This woman knows everything about beauty ! Make up,clothes for the body type,hair,colors,jewerly...just WoW I think she should open a business where she'll make over a person for its individual needs 😅
Around 18 or 19, I decided to start cutting my own hair. I’ve experimented a lot with it. Looking back, I don’t like all the styles I went with, but it was always what I wanted. Whenever I had gone to hair dresser, they never did what I wanted, even when I had a picture. I’ve learned to cut my hair more by feel then by looking at it. I’m very happy I learned how to do it myself. Saves time, money, and I always have what I want
I agree. I’ve only went to a professional once because I wanted my hair layered and didn’t know how to do it well on myself. I have wavey hair and wanted large, chunky layers so my waves could show more obviously down the length of my hair. I explained exactly what I wanted to her in depth with photos and she said she understood. …She cut small layers into the bottom 1” of my hair and straightened it. Id been watching her cutting method so I just went home and recut it myself and was finally happy. I wasted $45
i bet noone makes it through an aly video without feeling flattered or empowered. great approachable vibes, very inclusive, non judgemental and so intimate, sharing all knowledge like a good wise cute friend 🌟
I started cutting my own hair after realizing that I just have bad hairdresser karma. I knew I’d do better than the hairdresser because I was invested in looking decent-it was bad for my health to deal w/ the indignation of their apathy & incompetence. My hair doesn’t look like I got an expensive cut, but I don’t have the “bones” for that look, anyway, so I don’t think spending more money would change that. I know that I look better than I did before w/ my free DIY haircuts, and there was a learning curve (one haircut I had to grow out for 5 yrs, before I had enough length to finally start over), but I love being able to do this for myself. I feel cute & never self-conscious, and no longer have to deal w/ the anger of spending my hard-earned money for bad service.
My most recent mishap: I'm growing out my short hair and my hair was at the dreaded hitting shoulder length. It felt heavy so my hairdresser explained to me that internal layers would remove the bulk, add movement, and avoid the dreaded flip out. WELL. It flips out more than EVER. The lack of weight at the bottom allows it to flip out all kinds of directions. I hate it so much. I've just been wearing it up everyday, that's when you know ....
Hairdressers always made my bottom layer sooo thin, & as a result my hair wouldn't get longer and looked unhealthy. I now cut my hair myself, making the bottom layer very thick & with blunt ends and my hair looks thicker, much healthier, & grows very fast
The volume haircut sounds like a nightmare for my thin, fine hair that tends to frizz. I learned long ago what works for my hair: barely shoulder length, blunt haircut. It makes my hair look thicker. Any type of layered haircut makes my hair look even thinner and frizzier. I also learned to tell hairdressers exactly what I want. But it took many years to get to this point and many terrible layered cuts. 🤦♀️
One of the strategies I have learned is to find a hairdresser with hair like mine. That person has a personal understanding of the challenges of dealing with my hair.
I'm a trained hairdresser. Although I don't work in a salon, I have been cutting my hair and the hair of friends/family for 30+ years. I have learned so much over the years and have made many mistakes. Thanks for sharing your insights and knowledge. You are an excellent communicator.
So glad we had a lockdown and hair salons were closed. My hair grew up beautifully after over 20 years disastrous haircuts. For money spent, I would have a brand new Volvo. Plus time spent, plus brocken hearts 💔 love my hair now - just natural shoulder length with lots of baby hair that give natural volume at roots.
@Minnie Mouse I found the Ordinary volume hair conditioner (hard to buy) and their hair serum very helpful and not very expensive. My hair is the same as Aly"s - light and thin. And now it looks so good and lots of baby hair... salons just once in six months to refresh the ends.
As a new cosmetologist there is a lot to learn in this video. But I don’t think avoiding salons is the best solution. I know I chose this field for the sole reason of making someone’s day giving someone exactly what they want, creating art. Don’t give up on us.
I cut my hair blunt with very light layering near the end to soften it according to my face shape. And it's made my thin hair look thicker and healthier
As someone, who likes to cut my own long hair, this sure gave me lots of courage to think of different future styles. Thanks a bunch, Aly. I now don't have to stick with just the straight minimal hair cut forever. :)
I love that you included all textures in this video! I have wavy-curly hair and I've been cutting it myself for the last year 🙈 even though I already knew a lot of these tips, some really surprised me!
I had a shaggy bob haircut that looked great for 6 weeks then as it grew, I had weird separations around my ears and the bottom looked very thin. It took six months to get to a point that I did not hate my hair. This video confirms my opinion that layered hair on thin hair very risky. Your tips very helpful.
Aly, you've alluded to this concept of hair area a few times. Could you please make a video about haircuts and styles for people with a very small hair area or one about hairline receding in the corners at the temples?
After watching your videos about haircuts and styling I cut my very long hair short then lob and now bob , lob I play with it and I look better then ever and I do it all by myself thankyou 👍👍👍👍👍
I now cut my own hair for my own comfort. I've always hated feeling any hair on my face; yet pulling it back into a ponytail was useless as I've always had very thin and fine hair, so the ponytail usually fell out in an hour or two. Once I had kids, I didn't have time to continuously redo my hair, so I went for a pixie cut, which was fine except it meant more frequent visits to maintain it. About 5 years go by, and the hairdresser comments that "next visit I'll be needing to colour my greys"; no talking about it first or asking about what I think, or would like. I was a bit startled at the time so I didn't say anything, but I didn't need to - because I didn't go back. For half the price of a trim, I got a full 25pc trimmer set so I can buzz cut my own hair, in my own time, in my own home. At first it took me about an hour; 15 years later and it takes only half an hour! I start off just going by feel (it is sooo relaxing like a massage!), then I use a hand-held mirror and the bathroom mirror to check all the angles for missed bits. My icon pic shows me actually needing a trim as I generally use the 16mm (3 eighths of an inch for the US) comb attachment. I have not looked back AT ALL! I save $$$ (and TIME) on bills for cutting, washing, and drying my hair and have no need for any volumising products (which only made me oily). I was once stopped in the street by an elderly lady who asked me what had happened to my hair (she meant well) - I told her I liberated it from the patriarchy (tongue-in-cheek). She felt I had ruined my looks, to which I replied that when my hair was pulled into a ponytail at secondary school, I was mistaken for a boy quite often; so I didn't really give a "rat's arse for my looks". As a teen, I could never have gone through with this style of cut - image meant more then, even if it confused others. Comfort means so much more to me now, because I can concentrate more on the things that do matter to me!
