Hot take: Getting the lighting right for my home haircut station is impossible.

Every bulb I try casts weird shadows on the hair.

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Oh man, the bathroom is the worst for this. You think those bright vanity lights will work, but they're always positioned to light up your face from the front, which is the exact wrong direction for seeing the back and sides of your head. You end up with this giant shadow of your own skull blocking everything you need to see. It's like the room is working against you. I've had better luck dragging a chair into the middle of the kitchen with a cheap clamp light from the hardware store, just to get a single bright source directly above. Even that isn't perfect, but at least the shadows fall straight down and aren't fighting the room's main lighting.

john_cooper1mo ago

Tried that once and nearly gave myself a reverse mohawk.

cora_carr731mo ago

Yeah, dragging a chair to the kitchen is the real move. It's funny how so many rooms are built for how they look, not for the weird stuff we actually need to do in them.