Ivan Zoot and the adventures of CliperGuy cutting my own hair... The saga continues. It is both the tale of my own hair cut but also a living lesson for yurs. Read on...
A review of my ClipperGuy top 5 tips for successful home haircutting starts with this one:
Tip number 1 – Work with clean hair. A shampoo the night before or just prior to a haircut makes the hair easier to work with. Hair that is free of styling product and scalp oil will section better, lay more naturally and be easier to work with. You do not want the hair to be wet and dripping, just clean and towel dried, damp.
For my haircut experience I was cutting my hair at the end of a long day. The gel was all brushed out and the basic look/shape of the cut was in place. I had run wet fingers through my hair to put it where I wanted it. Since this was to be a clipper cut I was to work with drier hair. The basic shape was there and this was not to be a full revamp of my look, just good steps in a better direction.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Monday, April 6, 2009
Cutting my own hair - Chapter 2
Cutting my own hair – Chapter 2
Home haircutting has been everywhere lately. Blame it on the economy. Blame is the wrong word. It has been a very good thing for my economy and Andis’ business. Sales of home haircutting kits are way up. Traffic on YouTube for the cutting videos is up. People are looking to save a $ anywhere they can. Home haircutting is an easy choice. My motivation was not $. I would gladly pay a bunch more for a great cut. I am just like everyone else, though, I do not want to pay a penny for a bad one. My reason for thinking I should cut my hair was purely based in frustration.
With a keen business eye focused on home cutting and its current opportunities I have been working on ideas for me and Andis. I am leaning towards home cutting as my real opportunity to make the leap from “fame” and awareness within the industry to broader appeal to the masses of the hair covered world. Might there just be opportunity for a “celebrity hair cutter” who has risen through the ranks of the professional side of the business to carve out a niche as the savior of the everyman haircut and the aspiring, frustrated home hair cutter?
To that end I have been prepping for TV opportunities and print articles by crafting my “ClipperGuy top 5 tips for successful home haircutting”. These not only will form the basis for my efforts to propel the topic into the mainstream but also as guideposts for my personal adventure.
My next five blog entries will list these tips. Stay tuned as the story progresses.
Home haircutting has been everywhere lately. Blame it on the economy. Blame is the wrong word. It has been a very good thing for my economy and Andis’ business. Sales of home haircutting kits are way up. Traffic on YouTube for the cutting videos is up. People are looking to save a $ anywhere they can. Home haircutting is an easy choice. My motivation was not $. I would gladly pay a bunch more for a great cut. I am just like everyone else, though, I do not want to pay a penny for a bad one. My reason for thinking I should cut my hair was purely based in frustration.
With a keen business eye focused on home cutting and its current opportunities I have been working on ideas for me and Andis. I am leaning towards home cutting as my real opportunity to make the leap from “fame” and awareness within the industry to broader appeal to the masses of the hair covered world. Might there just be opportunity for a “celebrity hair cutter” who has risen through the ranks of the professional side of the business to carve out a niche as the savior of the everyman haircut and the aspiring, frustrated home hair cutter?
To that end I have been prepping for TV opportunities and print articles by crafting my “ClipperGuy top 5 tips for successful home haircutting”. These not only will form the basis for my efforts to propel the topic into the mainstream but also as guideposts for my personal adventure.
My next five blog entries will list these tips. Stay tuned as the story progresses.
Friday, April 3, 2009
Cutting my own hair - Chapter 1
So, after 21 years in the business it has finally come to me cutting my own hair. Over the next few blog entries I am to tell to story of just how we cam to this point in my technical development and the actual adventure of the cut and its results.
Stay tuned. it is to be an interesting trip.
As many friends and readers know I get frequent haircuts. During my shorter phases I am known to get a cut every week. Some times I go to my favorite barber in the neighborhood. he is amazingly skilled but a bit slow on the cutting. haircuts are long. The wait can be long, but the cuts are PERFECT. Well worth it at times. If I am to be on TV there is nowhere I would go besides Roy.
Lately I have not had the time or the location to go to Roy. Lately I have had a few less than ideal haircuts. The last one was really bad. The quote from a co-worker was "like a cross between Eddie Munster and Wolverine". Not good.
Recently Andis has seen an upsurge in the sale of home haircutting kits. We have sold them for years and their volume has grown with the company. In recent quarters, though, with the softening of the economy, home haircutting has become a fashionable way to shave the budget and save a few $. I have long been an advocate of home haircutting. I do not believe in the past it has cut into salon traffic... different groups of folks. Now, though, I can see it might be making a dent.
So, between the recent issues I have had and the recent surge in this as a legitimate option for more and more folks it was time for me to give it a go.
At the very least, I figured, I am supremely more qualified than most to attempt this.
Stay tuned. More to come.
Stay tuned. it is to be an interesting trip.
As many friends and readers know I get frequent haircuts. During my shorter phases I am known to get a cut every week. Some times I go to my favorite barber in the neighborhood. he is amazingly skilled but a bit slow on the cutting. haircuts are long. The wait can be long, but the cuts are PERFECT. Well worth it at times. If I am to be on TV there is nowhere I would go besides Roy.
Lately I have not had the time or the location to go to Roy. Lately I have had a few less than ideal haircuts. The last one was really bad. The quote from a co-worker was "like a cross between Eddie Munster and Wolverine". Not good.
Recently Andis has seen an upsurge in the sale of home haircutting kits. We have sold them for years and their volume has grown with the company. In recent quarters, though, with the softening of the economy, home haircutting has become a fashionable way to shave the budget and save a few $. I have long been an advocate of home haircutting. I do not believe in the past it has cut into salon traffic... different groups of folks. Now, though, I can see it might be making a dent.
So, between the recent issues I have had and the recent surge in this as a legitimate option for more and more folks it was time for me to give it a go.
At the very least, I figured, I am supremely more qualified than most to attempt this.
Stay tuned. More to come.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Scissorboy video with Clipper opportunity
This is the latest video from Scissorboy:
http://scissorboy.com/video/?episode=20
The hair color portion is a bit dry... but the dual comb cutting technique is one I have seen before and have used myself. it is actually a better clipper technique than it is a scissor technique. When you watch, imagine you were using a clipper instead of a scissor... Wouldn't it work even better? Yes it would. Try it today... Dual comb clipper cutting... but do not use a clipper comb.. use large cutting combs as he does in the vid.
Have fun.
Try something new.
http://scissorboy.com/video/?episode=20
The hair color portion is a bit dry... but the dual comb cutting technique is one I have seen before and have used myself. it is actually a better clipper technique than it is a scissor technique. When you watch, imagine you were using a clipper instead of a scissor... Wouldn't it work even better? Yes it would. Try it today... Dual comb clipper cutting... but do not use a clipper comb.. use large cutting combs as he does in the vid.
Have fun.
Try something new.
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