THE MORE weeks that pass in lockdown, the greater the temptation to give your man’s overgrown locks a good trim.
Thankfully, there’s now no risk of having a disastrous time with the clippers because from tomorrow you can enlist a barber to guide you through cutting your bloke’s hair in a £15 video appointment.
A new online service, Lockdown Haircut, enables you to enlist an expert to provide step-by-step supervision virtually from their home to yours – no unevenly-chopped mop in sight.
Each consultation lasts 20 minutes, and will be undertaken professionally-qualified barber from one of the UK’s top salons, including London-based Barber + Blow.
Those wanting to partake need to have their own electric razor or clippers, comb, and laptop with a webcam feature.
Co-founder Dan Silvertown – who came up with the idea together with friend Jeroen Sibia – told Fabulous that the service is for those isolating on their own as much as people with company.
While it’s better to have someone you’re isolating with talked through the haircut, it’s also possible to be taught how to do it yourself.
So all is still not lost if your other half still doesn’t trust you to come near them with a pair of scissors.
Best of all nobody needs any prior experience in the haircare department.
Speaking of how the idea came about, the entrepreneurs – who previously created online recruitment company Swap – said: “We wanted to save the world from DIY haircut disasters.
“With the prospect of a lockdown extension looming and Zoom video becoming the new normal, we were staring down the barrel of a DIY haircut over the Easter weekend.
“Keen to avoid the dreaded bowl cut from mum, we tried and failed to find an alternative. And so Lockdown Haircut was born.”
Their inspiration also came from the rise of virtual dates, which mean letting grooming standards slip over the next few weeks just isn’t an option.
The majority of the £15 fee will go to the barber, with the remaining money donated to NHS charities.
There has been huge interest since the site launched, and the first virtual appointments are all sold out.
Barbers keen to offer up their own services can get in touch through their website.
In other beauty news, we told you how a woman has shared her quick hack for cleaning make-up brushes and sponges in the washing machine.
We also revealed that people have been sharing the results of the #nohairwashchallenge after ditching shampoo.
And TikTok users have been showing off how you can curl your hair using a penicil.
