Nope except the bangs. I have very, very thick coarse hair with layers. I wish I could just to save money but I like a good cut.

When I was a kid, my dad used to stand me on the kitchen table and square off the back, I had no bangs.

I have cut my own bangs and currently cut hubby's hair. I used to do the kids when they were little as well.

I just found out from my hairdresser that they trim bangs for free!!

I got my first haircut for my wavy curly locks the other day. This means the hair was cut dry.

I was pleased she did not want to cut all the length off as she said the style was good for me..

Never ever, no not once. My daughter and her friend did though. They hid in a closet and trimmed each other's hair. Major disaster. Oy vey! They were only three though....

I have thick wavy dark auburn hair that hides imperfect cuts pretty well, so I occasionally trim the overlong bangs or side layers a bit, if the mood strikes me. However, I'd never attempt a whole-head trim as I have bad peripheral vision and would certainly screw it up. Coloring is not as bad---I colored my hair for years when I just need some minor grey coverage---but real cutting (i.e all over my head) to me is fraught with perils. I wear my hair in long layers that can go 4 months or so without a trim, and have cultivated a longtime stylist at a local, inexpensive "quick cuts" type salon. I found her through sheer luck--walked in one day for a bang trim and because she had the same hair as me (and hers looked fabulous) I let her give me long layers. She does just what I want (quick trim of bangs and layers) and charges $25 plus a tip. I'm S.O.L. when she decides to retire....she's down to just 3 days a week and I keep begging her not to go!

For color, I've done it all different ways but have finally settled on a way that works. I used to do my roots myself with a box color (messy and not always the best coverage but it worked in my 20s and 30s to hide the occasional grey hairs,) When I was just covering a little bit of grey, I could get by with doing myself every 3 months or so. Once in a while I would screw up and go too light or too dark and had to have a professional fix it but that only happened maybe twice in 20 years of box color. However, when I hit 42 or 43 (can't recall exactly...) I faced the fact that I had gone past covering a few greys. I was about 50% grey and had obvious roots that NEEDED covering every 4 weeks. I bounced around from salon to salon for a few years but hated paying the high prices for a retouch.

When I got married at 45, I decided to make a big change for my big day. I went slightly crazy (for me--I am frugal) and had a makeover at an upscale salon, including great cut, a whole head highlight and new color. I was a strawberry blonde with highlights for my wedding and loved it. However after the wedding hoopla. that look was just too high maintenance and I decided to go back to brunette with monthly retouches for the grey. This time I went to my local cosmetology school and asked the head instructor to take me back to a natural auburn brown. I was worried about having a student work on me but for that first time, they actually used me up on the school teaching podium for a class in 'going back to natural color' and the head teacher did the color formula and application and it turned out great. The students have been doing my retouches ever since (3 years). No problems as long as they follow the teacher's formula and she checks their work before I go and doesn't let me leave until it's perfect. For $25 and tip this is a bargain and I feel pampered because the students are always happy to see me and take their time.

My solutions might not work for people with more fussy hair but these methods have worked better for me than trying to learn new skills (cutting and color) myself.

Cut no, coloured yes!!

I think mine would be fine to cut into some styles as it is wavy and messy.

I would colour again if I was going for a uniform colour, but with having highlights I leave this in the hands of a stylist. I was pretty good at doing platinum blonde. I have had some weird locations for haircuts - in a shower once (not going, on a stool) and in the backyard of the Moshav I worked on in Israel. My friend cut my hair from very long to a pixie and bleached it white blonde. I loved it!

Never - Never - Never (except once when I was 4 years old when I cut both mine and my little sister's!)

I really cannot imagine even attempting to cut my own hair. How do you cut the back???? How do you add texture or layers??????

I have trimmed it, using the pigtails method posted earlier, on several occasions. But I had long, wavy/curly hair which hides any mistakes, so I wasn't too worried about it.

I trim my own bangs all the time, and using cheap scissors, too! I think the trick here is to only nip off tiny bits at a time. Having wavy hair and a messy/natural style helps here, too, because I like them side swept and a bit wispy. I don't think it would work as well if I had straight bangs.

Yup. Been there, done that. The way I cut it is just plain simple, no fancy styling and I do it when there is enough length that getting it a bit shorter than expected will not be a big deal. My hair curls when you cut it so it ends up being shorter than what was intended.

I occasionally have to trim 1/4 " or so from bangs when things are so busy at work I can't get to my hair guy. It's not ideal for me, scissors get dull, & I'm not very adept at how much to trim off. But it helps me survive another week or so.