Flowbee

Almost everyone who cuts their own hair does not have good hair to begin with...or they're basically bald.

If you have a lot of hair and choose to cut it yourself...you have issues.

Im bald...so for me...a cheap pair of hair trimmers is all I need. If I actually had hair Id go to a barber so I would look like a normal human.
 
I cut my hair with scissors for about ten years until I read about the Flowbee in a thread here. Got one about 3 years ago and have been using it since. All told I have probably saved $1500+ but the money isn't why I do it. I just don't like the hassle of going to the barbershop.
 
ponyboy said:
Almost everyone who cuts their own hair does not have good hair to begin with...or they're basically bald.

If you have a lot of hair and choose to cut it yourself...you have issues.

Im bald...so for me...a cheap pair of hair trimmers is all I need. If I actually had hair Id go to a barber so I would look like a normal human.
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I've got lots of hair and have been cutting it myself for a decade and change now, using wahl clippers. I also look back fondly at the first $30 purchase so long ago and how it paid for itself in a month. Did have to replace a couple years ago, but got the cordless lithium ion battery powered one and whoa, it's so much nicer! No cord flopping all around. I think I do a pretty darn good job thank you very much :)

What I want to know is if anyone out here has learned to cut women's hair so they can do their wife's hair at home rather than them going out. Then we could save some real money. I highly doubt I could convince my wife I'd do it well though. She spends a good amount of time bothering over it, and a goodlier amount of money on products for it, and is never happy with it :(
 
njhowie said:
Saves so much time, money, not having to deal with silly/unpleasant chit chat, and the one thing which totally disgusts me - the stylist/barber who wreaks from their last cigarette break.
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This is what drove me to DIY. 20 odd years ago, the shop was full of smoke.
 
mrWinter said:
I've got lots of hair and have been cutting it myself for a decade and change now, using wahl clippers. I also look back fondly at the first $30 purchase so long ago and how it paid for itself in a month. Did have to replace a couple years ago, but got the cordless lithium ion battery powered one and whoa, it's so much nicer! No cord flopping all around. I think I do a pretty darn good job thank you very much :)

What I want to know is if anyone out here has learned to cut women's hair so they can do their wife's hair at home rather than them going out. Then we could save some real money. I highly doubt I could convince my wife I'd do it well though. She spends a good amount of time bothering over it, and a goodlier amount of money on products for it, and is never happy with it :(
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I lop my gal's hair. She jumps in the tub, dunks her head back in the water so the hair is soaked and streams backward, then sits on the edge of the tub with her head upright. I brush her hair back so it lays flat and sticks to her back, then cut an inch or more off level across the back. She re-dunks, I check for a straight cut and no escapee long hairs and my part is done. At times I'll catch her doing some touch-up trimming. She cuts a number of other's hair as called upon and colors her own hair now and again, doing a far better job than most of the salon jobs I've seen.
She eschews clippers mostly, but a real game changer was years back when I talked to an old barber about who sharpened his shears. Ended up sending her scissors to a gent in Idaho, who put a faint scalloped edge on one blade and a flat edge on the other. Result is that the hair stays put between the blades and doesn't push out as you cut. I need to do that again...
 
I've always had a full head of hair even when I didn't have any. Hair was always something I put up with and I finally convinced DW to give me a very short buzz cut. She did it for years, saved some bucks too. Now, in ER, she convinced me to grow it out. People say I look younger with hair. I think it's the perpetual smile I have after leaving w*rk!
I balk at the cost of a cut, but DW likes the hair better than the bald look, guess I'll keep the hair until it abandons me.

DW is very vain about her hair, something an ex-boyfriend told me about her in high school. He was right too. DW spends ALOT on her hair, solons, coloring, shampoo, conditioners, etc. I've been semi successful in mitigating the costs over the years but,:banghead: I mostly just smile and let her do her thing. It's really her only extravagance, so I count myself lucky.:LOL:
 
JoeWras said:
:)
This needs to make it to the new ER Newsletter.
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Might need some editing. The way I read it, he married his 13 YO daughter? :eek:

Then either got divorced and married current DW, or is a bigamist?

-ERD50
 
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We have a flowbee. DH uses it. We used to use it on the boys - but older son now wants "styled" cuts and younger son can't be bothered getting a haircut. (He's got a curly mop of long hair... which works in a surfer town.)

I have great hair - long, thick, auburn (used to be red)... waist length. Twice a year I have my husband lop off a few inches in a straight line while it's wet. Stylist/fancy places always want to give me a cut that requires blow drying and styling... I can't be bothered... It's either down, tucked behind my ears... or in a braid or ponytail. I get compliments on my hair regularly - so why do I need a fancy style that costs a lot of money.
 
I've started cutting my own hair in the past six months. I like it a lot better. Not only do you save the money (about $25 a pop for me), but you save the time and hassle of a trip to the stylist -- the 20 min drive there, the sit-and-wait while reading some dumb magazine, the awkward conversation with the stylist, and then the 20 min trip back.

I use a Remington clipper that vacuums up the hair, so there's no mess. $40. I goofed up a little at first, but I've gotten the hang of it. My haircut is pretty straightforward, nothing fancy. I've gotten some compliments, so I can't be doing too bad.

Another bonus is that I can keep my hair shorter this way. I used to let it grow longer, partly because I was avoiding going to the barber, which I find a hassle.
 
DFDubb said:
. . . because a $10 cut/style isn't going to be any better than the flowbee.
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I've had great $10 haircuts and atrocious $30 "styles." I go to a $10 barber, get a good haircut, usually pleasant conversation and a catch-up on community stuff (new road construction, stores opening/closing, etc), and no attempt to sell me hair care products.
 
I got one shortly after they came out, about 1987. Had to buy a replacement tube set. My kids laugh about it, but it falls in the category of 'If you haven't tried it don't knock it'
 
I cut his hair. He trims mine.
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OK, put the flowbee down, back away from the flowbee and never admit to owning one ever again.
 
I cut my kids hair with clippers- youngest likes a crew cut, I learned how to do the current style- short on the sides and long on the top for oldest son- there aren't many good places to get them a good trim around here and I'm always short on time- its easier to do it at home. I've vowed to stop the moment they complain about it though. Used to cut DH's hair, but he has almost none left and manages to cut it himself with the same clipper set. I am forever changing my hairstyle, so I have mine done, as it usually has layers in it.. There is a gray streak in it, but I color that myself.
 
I used to go get my haircut, until when I was in, they asked if I wanted them to do it with the clippers.
I said I wanted scissors because if I'm paying someone to do it, I want them to work for it.

It made me realize I could probably just run a clipper over my head, so next time I bought a Wahl and never looked back.

Save the hassle and $15 instead of letting them run a clipper over my head.
It's been years now. :)
 
I pay about $40 to get my hair cut plus tip about 6 times per year. That includes a wash, cut, and style and set. I consider it money well spent given that I still have a full head of thick hair. It would cost a lot more to restore lost hair not to mention the psychological damage. Plus the lady who cuts my hair has some of the wildest stories.
 
Freedom56 said:
I pay about $40 to get my hair cut plus tip about 6 times per year. That includes a wash, cut, and style and set. I consider it money well spent given that I still have a full head of thick hair. It would cost a lot more to restore lost hair not to mention the psychological damage. Plus the lady who cuts my hair has some of the wildest stories.
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So "a wash, cut, and style and set" is the reason "I still have a full head of thick hair." :LOL:
 
Curious what percentage of members on this forum are cut-your-own-hair people vs the general population :)
 
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