Just now, I gave myself my first haircut ever

[DonaldsRump]

and it doesn't look ridiculous! There is not much that can be positive about these terrible times. This is perhaps one of them.

God bless us all, and let that fat mofo idiot in our White House and his many Rus-publican bootlickers like McConnell and Graham be trounced on November 3.

For every haircut I do myself, that money that I save is going to Biden and the D's towards that end!

[underpants]

1. How's you do it?

Please don't say clippers.

I'm going to have to look into it. The 'do is crazy out of control.

[DonaldsRump]

2. Yes, electric clippers were the tools

Desperate times call for desperate measures!

I gave myself a haircut kit from Amazon for my birthday last month, and tried to get my kids to do it. They wouldn't, and I have several videoconferences tomorrow, so I did it myself.

I pay $20 each time for a simple haircut, and this kit cost around $28. I figure I will use it at least one more time during the California lockdown (assuming I live through all this).

[underpants]

3. Okay

I don't do clippers. Sounds great though.

[Cirque du So-What]

10. I always had you figured for a blowtorch & leafblower kind of guy

Clippers? 'Ha!', I say.

[underpants]

14. No no no sir

Scissors only. Commonwealth certified only. I have a really great head of hair and I know my strengths.

[IcyPeas]

12. Ummm?

What's wrong with using clippers?

[underpants]

15. No thank you

I went under clippers in basic and never again.

[Croney]

4. And today, I cut my husband's hair for the first time ever.

It's thin and gray on top, but he's got a silly short ponytail left over from his hippie days. I resisted the urge to cut it off. The old geezer would have been pretty mad.

I agree with you -- the money saved can go to helping us win.

[mitch96]

5. I've been cutting my hair for years.. I use a flobee and it works out well for me

Besides saving money I can cut it when ever I want, no appointment necessary!!
I have a friend who likes to go to the barber. It's a comradely thing for him... He kinda misses it..
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[msongs]

6. used to buzz cut down to 0 but its too shaggy now to use a home clipper nt

[LizBeth]

7. Been doing it for decades. So doesn't look great? Grows back, lol,.

[Squinch]

8. I cut mine a week ago, and it looks really good. I'm a woman with a long layered

cut. Found a "How-to" on youtube, and it worked!

I've been paying $70 for haircuts every few months. That's over now!

[Lars39]

16. Could you share that video?

I’m trying to get up the nerve.

[Squinch]

17. Sure! Here it is!

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I cut the ponytail about 10 inches from my forehead.
I found that it did a good job on the layers except the longest layer was a little too long.

So I did a blunt cut on that longest layer using this method:
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The longest layer is now about 2 inches below my shoulder.

Then I cut the shortest layer around my face like this:
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I did this in two sections, one to each side because my part is not as far to one side as hers. I also did more of an angle than she did.

The only thing I would change would be to point cut (demonstrated in two of the videos) a little more because at first the layers were a bit choppy, though that disappeared entirely after I washed it and blew it out.

Use very sharp scissors. (My sharp scissors are fabric scissors, but they worked fine.)

Good luck, and tell me how it comes out!

[Lars39]

18. Thank you, Squinch!

Took me a long time to realize that point cutting can make such a big difference, especially with thin hair.

[Squinch]

19. Mine is really thick, and it makes a big difference for me too.

[pansypoo53219]

9. last year i did a 2 inch trim myself + only missed a little. i went crazy early + now i have a fat

mullet i will try to get rid of. can't make my hair bad. oh. well,maybe i did it ok myself.....

[Polybius]

11. Me too!

Here's how it came out:

[Iggo]

13. My clippers should be here tomorrow.

I'm an every-three-weeks buzzcut guy. My regular haircut was supposed to happen the weekend of March 14th and 15th, but then the world went to hell.

Now my hair is over an inch long and I look like a goddam white-haired monchichi.

Next step is looking like a q-tip, and I ain't havin' that.

Only decision left is who does the deed. My SIL is all in, but she's got a weird glint in her eye...makes me nervous.

(I like your idea about donating the money saved. )