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Everything About Quick & Easy Haircut
Professional barbers do good haircuts because they have talent and have years of practice. For an average amateur to compensate for the lack of experience, then it becomes critical to have proper tools to guard against mistakes and to speed up your learning. In this video we introduce 13 special tools, some of which are commercially available but you may not have heard of, and some of which are created by us and do not cost you anything. Regardless of the cost, it pays to spend the money or time effort to have those tools because you will recoup the investment by saving thousands of dollars on haircuts over your lifetime.
In our previous video https://youtu.be/H2TUoGtAVkM we discussed short hair. If you keep longer hair on the top section, this video https://youtu.be/Yami2wd1Tg8 includes 8 different haircut experiments to show you what it would look like when you cut to different hair lengths. You may have already heard advice from professionals, but these videos show you that as a beginner, for some of the practices, you may have to do the opposite in order to lower the “bad haircut” risk. They are a must-see before you cut your own hair.
A lot of people are afraid of doing a self-haircut because they fear irreversible mistakes. But even if you do have a family member to help instead of doing a self-haircut, the techniques discussed in this video certainly will help your helpers have more confidence, save their time, and improve the quality of what they do, so this video is not just limited to self-haircutting.
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Alternative Methods
Self-haircut tools from the video are a good start. Here are other approaches to home haircuts.
1. Electric Hair Clipper Kit with Guards
When to use: Regular buzz cuts or fades at home.
- Pros: Consistent length with guard attachments, fast, easy to learn, one-time purchase lasts years
- Cons: Limited to short styles unless combined with scissors, noise may bother some users
- Difficulty: Easy
- Estimated cost: ~$20-50 for a quality clipper kit
2. Haircutting Scissors and Thinning Shears Set
When to use: Longer hair styles, bangs, or layered cuts.
- Pros: Precise control, quiet, works on all hair types, thinning shears reduce bulk without changing length
- Cons: Requires more skill and practice, slower than clippers, must be kept sharp
- Difficulty: Medium
- Estimated cost: ~$15-30 for a quality set
3. Vacuum Haircutting System (e.g., Flowbee)
When to use: Mess-free home haircuts with built-in cleanup.
- Pros: Suctions hair while cutting for zero-mess cleanup, consistent length, works well for layered cuts
- Cons: Noisy, limited style flexibility, requires a vacuum cleaner, learning curve for first use
- Difficulty: Easy
- Estimated cost: ~$60-100
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