All of us are about a week away from really bad hairstyles.
Blackfalds resident Sara Protasow recently heard that statement on social media, and believes it applies to all of us who are self-isolating and social-distancing amid the ongoing pandemic.
She recently gave her son Jax Fyvie, 6, a trim.
“I’m pretty proud of it,” she said with a chuckle.
It started when Protasow’s mother, who is staying with the family, ordered pet clippers online for the family’s two cats.
Protasow is not a professional when it comes to hair.
“When Jax was little, I had given him a few terrible haircuts, but stopped promptly,” she said.
The mother said the “quick cleanup” she recently performed was a successful one, as she got a thumb’s up from her son.
“I think it was pretty good too, actually. I didn’t have to use a bowl. I didn’t touch the top, the sideburns were even, and so I’m quite proud of it,” she said.
Protasow said she didn’t look up any videos before taking a crack at cutting his hair.
“Worst-case scenario, you shave it off and start again.”
Protasow said she is days away from cutting her own bangs.
“I don’t want to do it, but they need a trim,” she said, adding, “we’re all going to come out of this interestingly.”
She isn’t too worried if the trim doesn’t turn out the way she wants, because hair grows back.
“We’re all going to be in quarantine for a while, so if you mess it up, it’ll just grow back.”
On the Advocate’s Facebook page, some central Albertans commented that they’re letting their hair grow out.
“My husband has seen how I cut the knots out of the dog’s hair. He’s not letting me anywhere near his,” commented one woman.
Another Facebook user said her daughter has short hair that the mother has tried to cut in the past and gotten into trouble for her efforts.
“My daughter has a shorter cut – similar to the gentleman’s cut. I have sent a picture to our hairdresser claiming I cannot promise what I would or would not do,” she said with a laugh.
“We have done this before though, and I got told to not touch it again, so we will shave up the sides and tie her hair back for now.”
A Red Deer hair salon owner isn’t able to help her clients with a cut at the moment, but is helping them with their hair colouring needs over one-on-one video chat.
Grace Engel, the owner of ClassiCuts Oasis, said she is providing help with “just the retouch part,” and said the demand for the service is high.
Helping clients with a haircut or a full colour would be too complicated over video, she said, but during these stressful times, people need to feel good about themselves, she said.
“We do need to interact with others and we do need to feel good, or for some people, it can drive them into depression,” she said.
Engel asks for several photos from her clients, to find the right colour for their hair. She then drops off the box at their doorstep and follows up with them on a video call.
mamta.lulla@reddeeradvocate.com
Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter