Comments on: Haircuts at home?

By: Jeanne Marie

Jeanne Marie — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:00:15 +0000

Charlie, where do you live? I want you to teach my husband to cut my hair for me, or just have you trim it. I will pay you. I have asked him just to trim the ends for me, but he tells me he won’t. He doesn’t think it is a manly thing to do. You sound like you have gotten over that fear, and feel comfortable with the hair shears. Your wife is so lucky to have a husband who would cut his wife’s hair, let alone do it for one of her friends. I would really like to gt my hair trimmed without dreading it for days in advance.
I have long hair and cannot find a salon or stylist that I can trust not to chop off my hair. I go to different ones and firmly tell them just an inch. But I haven’t been happy with their attitude or results.
I had my 8 year old daughter’s friend’s mom who is a stylist, who I know from my daughter’s dance class cut mine last time. I just wanted a trim of a couple inches. Well she made a big deal of the fact she thought I was too old to wear my hair to the middle of my back and told me, “Next Time, No excuses! I was getting a real haircut”. I have asked other friends and they look at me like there was something wrong with me. My sister has cut mine a couple times, it wasn’t too bad. But I had to even up the ends standing in front of the bathroom mirror with a hand mirror to fix it. At least it wasn’t chopped short. It would just be some much easier if my husband would say OK, I’ll do it for you. I am not asking for highlights, a perm or coloring. My daughter is too young, and my son who is 13, I am a little hesitant to ask. I could just hear him saying, Mom, that is so weird”.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:21:02 +0000

I agree. Cutting a lady’s hair at home is a good idea, and can save even more money. I had a girlfriend who was a stylist who cut my hair several times for me. One day she mentioned that I received free haircuts, but she had to pay for hers. I asked her where she was going with this. She told me she wanted me to give her a haircut. I told her I didn’t know how, and that I liked her long red hair on her head, and I didn’t want to miss it up. Well she told me to pay attention, because she was going to teach me how. And if I didn’t want it cut too short, I had better pay close attention. Well I got the cape around her shoulders, combed her hair, and asked her if she was sure about this. She said YES! My hands shook nervously at first,and I thought it was going to be something we were both going to regret. But I was wrong. She walked me through the details of sectioning her hair, establishing the guide and cutting it straight. I only took off less than an inch, but it looked great. I bought a good quality pair of hair shears that were left handed, and I cut her hair a few more times, until I moved for a job. But I have given hair cuts to other girl friends, women friends I knew, and even had friends of ladies show up when their friend was getting her hair cut and ask if I could cut theirs too. Once you get the technique down of the sectioning, and trimming, it is easy. I have even had to repair botched jobs from visits to the salon, where the “professional” did a poor job. I prefer cutting a woman’s long hair. I have given short haircuts to ladies, but the short hair doesn’t give you as much to work with. The longest hair I ever cut was mid-thigh, and I had to kneel on the floor for that trim to take a couple inches off.

By: Don

Don — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:30:57 +0000

What about women getting their hair cut at home? I have cut my wife’s hair since our third date – gave her her first short cut then, she had neve had her hair above her ears or nape clipped.

Since she works out of the home as much as I do, the time-saving is great. I have had other women say that they wished they could get their hair cut at home also, but their husbands would never dream of it.

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By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 05:48:05 +0000

Funny enough, I don’t cut DH’s hair but I do cut my own. I invested in a good pair of hair cutting scissors (only around $6) and a straight comb. It helps, of course, that my hair has length and is cut straight. I have touched up DH’s hair with a pair of clippers he had, but it happens very rarely. Definitely invest in the decent clippers and use the appropriate guards and it should be a-okay.

By: larry

larry — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 04:11:57 +0000

Hey, that’s a good idea to save money. Why didn’t I thought of that. I always visit the barber once every 5 week. So I have to fork out $10 (in my own country currency). In a year that will be $100 est. Wow!! That’s is almost one month of food expenses. Maybe I can take a barber course and start cutting hair as another source of income.

By: Vickie

Vickie — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 04:10:43 +0000

My nearly fifteen year old son cuts his own hair. He has very curly hair so he cuts it very short using a #2 guard I think. He sits outside and puts a towel around his shoulders and proceeds to buzz it off. He is a football player and likes it short. It looks like the cut he always asked for from our hair stylist, which was around 20.00 before.

Our sixteen year old son has very thick hair and while my husband cut it off at the beginning of the summer, it was a LOT of work. We pay to get his hair cut but it is not every month. My husband is a cop and is balding so he has the cop look….shaved head. He does this himself each morning.

We still struggle to find just the right kit to use.

I pay to have my hair cut but a year ago I gave up the coloring bit. I could not justify the cost. My hair at age 47 is white! I am not sure if I like it or not but with my funky glasses it does look rather cool. I used to color it myself until the store bought brands ruined my hair.

I will be checking back to see if you come up with a great kit to use. We have tried so many and have had the problem of them not lasting very long. I think we are going to go to a beauty supply shop and purchase a more expensive brand than Wal Mart next time.

By: Kendra

Kendra — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:56:51 +0000

My mom bought my boys a Conair Kids Hair Clipper kit for Christmas ’06. My DH cuts my boys here at home. My DH prefers to be bald, so he just uses a razor every 3 days to maintain his look. I myself have found the SuperCuts Training Center near our apartment. All new hires at Chicagoland SuperCuts have to go through 1 week of training to learn the “supercuts” way. They are all licensed and wonderful. The best part is haircuts are FREE. I haven’t paid for a haircut in over 2yrs. I go in about every 3 months or so, as I have long straight hair that doesn’t need a lot of work done to it. Also, we have a new trend popping up around our town. There are a lot of shops opening up that offer $5 cuts for everyone. They are all licensed and offical salons, not just beauty schools. Although, beauty schools are a great option if you have any in your town.

Hope this was helpful.

By: Kacie

Kacie — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:18:55 +0000

Wow, thanks everyone for the comments! I knew you’d help me out!

My husband is all for me cutting his hair. He doesn’t like having to go to the barber–it takes time out of his weekend, it’s a hassle, he doesn’t like making small talk, and he doesn’t like what it costs, even if it is cheap.

So, I’m going to go to Target and buy a Wahl clippers set thing. You’ll see before and after shots once I cut it (soon!)

By: AmyG

AmyG — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:52:15 +0000

Well I happen to be a licensed stylist and my husband is my #1 (and currently, my only) client. I’ve even started cutting my own and have always colored my own so that saves me a bundle. The one time I went and had my hair cut AND colored (about a year ago) I was floored by how much it cost me. I vowed “never again”!!!