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Published on April 25, 2006 By Dr Guy In Home & Family

When I was young, my mother cut my hair.  She had 2 styles.  Crew cut (hate it!) and Bowl cut (at least it was not a crew cut).  I remember going off to college and getting a girl to cut my hair, I actually could tell her how I wanted it! (Although I was clueless at the time).

Then came post College and I was not going to get a MOM cut!  So I was recommended to a stylist that was my mother's friend.  She was a professional!  But I did not know what she looked like, so I got another one (did not know it at the time) Brenda.  Want to know what Brenda looked like?  Dolly Parton and add 50 pounds.  I thought that was my mom's friend!

But she did a good job and I went to her for years.  Habit.  She knew how I liked to cut my hair.  I stopped when getting an appointment became an ordeal.  Since then, I have wandered from barber to barber, and frequent the places that do it right.  but in the last 5 years, I have probably had a dozen different "hair Stylists".  I am not a very loyal customer (but I do tip if they do it well).

Now take my wife (no, not literally!).  She has been going to a hair stylist for the last umpteen years.  This hair stylist is 45 miles away!  Does she switch now that gas is $3/gal?  not on your life!  She spends $20 in gas for her do!  I will say that either her hair is naturally beautiful (I think that is the truth) or her stylist is good.  But not that good! (I pay from $4-$10 per cut).

What is it with Women and their hair?  They have to have that one person who can do it right because they have been doing it right?  I think not.  I found out that many women can.  And some men.  But many don't either.  But hair grows, so even mistakes are short lived.

Not for women!  Hair is forever!  Oh well, I will write the check so she can have her hair dresser do it right.  She does have beautiful hair.


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on Apr 26, 2006

My cuts are cheap as chips and will soon be cheaper as I will buy myself a pair of clippers and do it myself at home.

You are going to cut your hair yourself?  That will be interesting to see.

on Apr 26, 2006

We save around $200 a year by having me cut my husband's hair. I didn't start out very good but now I can do a fairly respectable high and tight (his choice, not mine)

Well that shows you learned better than my mother did!  She never could cut hair right.  Her sister, my Aunt was great (but then she had 4 boys, my mother only had 3????).

I heard a few years ago that bowl cuts were actually in style.  Huh?????

on Apr 26, 2006

I have such a hard time finding someone who does my hair the way I like it. What drives me crazy is when you tell them what you want, even show them pictures and they just do whatever they want anyway.

I think that is exactly why my wife keeps going to this hairdresser.  She found one that she likes, so even tho we moved 45 miles away, she will continue to go to her.  It is a small price to pay, in actuallity, for her peace of mind.

on Apr 26, 2006
I used to spend a ton of money on my hair, then I got sick of it.  I have to have cuts that are easy to style (ie: fast) but still look good for work.  Since I get up at 5am, I can't have "high maintenance" hair.  Well, I got sick of paying the high bucks and still not being completely happy, so i went and got a $15 cut (which is amazingly cheap for a woman's cut around here) from Fantastic Sam's, and it's one of the few cuts that I have ever been complimented on.  Go figure.
on Apr 26, 2006
We have seen your picture. yours IS one of them!


HAHAHAHAHA....see I was wearing BANGS in that picture.....you really have no idea what I am talking about do you?

That's ok...my husband doesn't necessarily get it either.

This is what I think most women look best wearing....





This is the style that most women wear today...that I think looks bad on almost everyone...unless you have perfect skin and no wrinkles that is! Oh and a perfect size forehead!



