Haircutting at Home

How much do you spend for a haircut? $12? $15? $25? $50? If you have your hair cut every six weeks and spend $25 each time then for an entire year you are paying $215 a year. If you multiply that by four family members it gets up to $860 per year. Now we are frugal but also let's be realistic. Unless women have a straight, long hair style, home cutting isn't always an option. Like anything else, you need to practice to get good, but who wants to practice on their own hair?
We have cut our special need's son hair for years. He doesn't like anyone touching his head, especially strangers. Because he does wiggle so much we do a basic butch cut on him and then trim it as it grows out.
Men and boys have a much simpler cut than women and girls. It is a lot tougher to mess up their hair and to give them credit, they may not be so hung up about their appearance. The cost of a home haircut kit can run anywhere from $13.99 up to $50.00. You pay for the cost of the kit with your first or second haircut.
Now for haircut tips. There are several sites that will tell you how to cut your hair.

Myhaircuts.com gives tips for cutting with scissors.

Here is a video on cutting your child's hair. I don't know if it looks as neat as I would like it but she shows you the basics of hair cutting and dealing with wiggly kids.


If you are cutting a man's hair with clippers here is an entire beauty school education for you at youtube. There is something like 50 2-3 minute videos showing a student cutting a man's hair with clippers.

If you go to You Tube and your kids are looking over your shoulder, watch out for some of the language in the comments section.

To find information on lots of styles check out the list of links at Hairfinder.

Finally, you'll find an excellent article on cutting your family's hair over at Mother Earth News.

So if you choose to try this,good luck, be careful and remember...it will always grow back.