No Spend January - Home Haircuts

 A friend once told me the difference between a good haircut and a bad one is two weeks. I think sometimes it can take longer, but in the season of cold weather and hat wearing, it might be a good time to try home hair cuts. There are a lot of You Tube instruction videos and one of my favorites is Glam Girl Gabi

Another item I have found useful is the CreaClip. There are tutorials on their web site. I use this to cut my hair and then refer to the Glam Girl Gabi site for layering. Hair scissors were relatively inexpensive at Walmart.

What To Do When Beauty Salons Are Closed?

Because of the Corona Virus Pandemic, beauty salons are closed and I've noticed that some of the newscasters and other TV celebrities have longer than usual hair with dark roots showing.

Now would be a great time to experiment with different hair colors. Try one that washes out  to see if you like the shade, but regardless of how it turns out no one is going to see you, except on Zoom, for a while.

If  you, or your children's hair is one length a Crea Clip works great for getting a straight hair cut. I bought hair scissors at Walmart and have been cutting my own hair for about a year now. You Tube has great videos to help you.

For pedicures, if you don't have a foot soak bowl, dish bowls at Walmart are under $4.

1. Remove nail polish
2. Soak feet (Epsom salts work well - Dollar Tree is a good place to get this or any pharmacy)
3. Use a foot file/shaver or pumice on hard skin 
4. Dry feet
5. Trim and file nails
6. Apply nail polish

Note: Vaseline Petroleum Jelly Cream works great on rough skin (Dollar Tree usually carries it for $1)

I've been taking advantage of this time at home and although my garden looks awesome, my nails leave a lot to be desired. An at home manicure isn't difficult (look at You Tube for help) but I also found these stick on nails at Walmart for around $7. I may save these for a post-shelter-at-home party.

If your eyebrows are overgrown, get out those tweezers. Make sure you pull the hairs out from underneath and not on top and follow online suggestions for shaping.

Hair Cutting at Home

Hair cuts at salons can be expensive especially if you have a big family and quite honestly I'm fed up with paying $$$ for a haircut I'm not satisfied with. After searching for tips on You Tube I came across the Crea Clip. It's easy to use and would be great for children with longer hair.