I tried to trim Katy's bangs myself once. No, maybe twice. Both times I ended up taking her back to the salon to get it fixed within a few days. I remember that one of the times was right after David was born, so then all of his newborn pictures are plagued with the choppy banged toddler next to him:
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| That cute baby is thinking, "Keep me away from mom's scissors." |
So I never even tried to cut David's hair. Took him right to the kids' salon (which we love) to the tune of $15 a pop, after coupon and tip. And I preferred a scissor cut to clippers, so it had to be done every 6-8 weeks.
Recently it occurred to me while running my fingers through Luke's hair that soon that cost would double as I need to take TWO boys to get haircuts every 6-8 weeks. Yikes! Money's tight for us as it is for everyone right now, so I took a deep breath and started to watch some YouTube videos on how to cut boys' hair. And in the end -
this blog post was the one that I found most helpful.
And then I tried it. I used a combo of clippers and scissors. We already had this stuff because Brian has been cutting his own hair for years (obviously).
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| Shaggy Shag Before |
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| And complicated by a cow lick |
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| Nervous Mommy and David During (I did actually nick his ear - poor kid!) |
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| Side view after - Katy said, "Ahhh...I think David looks cute with that hair cut!" |
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| Cute indeed |
I'm pretty happy with it, especially for my first try. I'm cautiously optimistic that I'll be able to cut hair on all 3 of them and save some signifcant cash over the years. And hopefully my technique will improve too. Another effect of the economy: cutting my kids' hair myself!
4 comments:
Great job! He looks adorable. He has a nice, round head, too, without a lot of angles . . . so you should only get better with confidence. :-)
Looks good to me!! My friend who used to work at a hair cuttery is now going to do it on her own so she will keep the scissors/clippers out of my hands for a little while longer!
You did a great job!! Another reason why I wish we lived close to you--you'd make a killing off me on birthday cakes and haircuts- LOL! You should consider a move to PA (Philly area)
Good for you! I take both to the local barber - it's an old fashioned and much loved part of the community so I hate to stop going. BUT it costs me ~ $30 with tip for both so might just have to copy you and give it a go.
Maybe I can get a tutorial in person sometime! I tried cutting Michael's hair once and it was a total disaster - but maybe I can learn.
I'm impressed Em.
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