I had a bad cut 5 years ago and haven't been to a hairdresser since! I feel in control and happy with my home hair cuts!

Your new cut makes the colour seem even brighter/ better. I think the colour/shape makes it one of my favourites of your hair experiments.

I have been cutting and colouring my own hair for about 6 years now. I get loads of compliments on it. Don't think I will ever go to a hairdresser again as I love having total control over my look.

I've been cutting my own hair for over 20 years and I haven't ruined it yet ! Why? Because I got the worst haircut I had ever seen over 20 years ago, and vowed to do it myself from then on. I LOVE this new "trim" you just did.

Enjoy growing out your buzzcut! I had so much fun and I like seeing you having a blast as well 😊

I think in a home cut, the limitation is your cutting ability. In a salon cut, the limitation in your communication skills.

I haven’t paid for a cut or color in many years. I used to spend way too much money to be unhappy with the result, and would always go home and “fix it”. Personally find it easier to figure out how to do it myself than effectively communicate what I want to someone else. Plus it’s fun and not that serious. Loving this cut on you!

Since the moment you got extensions i somehow had this specific cut in mind all the time and seeing how amazing it actually looks in reality brings me joy. Rock it girl!

"The art of trying will still get you closer to your end goal than not trying" i loved that

I think this looks really good. It’s a good way to blend the length on the extensions into your natural hair and the colour remains vibrant and beautiful

The styled look feels like an updated 50's look, and I'm HERE for it💜💜💜💜

You rock every single haircut

Your hair looks lovely! I do think that the professionals can get a better result, specially because doing things on ourselves is harder, but that doesn't mean it will always comes out better, we've seen bad stories online! But even when it does comes out better, I do still love doing stuff on myself because I like the process, so nothing wrong with DIY hair experiments! We can all stop being so attached to perfection, specially when we're talking about someone else's appearance.

The cut looks so cute!! I'm also still obsessed with this unreal color 😩😍

I love the fact that you weren’t afraid to do it. I think it’s marvelous, and it looks great and you have a good knowledge of what haircuts are all about you would’ve made a great hairdresser.

I love playing with/cutting my own hair.. My aunt was a beautician and she used to teach me some basics for maintaining, but she always loved that I was willing to do anything with my hair. My answer to "what if you mess it up?" I would just say "I'll just shave it off and start over." 30 year old me did it.... I slightly effed up a pixie I did on myself. My friend offered to help earlier and I gave the same "nah I'm good. If I mess up I'll just shave it and try again later"....she didn't believe me. Sent her a picture later of my head shaved to a 4 and I rocked it long enough to try all new things, even bleached it and went blonde to match my kid for a while (i am a deep brunette. She thought I was cool 😊) Hair is too much fun to always play it safe.....plus... you ain't spending MY money, hun! Keep doing your thing, Stella!

I always "hear" your videos to fall asleep because you have SUCH a calming and beautiful voice!

I have extremely straight, fine hair. It shows every scissor mark. I became tired of spending so much money on cuts that needed to be fixed when I got home. I have been cutting my hair, pixie style, for about 20 years. I have only had 3 bad haircuts in that time.😃

Its stunning ❤ don’t worry about your haters!!

It turned out SOOOO good woop woop! I never doubt you, because you have such a blast experimenting and truly ***enjoying the process*** 💙🌱🌊 You inspire me to enjoy, and trust in my own skills and abilities with my hair. 🌟 Thank You Stella 🌟

I think a common person would think that the professional definitely knows more than them (for example I have no clue about those different methods of hair cutting/use of different tools) but if I can get a job done with my hair that I'm satisfied enough with, homemade is fine. Sure I could mess it up so badly people will criticize my hairstyle and then the question is do I care

Didn’t doubt one second that it would turn out great 😉 I feel like this is the easiest way to cut your own hair because it’s more sculptural and (if done ”correctly”) doesn’t leave harsh lines😄 much easier than trying to cut layers with scissors imo, I’ve done it several times with eyebrow razors haha

It is an "old" cut. BUT! amazing and with a youthful edge with the bangs and color. Amazing as always Stella 🩵

I've been cutting/coloring my own hair for years and I wouldn't go back to a hairdresser! I have curly/wavy hair and I haven't found a hairdresser yet who knows how to cut it properly (which is not to say there isn't one who can do it haha), and I know the exact shape of my head and how I want my hair to look, so it's easy for me to cut it myself. It only takes me like 15 minutes!

