When did you last go to the barbers/hairdressers?

freshpopcorn

I used be brutal to go to the barbers up until about two years ago and would have only go every few months. I had brutal out of control curly hair.
I started getting it cut short when the grey started appear and I go every three or four weeks now.
Last time I went was the 21st Febuary.


When did you last go to the barbers/hairdressers?

Autosport

I last went to the hairdressers on the 7th of March, it's one of the little things I miss

fritzelly

Was planning to go the day after Leo literally shut the country down - what's that 3 weeks ago? Cannot even remember what day it is right now

Not looking great right now - birds nest is how the other half refers to it but not letting them anyway near it with scissors

pablo128

I bought a trimmer and let my 30 yr old nephew at it. 15 on top and 5 back and sides. I think he was more nervous than me, but he did a fairly good job.

It had to be done though. It was getting wild.

Cookie_Monster

6 weeks or so. I've cut my own hair once since the lockdown

James Bond Junior

Buzz cut for the win. Did a mach 3 all over, just to see how it would look, a great idea in a country where it hits 35c of blazing sunshine every day. Won't be bothering again, keeping it to a all over 2 blade until the barbers reopoens.

The Oort Cloud

I haven't been to the barbers since october 2018. I just gave up on it all and went all hippy which is unusual for me as I always had short hair. Now I just look like a stoned hippy as some people say.

It now looks like I will have super-long hair in the next few months from being in isolation like every-one else but it's super grey hair, the silvery kind and it does not look the best and it adds 30 years to my life. This new society we are now getting programmed into is pissing me off, but at least I have my hair.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuthVb1HMGo

PommieBast

Friday 20th March. Think I did well to get it done....

Podge201

Do you shower? ^

Panda Killa

About 15 years ago .... started using a Wahl trimer myself and graduated to a Mach 3 all over.

PommieBast

Podge201 wrote: »

Do you shower? ^

Actually had a bath before going..

DopeTech

Feb 20th, hair is beginning to get long now. Going to persevere with it though, don't want a buzz cut.

somesoldiers

Started DIY about 6 months ago and never looked back, starting to thin a bit so am conceding early rather than trying to hold on TIL the bitter end
Was tired of listening to the barber shop bants

Polar101

2005. Bought a €30 shaver from Roche's Stores, which still works fine. I just shave everything off every 2 months. Balding helps too, much less hair to "cut".

Two weeks before the lock down. I have a clipper so I'm going to give myself a buzz cut. I tried growing my hair long before and didn't like it.

Anesthetize

Over 5 years ago.
Been DIY shaved head ever since.

theteal

2003

As a broke student I realised how easy it was to do myself - with better results. I'm a slap head now so I'm definitely not shelling out for the privilege

freshpopcorn

Deleted User wrote: »

Two weeks before the lock down. I have a clipper so I'm going to give myself a buzz cut. I tried growing my hair long before and didn't like it.

I'm tempted to do this but it's hard to know where to start.

freshpopcorn

Deleted User wrote: »

Two weeks before the lock down. I have a clipper so I'm going to give myself a buzz cut. I tried growing my hair long before and didn't like it.

I'm tempted to do this but it's hard to know where to start. Just encase I mad a botch of it and I've a relative who'd never let it go.

pgj2015

theteal wrote: »

2003

As a broke student I realised how easy it was to do myself - with better results. I'm a slap head now so I'm definitely not shelling out for the privilege

I doubt that, how do you think you can give yourself a better haircut than a professional who does maybe 10-20 haircuts a day? also it is a lot easier for someone to cut your hair then for you to cut your own.

Dylan94

I used to go every 10 days, my barber also closed down around the same time as the schools and was due to go in the next day. So the first week of March.

Hooked

Well over 20 years ago...

I cut my own hair. And not a tight ‘one’ all over.
Proper cut. Scissors. 2 mirrors. 8 different blades.

I’m 42 now... and thank god I can cut it. Coz I haven’t the right shaped head for a tight shave. And the grey needs constant trimming! ;P

theteal

pgj2015 wrote: »

I doubt that, how do you think you can give yourself a better haircut than a professional who does maybe 10-20 haircuts a day? also it is a lot easier for someone to cut your hair then for you to cut your own.

In my experience, a visit to the barbers was a hair cut to last a month or so. I always hated a fresh barbers cut as it was too short. To have it exactly as I'd like it I would have had to visit weekly. When you've got your own clippers, you can do what you want when you want.

