Do not try this at home: The 9 craziest hair tutorials on Youtube

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ICYMI, the internet is freaking out over the latest beauty shenanigan, courtesy of makeup artist and bang-cutting genius Camila Bravo. Proving that cutting our own hair isn’t necessarily a recipe for disaster, Bravo demonstrates how to cut our bangs perfectly with just a twist and a snip of your hair in mere seconds.

Now we’re no strangers to OTT beauty antics brought to us by the many talented beauty enthusiasts in the land of YouTube (how can we forget IRL Edward Scissorhands?), but it does beg the question, is this too good to be true? Sure, Bravo’s presents amazing instant results, but we’ve also seen this go awry. So before you go and try out every DIY hair tutorial at home, might we suggest you to flip through this round up of the nine craziest YouTube hair tutorials. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.


The perfect ponytail à la vacuum

Because apparently it’s much safer to use a carpet-cleaning device than your own two hands to tie a ponytail.

How to cut hair without scissors

When your tutorial was supposed to be about curling hair, and ends up being about a tutorial on how to cut your hair—without using scissors.

How to shave your hair during a nervous breakdown

Moral of the story: Think twice before you shave your hair off for the first time.

Kool-Aid dip-dyed hair tutorial

Because dipping your hair into a boiling pot over a stove isn’t a recipe for disaster.

How to give yourself a deathhawk

Please refer to previous hair shaving tutorial.

How to cut your own hair with a forehead ponytail

For long hair only. Pixies/lobs/layered hair do not apply.

How to layer your own hair

Key takeaway: This will only work if you have lush long hair where you can afford to have a few random short pieces.

Boyfriend by day, hairdresser by night

If this isn’t the ultimate relationship trust game, we don’t know what is.

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