Haircuts-Love them or hate them

elprincipito · 23-07-2015 12:57PM #1

Seems to be a split between people who love the idea of the fresh barber cut and lament that they can never get the same look themselves and people who hate the feeling of a fresh haircut and feel it needs a couple of days before the new cut feels right to them. Me and my mates will never get a haircut on the same day we are going out coz hate that fresh cut feel.

How about you?

strelok · 23-07-2015 12:59PM

i hate haircuts in general so I shave my head with a clippers

i'd love to have long hair again but i'm not going through 2 years of hell until it's shoulder length

elprincipito · 23-07-2015 01:16PM

Long hair would be sick if you can pull it off ala Jared Leto.

I think the reason I hate haircuts is coz I have a high hairline and thick wavy hair so doesn't really have that 'fresh' look people talk about.

TheBody · 23-07-2015 01:20PM

I get my mrs to shave my head every two ish weeks. I love that fresh cut feel!! MMmmmmmm spikey!!

One eyed Jack · 23-07-2015 01:28PM

I always got my hair cut in the barbers after I went to a salon once as a teenager. The difference for me at least was that salons do style, barbers do a cut. That was great up until recently (I'm talking 20 years in between), when the last time I was at the barbers and the guy seemed more interested in styling than cutting. I think I'll have to start looking for another barber.

I know what you mean though OP, giving the hair a few days to settle. It's not something that's ever bothered me tbh.

jimgoose · 23-07-2015 01:38PM

Ooh, I love a fresh haircut, I do. Number 3 blade all round and a trim on top, slightly over to my right-hand side, is my poison. Up to the age of (IIRC) 22, I had longer hair than Led Zeppelin in their heyday. In the Halcyon days of the 'Tiger I used to go to a Turkish Barber who would not only cut my hair, but set fire to my ears, and charge me €22 for it. Nowadays I go to a local woman who operates out of a small concrete shed and does the chop for a third of that.

lizzyman · 23-07-2015 03:24PM

Hate it with a passion.

So much so that I cut my own hair now with a Wahl clippers I got in Argos. Number 8 on the back and sides and a number 12 on top. Small bit of non glossy Brylcreem. Side part. Done in 20 minutes.

Pepe LeFrits · 23-07-2015 04:55PM

Haven't cut my hair in about 10 months... so I can't remember :pac:

MightyMandarin · 23-07-2015 05:52PM

Hate it with a passion.

Not only is the queuing and inevitable small-talk irritating as hell, I despise the feeling of hair down my neck walking out and feeling like a skin-head even though my hair is only a bit shorter.

Usually I get it shorter than I like as it grows quick and I'm not in the mood for spending €10 every month on a haircut.

23-07-2015 06:20PM

I actually really don't like getting my haircut and sometimes find it a rather stressful experience (I'm weird, I know!) If it weren't for the fact that my hair grows like a reverse mullet, I wouldn't bother!

_Kaiser_ · 23-07-2015 08:27PM

Surprised by some of the answers here! I get mine cut every month and - aside from the queuing first - quite enjoy the fresh cut

I actually don't like when it gets long so every few weeks is essential. Have had the same cut for over a decade too.

Dunno about the small talk either.. most barbers I've been in are like morgues

trashcan · 23-07-2015 08:33PM

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

Haven't cut my hair in about 10 months... so I can't remember :pac:

Ughh. Can't stand my hair getting long. And since I've started to go grey it sticks out horribly at the sides. Have to get it cut every six weeks or so. Got it done today and it feels great

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy · 23-07-2015 08:41PM

I like it short. No maintenance, just some product so it looks neat.

I get the point about the queues though, if I'm not in the barbers by 9.30am on a saturday morning, I'll leave it for another week. No queue, maybe one person ahead at most & free tea or coffee.

awec · 24-07-2015 11:36AM

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24-07-2015 04:44PM

It bothers me when a barber doesn't ask whether you want product in your hair or not. I hate hairgel and prefer to not wear it, however sometimes I'm not paying attention and the barber just proceeds to do it.

awec · 24-07-2015 05:40PM

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24-07-2015 05:49PM

Somewhat generic.. I've been in many hairdressers where they'd often just put gel in without asking. I can't think of specific ones offhand.

Celly Smunt · 24-07-2015 05:57PM

It doesn't matter what you ask for anymore because every cut will end up as this.

I've lost my faith in barbers.

awec · 24-07-2015 06:07PM

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Nom De Guerre · 25-07-2015 08:33AM

I just feel self-conscious starring at myself in the mirror for 15 minutes.

The small talk too is a load of sh*te

JTL · 25-07-2015 05:05PM

Love the feeling after a haircut. My hair grows way too fast and end up getting it cut every two weeks.

That_Guy · 26-07-2015 02:25AM

I hate having my hair long which is funny because it used to be down past my shoulders at one point.

Tend to get my hair cut during the week as queues are non-existent. Awkward chit-chat aside, I quite like getting my hair cut. I really like that fresh cut feeling.

Don't get anything done too fancy. 2 on the back and sides and a short trim on top. Small bit of product to make it look neat.

Sephiroth_dude · 26-07-2015 01:37PM

Love getting my hair cut

26-07-2015 03:11PM

I got on a bus yesterday and found it hilarious when there was a couple of teenager - early 20s guys all with the exact same haircut.

DavidRamsay99 · 26-07-2015 05:49PM

I get a haircut every two months.
Blade 2 on the back and sides and trim on top.
I use a fine comb and wet look gel to part my hair at the side and slick it across and back.
When the sides grow I slick them back over my ears.
When my hair goes grey at the temples I want a Paulie Walnuts hairstyle.

Encrypted Pigeon · 26-07-2015 06:02PM

I find haircuts a real chore, so much so at one stage I left it grow long. But that turned out to be even more work with all the combing, because knots are not fun. These days I can go a month or so between cuts, usually wait till I start waking up with bad bed head that no amount of concrete could keep down that I decide its time again.

Eugene Norman · 26-07-2015 06:08PM

I wait 6 weeks between cuts. Don't like the waiting or the chit chat. Because I work late it has to be weekends. Walking into ten people ahead is horrible.

Lucas Hood · 26-07-2015 06:15PM

I'm terrified of getting my haircut. Had a bad experience when I was a kid.

When it's done I love it.

don ramo · 26-07-2015 07:32PM

i get insane bed head, so when i dont cut it for a month there are 4 inch towers all over my head first thing in the morning, ive had to run it under a hot shower every morning for the last 10+ years, makes it way more manageable, annoying as hell but if it works,

every month or so i get it trimmed back, but i love getting a nice cut in the barbers, cut to the edges and a trim on top to keep some length in it overall, always like when they take out the cutthroat to do the edges and maybe a rough scissors cuts on top to add a bit of mess, bounced around a bunch of barbers the last few years, but have finally settled in one place,

im **** for styling though, and i hate heavy wax and gels so use a small amount of styling paste for shape, but the shape doesnt hold to well, i can use more but i dont like the concrete feel i get from it being locked in place, i had short hair for 10-15 years, have only added some length the last year or so,

nc19 · 26-07-2015 07:37PM

Haven't paid for a haircut since 1999.

Miley30 · 26-07-2015 07:49PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I got on a bus yesterday and found it hilarious when there was a couple of teenager - early 20s guys all with the exact same haircut.

Let me guess, was it the Conor McGregor cut ?

Haircuts-Love them or hate them

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