I think this is my most favorite so far and I’ve been watching your videos for years now!

I'm obsessed with this end result!! You're queen darling slay 🔥👑

Loving the shiny red lipstick

Right now the color of your hair is like the deep blue sea...the ocean! The lighter frothy waves along side the deep dark mysteriousness of the ocean depths. I just love it! And you did it again...stellar hair (or maybe I should say Stella hair...Lol) !

The color is so gorgeous!! Looks fantastic!! Excellent job Stella! ❤❤❤

Home hair cuts can absolutely be better. Especially of you have a talent of the Stella Lol.

I will never forget how one time about twenty years ago when i was younger, i wanted to trim my shoulder length hair in order to go, so i went to a very upscale fancy salon in Manhattan nyc, i told him i just wanted a little trim only about an inch........well guess what i heard a snip in the back of my head look down at the floor and saw 6 inches of hair fall to the ground, i put my hands on the back of my head and felt my scalp he had cut almost all of my hair off, i left with a pixie cut and in tears i had to pay him to ruin the next year of my life i do not look good with short hair i have a chubby face and need hair it looked horrible im mean really horrible, i cried for weeks it didn't even seem to grow at all i have never forgotten that day and i have never returned to a salon since i now have bra strap length hair and i won't let anyone touch it but me...i do not know why hairdressers do this i asked him why and he said he thought i would look more modern with short hair this infuriates me!!! It is not their decisions!!!🤬😡😠

That colour is just beautifil, it swimmers as you move, the cut looks good too

Ive hated my thick frizzy hair as far as I can recall. It took so much effort just to make it look marginally ok. Having a very short pixie is great, it’s easy I get a lot of compliments and looking like Mia Farrow or Jean Seberg is ok by me.

"The Art Of Trying..." Brilliant. 🕯️💫✨

i really love your channel! im so glad i found it. your makeup is always on point. its very inspiring. ive actually learned a lot about doing my hair from you. i dye my hair all the time so discovering temp hair color has been a game changer! i love the haircut but i know i look awful with super short hair. lol.

I would also like to try this haircut but since my hair is wavy to curly, I'd have to get a "grown out" version of this, especially if I don't style it like you did. But the extensions definitely look fantastic with this haircut!!!

I went to so many hairdressers in the past, many of them were expensive and known salons, i always showed the same hair cut in the photo and every time i went out with something not even slightly close to what i showed them and i really looked idiotic for the next 2 months until my hair grew back. Usually the haircut was at least 10 cm shorter than the one in the photo and my hair after blow drying ended somewhere near my ears and I looked like i had a boy cut. Since last 6 years i have cut my hair by myself only and i have been always satisfied every time. None of my friends ever noticed that my haircuts weren't done in a salon. Last week i did the same bob cut which you did when you cut your extensions for the first time and my cut looked exactly like yours and i looked great.😊

I was waiting for you to cut layers in order to make the extensions and your hair more homogeneous and it was worth the wait 😍 beautiful!

i dont think home cuts are bad or worse than having it professionally cut. it obviously depends on how much person cutting there hair at home understands about how cutting how works

I started cutting my own hair at home because hairdressers were not LISTENING to me or doing what I wanted. So home is better for me. But I've been practicing and studying and paying attention for decades, and cutting a LOT of hair, not just mine.

I haven't been to a hairdressers in over 7years. My last 3 cuts from professionals were so bad. So I do it myself if I mess up at least my excuse is im not professionally trained . I recently gave myself a butterfly cut with a curtain fringe and I've had so many compliments. Love the hair Stella the colour and cut is gorgeous. I'd love to colour my hair but always just stay with my blond highlights.

