Comments on: The Frugal Babe Hair Salon

By: Miss T

Miss T — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:46:25 +0000

If your husband has a regular barber go and ask if you can watch and get a quick lesson. My husband was in the military and had the same barber for the last 7 years. When he was retiring I went in with him and she graciously walked me through the process and told me which clippers to use, etc. She did an excellent job and knew exactly what style he liked.

So for the past year I’ve been cutting his hair – it’s gone from so-so to almost perfect! A good lesson goes a LONG way!

By: jennifer888

jennifer888 — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:59:31 +0000

Thanks for this article. It has given me the confidence to try to tackle my 13-month-old girl’s hair instead of spending at the kid salon. There will have to be plenty of distraction involved…

By: Kasey at Thrifty Little Blog

Kasey at Thrifty Little Blog — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:13:29 +0000

I’ve been to scared to cut my boyfriend’s hair (although he has offered), but I haved tried to shave my dog before. After a little practice, I’m pretty good and I save about $50 by doing it myself.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:08:37 +0000

I cut my husband’s hair, if you can call it that. Every couple of weeks I go over his whole head with clippers with a 3 guard. Super simple and almost impossible to screw up. Definitely saves us some dough. Although, my mom was a hairdresser back in the day, when my sisters and I were growing up. She has a full salon in their basement. My husband would occasionally have my mom cut his hair, before he started doing the clipper over the whole head. And I have only paid once to have my hair done, which was when I was living away at college and decided on a whim to chop it all off. Otherwise, I head to my mom’s and we spend the afternoon chatting and I get my hair done and we have a great meal and Grandma and Grandpa get to see Chickie and everything is great. When it comes time for her to get a hair cut, I will probably just have my mom do it. Her hair is getting really long, but she is a girl, so that’s great!

By: ed hardy

ed hardy — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 04:46:05 +0000

I saved locks of their hair, and took before and after pictures. My oldest has alopecia areata, he started losing his hair when he was about three and is now completely bald. I still cut my husband’s and youngest son’s hair.

By: Mrs. Accountability

Mrs. Accountability — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:30:56 +0000

Way to go! I remember when my boys were little and I cut their hair the first time. I saved locks of their hair, and took before and after pictures. My oldest has alopecia areata, he started losing his hair when he was about three and is now completely bald. I still cut my husband’s and youngest son’s hair. I grow my own hair long and just twist it up in a bun. I’ve actually gotten very good at doing the french braid (on my own hair) years ago, it’s really easy once you get the hang of it and looks so neat! I taught myself the french twist, too, so easy to get a sophisticated look. Many of your posts about your little one are a trip down memory lane for me, thanks Frugal Babe.

By: Sheri

Sheri — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:07:07 +0000

I cut my whole family’s hair too (and that’s a LOT of heads!). So far, no bowl cuts

Good for you for giving a wiggly one year old his first haircut!

By: FrugalBabe

FrugalBabe — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:56:17 +0000

I don’t cut my own hair. I have long hair, and I don’t color it or use any heat or chemicals to style it, so it only needs to be cut once or twice a year. The expense is minimal since it’s so infrequent. I can’t imagine cutting my own hair – I’d probably do ok with the front and sides, but the back might be a bit of a mess. I have always been amazed by women who can put their own hair into perfect french braids and other elaborate styles… the best I can do on myself is a ponytail.

By: Jessie

Jessie — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:27:49 +0000

aww, great post! It’s wonderful you’ve found some confidence through that experience.

i’m curious, right along side manda, if you cut your own hair?

By: Manda

Manda — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:17:35 +0000

Hey Frugal Bage-

Do you cut your hair?? I’ve been wanting to try on my own, but I’m pretty scared. I have long, fine, wavy hair (probably like your son , and I have a tendency to not like my new haircut for a couple days. Any suggestions?