Day 62/183: Blue Steel gets a haircut at home

[nanila]

We bought a pair of clippers so that the bloke could cut Keiki’s hair, and I could cut the bloke’s. Here is the result of Experiment 1 from yesterday. Keiki didn’t sit still or stop yelling while his hair was being cut, which was completely unexpected given that he is an absolute angel at the Turkish barber. They frequently take over half an hour to groom him and he loves every second of it. I guess the home experience doesn’t have the same frisson.

Experiment 2 was conducted today. I watched a couple of YouTube videos and then set to work. I feel I should mention here that I’ve never previously used clippers in my life, nor attempted to give another person a haircut.


As you can see, things were proceeding to Mad Professor level.


The Taming of the Sides.


The Taming of the Back.


The Finished Product. I am pleased with the sides, less so with the fade into the top.

The pandemic apocalypse continues to force us to test our capacity at new skills daily. Some of them we hope to hone and use henceforth. Some of them we hope never to have to try again once released from lockdown. It remains to be determined which of these categories “cutting other family members’ hair” falls into.

Comments

[cosmolinguist]

Yeah I'd have liked to keep a fade on my hair too but it wasn't going to be something I could maintain myself so I went for the nuclear option.

[nanila]

The nuclear option is easy to keep tidy! The bloke was planning on that if I didn't want to cut his hair, or if Experiment 2 did not go well. :P

[cosmolinguist]

It's always good to have a backup plan. :)

[davidgillon]

Looks pretty good to me.

I'd be happy with that. (Having read this, just had to go and check the state of mine - fortunately it was clipped short just before the lockdown).

ETA: My mother mentioned that my sister had just done the same thing for her husband, so clearly lockdowns are reaching the point blokes everywhere are needing it done.

[nanila]

Aw, thanks. I would have cut it earlier, but once everyone realised that lockdown meant no haircuts, all the electric clippers went the same way as bog roll. The one he ordered online took three weeks to arrive.

The bloke had needed a haircut before lockdown even started so his situation was getting dire. I hope your sister's hair-cutting experiment turned out well!

[davidgillon]

I haven't heard yet - must poke her over text and see!

[cosmolinguist]

Yeah, my mom said yesterday that she'd cut my dad's hair. :)

[st_aurafina]

I think you did a great job!

I have a pretty similar haircut to the bloke, so I'm going to be rocking the mad professor in a few weeks. *sigh* I guess I could find an Alice band or something.

It's all so weird, the ways in which this is impacting us.

[nanila]

Thanks! I keep seeing bits where - hopefully - I can do better next time.

Alice bands are great for keeping your hair off your face so you don't have to worry about the frenzy of humongous curls behind it. Just ask Humuhumu. :D

It is weird. I'm hopeful that this will be a unique experience, but it's entirely possible that rolling lockdowns might be needed until a vaccine is developed.

[marymac]

Both looking pretty good!

I was doing TL2's until he decided to grow out the undercut. Fading it in usually involves him yapping about me not being finished yet and me threatening to leave him half shaved and let Child have her way with it.

[nanila]

Thanks. :) Keiki's can definitely be improved if he can be convinced not to wriggle the entire time. The bloke's might require more YouTube video viewing about fading the sides into the top.

Haha! I seem to recall making a pointed remark about the integrity of the bloke's ears if he didn't stop with the sarcastic running commentary.

[cmcmck]

If I have to grow mine back out so be it- you may recall seeing it when the big chop first occurred?

[nanila]

I do! It looks good. :)

[sfred]

They both look good to me!

[nanila]

Aw, thank you! I think there is room for improvement. :D

[brainwane]

I agree! (Also, nanila, your bloke is a good-looking fella.)

[pbristow]

Keiki has the bloke's forehead, and your pout! =:oD

(He should probably give them back, you both might need them some day...)

[nanila]

The pout was completely unprompted. It seems vamping for the camera comes to him naturally!

[corvidology]

Both haircuts look very successful to me... and I love 'Blue Steel.' :D

[nanila]

Thanks! I have watched more YouTube videos so I feel better prepared for the next round of haircuts that will be required since lockdown is for another 3 weeks at least...

[silveradept]

Both look successful to me. I also generally say "short" when asked what I want at the barber's, so salt accordingly.

[nanila]

Thanks! Keeping your hair needs simple is a good way to ensure a successful outcome at the barber.

[ayebydan]

Handsome hubbs is handsome!

Bless Keiki. I guess he sensed you were very new at this whole thing XD

[nanila]

He is, rather. I still vividly remember an old friend saying to me on meeting him, "but Nanila, he's conventionally good-looking," in a very surprised tone. 😆

You're right. Also we shouldn't have tried to cut his hair in the evening, which is Doolally Keiki time.

[ayebydan]

Mum and I are just rocking our hair right now. She does dad's hair anyway so he is good. But, omg, the dogs. Basically, hairy lhasa apsos struggle to um poop? So we ordered dog clippers and they have all had truly horrendous haircuts. But....they can poop? When the clippers were on order my dad had ideas of 'maybe we can just clip them from now on'. That lasted around ten minutes. He's crying for our groomer now lol

[nanila]

Oh yeah, I bet having to groom your own dogs when you haven't before isn't easy! In fact I just googled it and a whole bunch of articles that can be summarised as "dog grooming at home gone wrong" with accompanying shame-photos popped up. :P

[omnipotent]

I think they both look quite handsome. I also think that barbers and hairdressers that work on children seem to have a special way with them that makes the experience easy, even enjoyable, for the child.

I also must say that the Albert Einstein look isn't too bad on Bloke. He just needs the mustache as a finishing touch.

There is no way on this lovely planet I would attempt to trim my own ends, so they will just have to remain split--they've been split all this time anyway, so what's a little while longer? :p

[nanila]

Haha, please don't suggest facial hair to the bloke. He's been angling to attempt it for a while now.

I'm not going to try cutting my own hair either. It can just grow out into the gigantic mane it wants to be for a while.