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Hello, I'm Catie.
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Today, what I am going to share is
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very very special...
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and a little bit exiting..
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It is how to cut your own hair by yourself!
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It's not just like cutting the fringe or cutting off the split ends of my hair.
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It is about how to cut your hair short by yourself.
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Normally I like to cut my own hair.
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Basically, I would keep my hair length to here, or a bit longer at most,
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Then I would cut it by my own.
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Normally, I would cut hair on my own unless for hair perming.
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I am very used to cut my own hair.
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I reason it 's easier to get the hair length you want by cutting the hair on your own
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When I go to a hair salon, I don't know why but it's usually hard for me to communicate well with the hairdresser
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Every time I let a hairdresser do my hair, I am usually not very satisfied with the result.
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So I decide to do my own hair then
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I am that type of person who does not care about messing up my own hair,
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I mean if my hair is messed up, it can be tied up for a while because hair will grow back.
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Or i will be using the curling iron to make my hair look nicer if I mess it up. Normally, it won't be too ugly to look at.
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So, I don't care about messing up my hair.
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Today, there is still a possibility that I will mess up my hair. I can't be successful every time I try.
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Now, I want to cut my hair so I'm recording this for you guys to watch.
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I will need two tools to cut my hair.
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The first one would definitely be scissors.
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I use the normal scissors that can be bought from stationery shops, not those professional ones.
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I am more used to this type of scissors.
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And the size should be approximately like this small one
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Be sure to have sharp scissors , so it won't be difficult to use or the end result would not be neat.
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The next tool is the thin comb. I think everyone should have it.
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And so, let's start now.
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My way of cutting the hair is very easy and simple, I would first divide my hair into half.
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I'm justing doing approximately half. I don't really care about my hair.
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Divide them into half , and brush them so they would be neat.
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I have brush them earlier.
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Just a little bit more.
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I would wear clothes that are to be thrown later, so I do not need to clean the hair on it afterwards.
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Sometimes your hair would stick onto your clothes
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So it can't be taken out, and the clothes can't be cleared completely.
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Or else, you can make the plastic poncho. Well for me, I am too lazy to do that.
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Hence, I wear the clothes that are to be thrown away so I could just throw them away and there is no need to tidy things up.
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After brushing,
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Just hold the length you want, and how to decide the length?
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For instance, I would like to cut my hair up to my shoulders.
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I would grab on it.
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Then, I would use the curling iron to tidy my hair so my hair length would be shorter a bit after that
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So you would have to save some length to curl your hair afterwards.
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Normally I would leave about this much of length.
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So go down for this length.
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So it is approx. here.
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It's really common to make mistakes while cutting our own hair.
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I would rather cut it bit by bit first ,
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Then if it's too long, I can trim it up slowly.
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I would not want to cut to the desired lenght by one shot.
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For example, you want the length at here and you cut straight at it.
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Then if you realise you cut it too short, there will be no way to fix it.
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You can only seek professional help from hairdressers.
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But if you cut it slowly, you can trim your hair to the desired length.
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So I would rather take longer time than cutting it too short
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I would first start with this length.
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A bit more..
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Then I'll cut.
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So nervous!
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It's my first time to video myself cutting my hair
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Here we go! Arghhh..
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Like this.
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Um, so ugly?
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The cut hair is here. I'm going to keep it.
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Now this side.
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The same, grab..
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When you hold on it,
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you pull it down with force.
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The length would be slight shorter after you let go
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So when you grab on it, use lesser force.
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Or else it is hard to estimate the length you want
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This would be it.
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Cutting now!
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Actually I am that kind of person who hardly goes outside.
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I would not go out unless something urgent happens.
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I rather cut it by my own in the house.
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Such a weird habit...
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This side is too short .
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Never mind.
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The hair will grow back. No difference.
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Two bundle. Here.
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And now, I am separating my hair into two layers .
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First tie up the upper part.
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I can trim hair layers by myself.
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Tie up the upper part like this.
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And the same as before, divide the hair into half and put them in front.
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Now it is time for checking and there is a strand too long and it is coming out.
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Grab it and cut it off.
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And then,
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I would trim the hair layers like this
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Cut it vertically.
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You can see now the hair has a horizontal cut line, it looked plain and stupid.
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I would cut it using the scissors by holding it vertically.
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The line would be more natural later.
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Only a bit more natural, but not completely natural.
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It would be nicer after you wash it a few times.
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Curling iron is needed to tidy the hair on the first few days.
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Otherwise, it will look like a dog has bitten on it.
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After trimming it vertically, the line is smoother and natural.
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Unlike this side, which is cut straight by scissors.
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I will trim this side again for you all to see one more time.
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Trim it vertically like this.
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You can see why I like small scissors like this
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If the scissors is too big, you can't control it very well.
