Cutting your hair yourself in corona lockdown - it works with these tricks 

The hair is proliferating, but the hairdressers remain closed due to the corona pandemic.

What else can you do now?

• Hairdressers will

  remain closed due to the

  corona pandemic

  .

• Many people are

  tempted

  to cut their own

  hair

  because of the

  lockdown

  .

• Consumers

  can do that

  do to get

  through the

  lockdown

  even without a

  hairdresser

  .

Offenbach - The corona pandemic is forcing

Restaurants, retail and also

hairdressers will be closed

until further notice.

But the longer the

lockdown

in Germany, the longer the

hair becomes

.

Many are now in a dilemma:

let their

hair

grow or wait for the hairdressers to open?

But some also dare to try

to cut their own

hair

.

A visit to the

hairdresser is

long overdue,

especially for people with gel hairstyles and short haircuts

.

Because the short haircuts have lost

their contours

in the

lockdown

that has been going on since December

.

All those who

do not want to wait for the long-awaited opening of the barbershop

with a new

haircut

* can now only reach for scissors.

Cutting hair yourself without a hairdresser: For the best result you need the necessary equipment

For a do-it-yourself haircut in your own four walls, it doesn't take much to begin with.

With a little skill, the overdue appointment at the

hairdresser

can be

postponed.

First of all, it is important to have the right equipment.

For a short

haircut

, this should ideally be a hair clipper.

A beard trimmer does it too.

In any case, this should have several attachments for different hair lengths.

This makes it

easy to correct

the

hairstyle

even without a hairdresser.

The scissors don't have to be a professional

hairdresser

for 200 euros either.

Commercially available hair scissors, which can be bought in almost every drugstore for ten to 20 euros, are sufficient.

But you should never get the idea

to use kitchen or craft scissors to

cut

your

hair

.

The kitchen scissors are much too big for hairdressing needs, but they are clearly too blunt for handicrafts.

Rough cut edges and errors when cutting can therefore hardly be avoided.

The hairstyle during lockdown: cut it yourself or wait for the hairdresser?

Basically, the step of

cutting your

own

hair should

be carefully considered.

This applies

equally

to

women

and

men

.

Because: Growing a bad

haircut

can sometimes take a long time.

Possibly much longer than

waiting for

the

hairdressers

to

open

after the

lockdown

.

The length also needs to be carefully considered beforehand.

In any case, it is advisable to initially cut off a little less than too much.

If necessary, you can touch up again later if the

hair

is not short enough.

Thus the own

haircut

without

Barber

succeeds, it is also recommended for a suitable place to cut the

hair

to look.

In the best of cases, in front of a mirror.

You should also position a mirror behind you to have a good view from all sides.

Hairdressers closed in corona lockdown: What do women and men have to pay attention to when cutting their hair themselves?

For

men

with short

hair

, shortening the

hair

on the sides and on the neck can

eliminate

the problem of the outgrown contours of the

hairstyle,

at least for the time being.

Even without a

hairdresser, this is

very easy with a standard hair clipper with various attachments.

The

hair

should always be trimmed when it is dry, as the machine does not grip well when the head of hair is too wet.

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Cutting hair in corona lockdown.

What you should be aware of.

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For the best result, menshealth.de recommends shaving the

hair

in the neck from bottom to top.

The

hair

on the sides, on the other hand, should be shaved diagonally from front to back.

The fitness magazine also has a tip for anyone who no longer feels like having a long mane.

If you shave your

hair

all over

your

head, you should make sure to keep the

hair a

little longer on the top of the head than on the sides and neck.

The head then does not

look

so round, the

haircut

looks more professional - almost like fresh from the

hairdresser

.

Wet or dry: what is the best way to cut your hair without a hairdresser?

When it comes to doing a do-it-yourself haircut without a

hairdresser,

the main question

for

women

is

whether the

hair

should be

cut

dry or wet.

But that depends entirely on the type and structure of the hair.

When it comes to curls, womenshealth.de recommends

always cutting

your

hair

dry, as this is the best way to see how it really falls in the end.

If the curly

hair

gets wet, the curls and waves hang out and appear much longer.

You don't see what the

hairstyle

actually looks

like in the

end.

Straight

hair

, on the other hand, should be cut wet.

This means that even smaller curls hang out.

Women can thus minimize the risk of

cutting their

hair

in different lengths and

ruining

their

hairstyle

.

But be careful: the

hair

looks longer when it is wet.

So don't cut too much to avoid a nasty surprise.

Cutting hair yourself: too much risk?

Then it is worth waiting for the hairdressers

What if the risk is too great?

Then there is still the option to

just let

the

hair

grow.

After all, in times of

Corona there

are hardly any occasions for the top-styled

hairstyle

anyway

.

Many

women

resort to the good old ponytail during this time.

Especially for people with complicated short haircuts or step cuts, it is worth waiting until the

hairdressers

and

barbers are

finally allowed to reopen their shops *.

Cutting the tips or shortening the pony are no problem at home either.

(Yannick Wenig)

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