If you're really serious about cutting your own bangs, you need to invest in a pair of shears - the scissors you have lying around aren't sharp enough, and you'll end up with a jagged cut. Read on for a step-by-step breakdown of how to cut your own bangs at home. If not, it's not like I'm doing anything besides baking bread, anyway. With Fekkai on my team, I felt confident that I could come out on the other end with flawless bangs. I did the research, I gathered the supplies, and I got in touch with celebrity stylist Frédéric Fekkai, who not only endorsed my bang-cutting idea, but also volunteered to walk me through the process over a video call. (Think Bridget Bardot in the '70s.) Determined to give myself the curtain bangs of my dreams, I powered forward. After drooling over photos of mussed-up curtain bangs for months, I knew I wanted to give them a whirl.Ĭurtain bangs are parted down the middle, and they are typically longer and more feathered, giving them an undone, messy feel. I needed to find a way to put some life into it ASAP. My hair typically dries wavy, but with my grown-in locks, it was starting to dry straight.

After a few months without a haircut, I was already starting to see that effect.

'It's never a good idea to trim your bangs in a rush right before you need to race out of the house,' Carrion says.I have super thick, long hair that looks weighed down and lifeless unless I have tons of layers. Give yourself 30 minutes for your mini haircut, so you can work calmly and carefully. (You can get a good, inexpensive pair online or at a drugstore.)

'The craft scissors that your kids cut paper with aren't going to cut it, literally, and neither are tiny cuticles scissors,' says Carrion.

'I recommend coming in for a bang trim every three weeks, but because many of my clients live outside Manhattan, I show them how to cut bangs at home.' So if you can't make it into the salon every few weeks for a trim, we give you permission to DIY.īefore starting to cut your bangs, gather your supplies: You're going to need a comb, a couple of large hair clips, and a pair of sharp, pointed stainless steel scissors that are about 6.5 inches long. 'Once you have bangs initially cut by a pro, then you can maintain them yourself because the shape is there,' says Mylo Carrion, a hairstylist at the Rita Hazan Salon in NYC. Now, we're not advocating cutting bangs for the first time if you don't already have some-that is a job for a professional. But when brow-skimming bangs turn into a full-on curtain over your eyes, something must be done. You've heard this before: Don't try this at home-especially when it comes to cutting your hair.

How to cut curtain bangs yourself