Yo, that's exactly why I HATE them! I'm young, but I already have greys. Not a single money hungry hairdresser managed to keep their mouth shut about it as if it was some anomaly (edit: even though I don't think so) 🤣🤣🤣 not to mention they handled everything aggressively because they were usually in a rush. long live freedom because I also stopped going. Edit: by the way, your haircut looks nice 👍
@@DiamondsRexpensive Thank you! I noticed my first grey in my mid 20's and I'm 52 now, so I've had plenty of time to ignore it! I don't find my hair or it's grey as oppressive, but our society's reaction to it certainly is. All natural for me!!!
I cut my own hair cause I'm scares hairdressers will get it wrong :) They don't know what picture I got I'm my head, how I want it to look, they will see what they think looks best even if I say what I want they have their own image in their mind, so I always cut myself, or my mom, if I want only the tips cut off in the back. Doing myself always gives me better result, and looking at videos about hair cutting is fun 💞
I cut my own hair. The last time I went to a hairdresser was 15 years ago. I got really tired of telling them to cut 1 inch and they cut 3.. I could not get long hair at that time. Now my hair is down to my waist.
So so helpful as always, Aly. I do cut my own hair, or try, because I haven't found a stylist who cuts my hair the way I like it (I've captured the black haired girl with layers to show the next time I go to the salon). So many tips I didn't know, thanks so much for sharing your vast knowledge with us. ❤❤❤
Your videos are a really great help! I've started cutting my hair (only) myself regularly about 2 years ago and I had a lot of fun with trying new things lately, since I can work from home and don't have to look 'professional'. It's a great way of being creative, gaining useful skills, improving my look and saving money at the same time. While watching this video I corrected my recent haircut and it already looks much better, so thank you for the advice.
Hair stylists are always trying to feather or texturize my ends, it's so frustrating. I've always thought it look better blunt and thanks to this channel I know I'm right.
I've been cutting my hair myself for the last nearly 11 years since a last disastrous passage at the hair salon. It seems like not many hairdressers (at least back then) knew how to deal with my hair. It's not super thin, but not thick, I have curls and waves (it is mostly wavy, but still lots of curls ). I had to learn how to cut my hair myself the easiest, quickest, most efficient way and still make it pretty, because I'm a barbarian that cannot be bothered to pass too much time with scissors in her hand, lol. It did take years until I finally found what works, but, my method for a lazy person: dampish hair (like 75% dry - air-dried too! It's better), tying the hair in front of the ears, at the level of my nose, more or less, cutting the minimum length I want to take off, see if it looks good, and done. Or the last time, I took my whole hair and tied it in the middle of my forehead and cut 5cm to see how it looks to give that bit more of volume with shorter hair on the top-most layer. It suits my face and my hair. Also, to note: my hair is waist-length, with its natural texture, so it's great to hide mistakes, lol! I also cut my own bangs. I hadn't had bangs since my mom made the hairdresser give me a pixie cut when I was 11 and it grew out. I wanted a change years ago and thought about trying out bangs, and if it didn't look good, no worries, I would just cut them longer and hide them with pins. Well, I cut side bangs with dry hair, followed a technique with overpulling on one side, cut to around chin length, see if I like it, cut again, and voilà. My bangs looked good that first time. Doesn't mean I didn't make mistakes in the years since though, lol. There was that one time I cut them too much and looked like a teen (how is that even possible, I don't know, but I did). I like side bangs that are under my nose/top of the lip on the longest part and under my eyes on the shortest. I might need to cut them again soon too hehe
If you live in the US, my curly head friends have had MUCH better luck with black owned salons. Any hair type beyond Type 1 isn't included in the standard curriculum in hairdressing courses in the US, so unless someone has either chosen to go out of their way to learn how to work with kinks, curls or coils, they just won't know.
@@Kiterpuss I live in Europe! I have to admit that where I live, we don't seem to have black-owned salons, at least in the town I currently reside in. Honestly, I'm ok with just cutting my hair myself because I have all the control on how it looks and how much length I take, plus I don't have to fear that my scalp will itch because of the products they use in salons (my scalp is VERY sensitive). But thank you! I might talk with my sisters, as one of them still goes to salons and has very thick and textured hair (more than me).
Hi Aly, could you make a video showing us how you cut your hair? Your hair cut is very precise! I ve seen the old video where you had long hair and tried to make them shorter but I suppose you have polished the technique! I m in ljve with your asymmetrical hair cut, it s so cool and elegant!
Thank you so much. I got thinner hair because my thyroid was removed. As a result my hair has become thinner and I prefer volume and everything is closed because of the virus and I am cutting my hair and my husband hair now. This will definitely help us. God bless and be well.
I've started cutting my own hair around 2 years ago. I'm getting there slowly (to my surprise, though it is easier for me to use just a razor, than scissors when doing layers, probably because it's easier to hold at a desired angle. It was scary to try, though.) All your videos are very useful.
Great video, Aly! And, yes, I am am always cutting, trimming, and coloring my own hair at home (not a pro, tho!)...I loved your advice, and can relate on many levels, including over cutting and rocking temporarily awkward cuts! This is how we get better, tho, right?! 😀 😂💚🤗💜
I cut my hair by myself. I'm controlling them and not the bad hairdresser. In my town is an excellent Turkish hairdresser, but he does not have time for all women, so It was a reason to cut by myself.
Totally agree about thinning. I have a lot of hair but it’s still very fine hair. In the past (especially in the 2000s) a lot of hair dressers wanted to thin out my hair. Must have been popular among hair dressers back then. And whenever they did that it looked awful. Luckily I have had a great hair dresser for years now. I have a similar hair cut to Aly. I could never cut my own hair !No way it would turn out even with the amount of hair I have 😅
I hate beauty channels and not big into the topic but one can't walk around looking like a gutter troll so grooming is a must. Aly however is an exception. She turns beauty into a science. That's my jam.
