in this video I'm gonna cut the top down with a 1.5 and I'm gonna give him a
taper on the sides and in the back before you cut somebody with waves
I always comb their wave pattern so that way you know where the cowlick is
in their head you know where that which way the crown grows that way you won't
gap anybody okay so we're gonna begin this hair cut out with the 1 and 1/2 and
the lever is going to be fully open so it's more so like a 1.75 even though
that's not an actual guard number it will it would not quite be a 2 but
almost a 2 and it's a good starting point to start
from the crown because that's where the hair grows from so this is also the most
difficult part of the haircut when it comes to cutting the hair down so if you
start with the hard part first the rest of it will be a piece of cake and it's
very important to take your time in the crown area we're just going to continue
to follow the natural wave pattern to cut the hair down evenly
okay and now we're going to take the slimline pros and make our bald outline
around the entire head so we're doing on type a taper on the sides and in the
back but we're not gonna take this taper too high
a lot of wavers they don't like taking the tapers too high because they want to
maintain as many ways as they can
okay so moving on to the fading process we have the Clipper with the lever fully
open and we're not gonna go up quite an inch because like I said we're not gonna
take this tape or too hot and then now you just see me start the blending
process and throughout this blending process you've never seen me use the
full blade so when you see me do this taper you're
only gonna see me use the right half of the blade because you're blending in
such a small space you don't want to accidentally erase your guidelines too
hot and notice how I have my thumb pulling the skin so I'm creating tension
to get as tight of a fade as I can so we're gonna take the zero guard with the
lever fully open and this is gonna be the highest guard that we use for this
paper where it really is gonna be the only guard here we knock it down fully
closed notice how I'm still using the corner of that blade okay now you see me
go in between the zero open and zero closed and short tempers like this the
key is all about how hard you press down with the Clipper on the head it's all
about touch especially when you're kind of just blend out certain parts certain
dark spots it's all about how hard you press down with the Clipper
and see here you can see I'm just lightly tapering down those edges I'm
not pressing down hard at all and especially right here you see me just
lightly flicking my wrist because I'm only trying to flick out certain spots
so what I'm doing right now is basically such at work I've done all of the
blending that I need to I'm just lightly touching up any dark spots just to get
it that blue just to give it that blurry look
it may not look like I'm cutting anything but I promise you I am it's
just a few select hair that I'm trying to get okay so now we move on to the
neck taper and as you guessed it nothing will change we're gonna use the exact
same steps that we did on the left side of the head now one thing about neck
tapers with people that have ways so it can be tricky on some neck tapers now
his hair is not really that bad but where people tie their do-rag in the
back the hair starts to grow in a swirl kind of if their neckline right below
their occipital bone but his is not that bad but you'll find a lot of waivers
that have swirls back there in that area
here we have the zero guard notice how I'm lightly flicking I'm not really
trying to make a heavy guideline just because I want this to be a soft smooth
safe spot a soft smooth taper and notice how again so you can see on the right
side his hair grows at an angle that's why you see me fading back to the right
with the corner of the blade we just trying to manipulate that hair and as
you can see the blend is coming together and as always I recommend guys you learn
by experience so if I were you guys I will pull up this video and get get a
cousin or a friend or just a little brother somebody that will let you
practice his haircut on them pull up this video and follow the steps step by
step and I promise you will get the same result or close to it all right hey you
might even do better than me
that's why these videos are made they're made to help you guys so find someone
that will let you cut your hair let will let you cut their hair and practice
these practices haircut over and over and over again and you guessed it so we
did the left taper we did the next paper and now we're gonna do the right paper
the exact same way and another thing about doing tapers or fades just
anything in general so usually people have a strong side and they have a weak
side so his right side is his strong side a lot of people's edges are a lot
darker on one side but here you just have to adjust
okay so now we're moving on to Maya personally my favorite part of the
haircut which is the lineup and here we're just tapering down the front
hairline with the zero go up fully open a lot of wavers there had a chance to
curl up at the edges and when he brushes his hair I don't want it to curl back up
or overlap so that's why I trimmed the edges down and then here I'm just
applying some holding spray just to make his hair lay down there just a little
bit better and always preach to find the natural balance between sharp and
natural look another thing that I want to emphasize is take your time there's
you're not in a race trusting you people do not mind you taking the extra five
minutes to make sure the haircut is right trust you especially when you're
first starting out take your time you'll get faster over time so don't
worry if it takes you an hour to do a haircut you have to learn so it's a
learning curve to everything and especially with the neckline don't try
to push anything in too far and and over the ear don't exaggerate it too high
now you notice he's just a little light in the corners but we're not going to
dig into his corners we're just gonna keep going straight across and try to
get it as natural as possible we're gonna take off just enough to where we
can get a line to show see I didn't have to go back too far I just want to
go just far enough to where I can get a line to show and this is a must in my
opinion is it getting straight Harris
now this is the icing on a cake in my opinion for a haircut this is the icing
on the cake if you want the extra crispiness out of a lineup definitely
use the rice
all right so now just to add some shine to his hair we're just gonna apply some
oil Sheen I'm gonna show you guys the finished look in just a second by the
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