furiousfrog
Well-Known Member
I would love to hear other people's thoughts on what I can do to get my mojo back!
I work mobile and used to have no problems doing cuts. I did an apprenticeship and have been fine but since going back to college recently I've really lost the plot.
Background is: I never actually properly qualified the first time round. Despite being an apprentice for almost 4 years and cutting hair in the salon, I did a day release for a couple of years but didn't get my city & guilds certificate as the salon went under shortly before I finished. I went mobile afterwards and was fine for ages.
Anyway, after a break the last few years, I thought I'd go back to college and actually get the qualification, so I signed up for NVQ2. 90% of the course was a walk in the park, all except for the cutting. It was done in a different way to the way I was taught and I found that difficult. I wanted to wholeheartedly commit, so I tried to forget what I was taught so I could learn the basic cuts properly and assumed I'd be able to adapt them afterwards for more styles.
Even basic one-lengths seemed really weird the way college taught me. I'd cut a section and the tutor would comb it and it'd look really bitty or soft-edged. I couldn't understand what I was doing that was different, although to be fair, I don't think my tutor was great at explaining things.
However, a year after finishing the course, I am now so unhappy about cutting hair that I'm avoiding doing them wherever possible and dislike doing any layers or graduations. When I look at a finished cut, all I can see is the problems. I haven't had any complaints and everyone's seemed pleased but I just realised that I'm subconsciously whittling down customers and avoiding cutting wherever possible, which is a RIDICULOUS situation. I can't even seem to revert back to my old style of cutting as it never seems as clean as when I used to do it.
I signed up to myhairdressers.com and bought a job-lot of mannequin heads so I could practice to help improve and try out new things, but this is done in a different way yet again and on occasion their stuff seems impractical and over the top. One cut started with 11 sections which took me half an hour to replicate before I even started cutting.
Would welcome any advice or thoughts or if anyone's been in a similar situation before. I've been looking at courses - the Sassoon one-week course looks pretty good but I'm worried about spending up to £1000 and learning something in yet another different way that'll confuse it further. Would anyone have any recommendations?
I work mobile and used to have no problems doing cuts. I did an apprenticeship and have been fine but since going back to college recently I've really lost the plot.
Background is: I never actually properly qualified the first time round. Despite being an apprentice for almost 4 years and cutting hair in the salon, I did a day release for a couple of years but didn't get my city & guilds certificate as the salon went under shortly before I finished. I went mobile afterwards and was fine for ages.
Anyway, after a break the last few years, I thought I'd go back to college and actually get the qualification, so I signed up for NVQ2. 90% of the course was a walk in the park, all except for the cutting. It was done in a different way to the way I was taught and I found that difficult. I wanted to wholeheartedly commit, so I tried to forget what I was taught so I could learn the basic cuts properly and assumed I'd be able to adapt them afterwards for more styles.
Even basic one-lengths seemed really weird the way college taught me. I'd cut a section and the tutor would comb it and it'd look really bitty or soft-edged. I couldn't understand what I was doing that was different, although to be fair, I don't think my tutor was great at explaining things.
However, a year after finishing the course, I am now so unhappy about cutting hair that I'm avoiding doing them wherever possible and dislike doing any layers or graduations. When I look at a finished cut, all I can see is the problems. I haven't had any complaints and everyone's seemed pleased but I just realised that I'm subconsciously whittling down customers and avoiding cutting wherever possible, which is a RIDICULOUS situation. I can't even seem to revert back to my old style of cutting as it never seems as clean as when I used to do it.
I signed up to myhairdressers.com and bought a job-lot of mannequin heads so I could practice to help improve and try out new things, but this is done in a different way yet again and on occasion their stuff seems impractical and over the top. One cut started with 11 sections which took me half an hour to replicate before I even started cutting.
Would welcome any advice or thoughts or if anyone's been in a similar situation before. I've been looking at courses - the Sassoon one-week course looks pretty good but I'm worried about spending up to £1000 and learning something in yet another different way that'll confuse it further. Would anyone have any recommendations?