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if too small, it will take a lot of time.
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So this size would be the best.
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You should also be aware that I pulled the hair to the front when I cut it.
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because of the angle, outside part would be shorter.
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the inside would be longer.
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If you don't like it, you would have to trim the inside part shorter.
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I like shorter hair in the front and longer hair at the back,
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so i would not trim it to be perfectly neat.
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I only trim the rigid hair ends.
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Okay. It's done.
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Now for the other side.
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Now you can see the hair line is not that hard compared with the one right after the cut
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It will look nicer afterwards when curling iron is used.
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Really. Maybe it's just me thinking it is nice.
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This is my own habit of tidying my hair.
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Then I would tied this layer up.
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The trimmed layer.
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(to avoid cutting it again later)
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Separate another layer up here.
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So the second layer would be shorter ,
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I would cut this shorter.
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It would be a length of a finger.
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Hold onto the hair like this.
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Like this.
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And cut this off.
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The hair layer would come out.
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The same for here.
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Cut it vertically.
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The other reason that I like to cut my hair is
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I like my hair to have a thick volume.
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I never thin my hair, but
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I don't know why but all the hairdressers want to thin the hair.
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I always tell them not to thin my hair.
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I like my hair to have a thick volume.
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But in the end, they always say "let me thin this bit of hair for you".
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No matter how you say no, they will insist on thinning your hair.
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I would rather cut my hair by myself so I can decide the volume of my hair
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and the length of hair that I prefer.
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And now this layer is done.
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The same here, hold onto to the length of a finger. Then cut it.
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Trim it vertically.
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When trimming like this, you can see there are some hair out of place.
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Trim them off first.
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This part is too long.
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Trim it off.
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Okay. Second part has finished.
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Look at these two layers put together.
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Tie them back.
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Now the top part.
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I think I cut too short.
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Haha. No difference.
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So this part is the third part.
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The same, divide it into half.
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For that last layer, we use width of a finger.
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This layer would need the width of approx. two fingers.
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It should be shorter layer by layer
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So It would look better after the curling the hair.
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Then it would have the curve.
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Like this.
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Use the finger to grab the hair.
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Okay. Cut off this bit.
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Trim it vertically.
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If you see a bit too long, grab it
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Look here, this bit is too long.
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Grab it and cut it off.
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Don't be afraid to cut it.
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Hair is external to the body.
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It will grow soon after.
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This part is now done.
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I cut it so short!
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So you guys really need to leave some more length for your hair.
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I cut too short.
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But never mind.
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I just want it short.
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And now, this side.
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When one side is too short, the other side had to be trimmed shorter.
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So if you keep trimming and trimming, it will became shorter and shorter
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So for the first cut , you should save about this length.
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Just in case you make some mistakes.
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It is so fun to cut your own hair.
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In the future, if i have a daughter I will have fun with her hair.
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Okay, now I put the rest down.
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Normally, the back hair would be longer.
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I would grab on it more.
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There is excess here.
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Grab it and trim it.
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It is actually all right this time.
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Only a bit.
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Only a bit on the back.
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Trim it like this
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I don't really care if I can't see it so I will just trim it anyway.
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If you are really aware of your hair , don't cut it by your own
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You may cry after your try.
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I see no difference. It's just hair.
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Okay. It is finished.
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It may not be neat on the back.
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I would trim it later in a few days.
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I would not cut it all at once.
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I would consider it done if the front and the sides are neat.
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Now I teach you how to tidy up this kind of hair using curling iron.
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I will change this shirt first. it's so itchy now
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I have changed into this shirt.
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This shirt..
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was my favourite shirt to wear when I used to work.
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I would wear this if I had meeting with my manager.
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He had never found out even once !
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Now I want to tidy up my hair with the curling iron.
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Curling iron is here.
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I directly curl it inwards like this.
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Curl it inwards layer by layer.
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Look at the sides before and after the curling.
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There is a big difference, right?
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I have separated three hair layers to cut.
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So I can have this pretty effect after curling.
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I like it! I think it's pretty!
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Yeah!
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Now for this side.
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This is the finished look.
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I don't think it is worse than having it cut by hair dressers.
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I think it is pretty.
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Too much self confidence for myself
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I always like the hair style that I cut for myself
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And it is easier to have the look that you want.
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I think it look good.
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Now I have middle parting.
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If you want a side parting is also ok.
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It would be nicer if you side part it.
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Look good with the side parting.
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Both are good.
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If you're interested in cutting your hair, try it.
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Don't worry about it, hair grows back anyway.
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Don't cut it too short.
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For my length of hair , if you mess it up, you can just simply tie the hair up and you will be fine.
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Beware of two points while cutting the hair:
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1.Do not cut it too short.
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It can't get longer immediately if you cut it