SportClips listed "Consultation and a Precision Haircut by a Guy-Smart Stylist" as among their services, which sounded promising, so I drive a half hour out to Monroeville to the only one nearby.
Imagine my dismay when I get out there and the place is staffed with the same all-female high school age kids that cut my hair at the ten dollar place. As usual, the "stylist" expected me to know how I wanted my hair cut and didn't really have any suggestions of her own to offer. Now, the definition of what it is to style hair seems, to me, to include coming up with the style. If you can't do that, are you really a stylist? Or are you just a hair cutter?
My hair cutter and I worked out a solution that could be creatively described as "what-I-had-only-slightly-shorter" and called it done. They were offering an upgrade to the MVP Package for free for your first visit, which included a hot towel, massage, and leave-in conditioner. If it were an actual massage conducted by a professional, I'd be down, but since it was someone's bored homecoming date holding a vibrator against my trapezius, I politely declined.
And after all this, the cost was still about 60% more than I pay at my usual place. I tipped 30% cause it wasn't my hair cutter's fault that her company made promises that it had no intention of properly keeping.
So, how exactly does a guy ask for a professional hair cut without being perceived as a homosexual for doing so? Maradon! fucked around with this message on 02-12-2011 at 04:26 PM.
On a somewhat related note, I'm thinking about getting my hair dyed blue.
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Peanut butter ass Shaq Vin~ booooze lime pole over bench lick:
Perhaps look through some hairstyle books?
My hair is very soft and fine and utterly unlike human hair. It's more like head-fur. For this reason, the styles worn by men in books tend to look ridiculous on me.
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On a somewhat related note, I'm thinking about getting my hair dyed blue.
That should go well with your lavender car.
Needless to say, I slouched a LOT. 
Best hair cut ever.
Densetsu fucked around with this message on 02-13-2011 at 12:31 AM.
Edit: run-on sentence is lulz.
I pay $25 + $5 tip for my haircut btw Kegwen fucked around with this message on 02-13-2011 at 01:29 AM.
(Yeah, that's German television.)
I'm also going to use this thread to mock, because my family owns a salon and I get mine cut by a professional for free. Nyuk nyuk nyuk.
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Kegwening:
or just swallow your useless pride and go into a salon
That's probably what I'll do, I just don't... know a salon.
You're going to be bald soon anyways old man.
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Maradon! had this to say about Duck Tales:
My hair is very soft and fine and utterly unlike human hair. It's more like head-fur. For this reason, the styles worn by men in books tend to look ridiculous on me.
Ten to one it's is cause styled hair usually means alook of zebra cum is worked into you hair. ....and as someone with super fine hair, keeping it rather short is probally the best way to go.
Otherwise I echo everyone else saying goto an actual salon, if not a local barber shop. try to find one with workers that have been doing it for a while, apparently in most beauty school they don't teach how to cut men's hair. which is odd since they kinda are a bit more profitable. (Back east the "barber" I went to told me she didn't want to put salon up on her shop since men don't goto the salon)
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Maradon! screamed this from the crapper:
That's probably what I'll do, I just don't... know a salon.
I go to the salon closest to me. Seriously, I just showed up one day and that was that.
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
If you don't want to do that, then go find a barber. Go to the oldest guy you can find.
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Bent over the coffee table, Maradon! squealed:
That's probably what I'll do, I just don't... know a salon.
I've had really good luck with Aveda salons in the past. Just find one with a moderately young clientele. I never tell them exactly how to style my hair, either. I just tell them it has to be short on the sides so it doesn't touch my ears, then tell them to make it look good. If they succeed, I go back; if not, I find somewhere else. A good stylist can work with you based on how often you want to get it cut, what image you want to project, etc--I usually ask for a cut that can be executive by day, but add a bit of gel and go reasonably stylish by night (within the bounds of how short I have to keep it, of course).
If you live out in the boondocks, though, just accept that you're screwed.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
Bumble&Bumble salons have been the best in my experience, though!
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Shave your head. Seriously it's just easier. I pay $7 a month for razors (or however long my Mach3 4pack lasts) and 10 minutes every Sunday.You're going to be bald soon anyways old man.
^^ only man in the thread
what's up cue ball buddy