See the difference in bangs now? The last photo is of a model with a blurred lense...I just don't think most women look good with that long stuff laying on the side of their faces...this woman had her hair and makeup done to perfection...and it looks nice..but most women I know don't have those luxuries...and they end up wearing their hair in a pony tail to get their bangs out of the face...which pulls it all away...and very few women have the face for that imo.
on Apr 26, 2006
I have stick straight hair. it's fine and plentiful. Curling is not styling, it's an Olympic event. All throughout high school I wore it one length at my shoulders. When I got into college, I decided to spice it up a bit and cut slanty bangs and started parting it on the side and I've grown it to the bottom of my shoulder blades. This works well because I still have the length that boys my age like, but I have more styling options with the bangs. Having long one length hair is cheap because you only need to trim it about 3 times a year. But washing it and drying it is a hassle! It takes me about an hour. I really want to spice things up and dye my hair blond and chop it to an ultra trendy look, but too many people have gushed over my naturally red and straight hair. So I guess I'm staying like this for now.
on Apr 26, 2006

so i went and got a $15 cut (which is amazingly cheap for a woman's cut around here) from Fantastic Sam's, and it's one of the few cuts that I have ever been complimented on. Go figure.

I go to the hair cuttery.  Get a different person each time.  3 out of 4 are good.  The other my wife hates even tho she has never met her.

on Apr 26, 2006

and it looks nice..but most women I know don't have those luxuries...and they end up wearing their hair in a pony tail to get their bangs out of the face...which pulls it all away...and very few women have the face for that imo.

You are just too harsh a critic.

on Apr 26, 2006

But washing it and drying it is a hassle! It takes me about an hour. I really want to spice things up and dye my hair blond and chop it to an ultra trendy look, but too many people have gushed over my naturally red and straight hair. So I guess I'm staying like this for now.

See there's the nutshell.  WOmen have so many options, they often cannot decide.  men have 2.  Long or short.  And excuse me if I think men with pony tails look stupid.  hey!  Some of my best friends have pony tails!  But most are not men.

on Apr 26, 2006
men have 2. Long or short. And excuse me if I think men with pony tails look stupid. hey! Some of my best friends have pony tails! But most are not men.


I don't like long hair at all on men. I don't like hair in general, no beards or excessively hairy backs please!
on Apr 26, 2006
As long as it makes your wife not only beautiful but more importantly FEEL beautiful, happy and satisfied who cares if she drove 100 miles.

If you look at it in a positive light you will realize just how lucky YOU are.
on Apr 26, 2006
BTW .. I, too, go to a regular stylist. Not because she cuts my hair better than anyone else. Oh no nothing minor like that but because she's attractive and said I looked like a "stud" after my first haircut with her.
on Apr 26, 2006
You are just too harsh a critic


Maybe...but the standard rule of thumb for women and bangs or no bangs is Forehead size....if you put your first finger on your hair line..and your thumb at your brow..the perfect forehead will be 1/3 the size of your face...meaning if you keep that distance between thumb and first finger then place your first finger on your brow, you should go down twice before hitting chin.

If a woman has a five head...hehe..she needs bangs....or if her forehead is so smaller she needs bangs too but cut back further on her crown...so it balances her face out.

Now you may think this is being critical, but I went to school for this in college..because most tv reporters do their own makeup and hair....and you don't want a five head on tv....

If you look at the model with the long bangs above...she has a five head. Her forehead is almost as big as the rest of her face....

She would look better with bangs. If you don't believe me, put on or two fingers over her five head and see how much better her face looks.
on Apr 26, 2006
You are going to cut your hair yourself? That will be interesting to see.


Maybe buzz would be a better word. With electric clippers, it is quite easy. I used to do it for myself when I was in the Airforce but haven't done it for years. I don't know if it will be anymore difficult and I have my wife to tidy up those hard to reach places.


on Apr 26, 2006
With electric clippers, it is quite easy


My husband buzzes his hair every three days. I hung a mirror over the utility sink in the laundry room...which is right off the master bath...and he cuts it there. Quick, easy and best of all FREE...the clippers were around $10.

I don't know what it is...but some men just look better with no hair...my husband is one of them....of course he does it because he's cheap and because he's out of town so much...can you imagine trying to find a barber in a strange city every other week?
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