I am a cheapskate.

I don't know exactly what that word means but I am a cheap person.

Meaning, I teach myself to do things so I don't have to pay for them.

Like cutting my hair.

I had my first short hair cut in YEARS last year.

I loved it and didn't want to lose it but the cost of a haircut here in England is ridonculous.

Ergo I had to either grow my hair out or cut it myself.

There were really no other options in my mind.

The first time I tried was in February.

It went ok but to get it right I actually cut my hair over several days.

The first looked like this:

Meh, ok.

Here it is straightened but it was really choppy and when it dried naturally it was super funky.

So, a day or so later I trimmed off the irritating bits.

I liked this better...but only when blow-dried.

I had to accept it, I didn't do so well my first try.

So I cut a little more added some (very choppy) layers and called it a day...or week as the case was.

Not my favorite but manageable.

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This go around (today) went MUCH better.

Here is the final result:

The layers are better (blended in the front and funky in the back), 

I love the length, 

I can part it on either side, 

it is versatile,

and it has passed my true test:

IT AIR DRIES BEAUTIFULLY!

I don't style my hair 90% of the time so this is important to me.

So, because I have a GoPro, it went well, and I wanted to remember generally how I did it I made the following video.

I had to speed it up because learning as I went took an awful long time.

Thank you YouTube video people and all the knowledge that you share.

It saves me pennies...and pounds.

Cheers!