May 31, 2005 7:16 AM
For mothers of boys
The best $25 I ever invested was in a Wahl hair clipper kit fifteen years ago when I had four sons under 6.
Since then, I figure I've given something like 900 haircuts to those four sons, the four that came later, and my dear hubby, thus saving $9000- 18,000 for the Curtis household.
It's really easy to learn to cut boys' hair. The Wahl kit comes with a video. I also invested in a really good pair of scissors and learned to cut longer hair that way.
I don't have the patience to be as precise as a barber, but I developed my own style of grabbing sections of hair between my fingers (without doing the comb sectioning thing) and cutting at a uniform length.
Be brave!
Anyway, it's been 15 years of mommy cutting hair and it's very sweet how my older boys still count on me. Ben got one professional cut while away at college, but decided after that to just wait until he comes home for me to do it.
Besides saving money, it's kind of a sweet ritual - a mother/son bonding thing - and one I highly recommend.
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I tried. I really did. I have the clippers. I have shears. I was even pretty decent, but my boys! Oh, my boys! Not cooperative clients at all, so now we take them down the hill to the old-fashioned barbershop and pay $11 a kid. Sigh.
Posted by: Mel | May 31, 2005 10:56 AM
I do my guys' hair, too. So cheap! Can't beat the savings. I was doing my own hair for awhile with the Robocut I bought. But now that I'm growing my hair out it's not so easy for me to use. In our house, I've been the only one to pay the big bucks for a haircut. If I could, I'd never darken a hairdresser's door again. But, alas, I want longer hair AND style. Heh.
I enjoy reading your blog, Barbara. :)
Posted by: Coffee and a Muffin | May 31, 2005 11:05 AM
Barbara,
I also cut my kids hair! But I have no training at it. I just watched the haircutters when I took them in. So far they have all turned out well - except for the nicked neck episode which my son still brings up 3 years later...
Of course, my daughter is growing out her hair and my son is six and doesn't know any better since I started cutting his at 2 years old. (I am waiting for the day that he realizes that there is such a thing as style! Then my cutting will have to step up.)
Thanks for the encouragement that it is okay to be a spendthrift!
Posted by: Shalee | March 9, 2006 12:44 PM
I will have to learn this sometime in the future as well. Right now I have an uncle that owns a salon that does all of our hair free of charge (YIPPEE), but I'm sure after I have a few more kids (boys especially, I like short hair on boys so that amounts to 3-4 cuts a year at least) I won't want to take advantage of his generousity. I'll save the free ones for me!!! :)
I just found your blog, I really like it.
Posted by: Nicole | March 11, 2006 12:01 AM
