Hair

[andygates]

A female-to-male transsexual e-friend is ready for her first male haircut and is agonising over where to go.  Now, I think she should go to a men's barbers and get a cheap-ass clipper job, because that's what most men do.  Going to a stylist is going to get her a butch haircut, not a male haircut.  She doesn't want to look like a butch dyke, she wants to look like a bloke.  Thoughts?

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[skean.livejournal.com]

The trouble I had with clippers (once I'd got passed the "check the number before starting" bit) was the crease on the back of the head. I find them extremely difficult to get an even cut all over with. If someone else can help the cutee, its probably easier, but for some reason Liza refuses to help me out :-) Maybe the more expensive clippers with swivelling, contour following heads help there, but I got some duty free things.

Hair type also plays a part I'd say. Very fine hair can look fuzzy and wispy and cute, unless you chop layers into it and coarsen it up a bit. Which is a bit more sophisticated than I can do with clippers.

I object to the "most men go to a men's barbers". I mean, you lot all work in IT, so what would you know about hair styles? ;-) (thought I'd get my kicks in first). There is nothing wrong with going somewhere like Toni and Guy (OK, apart from the cost). But, make sure its a quieter one - they don't tell you, but they have 2 sort of appointments. In busy and/or smaller salons (e.g. Bath), its a half hour for men. In quieter and/or bigger ones (e.g. Bristol) its 45 mins.

I've never seen a guy turn up with a picture that he wants done. However, I have seen people choose styles from a magazine in the salon. And done that myself last time.

What I object to most is you seem to pay the same whether you say "numr 2 all ofer, mate" and spend 20 minutes or go into detailed discussion over style, have layers cut in, texturise it, use the clippers here, 3 types or scissors and a straight razor.

I think Toni and Guy are perfectly capable of doing a masculine hair style, whether its a buzz or something longer. They're not so great with blokes with long hair though, so definitely something shorter.

[andygates.livejournal.com]

Fair enough pretty-boy, you'd know :)

And yeah, I have a tuft in my occipital crease that takes ages to get out, too. Le sigh.