I’ve cut my children’s hair for years, not because I wanted to or because I was any good at it. No, I did it to save money. I bought a hair cutting kit back before I had kids, when I was working to put my husband through university. We were low on money, and whenever I cut my husband’s hair, he looked like a peanut.
As soon as my husband was out of school and got a real job, he didn’t want me to cut his hair any more. After all, he had to make an impression. He didn’t want to look goofy. Whenever I gave him a coupon for a hair cut, he would tell me, “If I’m going to get a bad haircut, you might as well do it.” Oddly, I wasn’t hurt. He was right. A cheaper place always cut his hair just as bad as I did, so why waste the money? His point was that he didn’t want to look goofy, so I haven’t criticized him for letting him get it cut at the mall. Once you find one person in particular who does it right, you end up going back to that person. That’s what my husband did.
Now as far as the children were concerned, I would always cut their hair, because who cares what they looked like? I homeschool, so it’s not like kids are going to make fun of them. However, I recommend having the children watch a video while you cut their hair, because otherwise if they start crying, they get hair in their eyes and mouth, and they start spitting. Suddenly there’s snot, and you just want the nightmare to be over with.
Of course, I’ve saved over a thousand dollars over the years, so I just hold on to that idea as I chop away with the scissors. For some reason the kids’ haircuts looked good most of the time. Or maybe after cutting hair hundreds of times, I was finally finding my groove.
Tags: frugal living, hair cut, persistence, saving money
Actually, I cut my husband’s hair too! We figured it I messed it up it would cost the same to have them fix it as them cutting it in the first place. It’s all about knowing what angle to hold the hair on and then cutting straight.
I haven’t tried my own hair yet, that seems a bit harder as I don’t have two mirrors.
I don’t cut my own hair either except for the front. There’s no way to know if you’re cutting the back of your hair straight or not.
I have cut everyone ‘s (11 people) hair for over 20 years. It has saved a lot of money through the years.
It really does save a lot of money. It’s the only reason I do it!
Awesome read! My mom would cut my hair when I was younger! I would cut bangs for girls but that’s how far I would go lol!
Cutting bangs really helps! You can let the rest grow long.