Wise! My hair can bounce up 2-3 inches from wet to dry. I've had so much (1st world) trauma at the hairdresser's LOL. I always tell the hairdresser that my hair bounces up at least a couple of inches; but they never really believe me until it's dry and the wide part of my 'bob' is over the top of my ears. 😭 Disaster!!!
Call me a control freak but I don’t trust hair stylist. I don’t know their knowledge or their experience. I trust myself more. Like you Aly I also have very fine hair so I know what works best on me. A lot of stylist I find don’t have much experience with fine hair.
I love all your videos! My hair color and cut has been exactly like yours most of the last 15 years! I love blunt cut shoulder length or bob cuts, Unfortunately, about a year ago I had a bleaching accident and my beautiful almost to shoulder bob broke off in sections almost up to the root!! I had to cut my hair short and put layers in, which i didn't want. I am now growing it out and trimming it up from the bottom to meet the layers growing down. I guess I have a Bixie now? Anyway, you give me hope that I will have my blunt cut below the chin bob back someday!
Wish I had seen this before my haircut! I have cut my own hair for 25 years.. I got talked into an “brilliant “ hairdresser and got a cut. We decided on what to do but ended up with a horror. I have thin fine hair .. he cut into really strange layers in the back chin level.. but long under that ..like a 60’s shag. The top is very long. I was watching the top but couldn’t see what was going on in the back….then the razor knife came out. What the hell?! I was told it would give me texture. Which I usually got with product--but ok, you’re the expert. Well now I have thin, fine horror that looks dry snd sticks out all over like a dusty mess. I have 2 years to look forward to growing this mess out. Never again! I used to get compliments all the time ..not now! Done… wish I had stayed home!!
For decades I cut my own hair, back when jobs required me to have short hair. Not crew cut short but short and well groomed. Back when I was young my hair had a cowlick in my right bangs area. I hated it. Eventually in my early 20s I started relaxing my hair or perming it straight to make it more manageable. If I didn't, it wouldn't matter how much hair gel I would use, my hair would do what it wanted. Eventually all the relaxing and perming got rid of the cowlick as well as the hair gel used for grooming. Not that I have been able to let my hair grow out, I still relax it straight once in a while otherwise I use a heated straightening brush to use on the back and lower sides. I still blow dry it after showering and use a large round brush with hole in the handle so the hot air can pass through my hair and not fry my hair while still drying it. If I don't use the straightening brush the back gets naturally very wavy and frizzy (due to humid climate area).
Hi. I wish I'd found your video when I started cutting my hair. It would have saved me a lot of trial and error! If someone has very thick hair the most useful extra tips I can offer are : the thickness or 'weight’ of the hair, including the direction the hair naturally falls in, effects how the cut will look the next day. Eg. My hair is thickest near the back of my head. It doesn't fall straight down, it falls diagonally towards my face, pushing all of my hair forwards (as if my chin is lowered). Before I started cutting it myself, I'd no idea that this was happening. So I'd cut it by combing it straight down. The line would look straight during the haircut but it would never sit right afterwards and it was always too long at the front. It was so frustrating. -I thought it was because I was a bad hairdresser, but it was actually the weight of the hair, pushing everything forwards, so that it hung longer than when it was combed straight down the sides during the cut. Now, I comb it in the direction it naturally falls in, instead of straight down, and it's a better cut. -It took me a long time to figure that one out on my own! My other tip is: my hair is a lot thicker on one side than the other. It makes it difficult to get the 2 sides looking even, so after a lot of trial and error I actually cut one side a lot differently than the other now, so that they match! It sounds like madness, but it works. When hair is thicker on one side than the other, the layers don't seem to flow as nicely so you need to compensate for that. Glad to know SO many other people cut their own hair at home. I won't feel so alone next time!
For thinning hair out, I think the tools used are another important aspect. (And of course, the tool depends upon the person's hair texture.) I've been terrified to go to the hairdresser because, in the past, the stylists would always thin my hair out with thinning shears and I felt it made my hair look too thin. (This was the 2000s as well, so it was kind of the fashion.) You can imagine if they do it every single time! I recently went to get my haircut (after putting it off for the fear mentioned above) and the stylist thinned my ends using this special razor. And, I must say, my hair is so much easier to style and looks more balanced now that the ends have been thinned a little. Prior to this cut (after having not gone to the hairdresser for a while), I always felt I needed to add volume to my roots to balance out the heaviness of my ends. Now, I don't feel that need. I still wouldn't want to thin my ends every single time I get a trim with the razor, but my hair will grow out nicer now.
Спасибо Алена за интересное видео - сегодня случайно увидела и сразу подписалась. Очень полезная информация и, что очень важно для меня, ваш хороший английский, который мне очень понятен! Теперь по вашим видео буду получать два в одном - полезная информация и практика английского! В первый момент, когда начала вас слушать, то удивилась, что я понимаю каждое слово! Затем открыла информацию о вас - и обнаружила, что вы русская! Вот почему я так хорошо понимаю ваш прекрасный английский! Живу в штатах и когда говорят американцы, то в их произношении не всегда понимаю слова. Очень рада, что нашла вас на UA-cam!!! С интересом хочу услышать ваши песни и игру на ф-но ( у меня высш. муз. обр-е) Успехов вам во всем!
OMG The twist trick was the worst thing a hairdresser has ever done to me. Right after I left my hair looked great but when it started growing I noticed a horrible lack of volume, my ponytail had never been as thin. I remember I noticed it in the gym mirror and I couldn't stop crying hahahaha Luckily I went somehwere else and they fixed it right away, of course it was shorter but I got my volume and healthy looking haIr back.
Absolutely loved this, as I use to do my own hair almost all the time. Any suggestions for correcting those natural partings at the top back of the head? I would like to hear your opinion on how to deal with that. Thank you for all the work you put into this, I am a great fan .
you are both lovely and geeky!! Love how no detail gets by you and your teaching is so comprehensive. BTW in the English language we do not pronounce the "B" in comb, it is silent ... I always get taken aback and surprised to hear it pronounced. I love your accent and also want to tell you that the correct way to pronounce "comb" is "KHOHM" the h being silent of course. Either way you are delightful and I benefit greatly from comprehending the "why" as you so eloquently explain everything. Blessings Beauty!
kh is bad to use this way, because that's usually written for transliterating the pronunciation of gutterals. Like in Hebrew, Spanish, Scottish, etc. I think Hindi and Dutch as well. It's written for pronunciation with ipa as kōm or kəum (with the u being the horseshoe /upside down omega). B is not pronounced.. 🤷🏼
I cut my hair myself 3 days ago for the second time and it went well. I just put it in 2 pigtails..? And then put the hair tie low and cut under it. I tried not to be so rough and messy even though it was thick hair and tired out my hand. Then I fixed the uneven spots and told my little sister to fix the back part lol. One side turned out perfect and the other was okay. But so far it was a good experience. I thought I was gonna do horrible bc i always go wrong when I do things myself. Like every time I pierce myself it goes wrong and is a fail 😅 I just never learn lol
I swear every hair cut I ever had ended up with the top layers being shorter than the underside. Sometimes it looks fine when I leave the salon but shortly after my waves will come back through and It looks awful. I have extremely thick and wavy hair.
I regreted cuting my long, thick and beautiful hair at a hairdresser. I ended with two haircuts: one short, one long. I don't regret my owen haircuts 😏 She charges me 700 skr.
So what I learned from watching this video is to be aware that the hair on top has more volume and air and therefore if I want a straight cut, do not over smooth hair as it will bounce up again and be uneven
thank you for your video :D i just chopped off my hair to my shoulders and i like it. But my hair is pretty "thick" i think, so it becomes like a soft brush on the bottom. And It is a bit wavy but i think i may be able to enhance it by layering it for a bit.... now i know i shall not try the hairband over the head-cut ;D
the back bottom hair that curl and peek out sometimes, i had such a problem with it that i cut a bit of an undercut when i had a short bob lmao, it was easier than to deal with those curled strands hahahahhh
I think you had great tips... for straight, thin and scarce hair. I have a lot of hair, 2c-3a curls and I definitely can't cut my hair dry (otherwise the ends will split) and worse, without parting it, because you can't control big chunks of thick hair (and you'll end up with weird Lord Farquaad's volumized ends all over your head). If you are like me, I'd recommend to focus on learning how to part your hair and how to direct it in a way that suits your texture. I've learned a lot from Free Salon Education channel. I'm a soft gamine and I've been rocking a self made crazy mullet since we can't go to the haidresser. And, lastly, if you make a mistake, the curls will hide it lol.
What would you recommend for women with thick heavy hair that want to go for the straight across haircut? I've tried it but it looks very full in the wrong places (around my face, which is oval-ish/pear-shaped, and around my neck). It ends up looking like a volumized triangle. Don't have much space at the top of my head. That might be why? How can I make it look right for myself? Thank you! I'm frustrated because I haven't had the results I wanted in salons. They just think it's too much hair and don't know how to handle it. They burn it to crisps with the hair dryer and straightener to try to achieve a flatter look. It's disheartening. I treat my hair to handle volume (I like it that way). It has mixed textures. Thank you again for all you do!
It’s not for everyone, but you could try an undercut. I’ve seen girls with very think hair just cut or shave off the bottom layers. It looks totally fine when the hairs down, but some people don’t like the look of it when they put their hair up, that’s a matter of opinion though. I‘be seen people do that annually at the start of summer to help with heat control too
This woman knows everything about beauty ! Make up,clothes for the body type,hair,colors,jewerly...just WoW
I think she should open a business where she'll make over a person for its individual needs 😅
i need it as a netflix show
I Cut my hair too. Alyona, However has near 0 singers better than her
yess this is such a good idea, she can be a great image consultant! i legit want her to be my stylist.
The great thing about her approach is, in addition to making you over, she empowers you.
@@Sexxxyism Let's encourage her to perform skid row live
This channel is the proof that beauty and inteligente go hand in hand. Everything Aly says is so smart, I love this type of content!
Amen!!
Truly
And she’s self taught. She really knows the science of hair, better than most hair dressers.
Agree!!!!! I rewatch her videos all the time. Love her!
Yes, she is amazing.
Around 18 or 19, I decided to start cutting my own hair. I’ve experimented a lot with it. Looking back, I don’t like all the styles I went with, but it was always what I wanted. Whenever I had gone to hair dresser, they never did what I wanted, even when I had a picture. I’ve learned to cut my hair more by feel then by looking at it. I’m very happy I learned how to do it myself. Saves time, money, and I always have what I want
I agree. I’ve only went to a professional once because I wanted my hair layered and didn’t know how to do it well on myself. I have wavey hair and wanted large, chunky layers so my waves could show more obviously down the length of my hair. I explained exactly what I wanted to her in depth with photos and she said she understood.
…She cut small layers into the bottom 1” of my hair and straightened it. Id been watching her cutting method so I just went home and recut it myself and was finally happy. I wasted $45
Sameeee
i bet noone makes it through an aly video without feeling flattered or empowered.
great approachable vibes, very inclusive, non judgemental and so intimate, sharing all knowledge like a good wise cute friend 🌟
I started cutting my own hair after realizing that I just have bad hairdresser karma. I knew I’d do better than the hairdresser because I was invested in looking decent-it was bad for my health to deal w/ the indignation of their apathy & incompetence. My hair doesn’t look like I got an expensive cut, but I don’t have the “bones” for that look, anyway, so I don’t think spending more money would change that.
I know that I look better than I did before w/ my free DIY haircuts, and there was a learning curve (one haircut I had to grow out for 5 yrs, before I had enough length to finally start over), but I love being able to do this for myself. I feel cute & never self-conscious, and no longer have to deal w/ the anger of spending my hard-earned money for bad service.
My most recent mishap: I'm growing out my short hair and my hair was at the dreaded hitting shoulder length. It felt heavy so my hairdresser explained to me that internal layers would remove the bulk, add movement, and avoid the dreaded flip out. WELL. It flips out more than EVER. The lack of weight at the bottom allows it to flip out all kinds of directions. I hate it so much. I've just been wearing it up everyday, that's when you know ....
Have you tried rice water? There are a few videos on the internet that explains more in detail but bottom line, it encourages hair growth.
