How could I learn about hairdressing on my own?
Right now I’m a sophomore in high school, and I’ve dreamed of becoming a hairdresser for the past few years. I know the cosmetology school I’ll be going to when I graduate, but I want to learn a bit about cutting hair in the meantime.
I want to go into cosmetology school ahead of the game. I’ve read up on hair care; but now would like to learn about actually CUTTING hair. To where I could give my friends trims and stuff. Any tips on how I should learn this?
It will be better if you went into school without having any experience. Anything you learn ahead of time might interfere with the techniques the school will teach you.
You can practice hairstyling. This is something that would be great to know before you enter school. You will know how to roll hair onto rollers, which is called a wet set. You can also practice doing up-dos. Good luck in cosmetology school.
July 3rd, 2010 at 7:35 am
It will be better if you went into school without having any experience. Anything you learn ahead of time might interfere with the techniques the school will teach you.
You can practice hairstyling. This is something that would be great to know before you enter school. You will know how to roll hair onto rollers, which is called a wet set. You can also practice doing up-dos. Good luck in cosmetology school.
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July 3rd, 2010 at 8:08 am
I’m not sure that it’s a good idea to learn hair cutting on one’s own as there are different techniques as the other postee mentioned. Just a word to the wise that when considering which school to attend that the county vo-tech school (or community college) is a lot more affordable than those private $$ for-profit beauty/tech schools. It might take a cosmetology graduate a couple of years to ‘get a book’ of regular customers at a salon to possibly make decent money so attending the less expensive school can help if one is struggling to pay the rent, auto/health insurance, food, and other expenses, know what I mean.
Just fyi that this consumer website has posts by former students about ‘empire beauty school’: http://www.ripoffreport.com and can type into search.
This consumer site has posts about ‘paul mitchell school’: http://www.pissedconsumer.com and can type into search.
For general career information: http://www.bls.gov/oco and can type into search.
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