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Cutting hair at home

As coronavirus stay-at-home orders linger, hair is getting longer... Luckily, this is no problem at our house! I've cut my family's hair for years. It has saved us a lot of money throughout our marriage. Search you tube for some helpful tutorials. You can do it! This is a great time to practice because no one is going to school for a long while! My best tips: 1) blending sides & tapering bangs is super important. Nothing is a dead giveaway that it was an ametuer job as much as cutting straight across a boy's forehead to trim bangs. Use the comb to comb up, hold the bangs at a slight angle with your fingers, then snip. In other words, DON'T do the bowl over the head method. 2)You can always cut more, so start gradual. You usually cut hair wet & it will look shorter when dry, so be conservative. 3)Don't say, "oops" or "uh-oh". It doesn't have to be perfect but don't verbalize any dismay. Hahaha! Good luck! This is such a useful s