‘I gave myself a DIY haircut – an eyebrow mistake ruined it and left me in tears’

Steph Dins was excited to give themselves a fringe as part of a DIY haircut, but was left in tears after they made a mistake with their eyebrows that ended in disaster

If you’ve ever gone to the hairdressers to get a fringe cut into your hair, you might know the feeling of having to take a pair of scissors to your locks ahead of your next appointment, as the hairs grow too long too quickly. And while cutting your own fringe can seem daunting, it usually turns out fine as long as you’re careful and take things slow.

One person, however, has been left in tears after their attempt to cut their fringe went horribly wrong – as they made one disastrous mistake when estimating how much they should be trimming.

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Steph Dins took to TikTok to confess they had been using their eyebrows to measure how long their fringe should be, but realised after they had finished cutting that they had been raising their brows the whole time – making their forehead shorter.

When they relaxed, their fringe bounced halfway up their forehead, leaving them in tears.

In the clip – which was posted to their @dinsdaledimmadome account – they said: “Yo I think I f***ed up, I cut my hair raising my eyebrows the whole time.”

And to make matters worse for Steph, they said in the comments that they had been hoping to give themselves a nice trim before a date they were going on later that evening.

They added: “I have a first date tonight, I’m crying!”

Commenters on the post were quick to offer their sympathies to Steph though, with many of them insisting they actually thought the short fringe suited them.

One person said: “I know this isn’t what you intended, but it actually suits you. You can definitely pull it off.”

While another added: “They’re gonna grow back! Time to embrace short bangs as Hayley Williams did for a rather long time.”

And a third wrote: “Not gonna lie, you rock the look. It looks good!”

Other commenters poked fun at the situation in an attempt to make Steph laugh, with one even quipping that the haircut “receded like the tide”.

Someone joked: “Hi Will from Stranger Things.”

As someone else said: “I’m sorry I laughed, but when you relaxed your eyebrows I was dying laughing.”

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