This book is meant for the non-professional. It is for the person who wants to learn to cut their own hair and anyone else's. You can't learn to cut your own hair by watching your hairdresser. They are able to walk around you while you're sitting in a chair. The angles for cutting your own hair are completely different and require different techniques. This book contains 2 simple techniques that most people can learn in 1 day. Explained in easy to understand language and repeated in full illustrations. Great for the visual learner. You can do this I am not a hairdresser, never have been, but I have been cutting my own hair for years and even my untrusting husband's hair. I've taught many of my friends to cut their own hair and they encouraged me to share this in an easy-to-follow DIY book. They especially appreciate the FIVE MINUTE REFRESHER for when that special someone calls unexpectedly. They are able to look salon-fresh on the spur of the moment.