butched bangs

[funkychunkymonkey]

I did a horible job. I mean they look bad. Choppy, uneven... I have no clue where to start on fixing them. Too much more off and they wont exist. I have them pinned back and they look ok but it shows the fact my hair is brown underneath and redish on top. It also shows my spots where hair is missing. What do you reccomend?

 

[kidzmom3]

professional stylist

 

[JOCAmom]

My daughter did this once. We hid her mess up by having her wear those thick headbands so it wasn't as noticeable. They might even hide the difference in your hair color too.

 

[Rora]

professional stylist

Gotta agree with this!!

For now, try the headband idea or if you can, pull your hair up. OR, there's always a hat if it's that bad.

Good luck!

 

[Imzadi]

Here's a little PSA for cutting bangs: (Try this a few times longer than where you want your bangs to be, till you get the hang of it.) Comb your bangs down, where you want them to be. Gently place in between your forefinger & middle finger, right above where you want to cut them. Remember, they will pop up slightly, when they are shorter. Figure this into the final length. Next lift the bangs almost straight UP above the head, still gently holding the bangs, so the hair underneath gently slides through your fingers as the hair is raised up. Now snip the hair above your fingers. When you release your bangs, the ends of the bangs will automatically be at slightly different, natural-looking lengths.

 

[a1tinkfans]

I did a horible job. I mean they look bad. Choppy, uneven... I have no clue where to start on fixing them. Too much more off and they wont exist. I have them pinned back and they look ok but it shows the fact my hair is brown underneath and redish on top. It also shows my spots where hair is missing. What do you reccomend?

How about cutting them more spiky like, I mean uneven rather than straight across?????
If you can't do it, stop in any stylist for a quick trim. Good Luck!!!

 

[a1tinkfans]

Here's a little PSA for cutting bangs: (Try this a few times longer than where you want your bangs to be, till you get the hang of it.) Comb your bangs down, where you want them to be. Gently place in between your forefinger & middle finger, right above where you want to cut them. Remember, they will pop up slightly, when they are shorter. Figure this into the final length. Next lift the bangs almost straight UP above the head, still gently holding the bangs, so the hair underneath gently slides through your fingers as the hair is raised up. Now snip the hair above your fingers. When you release your bangs, the ends of the bangs will automatically be at slightly different, natural-looking lengths.

 

[disneymarie]

Rule one cutting your own bangs, don't
Rule two, trim when wet, they shrink,
Rule three Hold straight down and give a half twist, aim for bridge of the nose and trim there, you can always go shorter,

BUT first, take what you cut and comb straight up from the scalp, and give a nip. this layers a tad to lay natural.

Any clean up is a nip after they are dry.

In the mean time.....You could call a stylist and ask how they would fix, or else hold straight up to get the edges near straight, Not the length the chops.
It will grow in,
OH HSN I think it was had the fake bang hair pieces for about $19,

They go on like a small wig top with sides that blend,.
Former stylist..

 

[JerseyJanice]

My mother used to paste a piece of Scotch tape to mine and my sister's bangs, then cut across, using the tape as a guide to keep a straight line.

No advice except to say it sounds like you need a professional hair cutter. Cutting your own hair rarely works out.

 

[kaytieeldr]

QVC. Search for 'Jessica Simpson hair'. One of the hairpeices is bangs that clip on, that most of the reviews seem to like.

 

[Chicago526]

without seeing it, i'd say pick the shortest length you can live with and even them out at that point as best you can. anything already shorter than that point will just have to grow out.

Then again, since you botched it the first time your best bet may be to go to a stylest!

I trim my own bangs so I don't need to go to a salon as often. I've learned to ALWAYS start shorter than I think I want. I can always take more off, but I can't put it back! Do a little at a time, stop, look, then do a little more. the middle (over your nose) should be slightly longer than either side by your temple. And do it with damp/wet hair. Dry never works out for some reason.

 

[funkychunkymonkey]

My mother used to paste a piece of Scotch tape to mine and my sister's bangs, then cut across, using the tape as a guide to keep a straight line.

Thats what I did. Normally I dont go anywere NEAR cutting my own hair but my bangs were so blasted long (think touching my nose) that I got mad. Guess I learned. I will talk to my stylist freind (whos gonna kill me for this one) on her break tommrow at work. I bet shes gonna chop them off entirly (only way to save them I think!)

 

[HeatherH]

You can't really chop bangs off entirely, you'd have little tiny wisps of hair that would look very strange, or stick straight up. Way better to let them grow out and start over.
The trick I learned:

- Wet hair.
- TWIST the bangs down vertically into a tight, straight coil.
- Trim a TINY bit, release the bangs, and check.
- Repeat as necessary.

This results in a MUCH more natural bang line, more of a wispy look, not a rigid, straight look. Of course, if you have that severe, straight bang line (which I doubt, if they were touching your nose) you wouldn't do this. But for most women, the slightly uneven edge with a wispier bang looks WAY better.

Good luck getting it fixed with a stylist.

 

[Sleepy]

I always cut my bangs dry. That way there was no shrinkage.

What I did was comb them down between my first and middle finger. When my fingers reached the bottom of the small hump on the bridge of the nose, I stopped and cut below my fingers. This allowed for the hair to slightly release and appear shorter when the cutting was finished. If the hair was still too long, I simply took a small section of hair in the center and pulled it down and trimmed a small amount off, then used that length as a guide for the sections on each side. I never had a problem with them being too short.

One time when i was in high school, before I started cutting my own bangs, I had my mom cut them for me. She cut them waaaaay too short. I felt like Kitten on Father Knows Best.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

My 6 yo cut her bangs when she decided she didn't want them anymore. EEEK!!! Down to the scalp.

We did what Chrissa's friend, Gwen, does in the movie and we bought the cloth headbands and she covered that for a while. Then one day after pictures for recital (yep--she chopped them before those pics but I managed to style it--she looked cupie-doll like), my husband gets them professional trimmed. Lotta good that did.

Thankfully her hair grows fast and two months later, they didn't look all that bad and by now--they're getting too long again.

But headbands helped to camaflouge the damage. When their so butchered, there is little that can be done, even by a professional if you aren't interested in changing your overall hair style.

 

[TangaroaTiki]

You can't really chop bangs off entirely, you'd have little tiny wisps of hair that would look very strange, or stick straight up. Way better to let them grow out and start over.
The trick I learned:

- Wet hair.
- TWIST the bangs down vertically into a tight, straight coil.
- Trim a TINY bit, release the bangs, and check.
- Repeat as necessary.

This results in a MUCH more natural bang line, more of a wispy look, not a rigid, straight look.

Minus the wet hair - This is exactly how I've been trimming my DDs bangs for years now

 

[mjkacmom]

professional stylist

 

[Beach Bunny]

shave your head

 

[Imzadi]

My mother used to paste a piece of Scotch tape to mine and my sister's bangs, then cut across, using the tape as a guide to keep a straight line.

Thats what I did.

That's why your bangs look the way they do. Just because one's mom did it, doesn't make it the way to to it. It comes out looking like scotch tape was pasted across the forehead and the bangs were cut into an unnaturally straight line. This technique should not be used on anyone over 7 years old who can sit reasonably still for 2 minutes.