Do any other ladies get their haircut at barbershop
I love going to barbershop. Much cheaper than salon and no fuss
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ArishMell · 70-79, M
I am the opposite! :-)
When a lad, say, around 10 or 12, I always went to the barbers, and in my boyhood the only style, and most men, ever knew was "Short back and sides". You could have a splodge of 'Brylcreem' massaged in afterwards. I accepted the grease out of some curious notion it was somehow "grown-up". As far as I know all the 'Brylcreem' did was keep the hair stuck down for a bit, and looking artificially shiny. No doubt at cost of making pillow-cases more difficult to wash.
Then the "Unisex" hairdressers appeared: primarily ladies' hairdressers who would also cut men's hair, and for about the same price as the barbers'. As you'd expect really, since they are doing the same thing!
This brought two advantages for me.... apart from the unashamed admission of enjoying being pampered by an elegant woman for quarter of an hour!
The first was that the women hairdressers know more styles and usually give you the cut you want. You can have a "short back and sides" but I simply have a general trim.
The second was that the conversations with them are usually much more interesting than the male barbers could manage, which was limited to the weather and last night's football or boxing on the telly. I do not follow either sport!
When a lad, say, around 10 or 12, I always went to the barbers, and in my boyhood the only style, and most men, ever knew was "Short back and sides". You could have a splodge of 'Brylcreem' massaged in afterwards. I accepted the grease out of some curious notion it was somehow "grown-up". As far as I know all the 'Brylcreem' did was keep the hair stuck down for a bit, and looking artificially shiny. No doubt at cost of making pillow-cases more difficult to wash.
Then the "Unisex" hairdressers appeared: primarily ladies' hairdressers who would also cut men's hair, and for about the same price as the barbers'. As you'd expect really, since they are doing the same thing!
This brought two advantages for me.... apart from the unashamed admission of enjoying being pampered by an elegant woman for quarter of an hour!
The first was that the women hairdressers know more styles and usually give you the cut you want. You can have a "short back and sides" but I simply have a general trim.
The second was that the conversations with them are usually much more interesting than the male barbers could manage, which was limited to the weather and last night's football or boxing on the telly. I do not follow either sport!