How to Cut Girls Long Hair at Home
These easy tips make it so simple to cut your daughter's long straight hair in the comfort of your own home with no tears and no mistakes! Keep reading to find out how to do it. ✂
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There is no reason to pay big money to take your daughter to a hair salon when
you can easily cut her long hair right at home! I'm going to show you just how
easy it is to cut your girls hair at home, using my own daughter to
demonstrate.
Isn't it amazing how fast your kids hair grows? Must be all the happy meals 😉
My daughter has been bugging me to trim her hair for awhile now and I want to
share some easy tips to cutting or trimming girls long hair because maybe
someone else could use this tip! I was a little startled by how long her hair
had grown! She wanted several inches cut off so it would be easier to maintain
for summer, and not so hot.
How to cut girls long hair
Full disclosure: I'm just a regular mom, I am by no means an
accomplished hairdresser or even a hairdresser at all! In fact, back in college I trimmed Mr. DIY's hair and left a bald spot on one
side...he had to go and have it fixed! Since that big mistake, I haven't been
allowed to cut his hair again 😏
However, I'm not afraid to cut my kids hair. I've often found that the job I
do is nearly as good as the cut they get at the walk-in salons...if not
better! I was finding I had to fix their hair after they went to a
salon, so I decided to save myself the money and do it myself at home.
I have a good, sharp pair of
hair cutting scissors
as well as clippers for my boy's haircuts. I bought a
hair trimming set
and it came with all the attachments for the clippers as well as the scissors.
They're relatively inexpensive for something that you'll use so often!
Cutting my daughter's long hair is the easiest, so much easier than cutting
the boys hair! There's no trimming around the ears (my least favorite thing)
or the neck. It's a simple matter of making sure the ends are even.
There's a trick to it, and I'll share it with you so you can easily cut your
daughter's hair too...all from the comfort of your own home...and save
yourself some money!
Supplies to cut little girls hair at home
- spray bottle of water
- wide tooth comb
- conditioner (or this amazing detangler from The Salon Guy)
- large hair clips
- hair scissors
- stool (something backless for them to sit on to raise them up a little...saves your back...you can see a little further down that my daughter is sitting on 3 stools stacked on top of each other!)
- towel (optional)
Step One
Your daughter's long hair needs to be very wet before you cut it. I have my
daughter wet her hair under the tap, and I keep a spray bottle of water handy
to re-wet it as needed. Use a wide tooth comb and slowly comb all the tangles
out, being gentle. If the hair is really tangled, rub a little conditioner
between your palms and work it through the hair; it will make the job easier.
Look just how long this little peanut's hair was! We recently found
The Salon Guy 25 spray, which detangles in literally seconds! It also keeps the hair wet for longer
so you're not having to spray water as much.
Step Two
Make sure the hair is parted where your daughter normally parts it. If I'm
going to make a mistake on her hair, this is where it happens because after
it's washed, the part is often slightly different. But that's no biggie, you
can go back when it's dry and make adjustments!
Tip: I always have my daughter look in a mirror and part her hair
herself
Step Three
Depending on the thickness of your daughter's hair, you will need a couple
large clips, the best are the ones with
claws like this, although you may need smaller ones if your daughter's hair is very
fine.
Divide the hair into sections
You're going to think of the hair in terms of 3 horizontal sections, the
bottom section is what we're going to cut first, so we want to section off the
hair using the comb to divide the first section straight around her head so
you have a nice, straight line. Twist and clip the rest on the top of her
head.
The antics never end around here! 😜
Spray that bottom section of hair with water again if you need, to ensure it's
nice and wet.
It's very important to make sure your girl is keeping her head straight,
not tilted. You'll want to check this periodically during the haircut! Have her find a
spot on the wall straight ahead and stare at it.
Step Four
Decide how much hair you're going to cut and make the first cut in the middle,
after first drawing the comb straight down the hair. Then repeat this step all
the way around each side, snipping it evenly. When the hair is wet, it lays
flat and there are no flyaways so not only is it easier to cut but you are
more apt to cut it evenly.
Step Five
Once you've cut this first section of your daughter's hair, stand in front of
her and compare the sides, making sure both sides are the same length. Make
adjustments as needed.
