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| Two happy Buddhist nuns giving each other a high five because they don't have to think about their hair. |
We both had to be brave and patient with each other at first, and it has paid off.
When we first started home haircutting we studied online resources to try to learn how to cut hair properly. It was fun, but ultimately we swept all that up in the dustpan and tossed it with our locks.
That is because now we almost exclusively do the easiest home haircut possible. The buzz cut.
Grab the clippers, set them to #1 setting, and cut away till its all gone. About once every 2 months.
Yes, both of us.
Not only is it the easiest haircut possible, this style (if you can call bristles a style) has all kinds of other fringe benefits.
First of all, it is very liberating to shave your locks because hair is kinda dumb and it feels great to be free of it, even if only for a while. I highly recommend trying it at least once in your lifetime.
Be forewarned, as a shorn friend once told me before my first time, "you will be able to feel a fly fart from across the room". It's true - the scalp, once free of hair, is a highly sensitive air motion detector.
Hair and hair styles are based in vanity, and corporations take full advantage of that.
They have made us love hair on the head. It is sacred. Everyone must have some, the more the better.
Allowing hair to grow anywhere else in any quantity is akin to embracing your inner Neanderthal. You will be shunned as such and unceremoniously expelled from the deep, dark cave we know as civilization.
These days they are even trying to strong-arm men into the anti-hair camp with the whole concept of manscaping.
Eww, and yuck.
It's the classic "create-a-fake-problem-and-offer-a-fake-solution" thing that consumerism does in order to keep us perpetually buying crap we don't need.
That is why the buzz cut is for us.
It is easy to do with an electric clipper, super easy to maintain with NO PRODUCT required, and best of all, it is a middle finger to the $88 billion dollar per year global hair care industry and their relentless advertising telling us how to look.
We are embracing our inner nun/monk, and removing hair hassles altogether.
It is the simplest way to go.
Maybe wait for warmer weather before you try it for your first time. Or have a wool hat ready.
That isn't a look I would embrace but if you are happy with it then that's good.
ReplyDeleteMy wife has been cutting our hair for around a decade now, I really disliked wasting the time to go somewhere for a haircut. I have not used any soap or shampoo to wash for several years as well and on the rare occasion wash in hot water. Constant hot water is a new thing in human history. I can also wear clothes for weeks at a time and not have any problems with body odor. Interesting at the end of the day my office can smell pretty bad and most people use sprays, shampoos ... etc. My wife who grew up in rural China did not change or wash her clothes during the winter there and now seems to wash once a week and seems OK with this.
ReplyDeleteAll these products wash into the ecosystems and pollute the environment.I have heard of some vegan women who have stopped wearing bras, stopped shaving their armpits and legs. It's just my view, but conditioning women to do this is part of the objectification and commodification that is part of neoliberal society.
Peace,
Alex
I shear my head every few weeks or months, and it really is liberating. I honestly hate having head hair (although the rest can stay to keep mosquitoes from landing), but my partner is the opposite. I'll keep on buzzing, since I can only see benefits from it, as long as I have a sun hat- Less headaches from hair being slept on wrong!
ReplyDeleteWish I had the courage to do this! I've contemplated it for a few years now. It would be so much easier for me to not have to mess with hair. At this time I haven't had a haircut at a shop for over a year. I've been snipping at it off and on. Maybe now is the time to take the plunge since I'm so isolated and I could give myself time to get used to it.
ReplyDeleteOnce every four or five weeks I snap the #8 on my trusty Wahl and buzz away. Love it, love it, love it! I am pretty much all salt and pepper except for a fringe of silver/white around my face. I actually get people asking me who does my colour!
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