How to Cut Your Hair at Home

One of the many restrictions that residents of Germany have to accept is that all hairdressing salons have been closed since Monday at the latest. Oh fright - and what will become of our chic Frisians now? Do we all have to go wild between the fridge and the bed like Robinson Crusoe? The 28-year-old hairdresser Cinja Csulits has been cutting and coloring hair for nine years and has been running her own hairdressing salon in Düsseldorf for one year: "A good Hair Day". By now she talks about how to shave a good bald, right maintains his hair in isolation and can prove right now his * m * hairdresser in a big favor.

Now: honestly, cutting your own hair - it can't be that hard?

Cinja Csulits: Oh yes ! Even I as a professional would never do that to myself. That can only go wrong, you just don't see your own head well enough. And it is not necessary at all. Let's say there is a four-week curfew: hair grows an average of one centimeter over time.

But if it has to be! Is it better to use nail scissors or paper scissors?

Oh, both is so bad ... Hairdressers have extra scissors that are very sharp so that the hair doesn't fray at the bottom and doesn't split easily. But if I had to make a decision now, I would tend to use paper scissors.

If someone wants to help his or her isolation buddy with the new haircut at home: What are your tips for beginners?

If you try out a men's cut, I advise you to carefully cut around your ears and neck first. At the nape of the neck, make sure to carefully comb the hair down with a comb. It makes everything look much neater. I wouldn't do more because men's haircuts are so difficult - every inch is just noticeable. For women: the main thing is that it is not shorter than the woman would like it to be. In this case, we hairdressers cannot save much afterwards.

But if nothing helps anymore, you've already crooked and crooked: just bald, right? Quarantine isn't the worst moment to try a bold hairstyle!

Everyone really has to decide for themselves! But if you cut a bald head, you should work carefully: shave over it often and then check again in the light that you have not overlooked anything.

What kind of hairstyle catastrophes do you expect after the ban on contacts in your shop has ended?
My shop is best known for dyeing: that's why I suspect that many yellow heads will be sitting with us.

Yellow heads?

Well, people who tried to bleach themselves. It's just super dangerous, not just because of the toxic chemistry that can be very bad for the scalp. People have no idea how light or dark their natural hair is and how that affects the bleaching time. This often results in super unnatural colors.