Stuff you need:
A very sharp pair of sissors. You can purchase haircutting sissors from chemists. The reason for the sharp is they shear the hair instead of splintering it.
Somewhere you can cut your hair and make a mighty mess. Preferably somewhere warm which you can sweep up afterwards.
A good idea of what you want to do with your hair. This is different from knowing what you want to end up with - but more later.
Instructions.
First: Make sure you have your wits about you. They should be somewhere nearby...
Second: Identify the areas of your head you want to cut. For example, in a short back and sides, you have the top of your head (longer), the back and sides (pretty much uniformly short) and the crown (transitionary).
You can cut the very short stuff with clippers, but be careful not to eat into the transitionary or long stuff.
It is easiest to cut the longer stuff is by running your hands through your hair and shaping your fingers into the shape you want and cutting the hair which sticks out from between your fingers. You'll need to do that a fair bit for each are you cut, as you'll only get some of the hair each time. The longer you go at it, the less chunky the hair will be.
Posted by carla at April 4, 2005 10:53 PM