The results were so bad that my mom burst into tears when she saw me.

Then, quarantine hit.

Or as I like to call it, at-home haircutting for dummies.

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I started by spritzing my dry hair with detangling spray and parting it down the middle.

Using my scissors, I slowly dusted the tips away by cutting up into them instead of straight across.

Again, I wasterrified,and started to have flashbacks of #bangsgate2007.

An unrecognizable male hairdresser combs the dried hair of middle aged blond woman sitting sideways

And the best news of all?

Got it, you’ve been added to our email list.

Various scattered hairdresser’s tool on blue, including user-friendly hair tools

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Young women wearing swimwear, showering together at outdoor shower while talking about how often should you wash your hair