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(91,336 posts) Mon Jul 14, 2014, 01:55 PManyone else cut their own hair (or cut by means other than going to a salon).After 40+ some years I know this about my hair. It's a waste of time to style it and spray it up because my hair is so fine that it just loses the style within 15 minutes. I kinda like a free flowing hairstyle but get annoyed that a haircut means an hour of my life in a chair because I'm suppose to have all this precesion with my hair cut. Then it dawned on me, why spend the money? I would love to have long hair, but when my hair is too long it starts looking greasy even if I wash it every day. Again the curse of the baby fine hair. Most of the time I wash it, blow dry most of it and put it in a bun where after an hour or so my hair will have nice pretty waves to it. So instead of going to a hair salon I asked my best friend if she'd cut my hair. I put it in a pony tail and told her to cut everything off below the hairtie. She's done this twice now and honestly, I haven't had a better cut anywhere then what she does (which btw lasts a whole minute). It's not that I'm cheap. I mean there are low price options for hair cuts but I hate sitting in that chair and waiting. what do others do about their hair?
(91,336 posts) Mon Jul 14, 2014, 02:01 PM2. sounds like you and I have the same type of hairI must have killed the ozone layer over Harrisburg PA from my excessive use of Aqua Net Hairspray just to hold that Farrah look hairstyle. I like being able to wash-n-go. My hair has never looked better.
(91,336 posts) Mon Jul 14, 2014, 03:08 PM10. Weird thing is this - I don't mind the uneven bottomFirst, I like my hair a bit longer in the front so that doesn't bother me. And I know it's not an 'even' cut but where is it in life's rulebook that our hair must be evenly cut? I think it's a style that gives me a wild youthful look, that I'm willing to buck society's norm when it comes to getting my hair cut. So wear your unevenly free haircut with pride & joy!
(91,336 posts) Mon Jul 14, 2014, 10:31 PM41. I wash my hair about 3-4 times a week anymoreAnything more than that and the hair gets way too flimsy and flyaway.
just to hold that Farrah look hairstyle.
hedgehog (33,150 posts) 5. I wear my hair long, and a few years back went back to bangs (as in every 50 years or so, I change my hair style!) So - I put it into two braids and trim the ends periodically, and I trim the bangs when they get too long. Right now I'm growing them out slightly to see if I can sweep them to either side and still show off the curly texture. But - don't go by me - I like my hair best on humid days when it forms a lot of soft curls - which I recently realized is what other peole call "frizzy" and a "bad hair day."
LWolf (39,157 posts) 7. Sometimes, butI don't recommend my technique, lol. I get a "professional" (cheap $10) haircut once or twice a year. When I've been rushed for time for that mid-year cut, I've been known to stop what I'm doing in my classroom, grab a pair of dull scissors with one hand, and the band holding my pony tail with the other, and cut all the hair off at the band. This is quick, free, and has the added benefit of immediately getting 100% of the attention of 100% of the students. It also has some not-so-great side effects: The hair is not even. It's going to be longer in front than back. The ends are going to look like the fringe hanging off of an old 70s hippie shawl, because the hair wasn't even and the scissors weren't straight. It doesn't look great...except the students love it. When an adult walking down the hall gives it a sideways look, there's always a student to jump in and explain my radical hair-cutting and styling cool. I'll get a short cut on labor day weekend; cut it again in January, and let it grow out enough to fit in a ponytail for the summer so I can keep it off the back of my neck in the heat. For about 20 years, the end of high school through young adulthood, I had an in-law that was a stylist. She never went anywhere without her shears, and I've had my hair cut in some bizarre places: standing in line to get into the movies; at the park; in the parking lot of a dance club; on a sailboat; and, of course, at her, or my, kitchen sink. She spoiled me.
fizzgig (20,579 posts) 6. i have been for a few years quarter-inch guard on my husband's clippers.
I don't know about Farrah's hairstyle, but that chin lump could pass for one of her tits.
LynneSin... annoyed that a haircut means an hour of my life in a chair ... ... but I hate sitting in that chair and waiting.
When a woman butchers her own hair and goes from long to short, it's often a sign of mental instability. If you need any proof, just look at these DUmmies.
they really should take better care of themselves.
I can' imagine cutting my own hair anymore than I can imagine not showering.Cindie
I cut my own, but it's easy when there isn't much there to cut.
Response to LynneSin (Original post)Mon Jul 14, 2014, 02:26 PM fizzgig (20,582 posts) 6. i have been for a few yearsquarter-inch guard on my husband's clippers.
It's very hard to cut it even, because you don't have the benefit of a 360-degree angle to work with when you do it yourself.
They never seem to talk about exercise - now doing THAT would help Lynne tone some of that flab.I think it's much easier to trim longer hair, because a mistake doesn't jump out at you. It's very hard to cut it even, because you don't have the benefit of a 360-degree angle to work with when you do it yourself.and it shows
She wears two braids and bangs And fizzy just does the standard buzz cut
the primitive who alleges her physician advised her she's greatly overweight because she takes in too much Vitamin E.
I'm curious if her friend trimmed any other parts up.
