in this video I'm going to demonstrate how to do a burst fade for you guys
we're going to get into it right now by the way if you're new to this channel
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directory with this fade we're gonna make a bald guy around the ear and then
we're gonna blend it into the top and it's gonna fan out that's what the term
burst fade comes from the fade it fans out like it's exploding we're going to
begin this hair cut out by making a circular guide line around the ear
another time using the corner of the blade just so I don't take off too much
hair now you can make this guideline larger or smaller just depending on how
much you want the fade to burst if that makes sense so here we're taking the one and
a half guard what I'm doing right here I'm just creating a base for how high I
want to go I don't want to go any higher than one and a half so what I'm doing is
debulking the hair so I'm not I know I'm not gonna go past this point so that's
all I'm doing
here the lever is all the way open and I'm making my second guideline and I
notice how his hair is not really thick in the back he usually gets the bald
fade but I started him off on his haircut it was time to switch it up
all right so we drop the lever down fully closed and with this type of fade
you want to use the corners of the blade depending on which side you're going to
so now you see me transition to the left side of the blade and you just do that
you do that to keep from taking off too much hair at one time so see here you
see me open the liver and repeat the same process
another time using the corner of the blade and then here you see me switch to the
left side of the blade all right so we open the lever one more time and just go
right up on the that guideline some of you may be thinking right now man this
is really high but no just wait trust me so here we have the one guard with the
lever fully open notice we use the one and a half so we're not gonna go above
the one and a half so we're using that one open to go under that one and a half
notice how I'm pulling his skin with the thumb here you see you drop down the
lever fully closed and as you can see it's coming together I always tell
people some people would at first when they saw me first doing that
second guideline but don't panic guys when you're doing a haircut focus on
each step at a time don't ever get overwhelmed when doing a
haircut
okay now this is the half guard I know that says 1.5 but that's my mistake it's
supposed to say .5 so all we're gonna do is take this half guard and just erase
that line that you see and after that guys this fade is pretty much done
except for a few a few little spots that we have to touch it me personally I love
doing burst fades I just love that transition that you get when a burst
bait is done correctly guys it looks so good especially when you put the line up
on yourself just stay tuned you're gonna see exactly what I'm
talking about
all right so right here I'm just taking the one and a half again and just
attacking that little weight line that I saw I just wanted everything everything
to look really smooth so what I'm doing a lot of times I do this when I'm normally
cutting once I finish fading one side I spray
holding spray on it so it's drying so by the time I finish with the other side
I'll go back to the other side and line it up if that makes sense
so basically the hairspray is drying while I'm fading this side
in then guys we're gonna do the same exact steps on this side as I just did
nothing new so I'm just gonna let you see if you can follow along again you
see how I'm using the corner of that blade and then when I got to the left
side you the left side of the blade and once again you just do that so you don't
cut off too much hair in that small space
okay now we're moving on to the one guard I know this is a requested video a
lot of people have been commenting and saying they wanted to meet me to do a
burst of a tutorial so hope this is what you guys are looking for I also have
another one on the way it's on wavy hair so I think you guys will really like
that one so be up be on the lookout for them by the way guys if this is your
first time on this channel and if you like what you see and want to learn how
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channel out and I promise you you will get a lot of information from this
channel but back to the video you see the fade is coming together here we have
on the half guard and we're just talking about that last one that you see
and then right here I'm just using the one and a half guard again I saw a
little line it was a dark spot so I just had to detect it
and another tip to guys whenever you're doing a haircut always turn the chair
and use your mirror because you want to make sure to faith let's do it on for
you want to make sure the face looks good from all sides so right here I'm
just tapering the hairline down I'm prepping it for the lineup all right and
now we're gonna move on to the lineup process see I'm not really digging too
hard I'm just tapping and going on and the holding pray that I sprayed earlier
once it dries it really allows allows the hair to just stay still notice I'm
not exaggerating this c-cup too much I'm just keeping the natural you don't
want to push a c-cup in too far because it would look really bad once it grows
back we're just gonna connect it in the back some people have really sensitive
skin on their neck so make sure that you're really gentle when you're lining
up the neck area just take your time don't tap too hard because the skin is a
lot more tender on the nape of the neck
all right and now we're moving up to the edge of on this side always comb the
hair outwards so that way you makes you get you make sure that you get all of
the stray hairs see we're not pushing anything so far we're just keeping it as
natural as we can
when you're doing the front line up to me it doesn't really matter if you go
right or left just pick a spot and then go left the
right I like to start in the middle and go left or right but it's totally up to
you just don't push anybody back all right
now we're just gonna apply some shave gel to his beard we don't want to
irritate the skin and we're just gonna use a razor now what a lot of people
don't know is people with thick curly beard their skin is often prone to
ingrown hair so you really have to make sure that you use some type of lubricant
when you're shaving because if not they would nine times out of ten get an
ingrown hair or looks putting growing hairs if you dry shave so with his skin
and hair texture his hair is really really curly so I have to make sure that
I use some type of shave gel
notice I'm using my thumb to pull the skin
now in my opinion this haircut didn't need enhancements but I just wanted to
give him just a little bit of pop but you'll notice the way that I put it on
you can't really tell that I used it and that's one thing that I want people to
understand enhancements are not meant to make a haircut look fake
it's meant to fill in light spots just to give it the extra pop when enhancements
are used correctly and this is just my opinion when not used correctly you
shouldn't be able to tell that you have them in the head that's just my opinion
so to add a little style I just added a little bit of mousse in his hair and I'm
just gonna curl it up like I say this hair isn't too long right now but I just
wanted to start him off with this type of hairstyle I want you to go out to
watch his reaction when he gets a peek in the mirror