When I had long hair I stopped getting it cut after the stylists at my local salon looked at me with utter disgust and openly told me that I should have short hair like men are supposed to.
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It's just hair, why are you overthinking this
I just go in and say “don’t make it too short” and apparently that works out
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When I had long hair I stopped getting it cut after the stylists at my local salon looked at me with utter disgust and openly told me that I should have short hair like men are supposed to.
When I had long hair I stopped getting it cut after the stylists at my local salon looked at me with utter disgust and openly told me that I should have short hair like men are supposed to.
When I had long hair I stopped getting it cut after the stylists at my local salon looked at me with utter disgust and openly told me that I should have short hair like men are supposed to.
my hair is very hard to cut apparently (its extremely curly and thick) and 60 dollar salon haircutters fuck it up just as often as sports clips, so i go to slorts clips
I have a stylist in every port, but I can definitely tell the difference between a good and a bad one at this point. Many stylists don’t seem to care about men’s hair, and especially not their beards, and are just trying to get you out of the chair so they can charge more to a female client. When I find a good one therefore I tend to stick with them. My preference is always to find a male-specific barber, but those are as rare as hen’s teeth these days.
I'm a little surprised at this, because my experience is that you can't go twenty feet without tripping over a new hipster barbershop catering exclusively to bearded clientele. But it probably depends where you live.
@MulysaSempronius@Janson I usually don't go to the classy high-end salons or the cheap cut places, I basically find the quirkiest hairdresser shop I can, preferably with stylists who themselves have extremely experimental, individualistic styles and dye jobs. Those places are a) interested in hair (rather than a 'salon experience'), b) don't have a preconceived notion of an 'acceptable' cut, so they are much more likely to take you seriously as an individual, and c) aren't worried about scaring you off with a non-boring suggestion.
My current place is decked out in a goth/punk vibe and regularly hangs effigies of less popular political figures in the bathroom.
Also, if you know roughly what you want then bring in pictures of it - preferably multiple ones, I always have a few examples on my phone - and if you don't, always always ask what kind of thing they would recommend to give you a specific 'look' -ie I need to look professional for an interiew, I want something a bit funkier, my hair is kind of limp and I want more body, etc. This gives them a starting point for a proper conversation.
I'm a little surprised at this, because my experience is that you can't go twenty feet without tripping over a new hipster barbershop catering exclusively to bearded clientele. But it probably depends where you live.
Weirdly, in my tiny village in Wales there was one. Here there's a "barbershop" but it's actually a salon. They'll trim your beard if you ask, but you have about a thirty percent chance of them doing a good job.
This one was in a big shed in the guy's back garden, but it was really well outfitted and had a great decor. It was the only place I've ever been to where I really felt like I was dealing with an expert in men's hair and beard care. I went to a place with a similar feel when I was in San Antonio and got the "executive shave", which involved being shaved and pampered with like nine different kinds of beard products (that I was clearly receiving a sales pitch for). I felt pretty good coming out of it, but after a few hours I looked in the mirror and realised my beard just looked kind of moist.
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It's just hair, why are you overthinking this
I shave my own head, mainly because it became clear that I'd never get another haircut I actually liked, so I might as well save myself the twenty bucks every month and do it myself
I shave my own head, mainly because it became clear that I'd never get another haircut I actually liked, so I might as well save myself the twenty bucks every month and do it myself
I can't shave my own head, but I've definitely considered just being a buzz cut boy. The only thing that really stop me is that I feel like my hair might fall out some day so I may as well enjoy it while I have it.
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Not really. Straightzi made what was pretty clearly a joke and you responded with an antagonistic reply that apparently took it at face value, followed by Straightzi trying to deescalate with another joke and you... being aggressive again. I think most impartial observers would look at your responses and wonder what the hell was going on.
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Donovan PuppyfuckerA dagger in the dark isworth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered Userregular
It's just hair, why are you overthinking this
It appears I read that completely wrong, then.
I read his two replies as snarky and then condescending.
I’ve been going to the same woman since I was 15 (15 years). Same price, nice conversation, I even invited her to my wedding. I’ve dated hairstylists and one of my best friends is a barber, and I still haven’t cheated, and won’t until she retires.
I shave my head and while I miss the option of doing things with my hair, every barber or stylist I ever went to gave me the same fucking haircut anyway so fuck it.
I grew my hair out and went to a stylist and said “ do something interesting” and she gave me the same hair I’ve had since I was five and the very next summer I shaved my head.
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Yes, absolutely
I'm glad my head is of even and unrumbled shape because I have to shave it or I look like Larry Fine or like, Alan Moore's bald kid.
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My aunt is a, like, super high-end hairdresser for fashion shows and photoshoots for magazines and stuff, and she told me to never go to a hairstylist that has clippers on their table at all.
This is the difference between a hairdresser and a barber. A barber literally learns skills that hairdressers don't and vice versa. A barber won't be able to give you highlights or a perm and a hairdresser won't be able to give you a skin fade or a wet shave. Claiming one is superior over the other is nonsense.
I went out of my way at to go the same people for like seven years, but one of them retired and the other only works a day or two a week now, so she's hard to book.
I go to a barbershop now where I can walk in, ask for a "standard haircut" and get something competent.
