Last week, I had a mini-unveiling of my new 'do - or what I'm calling The [Blond] Cleopatra. Too bad this style doesn't come with her mob of servants, though, because it's been less than a week and my bangs are already just a hair (oh ha!) past the need-a-trim zone.

If this cut requires weekly visits to the stylist, you can all start the countdown on my grow-out because that is not happening.  Before I toss in the shampoo towel, though, I'm trying the following tricks from thebeautybunny.com

1. Pull your bangs into a triangle. Make sure that it’s not too thick, or too thin, and that you only part off what is indeed your bangs. Trim them to the length that you want them. It’s best to only trim about ¼” just to be sure you don’t cut off too much.

2. Let your bangs fall naturally and brush them the way you want them. Make sure they look even and clean up any extra-long pieces you may have missed.

TIP: When trimming, try cutting in an upward direction. It will ensure that even if the cut is uneven, it will be less noticeable and will give you a ridged, natural look without cut lines.

My results when I followed this step by step?  Pretty good for  a novice who needs a straight line in order to really Walk Like An Egyptian.  But the real tip-gem here is cutting with scissors pointing up - I was able to "absorb" a few uneven and sketchy sections with this trick.  

Lucky for this haircut, I can DIY the bangs at home.  Otherwise, it would have been the RIP haircut.