Cutting your own hair, tips please?

chalky_75

I will send Mr Chalky around - he is much better than that !!!

vivw_2

shegha wrote: »

Well if you ever fancy a treat our students only charge £8 for a cut and blow dry and believe my you will get a good cut as the take so much care over a cut, it may take a little longer. But if you enjoy being pampered it makes the experiance last longer.
So check out you local further education college and see if they have a hair and beauty department.
Great cheap beauty treatments too

I have always thought of doing that but have been rather scared to go. After all they are often so young and the last thing I want [at the age of 51] is a young trendy cut. I also hate hair dressers as I never know what to say to them. Haven't been for over a year now and have taken to cutting my own but know that I really should pluck up the courage

champys

I never managed to get the fringe quite right either - in the end I just let it grow out to have it all the same length. It has been liberating, simplifies everything!

Old_Joe

Re College hairdressing/Cutting.
My wife has her hair done each college term week and is only charged the cost of materials used.
ALL work has to be 'passed' by a lecturer before clients leave their chair.

Sometimes I go for a hair cut @£2. The lecturer always asks if the student can trim my beard and very occassionly ask if they can shampoo what bit o' hair I have at no cost, just for the students to get experience.
Although we've never availed ourseves, the is a Reflexology section there too.;)

maypole

Shegha


Do you cut around the top or bottom of the thumb?

OOPS just read your post again and it does say TOP of the thumb. Please ignore this post!

vivw_2

shegha wrote: »

Well if you ever fancy a treat our students only charge £8 for a cut and blow dry and believe my you will get a good cut as the take so much care over a cut, it may take a little longer. But if you enjoy being pampered it makes the experiance last longer.
So check out you local further education college and see if they have a hair and beauty department.
Great cheap beauty treatments too

Shegha, which college are you at?

chalky_75

"I'm in East Anglia and work in the local college Hair & beauty department"

This is where Shega is and she sounds great.

vivw_2

chalky_75 wrote: »

"I'm in East Anglia and work in the local college Hair & beauty department"

This is where Shega is and she sounds great.

East Anglia is a large area and contains several colleges

beckstar1975

Hello

In spirit of OS I am refusing to pay for haircuts for ds (2 1/2), and dd (16 months), and whilst my efforts have not been bad my son does have a few bald patches .

Any tips or useful websites on how to do this? Would clippers help (will ask on Freecycle but prob just used up my luck getting sodastream and toddler bed!)? Currently using kitchen scissors and fingers!! COuld I then translate this onto DH?

Any thoughts/suggestions gratefully received, including telling me it's a false economy and should go to Supercuts

b*

Poggie123

Speaking from experience :whistle: .... it's probably best to get your DD's hair cut at the hairdressers. After lots of guilt laden nagging from Nana about it getting in her eyes I gave my eldest DD a 'fringe' of sorts. Worst move ever! OK so it wasn't in her eyes but it looked awful! I even invested in hairdressing scissors at boots which were sharper and so my later efforts were less wonky. I was so embarrassed when I finally took her to the hairdressers though, especially as a toddler trim was only £4 - the scissors cost more than that!

As for boys, my friend does her son's hair with clippers and it's perfectly fine, I think they're pretty much foolproof...but that's what I thought about the fringe lol!! :rolleyes: