So somewhere in the bottom of my photo boxes I have several pictures of a rather long haired hubby when we were first married. I love you more than anything honey but it wasn't cute. Not that you wanted it to be that way!
When we first married my hubby was super picking about getting his hair cut. It needed to be a particular style and length and totally totally perfect. I grew up in a household where a family friend cut our hair. I didn't particularly know anything about hair cutting and styling.
So after we married I would just send my hubby off to the nearest salon to get a trim when he needed a haircut. But of course, being pretty much dirt poor, even though the salon I sent him too was fairly cheap (and we always used a coupon!) many months we had to pick between the haircut and something else. And something else usually won out so my hubby’s hair would get shaggier and shaggier until we finally found another coupon and coughed up the money for another cut. About a year and a half into our marriage I’d had enough. I went out and bought a cheap razor and told hubby I was going to cut his hair myself. (The razor was the same price as a single haircut, not expensive at all!)
Of course this was not ok with him, being such a picky guy, but he finally gave in and you know what? I've been cutting his hair ever since!
What I learned right away is that it’s SO easy to give your man or little boy a haircut at home! Now, I’m no professional and I don’t know how to do all the fancy styles but I do know how to give a good buzz haircut and I’m going to teach you how to do the same today.
I have a Wahl razor that seems to be quite a workhorse. Make sure you get a razor with different attachable lengths. Also make sure that you buy a good pair of hair cutting scissors. They will last you forever if you keep them nice!
Hair too long. This is our before shot!
If you aren't sure what length he would like it, start with a longer attachment for your razor first like 5/8 in or 3/4 in. You can always make it shorter but you can't make it longer! Buzz the entire head. You will have to go over it a couple times to make sure you got all the strays. (You might need to trim these individually too if you can't get them all.) If you are wanting to try different styles you might want to consider leaving it slightly longer on the top of the head or leaving longer bangs.
After the buzzing of the whole head. Looking much better already! Now time for some trim work.
See those little long hairs around the ear? Trim those with a good pair of scissors to be the same length as the rest of the buzzed hair (or a little shorter, you don't want them going over the ear.) Trim around the entire ear. (Both ears of course! 
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Now move to the back of the head, the neck. It seem like this area always has some strays that don't make it into the razor. Pull the longer hairs up between your fingers and trim to be the same length as the rest of the hair.
Then trim the rest of the back of the neck. (I didn't actually make it crooked, he must have been standing funny for this shot!) Trim off the "rat tail" in the middle of the neck and shave the neck a bit to make the skin smooth and remove any strays. I trim the back of the neck in a slightly shaped way (up a little higher on the sides) instead of trimming it straight across. After you are done, have your hubby or son wash his hair so you can get all the rest of the strays out of the way and make sure you didn't miss any spots.
It's very easy and takes only about 15 minutes tops! I recommend either doing this outside or in a bathroom where the hairs can be easily contained and cleaned up when you are done. Practice makes perfect. You might not have the best haircut ever the first time you try it but you will get much better over time and hair will always grow back!
Do you cut hair at home?
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My 5 year old has never had anyone else cut his hair but me. Getting him to sit still can be a struggle at times but we manage to get it cut. I have never went to school for this. Learn by doing
I used to cut my three boys hair when they were growing up for the same reasons. I went to our local library and borrowed some books on basic haircuts and it helped a lot. During the summer I’d take them outside to do it because of the mess and the neighbors would send their kids over too. LOL
Yes, I cut my husband’s hair. He cuts mine too! I wear my hair short and spiky so it’s pretty easy to cut but we cut it once a week. He was a lot more nervous than I was the first time he cut mine! I told him not to worry it would grow back!
I give my husband and son crew cuts. The Wahl razor makes it so quick and easy! Good advice to start with the longer length attachments!
I’ve had a set of clippers for years and used to cut my own hair. I stopped doing it myself because its hard to get a straight line in the back. The wife is too chicken to do it for me even though I’ve told her many times I’m ex-military. If she screws it up she can take it all off and it will grow back in a couple of weeks. Its not like she hasn’t seen me bald before.
She’d rather I pay to have one of the young girls at the local “sports” hair place cut it.
My husband did his own for years (just got out of the military after 16 years) since he didn’t like the way I did the back.
Now he’s out and wanting it a bit longer and we’re not sure exactly what to do but need to conserve money. I’ve cut my girls’ both by trimming ends and bangs and by doing the stacked bob trick from online. I find my little boys’ hair harder if we don’t want it buzzed. In the summer, my hubby buzzes theirs, though.
I have cut my hubby’s hair for over 40 years. We are still using the same Wahl and it still works fine. He cuts mine for me. Sometimes I will go to a salon but usually I am dissapointed with their work as compared to his.
The last time anyone besides me cut my hair was Aug of 2001. I remember because it was just a week before my wedding. lol
I’ve been cutting my husbands hair for about 5 years, I think. My daughter just turned 11 and I’m the only one who has ever cut her hair. I do it for lots of reasons. Frugality is a big one, but also because I’m never happy with how stylists do my hair. I figure if I mess up…well, I won’t be too mad at myself and at least I won’t have paid good money to be unhappy. My daughter is interesting, I took her to a salon for her first haircut and she was *so* afraid that we just went home and I did it myself. To this day she doesn’t want anyone else to do it. I also do my own dog grooming. lol
How nice of your hubby to let you take pictures of his haircut
I cut my boys’ hair until they were teenagers. My husband had me start cutting his hair once he realized his hair would officially be a “combover” if he kept it longer. Now he cuts it himself with a hand mirror and I just do the cleanup and the back of his neck. Wahl makes guide combs specifically for the ears so you don’t have to use the scissors. They are called “left ear angle guide comb” and “right ear angle guide comb” on the Wahl website.
I’ve been cutting my husband and boys hair for years. One son is at college in ROTC and he needs to keep it regulation now… he ends up paying $20 at a salon to keep it short…. when he is on breaks.. that is the last thing I do before sending him back. It is nerve wracking at first…. my other son cuts his own hair … a little bit every week, about twice a year he has me trim the whole thing so it is even