This took me back! I was VERY specific about having razor cut edges back in 2007 when I was a young emo haha

I love the Stella professor, theory queen ❤😀

Redemption 💙 Absolutely killed it. SOOOOOO much better I love it. You could wear it messy too it’s a very versatile cut. Beautiful 💙

About the professional versus at home topic. A real "Gone Wrong" situation happened to my hair just last week. So I love doing my hair and colouring it I have a lot of fun with it and since I studied art for a long time I also know my colour theory. So usually when I colour my own hair it turns out good. This time I wanted a really specific kind of muted-smoky-Rosy- brown-Violetty kind of color and I decided to treat myself since I had had a rough time and decided to go to a professional to get it done as a treat. I went there at the moment I sat in the chair I knew it was not gonna be good. I showed the hairdresser the pictures and she just said "well but that is just a picture" ... I mean of course what did she expect I would show up with as my reference? A severed head? And when she showed me her book of colours she didn't even talk about mixing them so I guess she would only use the premade shades. And of course none of them matched exactly what I wanted. I know I should have just walked away at that point but I am a really shy and introverted person so I just kept nodding and smiling until it was done. Now my hair is pretty bright red and darker than I wanted also darker than my previous color. Even though the colour we ended up agreeing on was brown (I thought if it came to it I could. fix it easier than the red or violet shades she showed). And I have a huge dark patch that goes all around my head. This is something I'm not comfortable fixing on my own since it is a lot of color correction, especially working with bleach on really specific spots (in the back of my head) so I will have to pay A LOT MORE on a professional colorist who knows what she does. She seems really good but she recommended for me to wait a couple of weeks for the dye to wash out a bit which means I will have this bright red colour for a while and I really don't like it. It is not my style or my personality so I am just really self-conscious about this hair colour all the time... Idk what the lesson here is I guess do your research on the hair stylist/colorist? trust your gut when you know it won't work and have the courage to stand up for yourself and leave before it gets bad?

this is one of the best cuts and colours youve ever had I think!! loving the look so much

Hair cutting really simply depends on who is cutting and the results wanted. I've had both amazing and terrible salon experiences. For a shorter style cut, I went to a professional whose talent was unsurpassed; he was so precise. Now my hair is much longer, and I don't like any layers. My sister does a great job and gives me exactly what I ask. I've also cut my hair myself, but for reaching the back I prefer my sister.

I feel like this was one of the first videos in a while where you actually love the end result instead of only the experiment itself. So not just "I did this!", but also "I'm glad to have this hairstyle!" if that makes sense.

OF COURSE ! ... you had to cut your extensions and give them layers to give yourself a natural look ... well done !

I absolutely love how vibrant your roots are!

Omg your haircolor is gorgeous, something from a fairytale.....

Also, when you said, "SUCK IT!" I laughed out loud 😂

Hi, actually I’m cutting my own hair since 2014 when it was really long (under the bra in the back) & didn’t want to pay more than 20€ for 1cm ... so I bought what I needed, scissors cape ... and watched a lot of KZfaq videos, I just went back to the hairdresser a few times, but now it’s almost 40€ ... I had bad results with professionnal (bad layers), and good results or that I love by myself ! Even bleach, henna, manic panic by myself and good comments from people about it so 😊 Love your content since I found your channel, love the buzz cut era & that you’re always changing colors or lenght ! And congrats for the award 😉

No, home home done haircuts do not mean badly done. Stylists are just as likely to do a less than steller job. Sometimes, it's a lack of clear communication from the client, and unfortunately, sometimes it's apathy on the stylist part.

Stella your hair is incredible! You look beautiful. 💙💙💙

I love the cut! But can we also talk about your flawless makeup...OMG!❤️❤️❤️

Girllllll. It looks SO good!! 😘

Wow! Impactful little bit cut off! I’m loving following the journey of extension experiments 😊

Yesss!!! So cute!!😍

This is so cute!!