Remember, it's always best to cut small amounts at a time; you can always trim more hair but you cannot add it back once it's cut! ✂
Step Six
Now it's time to let down another section of hair. Divide the remaining hair
in half, let down the next piece and twist and clip up the rest. Wet as
needed.
Starting at the middle back again, draw the comb through the hair nice and
tightly and snip your daughter's hair right at the length of the first
section.
The clipped first section works as the perfect guide. Work your way
around the head in this manner until the second section is done, going back
over and making sure it's all even by combing through it and trimming any
longer pieces.
Here is my daughter's hair after the second section of hair had been cut. You
can see that it is wet. You can see the straight line right across (easy to do
when it's wet and when you use your comb as a guide).
Step Seven
Let down the last section of hair...we're almost done ! Wet the hair
again...Oh, and you can see that we discarded the towel...my comb's tines kept
getting caught in the terrycloth. It was much easier without it! So proceed
with this last layer just like you did with the first two. Comb through each
strand before cutting to loosen any knots and make sure it's laying as
straight as possible. We the hair as needed before cutting and cut as before.
Cutting my daughter's entire head of hair only took about 10-15 minutes. That
will vary according to the thickness of the hair you're dealing with, and
obviously this is for hair that's all one length. If you're wanting to layer
the hair, you'll need to find another tutorial!
Here's a recap of how to cut girls long hair at home
And I've been doing this for many years! Sometimes I get it a little bit
crooked (see below) but you can bet my teenager let me know! And of course I
fixed it 😉
I've been cutting my two boy's hair for years as well. Boys hair is a little
trickier because you have to be more precise, but you can watch some YouTube
videos for a tutorial.
My daughter loves her bouncy new haircut!! So swingy! I love the money I
saved, the time I saved and the fact that we didn't have to drive anywhere or
wait in any lines!
Did this look too easy? I promise you that it really is that easy to
cut your daughter's long hair at home! If I can do it I know that you can too!
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask them in the comments
or send me an email. I would love to know if this at home haircut
tutorial was helpful, please drop me a comment below!
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What a cute style for a lovely girl!! Thank you for sharing your great tip with us!! :)
ReplyDeleteYou are so kind Marty! Thank you :)
DeleteGreat tutorial and I love that face! thanks for sharing with SYC.
ReplyDeletehugs,
Jann
I love that face too :D Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteMy husband is the family barber/stylist. He has said the same thing, cutting women’s long hair is easier than giving my two teen boys their haircuts. He took over giving haircuts to my boys when they were quite young, so he has gotten a long of practice, easily over a hundred haircuts on each one, plus he has trimmed my long hair for me over the years. His method is a little more detailed with sectioning my hair just behind my ears on each side, he also does my hair dry so he can see the splits/damage, and he takes smaller increments when he lets my hair down to trim each successive layer to match the guide below. I have him trim my hair every other month, just about an inch off the ends. In 2020, I had a couple friends ask me if he could cut their hair for them. I was ok with it, one friend had an overgrown pixie with a mullet thing on her neck that was bugging her. She wanted her hair cut quite short and asked if he could cut short hair, as it is more difficult to do. I pointed out that he had been giving my boys their haircuts for years. She said great, she wanted hers cut short, the same as my older son. He put a neck strip around her neck and caped her with the pin stripe cape he uses with my boys. He used a combination of the clippers with attachments and clippers over the comb for the longer hair on top, and to blend the back and sides. He finished up her neckline with the peanut clippers. He cut off a good 4” all over, and she loved it. Her husband loves short hair and he commented that it looked better than the haircuts she got at the salon. So I was happy that we could help her out. It is a great skill to have.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for this step by step! It really helped me make a good job of my daughter's hair now she has turned 5 and it's getting longer and thicker.
ReplyDeleteGreat explanation and steps, thank you! Lots of boys have long hair, and lots of girls have short hair. So I just wish your post wasn't so gender specific. I have one kid with short hair and one with long hair.
ReplyDeleteA great tutorial with the photos. It resulted in a fab haircut for my tween daughter. Thanks!
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