I Think I Owe Myself 25 Cents
They say there’s a first time for everything. Today I did something for the first time, and I'm excited to tell you all about it.
Today, I gave myself a haircut.
Before I get into the pictures and the story, a little background:
I’ve always gone to have my hair cut by a professional, someone who knows way more about hair than I do, or ever will. I used to have curly hair when I was younger, now I’m thankful for what little hair I have left since I’ve got a healthy baldness going on up there. I accept it, I’m 38 years old, so it is what it is.
I could always tell when it was getting “too long” when I had hair, and these days it gets to a point where I look like Doc Brown from Back to the Future, but with darker colored hair. I like to keep it looking somewhat reasonable, and when it gets beyond that, it’s usually time for a haircut.
Since it had been a while, I wanted to get one, but… oh, wait… there’s that thing going on… that… coronavirus! So, most hair places aren’t open around here. Well, I had to improvise, because I didn’t want to deal with my nasty hair, so I could either wait until this blows over (who knows how long that’ll be), or just do it myself. I figured it’d make for a fun blog entry (or YouTube video, but I wound up not filming the process), so I went for it. I managed to find a home haircut kit available at my local Walgreens, so I picked it up on Saturday, and decided today was the day to make it happen.
My first obstacle, before I did any cutting, was to figure out how I was going to deal with the hair I was cutting off. I thought of a few ideas:
Stand in the bathtub and let the hair fall down, then suck it up with the vacuum.
Put a few garbage bags on the floor and then just wrap them up when done and throw them out.
Lean my head over the toilet and hope for the best
None of those seemed in any way practical, so I wound up improvising with a few cologne bottles and a bed sheet:
It definitely worked well! I was able to clean up the hair pretty easily.
As for the haircut? Well, see for yourself:
Before
After
I’m no Vidal Sassoon, but for my first self-cut I think it’s not bad. It looks pretty uniform, my sideburns are gone, and I even did a quick shave afterward. The haircut was pretty easy to do, and I think with practice I may get better results.
So, today I gave myself a “shave and a haircut” - I think that warrants the “two bits” plus tip of course!
Speaking of “tips,” got any self-haircutting advice you can share? Post a comment below, and let me know!