I know several hair stylists who go to a salon to get their hair cut because they truly believe you CAN'T just cut your own hair. But a lot of them are never happy with what the salon does to their hair. On the other hand I know a lot of people who are no hair stylists and can't cut their own hair and go to a salon and also aren't happy with the results. I personally have NEVER gotten my hair cut by a professional. My mom cut my hair when I was a kid and a teen and when I was 14 I started doing it myself. Of course I gave myself some bad hair cuts but eventually I learned how to do it and make it look just the way I want it to look. And nowadays there are so many tutorials of any haircut and videos that explain the basic techniques so you could actually teach yourself how to properly cut hair. I am now doing my own hair for almost 22 years and I can't imagine giving away that feeling of indipendance. I have just one little tip: to learn actual professional techniques, try them on cheap wigs first. (You could use a wig head to put them onto OR put them on and cut it on your own head.) That's how I taught myself to cut my fav version of a shaggy bob and my fav version of a mullet (because those are styles I haven't found in a tutorial). Of course cheap wigs are hard to cut (the hair looks chopped and messy when it's cut) but you can still learn the techniques (how to use your sections and guides, which degree of elevation has which effect on the outline/shape of the cut etc.) and once you feel like you got it down, you can try on yourself. Or you're just very brave (or just don't care) and go all in and try it on yourself right away. It all depends on you. I really love being able to cut and color my hair. The only downside is: Impulse cuts and colorings are way easier to happen. [e.g. I have very light pale blonde hair and colored it brown last weekend just to go right back to my pale, light blonde because I forgot how weird my hair looks when it's dark even though I'm naturally pretty dark blonde which would be called brown by most people] I don't wanna downgrade professionals at all. I think there are many gems in the industry, but unfortunately we're all just human beings and humans make mistakes and have bad days. And I can tolerate a mistake being made by myself much better than a mistake made by someone else that affects me.

Looking amazing as always no matter what style or colour Stella you seem to pull it off love it!

Girrrl you killed it, it's beautiful. Now I want to go to my cosmetology class and practice this haircut😅

The hair color 🔥

I've never cut my hair at home ever. But it's certainly something I want to try at least once in my lifetime.

I agree with you Stella! That looks really good! You did a great job!

woww you look like a fairyy 🧚‍♂️

Professional doesn’t always mean best job. Experience, knowledge and understanding the dynamics I think gives best results. So a person who is self taught can 100% deliver a better result than a “professional”. Sometimes I think college teach the health and safety and the basic principles, practice and passion is what leads to a good hairdresser. I hope that comes across how I mean

The colour us unbelievable! So irridescent ❤

I love it! Having super fine, thin hair I can’t have a razed near my head unfortunately

So cute!! I Can Imagine It in a black/brown color too.

You are slaying this haircut 🎉🎉🎉

its giving 90s wynona ryder when its wet, so good

The extensions were such a good idea I love the look

Omg I love the way your hair turned out

I always LOVE your makeup! Do you ever film GRWM/make-up tutorials & I’ve missed them? I’d love to see you doing your makeup.

Loved it, you look like Mavis from Hotel Transylvania but with blue hair 💙

I haven’t gotten my hair cut by an actual stylist at their place of work in over 10 years I believe. The last one I got - imho did not turn out remotely like the photo I showed and I was highly disappointed. But I fixed it and made it work by cutting more off to make it something else and to make it work for me. Ever since then, my hair is for me to do and if I mess up - oh well. It grows back. I messed up my hair yet again (seems I have a habit of doing this at least once every one to two years - I never learn my lesson). Now I have a very short pixie cut and I’m also growing out my undercut for the next 4-6 months. I’m gonna cut it off again when I feel it’s gotten long enough to do so. And I feel at home haircuts obviously depends on how much experience you have playing with your own hair. And if YOU like it, or even love it, then what others say is irrelevant. NOBODY will make me dislike something I love about my hair. I am the one wearing it, not them. And if I do mess up oh so badly - not the end of the world. My hair grows pretty fast. For the next few months I will not be putting heat on my hair and just let it all grow out.. something I haven’t done in years since having my undercut. Last year I grew it out for 4 months before finally cutting it as I got tired of having a full head of hair (“full head of hair” meaning four-five months of growth of an undercut but it was annoying as hell). Only grew it out so I could realign everything better. Best decision and I’ll be doing that again, maybe a different shape than before but still pretty much at some point after 4-5 months I will have my undercut back.. and the top will have grown out more by then too. I’m excited this time but even more excited to bring back my undercut 😂 anyways, I LOVE how this turned out. I love seeing you just have fun with your hair and way too many forget that you love it too - despite how it may turn out. You’re not here to give perfection anyways. And those people on Instagram and tiktok apparently don’t watch your KZfaq videos as you eventually explained what your plans were with the extensions - something that was very obvious imho. Love this color as well! Keep being you 🫶🏼 forgot to mention that I used my razor to cut my hair (actual hair cutting razor, not like the one you used tho) and it turned out so much better instead of using scissors! I forgot how much I love using them since it’s been a long ass time since I last did.. probably at least 8-10 years ago by now!