Hairdressers always made my bottom layer sooo thin, & as a result my hair wouldn't get longer and looked unhealthy. I now cut my hair myself, making the bottom layer very thick & with blunt ends and my hair looks thicker, much healthier, & grows very fast
The volume haircut sounds like a nightmare for my thin, fine hair that tends to frizz. I learned long ago what works for my hair: barely shoulder length, blunt haircut. It makes my hair look thicker. Any type of layered haircut makes my hair look even thinner and frizzier.
I also learned to tell hairdressers exactly what I want. But it took many years to get to this point and many terrible layered cuts. 🤦♀️
@Minnie Mouse exactly. Like Aly says it looks unhealthy.
One of the strategies I have learned is to find a hairdresser with hair like mine. That person has a personal understanding of the challenges of dealing with my hair.
@@Deem57 Great idea!
Same! I have fine-medium hair with medium density, and even long layers make it look even thinner than it actually is.
Fine thin hair , if hair stylists says volume cut , run like the wind !
I'm a trained hairdresser. Although I don't work in a salon, I have been cutting my hair and the hair of friends/family for 30+ years. I have learned so much over the years and have made many mistakes. Thanks for sharing your insights and knowledge. You are an excellent communicator.
Aly keeps on delivering beauty wisdom even with a badass storm going on outside!😂
Call me vain, but if my house gets destroyed, I still want to look hot.
@@Sexxxyism absolutely agree, this is why Aly is such an icon!
I’ve never been happier to have unmanageably curly hair than after watching this. I had no idea how hard straight hair was to cut!
Its because even the slightest imperfections are visible in straight hair, even if you use the right technique 😐😐
I've never known anybody that analyzed things more than I do haha love you
So glad we had a lockdown and hair salons were closed. My hair grew up beautifully after over 20 years disastrous haircuts. For money spent, I would have a brand new Volvo. Plus time spent, plus brocken hearts 💔 love my hair now - just natural shoulder length with lots of baby hair that give natural volume at roots.
@Minnie Mouse I found the Ordinary volume hair conditioner (hard to buy) and their hair serum very helpful and not very expensive. My hair is the same as Aly"s - light and thin. And now it looks so good and lots of baby hair... salons just once in six months to refresh the ends.
Broken hearts from haircuts?
@@DiamondsRexpensive yes of course
Same! My hair is finally longer and in great condition
As a new cosmetologist there is a lot to learn in this video. But I don’t think avoiding salons is the best solution. I know I chose this field for the sole reason of making someone’s day giving someone exactly what they want, creating art. Don’t give up on us.
I loved the special effects whenever you forgot something 😂
I cut my hair blunt with very light layering near the end to soften it according to my face shape. And it's made my thin hair look thicker and healthier
As someone, who likes to cut my own long hair, this sure gave me lots of courage to think of different future styles. Thanks a bunch, Aly. I now don't have to stick with just the straight minimal hair cut forever. :)
I love that you included all textures in this video! I have wavy-curly hair and I've been cutting it myself for the last year 🙈 even though I already knew a lot of these tips, some really surprised me!
Aly knows hair better than 99% of hairdressers ♥️
I had a shaggy bob haircut that looked great for 6 weeks then as it grew, I had weird separations around my ears and the bottom looked very thin. It took six months to get to a point that I did not hate my hair. This video confirms my opinion that layered hair on thin hair very risky. Your tips very helpful.
I would love to see a video tutorial when you cut your own hair, especially the back. I have learned so much from these videos, great job.
Aly, you've alluded to this concept of hair area a few times. Could you please make a video about haircuts and styles for people with a very small hair area or one about hairline receding in the corners at the temples?
After watching your videos about haircuts and styling I cut my very long hair short then lob and now bob , lob I play with it and I look better then ever and I do it all by myself thankyou 👍👍👍👍👍
Can you do what hair colors or just colors go good on olive undertones skin? Also, how about nail shapes for the body types?
Could you make a video about cutting your hair? Especially on the back. Great Video, as always. Thanks, Aly
I now cut my own hair for my own comfort. I've always hated feeling any hair on my face; yet pulling it back into a ponytail was useless as I've always had very thin and fine hair, so the ponytail usually fell out in an hour or two. Once I had kids, I didn't have time to continuously redo my hair, so I went for a pixie cut, which was fine except it meant more frequent visits to maintain it. About 5 years go by, and the hairdresser comments that "next visit I'll be needing to colour my greys"; no talking about it first or asking about what I think, or would like. I was a bit startled at the time so I didn't say anything, but I didn't need to - because I didn't go back. For half the price of a trim, I got a full 25pc trimmer set so I can buzz cut my own hair, in my own time, in my own home. At first it took me about an hour; 15 years later and it takes only half an hour! I start off just going by feel (it is sooo relaxing like a massage!), then I use a hand-held mirror and the bathroom mirror to check all the angles for missed bits. My icon pic shows me actually needing a trim as I generally use the 16mm (3 eighths of an inch for the US) comb attachment. I have not looked back AT ALL! I save $$$ (and TIME) on bills for cutting, washing, and drying my hair and have no need for any volumising products (which only made me oily). I was once stopped in the street by an elderly lady who asked me what had happened to my hair (she meant well) - I told her I liberated it from the patriarchy (tongue-in-cheek). She felt I had ruined my looks, to which I replied that when my hair was pulled into a ponytail at secondary school, I was mistaken for a boy quite often; so I didn't really give a "rat's arse for my looks". As a teen, I could never have gone through with this style of cut - image meant more then, even if it confused others. Comfort means so much more to me now, because I can concentrate more on the things that do matter to me!
Yo, that's exactly why I HATE them! I'm young, but I already have greys. Not a single money hungry hairdresser managed to keep their mouth shut about it as if it was some anomaly (edit: even though I don't think so) 🤣🤣🤣 not to mention they handled everything aggressively because they were usually in a rush. long live freedom because I also stopped going.
Edit: by the way, your haircut looks nice 👍
@@DiamondsRexpensive Thank you! I noticed my first grey in my mid 20's and I'm 52 now, so I've had plenty of time to ignore it! I don't find my hair or it's grey as oppressive, but our society's reaction to it certainly is. All natural for me!!!
You have always looked beautiful but your hair color, cut, style, and makeup now is my favorite!!!