Its not difficult to cut your own hair (and I'm not talking buzz, I'm talking gradient short back and sides with a tidy up on top) so I cant say it's "a lot" easier for someone else to do it. The effort, time and money wasted visiting a barbers would outweigh the level of ease of the actual task for me.

pgj2015

theteal wrote: »

In my experience, a visit to the barbers was a hair cut to last a month or so. I always hated a fresh barbers cut as it was too short. To have it exactly as I'd like it I would have had to visit weekly. When you've got your own clippers, you can do what you want when you want.

Its not difficult to cut your own hair (and I'm not talking buzz, I'm talking gradient short back and sides with a tidy up on top) so I cant say it's "a lot" easier for someone else to do it. The effort, time and money wasted visiting a barbers would outweigh the level of ease of the actual task for me.

I dont buy it to b honest, mirrors or not I just cant see how you think you could do a better job than the barber. it may be handier to you but the job couldn't be better, unless the barber you used was very bad.

Still waters

Between 10 to 15 years at a guess, i remember paying 12 euro for a haircut in dalkey when i worked up there for a while, robbing bastards, must have been 04/05 i could get the same haircut at home for a fiver, i thought he was taking the piss when he asked me, oh to be an innocent country boy in the big smoke

nthclare

There's some fckin hilarious looking heads going around, seen two lads today they looked like they cut their own hair...

Like something out of Angela's ashes

paddythere

about 12 years ago

un5byh7sqpd2x0

About 8 weeks ago, getting bedraggled

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

14th March. I go once a year so I’m good for another 11 months.

pgj2015

Still waters wrote: »

Between 10 to 15 years at a guess, i remember paying 12 euro for a haircut in dalkey when i worked up there for a while, robbing bastards, must have been 04/05 i could get the same haircut at home for a fiver, i thought he was taking the piss when he asked me, oh to be an innocent country boy in the big smoke

I pay 12 now. a friend of mine got charged 30 in dublin a couple of years ago.

you wont get one for 5 these days, unless the barber is a complete cowboy.

lucalux

Late 2014, been putting it off a wee bit

razorblunt

Just before Valentine's Day. I was due another around Paddy's Day but work was mad busy and I never got round to it (I refuse to spend my own time on the weekends/days off getting it cut). The work from home order came through then so I'm stuck with the gruaig.

Interested to see where it goes for now for the craic. A blade of any number all over wouldn't suit me anyway so I'm stuck with it.

The wife's hairdresser said she'd sort me out when she reopens whilst my wife gets her hair done.

RobertKK

It was January, but I shaved my head (number 2 all over) over a week ago and it suits me so it’s good and it goes well with my Covid 19 beard which I might keep when it’s all over.

murphyebass

nthclare wrote: »

There's some fckin hilarious looking heads going around, seen two lads today they looked like they cut their own hair...

Like something out of Angela's ashes

The only was it’d be possible to mess this up is by trying to blend.

Easiest way is to pick a blade and shave your entire head.

I went with a 6 blade all over. It’s impossible to get that wrong.

Used to get a 2 on the sides and back when going to a barber but I ain’t trying that blending lark.

Will go with a 4 or 5 all over next time.

And definitely won’t be going back to a barber ever again tbh. Complete waste of money.

I wonder how many will go out of business.

It used to be a fiver for a cut but it’s not uncommon now to have to pay a tenner or more which is pure daylight robbery!

Dravokivich

9th January. I don't get my hair cut too often.

pgj2015

murphyebass wrote: »

The only was it’d be possible to mess this up is by trying to blend.

Easiest way is to pick a blade and shave your entire head.

I went with a 6 blade all over. It’s impossible to get that wrong.

Used to get a 2 on the sides and back when going to a barber but I ain’t trying that blending lark.

Will go with a 4 or 5 all over next time.

And definitely won’t be going back to a barber ever again tbh. Complete waste of money.

I wonder how many will go out of business.

It used to be a fiver for a cut but it’s not uncommon now to have to pay a tenner or more which is pure daylight robbery!

a tenner is robbery? are you serious? the barbers have to pay council rates, electrcity, insurnance, etc some people must have never came out of the last recession. I cant see any of them going out of business, most of us arent too tight to pay a tenner every couple of months.

murphyebass

pgj2015 wrote: »

a tenner is robbery? are you serious? the barbers have to pay council rates, electrcity, insurnance, etc some people must have never came out of the last recession. I cant see any of them going out of business, most of us arent too tight to pay a tenner every couple of months.

