Women in a baber shop

I wear my hair very short in a pixie cut, and NO, I would not go to a barber that does men's haircuts.

Besides, isn't going to the beauty salon something you enjoy? Even most men go to beauty salons these days. Old-fashioned men's barbers are only good for buzzcuts or old fashioned men's hairstyles that senior citizens wear - (no offense to older folks)-.

I worked with a woman who went to a barber shop to get her hair cut. She keeps her hair really short, and he did a good job plus he also cut her husband, mother and father's hair. I even went to him several times when my hair was medium short and layered. The last few times he cut my hair was to start cutting the layers out and getting me to a more blunt cut which he did as well as anyone else. I prefer women (over straight men) to cut my hair as I feel I get a more feminine look.

The shop had a front room where one man worked alone and it was pretty much enclosed by glass. The barber I went to was in the next room in the back. The TV was constantly on a news channel. In the back room were 2 chairs and 2 men cutting hair. The sink was behind the chair so once you sat down you got washed, cut and dried. He carried and used salon products - can't remember which ones right now. I quit going to him because although he was adequate he was not what I was looking for in a stylist.

Twanda

I've considered it, but only because 1) there's a barbershop just a couple of blocks from my house, 2) it would be cheaper than a salon, and 3) they wouldn't try to force me into anything too feminine the way the salon stylists generally do. But even there, I think, I would be a bit creeped out because I don't really like strangers messing with my hair. I prefer to do it by myself as much as possible.

The difference between a hairstylist,and a licensed barber is this,a hair stylist only has to know a few styles,A barber has to know how to cut hair,he or she must know many more styles.
Some barbers however dont cut womens hair,but most will.It's like any thing else thoe you will know if you get a bad one.If you get a good one though,you will be quiet satisfied,and save a considerable amount of money.
You may find that your own hairstylist is a licensed barber.
Tawanda got it almost right except for the silly coment about straight men,thats a silly stereotype.
A man sexual orientation has nothing to do with how well he masters his craft.
Joe

You raise some interesting questions,are their other women with simiuliar experience?
I did'nt take into acount your personel experience,you may be right

My wife wanted an Inverted bob with a clippered nape but her stylist did not seem to want to clipper it and kept finishing it either with scissors or a razor which did not give the effect on the nape my wife desired so she went to a barber shop where a younger woman did a lot of the cuts and asked if she would clipper the nape. The girl asked how short she wanted it at her ears, and at the back and just cut and buzzed the style exactly as my wife had asked, no persuasion, no opinion, just the cut my wife had been trying to get her regular stylist to cut for about 4 months. So if you want something short and not fancy a barber will tend just to give you exactly what you ask for so the only advice is decide EXACTLY what style and length you want before you go but I say GO FOR IT ! My wife has never looked back.