Hey! Could you make a series about capsule wardrobe for each body types? Struggling with choosing the basics piece for soft classic. Thanks !
I cut my own hair cause I'm scares hairdressers will get it wrong :)
They don't know what picture I got I'm my head, how I want it to look, they will see what they think looks best even if I say what I want they have their own image in their mind, so I always cut myself, or my mom, if I want only the tips cut off in the back. Doing myself always gives me better result, and looking at videos about hair cutting is fun 💞
Notification gang !😍
I cut my own hair. The last time I went to a hairdresser was 15 years ago. I got really tired of telling them to cut 1 inch and they cut 3.. I could not get long hair at that time. Now my hair is down to my waist.
I feel like most haircuts cater to straight hair and it’s always frustrating!!
I wish hair dressers paid enough attention to detail as you did. Thank you for your video
So so helpful as always, Aly. I do cut my own hair, or try, because I haven't found a stylist who cuts my hair the way I like it (I've captured the black haired girl with layers to show the next time I go to the salon). So many tips I didn't know, thanks so much for sharing your vast knowledge with us. ❤❤❤
Your videos are a really great help! I've started cutting my hair (only) myself regularly about 2 years ago and I had a lot of fun with trying new things lately, since I can work from home and don't have to look 'professional'. It's a great way of being creative, gaining useful skills, improving my look and saving money at the same time.
While watching this video I corrected my recent haircut and it already looks much better, so thank you for the advice.
Hair stylists are always trying to feather or texturize my ends, it's so frustrating. I've always thought it look better blunt and thanks to this channel I know I'm right.
I've been cutting my hair myself for the last nearly 11 years since a last disastrous passage at the hair salon. It seems like not many hairdressers (at least back then) knew how to deal with my hair. It's not super thin, but not thick, I have curls and waves (it is mostly wavy, but still lots of curls ). I had to learn how to cut my hair myself the easiest, quickest, most efficient way and still make it pretty, because I'm a barbarian that cannot be bothered to pass too much time with scissors in her hand, lol.
It did take years until I finally found what works, but, my method for a lazy person: dampish hair (like 75% dry - air-dried too! It's better), tying the hair in front of the ears, at the level of my nose, more or less, cutting the minimum length I want to take off, see if it looks good, and done. Or the last time, I took my whole hair and tied it in the middle of my forehead and cut 5cm to see how it looks to give that bit more of volume with shorter hair on the top-most layer. It suits my face and my hair.
Also, to note: my hair is waist-length, with its natural texture, so it's great to hide mistakes, lol!
I also cut my own bangs. I hadn't had bangs since my mom made the hairdresser give me a pixie cut when I was 11 and it grew out. I wanted a change years ago and thought about trying out bangs, and if it didn't look good, no worries, I would just cut them longer and hide them with pins. Well, I cut side bangs with dry hair, followed a technique with overpulling on one side, cut to around chin length, see if I like it, cut again, and voilà. My bangs looked good that first time. Doesn't mean I didn't make mistakes in the years since though, lol. There was that one time I cut them too much and looked like a teen (how is that even possible, I don't know, but I did).
I like side bangs that are under my nose/top of the lip on the longest part and under my eyes on the shortest. I might need to cut them again soon too hehe
If you live in the US, my curly head friends have had MUCH better luck with black owned salons. Any hair type beyond Type 1 isn't included in the standard curriculum in hairdressing courses in the US, so unless someone has either chosen to go out of their way to learn how to work with kinks, curls or coils, they just won't know.
@@Kiterpuss I live in Europe! I have to admit that where I live, we don't seem to have black-owned salons, at least in the town I currently reside in.
Honestly, I'm ok with just cutting my hair myself because I have all the control on how it looks and how much length I take, plus I don't have to fear that my scalp will itch because of the products they use in salons (my scalp is VERY sensitive). But thank you! I might talk with my sisters, as one of them still goes to salons and has very thick and textured hair (more than me).
Thanks for that little lesson, your hair sounds like mine...
@@ayshafareed4935 Ah well, I'm glad I could help!
Hi Aly, could you make a video showing us how you cut your hair? Your hair cut is very precise! I ve seen the old video where you had long hair and tried to make them shorter but I suppose you have polished the technique! I m in ljve with your asymmetrical hair cut, it s so cool and elegant!
Thank you so much. I got thinner hair because my thyroid was removed. As a result my hair has become thinner and I prefer volume and everything is closed because of the virus and I am cutting my hair and my husband hair now. This will definitely help us. God bless and be well.
I've started cutting my own hair around 2 years ago. I'm getting there slowly (to my surprise, though it is easier for me to use just a razor, than scissors when doing layers, probably because it's easier to hold at a desired angle. It was scary to try, though.) All your videos are very useful.
Great video, Aly! And, yes, I am am always cutting, trimming, and coloring my own hair at home (not a pro, tho!)...I loved your advice, and can relate on many levels, including over cutting and rocking temporarily awkward cuts! This is how we get better, tho, right?! 😀 😂💚🤗💜
I cut my hair by myself. I'm controlling them and not the bad hairdresser. In my town is an excellent Turkish hairdresser, but he does not have time for all women, so It was a reason to cut by myself.
Totally agree about thinning. I have a lot of hair but it’s still very fine hair. In the past (especially in the 2000s) a lot of hair dressers wanted to thin out my hair. Must have been popular among hair dressers back then. And whenever they did that it looked awful.
Luckily I have had a great hair dresser for years now. I have a similar hair cut to Aly. I could never cut my own hair !No way it would turn out even with the amount of hair I have 😅
I hate when hairdresser don't even ask if you want your hair thinned out. I like my hair looking as thick as possible.
I hate beauty channels and not big into the topic but one can't walk around looking like a gutter troll so grooming is a must. Aly however is an exception. She turns beauty into a science. That's my jam.
Wise! My hair can bounce up 2-3 inches from wet to dry. I've had so much (1st world) trauma at the hairdresser's LOL. I always tell the hairdresser that my hair bounces up at least a couple of inches; but they never really believe me until it's dry and the wide part of my 'bob' is over the top of my ears. 😭 Disaster!!!
I had a good laugh at the part with the house on the head :D thanks for the informative video Aly :)
Thank god we have you aly !you're amazing !!