Considering it took me 10 mins to run a 6 blade over my entire head yes I would suggest a tenner is robbery.

Never again. Some of them will definitely go out of business due to people realising it’s not hard to do themselves.

Hintel

Got a clippers and let my son at it it , he did an amazing job

He's one off those people who can do anything with his hands

pgj2015

murphyebass wrote: »

Considering it took me 10 mins to run a 6 blade over my entire head yes I would suggest a tenner is robbery.

Never again. Some of them will definitely go out of business due to people realising it’s not hard to do themselves.

to me its money well spent, 12 euro to relax for half an hour - 40 mins, that is how long my barber spends btw. to get a haircut from a professional.

cj maxx

Probably a couple of months ago and it's doing my head in .
Literally. I going to tackle it today with clippers I bought months ago any.
Any pros with tips before I start ?

murphyebass

pgj2015 wrote: »

to me its money well spent, 12 euro to relax for half an hour - 40 mins, that is how long my barber spends btw. to get a haircut from a professional.

I hate the process of going to a barbers, queueing and then handing over money to something that I’ve learnt since doing it is not a hard job.

Yes the professional can do a better job with blending etc but if all you want is one blade all over your head it’s not rocket science.

murphyebass

cj maxx wrote: »

Probably a couple of months ago and it's doing my head in .
Literally. I going to tackle it today with clippers I bought months ago any.
Any pros with tips before I start ?

Pick a blade, shave your head, done. Admire the ten euro note that you didn’t hand over to an overpaid barber.

pgj2015

murphyebass wrote: »

I hate the process of going to a barbers, queueing and then handing over money to something that I’ve learnt since doing it is not a hard job.

Yes the professional can do a better job with blending etc but if all you want is one blade all over your head it’s not rocket science.

I make an appointment, say 10 o clock, i turn up at 10, no waiting, just straight in. have a chat about whatever and hand him 12 euro at the end, sure what would ya buy with 12 euro?

gerrybbadd

1999

pgj2015

murphyebass wrote: »

Pick a blade, shave your head, done. Admire the ten euro note that you didn’t hand over to an overpaid barber.

What profit would you say the barber has from that 10 euro? they arent paid enough if you ask me.

cj maxx

murphyebass wrote: »

Pick a blade, shave your head, done. Admire the ten euro note that you didn’t hand over to an overpaid barber.

But I don't want to look like an a Vietnam army recruit from the 70's

nthclare

murphyebass wrote: »

The only was it’d be possible to mess this up is by trying to blend.

Easiest way is to pick a blade and shave your entire head.

I went with a 6 blade all over. It’s impossible to get that wrong.

Used to get a 2 on the sides and back when going to a barber but I ain’t trying that blending lark.

Will go with a 4 or 5 all over next time.

And definitely won’t be going back to a barber ever again tbh. Complete waste of money.

I wonder how many will go out of business.

It used to be a fiver for a cut but it’s not uncommon now to have to pay a tenner or more which is pure daylight robbery!

16 euros in one Barber's shop in Ennis

murphyebass

pgj2015 wrote: »

I make an appointment, say 10 o clock, i turn up at 10, no waiting, just straight in. have a chat about whatever and hand him 12 euro at the end, sure what would ya buy with 12 euro?

€12. Post Covid that’ll buy ya a couple of creamy pints of the black stuff.

C’mere I know it won’t suit the younger lads who spend more time in the bathroom than girls do grooming every strand of hair on their head but for old fogeys like me who just get a 4, 5 or 6 blade all over a trip to the barber is just a waste of money.

murphyebass

nthclare wrote: »

16 euros in one Barber's shop in Ennis

Good god.

pgj2015

murphyebass wrote: »

€12. Post Covid that’ll buy ya a couple of creamy pints of the black stuff.

C’mere I know it won’t suit the younger lads who spend more time in the bathroom than girls do grooming every strand of hair on their head but for old fogeys like me who just get a 4, 5 or 6 blade all over a trip to the barber is just a waste of money.

to me that is like saying why wear that ralph lauren shirt?, a pennys one will do.

murphyebass

pgj2015 wrote: »

to me that is like saying why wear that ralph lauren shirt?, a pennys one will do.

It sure will do.