Product Description

Want to cut hair but think you don’t have the talent? If you’ve ever dreamed of becoming a painter, a sculptor, or a home decorator, you can cut hair. If you love sewing, drawing, or craft projects, you can cut hair. This book is designed to help you discover your inner artist, easily enhancing your loved one’s hairstyles while trimming big bucks off your family budget.

Haircutting For Dummies is for people who want to cut their family and friends′ hair, as well as those who are entering the field of cosmetology. Cutting hair at home will allow you to save money, be creative, and do something nice for your loved ones. If you’re looking to become a licensed stylist, this book will show you how to do simple trims and styles while giving your own creativity room to roam. You’ll see how to:

• Prepare men’s and women’s hair for cutting
• Create short, mid–length, and long styles
• Choose and care for your cutting tools
• Apply advanced haircutting techniques
• Seek a career in cutting hair

In this easy–to–follow guide, you’ll find step–by–step instructions for the latest short, medium, and long hairstyles as well as more involved techniques such as notching and texturing. You get plenty of expert advice in using your tools, following lengths and angles, and creating show–stopping styles, as well as proven guidance in how to:

• Cut and style straight, curly, or kinky hair
• Give the perfect shampoo
• Judge the texture, strength, and health of hair
• Handle bangs, layers, and sliced hair
• Use a blow dryer, curling iron, and flat iron
• Pump up the volume and fight the frizzies
• Win your family’s and friends’ haircutting trust

Featuring detailed illustrations and model shots, tips on maintaining your own haircut between salon appointments, and special advice on cutting children’s hair, Haircutting For Dummies will have you achieving salon– or barbershop–quality results on all types of hair!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #53889 in Books
• Published on: 2002-10-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 360 pages

M2 Best books January 2003
"…after reading ‘Hairdressing for Dummies’ I personally would feel confident enough to try it out…"

From the Back Cover
Features tips for trimming and treating hair

Let the scissors fly and cut hair at home

Do you want to cut and style your family’s hair, but don’t know where to begin? Relax! This easy–to–follow guide shows you how to get salon– or barbershop–quality results on all types of hair – long, short, straight, curly, or kinky. You’ll discover how to care for your tools and maintain a haircut while you trim big dollars off your budget.

The Dummies Way

• Explanations in plain English
• "Get in, get out" information
• Icons and other navigational aids
• Tear–out cheat sheet
• Top ten lists
• A dash of humor and fun

About the Author
J. Elaine Spear is a Contributing Editor for the magazines DaySpa, Today′s Image, Beauty Store Business, and Salon News. She owned and operated a multimillion–dollar salon and day spa for 15 years.

Customer Reviews

Perfect advice for the amateur hairdresser!
This is a marvellous book, that contains a positive wealth of information for those who are looking to have a go at hairdressing. One finds a variety of simple techniques that can produce surprisingly professional looking results. My wife has had a tremendous degree of success with the "bowl-cut", on our young son Crispin. However, more advanced students of style will doubtless want to keep up with the times by trying some of the more complex contemporary styles. Our elder son Horace has been looking as cool as a cummerbund, ever since his mother surprised him with a hip and happening 'wedge'!

Anyway, top stuff! If you want to see some of the results, go ahead and feast your eyes upon my profile pic!

Quite difficult for a beginner
This was not the book for me as I wanted to cut my 2 little girls hair and all it had in it were bobs with fringes,but for someone with a bit more experience, has useful tips.