Yes maam. As a Theatrical Romantic, I don't know where I would be without Ally. I thank God for her.
@@Sexxxyism me too iwas struggling a lot before finding her channel
never in 4 years of watching you i've been so early x3 ~thankies for the video, queen!🤍🤍🤍
I cut my own hair bc in the past some hairdressers ruined my hair style before, so I only trust myself.
I nominate an analysis on raven simone
I would LOVE to know where she falls on the kibble type. She’d be a great person to do
Call me a control freak but I don’t trust hair stylist. I don’t know their knowledge or their experience. I trust myself more. Like you Aly I also have very fine hair so I know what works best on me. A lot of stylist I find don’t have much experience with fine hair.
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You are touching here a big topic this is why hairdressers don't like me because just like you I ask why?why? Welldone girl!
at this point Aly could get a Phd in styling, fr I feel like my brain grows when I listen to her
I like how you include everyone and don't judge
I cut my hair all the time, and these are great tips!
Gatsby bob ... a dream cut. Pure sensuality ... Wish I had the right face feature for it. Maybe, one day, with a good surgery XD
The rain sounds on the backround sounds kinda ASMR for me
Love your content and you have such an endearing kind personality
I love all your videos! My hair color and cut has been exactly like yours most of the last 15 years! I love blunt cut shoulder length or bob cuts, Unfortunately, about a year ago I had a bleaching accident and my beautiful almost to shoulder bob broke off in sections almost up to the root!! I had to cut my hair short and put layers in, which i didn't want. I am now growing it out and trimming it up from the bottom to meet the layers growing down. I guess I have a Bixie now? Anyway, you give me hope that I will have my blunt cut below the chin bob back someday!
Wish I had seen this before my haircut! I have cut my own hair for 25 years.. I got talked into an “brilliant “ hairdresser and got a cut. We decided on what to do but ended up with a horror. I have thin fine hair .. he cut into really strange layers in the back chin level.. but long under that ..like a 60’s shag. The top is very long. I was watching the top but couldn’t see what was going on in the back….then the razor knife came out. What the hell?! I was told it would give me texture. Which I usually got with product--but ok, you’re the expert. Well now I have thin, fine horror that looks dry snd sticks out all over like a dusty mess. I have 2 years to look forward to growing this mess out. Never again! I used to get compliments all the time ..not now! Done… wish I had stayed home!!
Such an amazing vocalist, please use that voice for good in the world.
For decades I cut my own hair, back when jobs required me to have short hair. Not crew cut short but short and well groomed. Back when I was young my hair had a cowlick in my right bangs area. I hated it. Eventually in my early 20s I started relaxing my hair or perming it straight to make it more manageable. If I didn't, it wouldn't matter how much hair gel I would use, my hair would do what it wanted. Eventually all the relaxing and perming got rid of the cowlick as well as the hair gel used for grooming.
Not that I have been able to let my hair grow out, I still relax it straight once in a while otherwise I use a heated straightening brush to use on the back and lower sides. I still blow dry it after showering and use a large round brush with hole in the handle so the hot air can pass through my hair and not fry my hair while still drying it. If I don't use the straightening brush the back gets naturally very wavy and frizzy (due to humid climate area).
Hi. I wish I'd found your video when I started cutting my hair. It would have saved me a lot of trial and error! If someone has very thick hair the most useful extra tips I can offer are : the thickness or 'weight’ of the hair, including the direction the hair naturally falls in, effects how the cut will look the next day. Eg. My hair is thickest near the back of my head. It doesn't fall straight down, it falls diagonally towards my face, pushing all of my hair forwards (as if my chin is lowered). Before I started cutting it myself, I'd no idea that this was happening. So I'd cut it by combing it straight down. The line would look straight during the haircut but it would never sit right afterwards and it was always too long at the front. It was so frustrating. -I thought it was because I was a bad hairdresser, but it was actually the weight of the hair, pushing everything forwards, so that it hung longer than when it was combed straight down the sides during the cut. Now, I comb it in the direction it naturally falls in, instead of straight down, and it's a better cut. -It took me a long time to figure that one out on my own! My other tip is: my hair is a lot thicker on one side than the other. It makes it difficult to get the 2 sides looking even, so after a lot of trial and error I actually cut one side a lot differently than the other now, so that they match! It sounds like madness, but it works. When hair is thicker on one side than the other, the layers don't seem to flow as nicely so you need to compensate for that. Glad to know SO many other people cut their own hair at home. I won't feel so alone next time!
my hair dressers used to straighten my hair and then cut it. when i washed it and it went back to wavy it would be super uneven
So glad I saw this since I'm planning to cut a ton of my hair off tomorrow
For thinning hair out, I think the tools used are another important aspect. (And of course, the tool depends upon the person's hair texture.) I've been terrified to go to the hairdresser because, in the past, the stylists would always thin my hair out with thinning shears and I felt it made my hair look too thin. (This was the 2000s as well, so it was kind of the fashion.) You can imagine if they do it every single time! I recently went to get my haircut (after putting it off for the fear mentioned above) and the stylist thinned my ends using this special razor. And, I must say, my hair is so much easier to style and looks more balanced now that the ends have been thinned a little. Prior to this cut (after having not gone to the hairdresser for a while), I always felt I needed to add volume to my roots to balance out the heaviness of my ends. Now, I don't feel that need. I still wouldn't want to thin my ends every single time I get a trim with the razor, but my hair will grow out nicer now.
@Amy Weinholtz I'll have to look into that. My experience was personally good-it was the first haircut I'd gotten and been really happy with.
Storm sounds make everything better 🖤
Спасибо Алена за интересное видео - сегодня случайно увидела и сразу подписалась. Очень полезная информация и, что очень важно для меня, ваш хороший английский, который мне очень понятен! Теперь по вашим видео буду получать два в одном - полезная информация и практика английского! В первый момент, когда начала вас слушать, то удивилась, что я понимаю каждое слово! Затем открыла информацию о вас - и обнаружила, что вы русская! Вот почему я так хорошо понимаю ваш прекрасный английский! Живу в штатах и когда говорят американцы, то в их произношении не всегда понимаю слова. Очень рада, что нашла вас на UA-cam!!! С интересом хочу услышать ваши песни и игру на ф-но ( у меня высш. муз. обр-е) Успехов вам во всем!