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Yeah. My regular hairdresser is men only to a weird extent where there is a waiting area around the corner where you get like a beer or a scotch or something and if you are dropped off by a lady acquaintance they get a coupon for a free coffee shoved in their hands and are told that a coffee shop is around the corner.
I found a new stylist recently through a friend. She cuts my hair well and is very reasonable priced. I plan to stay with her.
Super Cuts and it's likes always were bad haircuts.
Hipster shops I found/find too expensive.
And I had some barbershops that cut my hair well, but there was way too much casual racism and sexism (which would be any). I would prefer not to get into a conversation about white privilege (yes guy, it's super real) with the person cutting my hair.
There was a real good barber shop that I used to go to. It was run by three grandpas who did cheap haircuts. Nothing fancy, but it was cool. I think it closed down when they retired.
I'm conceited enough to look at myself in the mirror and go "Hey there good-looking" regardless of the length of my hair, so I only do it once every six months or so, though I haven't grown it really long since university.
There's some hipster-ass barber shop up the road that caters exclusively to men's haircuts, but I don't know if I'd want to give them my patronage—they have a sign on the front that says "OLD SCHOOL HAIRCUTS ONLY" and I don't know what that means but it makes me nervous from the potential implications.
I have no love for my current stylist, but Bruna doesn't talk to me too much during the cut and I appreciate that
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I'm conceited enough to look at myself in the mirror and go "Hey there good-looking" regardless of the length of my hair, so I only do it once every six months or so, though I haven't grown it really long since university.
There's some hipster-ass barber shop up the road that caters exclusively to men's haircuts, but I don't know if I'd want to give them my patronage—they have a sign on the front that says "OLD SCHOOL HAIRCUTS ONLY" and I don't know what that means but it makes me nervous from the potential implications.
I have no love for my current stylist, but Bruna doesn't talk to me too much during the cut and I appreciate that
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(I think you and I go to different sorts of salons, friend)
Where did you find this salon, 1950?
The suburbs of Surrey.
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So, yes.
I'm a little surprised at this, because my experience is that you can't go twenty feet without tripping over a new hipster barbershop catering exclusively to bearded clientele. But it probably depends where you live.
@MulysaSempronius @Janson I usually don't go to the classy high-end salons or the cheap cut places, I basically find the quirkiest hairdresser shop I can, preferably with stylists who themselves have extremely experimental, individualistic styles and dye jobs. Those places are a) interested in hair (rather than a 'salon experience'), b) don't have a preconceived notion of an 'acceptable' cut, so they are much more likely to take you seriously as an individual, and c) aren't worried about scaring you off with a non-boring suggestion.
My current place is decked out in a goth/punk vibe and regularly hangs effigies of less popular political figures in the bathroom.
Also, if you know roughly what you want then bring in pictures of it - preferably multiple ones, I always have a few examples on my phone - and if you don't, always always ask what kind of thing they would recommend to give you a specific 'look' -ie I need to look professional for an interiew, I want something a bit funkier, my hair is kind of limp and I want more body, etc. This gives them a starting point for a proper conversation.
Weirdly, in my tiny village in Wales there was one. Here there's a "barbershop" but it's actually a salon. They'll trim your beard if you ask, but you have about a thirty percent chance of them doing a good job.
You probably still can get a good haircut there
I can't shave my own head, but I've definitely considered just being a buzz cut boy. The only thing that really stop me is that I feel like my hair might fall out some day so I may as well enjoy it while I have it.
Could do, pal. Could do.
Not really. Straightzi made what was pretty clearly a joke and you responded with an antagonistic reply that apparently took it at face value, followed by Straightzi trying to deescalate with another joke and you... being aggressive again. I think most impartial observers would look at your responses and wonder what the hell was going on.
I read his two replies as snarky and then condescending.
Sometimes, she even treats me to lunch at a nearby deli after we're done. Free haircut comes with free sandwich and time to catch up with mom.
She was an older lady. Mid 50's. I was still pretty young... Maybe 21.
She just casually brought up that she cut her hair using a Flowby and my mind was blown!
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He also cut my hair super-short when I was little and I didn't like it
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He was presumably popular with parents because a short haircut meant more time until the next appointment and thus money saved
But I wonder why the thrifty parents in that story didn't cut their kids' hair themselves because this was the 60s and 70s
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I grew my hair out and went to a stylist and said “ do something interesting” and she gave me the same hair I’ve had since I was five and the very next summer I shaved my head.
I pretty much exclusively go to men's cut only barbershops. They'll cut anybody's hair, but it'll be a men's style. I never have trouble finding them.
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I go to a barbershop now where I can walk in, ask for a "standard haircut" and get something competent.
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Super Cuts and it's likes always were bad haircuts.
Hipster shops I found/find too expensive.
And I had some barbershops that cut my hair well, but there was way too much casual racism and sexism (which would be any). I would prefer not to get into a conversation about white privilege (yes guy, it's super real) with the person cutting my hair.
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I'm conceited enough to look at myself in the mirror and go "Hey there good-looking" regardless of the length of my hair, so I only do it once every six months or so, though I haven't grown it really long since university.
There's some hipster-ass barber shop up the road that caters exclusively to men's haircuts, but I don't know if I'd want to give them my patronage—they have a sign on the front that says "OLD SCHOOL HAIRCUTS ONLY" and I don't know what that means but it makes me nervous from the potential implications.
I have no love for my current stylist, but Bruna doesn't talk to me too much during the cut and I appreciate that