ILX, give me self-haircut tips for when I finish this bottle of wine and want to cut my hair later

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OMG MAYBE HE CHOPPED OFF HIS HEAD.

Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 18 November 2004 04:04 (nineteen years ago) link

use a spoon.

RJG (RJG), Thursday, 18 November 2004 04:13 (nineteen years ago) link

this is only a semi-related thought, but i just thought i'd share that always shocks (shocks!) me how many people, when using a tiny hand mirror to check out the back of their head do it by holding said tiny mirror up behind their head and angling, looking in the big mirror to see the reflection - which is pretty much fruitless. Put your back to the big mirror and LOOK FROM THE LITTLE ONE, you mentalists!

Kim (Kim), Thursday, 18 November 2004 04:40 (nineteen years ago) link

use a cd as a mirror

i use those AOL cd-roms that used to come in the mail every few months. and follow Kim's technique, so as not to be a total dumbass.

&, Thursday, 18 November 2004 05:13 (nineteen years ago) link

do they still sell Flowbees?

yes! http://www.flowbee.com/

http://www.flowbee.com/images/webrickbotflat2%20copy.jpg

koogs (koogs), Thursday, 18 November 2004 09:32 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.flowbee.com/images/webrickbotflat2%20copy.jpg

koogs (koogs), Thursday, 18 November 2004 09:33 (nineteen years ago) link

What the hell is that thing? I cut my own hair this last time because I didn't have time in-between packing to go have it done elsewhere. I was not drunk and my hair is very forgiving, so it more or less looks OK. Not recommended for dead straight hair at all.

Liz :x (Liz :x), Thursday, 18 November 2004 10:26 (nineteen years ago) link

that thing is basically vacuum-cleaner driven razor. it sucks the hair in and cuts it to a certain (configurable) length. the added advantage, of course, being that it cleans up as it goes.

i wonder if rick also uses it on that mustache?

koogs (koogs), Thursday, 18 November 2004 10:40 (nineteen years ago) link

use scissors not pinking shears

this is bollocks! I used pinking shears the time before last and intend to use them again this very weekend! if you angle along the hair instead of across you get an instant nonchalantly layered look

then again I plan to have a mohawk by summer so don't really give a shit how it turns out in between times

kit brash (kit brash), Thursday, 18 November 2004 10:56 (nineteen years ago) link

One of the best haircuts I ever had was self administered while out of my mind on abstinthe and possibly hallucinating! However, it was pretty easy as I was growing out a dye job, so the colour delineations served as a bit of a "cut here" guide.

This Pinking Shears thing is madness. Are you a horse? Or a floral arrangement? I don't think so! Use scissors.

The Grain of Sand in Lambeth That Satan Cannot Find (kate), Thursday, 18 November 2004 11:43 (nineteen years ago) link

I have hairdresser's pinking shear type scissors (with notches in the blades) which are indeed good for instant layering - twist a hank of hair and savagely chop into it in a few places fairly near the end of the hair - tadaa! NB I REALLY don't recommend this for straight or otherwise fussy hair.

Liz :x (Liz :x), Thursday, 18 November 2004 11:46 (nineteen years ago) link

I'm growing my hair out a bit. Once it's long enough I need a New Style.

sgs (sgs), Thursday, 18 November 2004 11:48 (nineteen years ago) link

whoops, I didn't give you a tip. I only really have tips for trimming short hair though, and I'm probably too late anyhow.

sgs (sgs), Thursday, 18 November 2004 11:49 (nineteen years ago) link

twelve years pass...

Hurricane cabin fever strikes, but tbf there's a low chance of disaster due to baldness/clippers all round

Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Monday, 16 October 2017 22:37 (six years ago) link

self-haircut tips for when I finish this bottle of wine and want to cut my hair

This is embarrassingly relevant to my interests.

Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 16 October 2017 22:39 (six years ago) link

Pro tip: run the clippers over the same area multiple times, especially on the back of your head, to avoid the chance of missing the odd tuft.

A is for (Aimless), Monday, 16 October 2017 22:41 (six years ago) link

my tip is to give the clippers to a reliable friend and instruct them to hide them until you are sober

estela, Monday, 16 October 2017 22:47 (six years ago) link

^ taking all the fun out of drunk hair cutting

A is for (Aimless), Monday, 16 October 2017 22:47 (six years ago) link

No atheists in foxholes and no reliable friends in my apt during hurricanes

Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Monday, 16 October 2017 22:48 (six years ago) link

She has offered to do the other bits eg nape and behind ears that risky stuff tbfttw

Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Monday, 16 October 2017 22:49 (six years ago) link

No clippers. And you'll catch that odd tuft the next day, after a shower or w/e. Hand-mirror pointing at wall-mirror in one hand, scissors in the other = let it rip.

Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 16 October 2017 22:49 (six years ago) link

An bored snip nua

Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Monday, 16 October 2017 22:51 (six years ago) link

I used scissors back when I had detectable hair of a visible length and color. Now that I have only minimal remnants adorning the sides of my skull, clippers are the way to go.

A is for (Aimless), Monday, 16 October 2017 22:54 (six years ago) link


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