mid to lower part. To get your desired effect, you should lower your pigtail sections (your initial pigtails where set a little higher than what you needed).

@EmilyReviews 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for that insight, very helpful. :)

@mongguppiesandendlers 2 ай бұрын

Amazon has the cake products.

@wavyhaircareblog964 2 ай бұрын

Yep! That's where I get them from now. I know there is some controversy about buying on Amazon, due to fears of false products but I have never had issues with ordering the cake mousse from Amazon.

@Julz99907 Ай бұрын

You are just so darn cute.

@patriciacampbell2613 Ай бұрын

I think you did fine job for $7 scissors and watching a video but a hairdresser would have taken half the time

@wavyhaircareblog964 Ай бұрын

Thank you! I've often found that saving money often means doing more work on my part, but that's usually an exchange I'm happy to make. Or to make the same point from the other direction, I tend to not feel like it makes sense for my finances to pay double or more just to save a little of my time. But I think it totally makes sense that everyone has to calculate that decision based on their own finances or lifestyle situation. :)