Let your hair grow.

I prefer to cut my own hair. Any time I go pay to get it cut, they ruin it. As for people getting mad, you cut your extensions, your money, your hair, do what you want with it. 😁❤

The times that I’ve received a haircut that I didn’t particularly like I didn’t communicate as well as I could have. This was often when I was younger and didn’t speak up for myself I don’t have that problem now.

In love with this cut and color.

Love this!!! Sailor Mercury 💙💙💙

You're so talented and creative @stellacini

Love! The new look! ❤ I love your music choice for this episode! Love your spicy "suck it!" comment you made! Amazing!

Lot more shape to it now,its perfect

Oh I love this! My hair desperately needs this method

It looks ammmaaazzziiinggg

I’d love to see this process done on long thin fine hair ❤

All length is gone 😢

It will be great when your natural hair is this length. I really hope you don't over process your hair in the future and need it chopping off again ❤

I have THICK, THICK hair. I just got some layers a thin out my THICK And LONG hair at the salon

i'd say if you know what you're doing then it's less likely to go wrong. I'm a professional hairdresser (and control freak when it comes to my hair), since growing my hair out from a pixie cut last year i have had 4 haircuts and the only time i got what i asked for was when i did it myself. i've been on and off cutting and colouring my hair for years and i prefer it when i do it myself but i let others have a go on my hair when it's harder to do it myself (especially when it was super short and harder to reach the back) so i understand where people are coming from when they say they prefer to do it themselves but i do find those who aren't trained in hairdressing do tend to make (what i would class as) "rookie mistakes" especially when they cut their hair themselves and as a hairdresser i have had to rectify many a "homemade haircut" (and colouring mistakes from those who don't understand colouring is a science and follow the colour wheel) when working in salon so i can see it from both sides. Homemade doesn't mean it will be bad but it will often turn out that way unless you are professionally trained and take a lot of care when doing so

What would happen if you just got rid of the extensions

Absolutely magnificent! ❤

I love this tool and my hairdresser in my hometown always used it after cutting and blow drying to make all my layers more smooth and soft and yes - like you said - to remove some bulk. But after moving into another town no one was willing to use this razor on me, they only would use thinning scissors on the layers/bulk and it is not the same… so after nearly seven years of semi-bad professional haircuts I did buy myself one of these razors and at least in the front my layers are better now… not sure if I will tackle the back any time soon on my own but for now for summer most of the time everything is in a bun anyway, so it can wait 😅🙈

YOUR SUCH A COOL CHIKA STELLA , NEVER CHANGE , LOTS OF LOVE AND RESPECT TO YOU FROM MELBOURNE OZ DOWN UNDER ♥️🇦🇺

Feel like you have very strict haters in your comments. I never read many comments, I rather comment myself. But the way you talk once it's done...made me think. Those haters don't realize how hard it is to cut your own hair. I have long hair and I wasn't able to see where I would have cut. The mirrors where all wrong and I wouldn't have had to stand anyways...I tried, but I couldn't make it work. So I have high respect for you and your art. And you look super cute! The front did look unsimilar to salon cuts, but that doesn't mean it looked bad. I loved that natural look it had when wet. After you style is, it looks just gorgous as always ❤

I love this! So cute on you!

AMAZING!!!! So inspiring 🩵💙💚