We are in isolation. The whole world is in isolation. Life is not the same as it used to and we have many restrictions in place. And one of them is going to a barber shop.

So, you might be thinking that it shouldn't be so hard. I mean, what could go wrong? Well, you need to think again. There are endless pictures going viral on the internet about failed attempts to have a haircut on your own or by asking your partner.

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3, Being stuck at home all day can do some funny things to people. With a lack of friends, family and coworkers around to help guide us away from poor haircut choices, now isn’t really the time to start experimenting. And the following image proves exactly this point.

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11.When boredom is combined with the need for a haircut, it seems some people just can’t be stopped. As all the barber shops are closed during the quarantine, people are left with two choices;

• revert back to the teenage years in which their long hair covered the majority of their face, or
• let their paartners practice their imagination.

And this is what comes out of this experiment

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14.Matt, 20, fell victim to the razor as he let his girlfriend have a go at giving him a skin fade. He ended up with an extremely uneven do which jumped pretty swiftly from bald to hairy.

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18.Among people sharing their hair-cutting fails was Pink, who revealed on Instagram that when she drinks she gets “really, really brilliant” ideas - such as the idea that she can cut her own hair.

The singer’s attempt didn’t go as planned, however, as she turned in the video to show a chunk of hair missing from the side of her head.

According to hairdresser and founder of Buller & Rice, Anita Rice, cutting your hair at home is not a decision to take lightly. “I definitely don’t recommend anyone trying to cut their own hair. 99.5 per cent of the time it doesn’t come out how you imagined,” she said.

However, if you can't wait for an expert, there are certain steps you can do take ensure your at-home haircut doesn't turn out to be a total disaster.

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30.There is a difference between reading about how to do something and real life.

On Twitter, a user called Daniel, let his partner Sophie attempt a skin fade, suggesting she should have shaved the hair so it smoothly graduated from shorter at the bottom to longer on top.

According to Belinda Jeffrey, the hair colorist and owner of La Boutique, cutting your dead ends isn’t a priority. “Use this time for treatments to repair the damage from styling and colouring to get it in the best condition you can for when you can return to your normal routine.”

Most importantly, remember that it’s just a haircut. Joelene said “not to worry about making a mistake, the hair will grow back before you know it.”