Cut your own hair: Schools, courses, tips, answers

Professional hairdressing equipment is not usually included in the price of a self-styling course. However, you can usually obtain this directly from the school at a reasonable price.

A do-it-yourself haircutting course teaches sound basics and practical techniques for cutting hair independently and safely. The aim is to learn how to use tools and cutting techniques and to develop an understanding of shapes, styles and the effect of hairstyles.

The following topics are typically covered in a haircutting course:

• Introduction to styling: what hairstyles there are and how they look on different face shapes
• Hair structure and function: basics of hair structure, growth phases and differences in hair types
• Hygiene and care: cleanliness in the workplace, care products and their use
• Material science: scissors, combs, razors, trimming tools and their targeted use
• Basics of cutting techniques:
  • Cutting tips
  • Butt cutting
  • Graduate
  • Slicing
  • Effiling and modeling
  • Pointers with the point-cut technique
• Hairstyles according to face and head shape: Suitable haircuts for different proportions.
• Hairstyles and cuts:
  • Cut bangs
  • Concave and convex cutting lines
  • Bob and asymmetrical bob
  • Layered haircut
  • Short hairstyles for women
  • Men's haircut (round cut, barrel haircut)

The lessons in the haircutting course include both theoretical basics and practical exercises in which the techniques learned are applied and consolidated.

Whether basic knowledge or advanced cutting techniques - this course provides a good basis for creating hairstyles independently and developing a confident feel for handling scissors and hair.

Important: Each school can set its own priorities for the haircutting course and customize the content. The exact course content should therefore always be clarified directly with the respective school. The question can be forwarded directly to the desired school via our contact form.

A course in cutting your own hair is ideal for anyone who would like to create fashionable and perfectly styled hairstyles for themselves, their family or friends, who have already gained some experience in cutting their own hair and would like to deepen their knowledge, who are considering retraining in personal care and would like to learn the necessary basic skills, and for those who would like to learn more about this subject.

A distance learning course on the subject of "Cutting your own hair" can be chosen in two different ways. On the one hand, there is the option of receiving the course documents exclusively in digital form. In this case, the costs amount to CHF 520 (as of 2018). For a course with both digital and printed course materials, the course costs CHF 600 (also as of 2018). For up-to-date information, please contact the training provider directly using the contact form.

Knowledge of haircutting and styling is not necessary for a do-it-yourself haircutting course. You will learn everything you need to know to cut hair without a hairdresser in this course.

You can learn how to cut your own hair in various haircutting courses, at hairdressing colleges or beauty schools. However, there is also the option of learning this as part of a distance learning course, where you have a specialist teacher at your side who will supervise you online and where you can organize your learning time independently. You will learn with digital and/or printed learning booklets and have access to the online campus with a digital teaching environment. This allows you to learn flexibly in terms of time and location.

Depending on the type of course, the time it takes to learn how to cut hair yourself can vary greatly. The distance learning course on haircutting listed here takes eight months to complete. However, participants who prefer to learn at a slower pace or have very little time available can extend the course duration by up to 36 months. With the conventional standard study period of 8 months to learn haircutting, a work and learning effort of around six hours per week is expected.