You are the best ❤️ so precious
id love to watch a video about the 12 seasons theory, please make a video about it ! :)
OMG The twist trick was the worst thing a hairdresser has ever done to me. Right after I left my hair looked great but when it started growing I noticed a horrible lack of volume, my ponytail had never been as thin. I remember I noticed it in the gym mirror and I couldn't stop crying hahahaha Luckily I went somehwere else and they fixed it right away, of course it was shorter but I got my volume and healthy looking haIr back.
Absolutely loved this, as I use to do my own hair almost all the time.
Any suggestions for correcting those natural partings at the top back of the head? I would like to hear your opinion on how to deal with that.
Thank you for all the work you put into this, I am a great fan .
Aly,
Did you film this as IDA was passing by and we just got the outer edges with the thunderstorms? lol
Your videos are the BEST!!!!
you are both lovely and geeky!! Love how no detail gets by you and your teaching is so comprehensive. BTW in the English language we do not pronounce the "B" in comb, it is silent ... I always get taken aback and surprised to hear it pronounced. I love your accent and also want to tell you that the correct way to pronounce "comb" is "KHOHM" the h being silent of course. Either way you are delightful and I benefit greatly from comprehending the "why" as you so eloquently explain everything. Blessings Beauty!
I still hear the "b" or I might be craz6 lol
I’m British and we pronounce the B.
kh is bad to use this way, because that's usually written for transliterating the pronunciation of gutterals. Like in Hebrew, Spanish, Scottish, etc. I think Hindi and Dutch as well.
It's written for pronunciation with ipa as kōm or kəum (with the u being the horseshoe /upside down omega). B is not pronounced.. 🤷🏼
@@xiahkixiri that's just you
@@screamtoasigh9984 thanx for feedback
I cut my hair myself 3 days ago for the second time and it went well. I just put it in 2 pigtails..? And then put the hair tie low and cut under it. I tried not to be so rough and messy even though it was thick hair and tired out my hand. Then I fixed the uneven spots and told my little sister to fix the back part lol. One side turned out perfect and the other was okay. But so far it was a good experience. I thought I was gonna do horrible bc i always go wrong when I do things myself. Like every time I pierce myself it goes wrong and is a fail 😅 I just never learn lol
The volume cut is great for curly hair.
❤️ Love this video!!!!!
biggest regrets haven't been cutting my own hair, but letting my mom cut my hair.
Timestamps would be awesome!xx
Lol ✂️👱♀️you are so right I made that mistake with my bangs 😆I wanted regular bags and ended up with baby bags 🙃🙃🙃✂️✂️✂️
My sister should have seen this video before cutting her daughters hair
I swear every hair cut I ever had ended up with the top layers being shorter than the underside. Sometimes it looks fine when I leave the salon but shortly after my waves will come back through and It looks awful. I have extremely thick and wavy hair.
I regreted cuting my long, thick and beautiful hair at a hairdresser. I ended with two haircuts: one short, one long. I don't regret my owen haircuts 😏 She charges me 700 skr.
I cut my own hair and always have problems with the back. 😩
Gatsby Bob, thanks I didn't know the name of it!
Do you still cut your own hair? I would love video How to Cut straight bob for straight hair!
Me too!
I loveee your videos (from Brazil) 🥰
Sugest: I Will adore see a video about wedding dresses for the body types.
So what I learned from watching this video is to be aware that the hair on top has more volume and air and therefore if I want a straight cut, do not over smooth hair as it will bounce up again and be uneven
thank you for your video :D i just chopped off my hair to my shoulders and i like it. But my hair is pretty "thick" i think, so it becomes like a soft brush on the bottom. And It is a bit wavy but i think i may be able to enhance it by layering it for a bit.... now i know i shall not try the hairband over the head-cut ;D
I'm going to a hairdresser tomorrow. So scared... I will be carefully looking at what they do ;P
I cut my own hair all the time. Half the time, it's fine. The other half....regret! Thanks for the tips, Aly
so true... loved hearing ad watching u ... luv India
Thank you so much too!
If only stylists, makeup artist etc thought of these things for each client….I’d be willing to pay even more money for that service.
love this blond!
the back bottom hair that curl and peek out sometimes, i had such a problem with it that i cut a bit of an undercut when i had a short bob lmao, it was easier than to deal with those curled strands hahahahhh
I heard thunder and I looked outside, nothing but sun and heat.
I have two strong cow licks IN my bangs so i always struggle cutting my bangs (dry, not wet) because there are always pieces that curl how they want 😂
I think you had great tips... for straight, thin and scarce hair. I have a lot of hair, 2c-3a curls and I definitely can't cut my hair dry (otherwise the ends will split) and worse, without parting it, because you can't control big chunks of thick hair (and you'll end up with weird Lord Farquaad's volumized ends all over your head).
If you are like me, I'd recommend to focus on learning how to part your hair and how to direct it in a way that suits your texture. I've learned a lot from Free Salon Education channel. I'm a soft gamine and I've been rocking a self made crazy mullet since we can't go to the haidresser. And, lastly, if you make a mistake, the curls will hide it lol.
What would you recommend for women with thick heavy hair that want to go for the straight across haircut? I've tried it but it looks very full in the wrong places (around my face, which is oval-ish/pear-shaped, and around my neck). It ends up looking like a volumized triangle. Don't have much space at the top of my head. That might be why? How can I make it look right for myself? Thank you! I'm frustrated because I haven't had the results I wanted in salons. They just think it's too much hair and don't know how to handle it. They burn it to crisps with the hair dryer and straightener to try to achieve a flatter look. It's disheartening. I treat my hair to handle volume (I like it that way). It has mixed textures. Thank you again for all you do!
It’s not for everyone, but you could try an undercut. I’ve seen girls with very think hair just cut or shave off the bottom layers. It looks totally fine when the hairs down, but some people don’t like the look of it when they put their hair up, that’s a matter of opinion though. I‘be seen people do that annually at the start of summer to help with heat control too
The same exact problem with my hair inverted triangle - I would love her to address it …the undercut sounds interesting…I’m probly much too old tho 😢