hey guys it's Thomas from the Barber Style Directory and welcome back to
another video in this video we're gonna be cutting the
hair down our wavelength and then doing the light taper on the side in the back
it's a very straightforward video don't forget to check out the blog associated
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when we release new content and without further ado let's get into the video
welcome back guys as usual I'm gonna start the hair cut off by combing the
hair to this natural state and now I'm gonna take the one guard with the lever
fully open and knock his hair down wavelength and notice how I let the Clipper
contour with the shape of his head and after every few strokes you see
me go back with the comb that way I get the cut as smooth and even as possible
and I'm just gonna repeat this all the way around the head making sure that we
pay attention in the crown area you don't want to gap anybody
now we're not gonna be doing a bald taper so I'm basically gonna do the same
steps except I'm skipping the part where I bald out with the wahl detailers or my t-
outliners so really is gonna take you less time but you do the same steps
so here the lever is fully open and then here you see me drop it down and open it
just a little bit and I notice how I'm using the corner of the blade when
you're doing the taper it's just like a fade except you know you're blending in
a much smaller space so you there's no really no need to use an entire blade so
what I just did on the tape are you doing the same thing on the beard then
when you have a smooth transition from the taper into the beard and then here I
have the one guard with the lever fully open
here drop it down with the lever fully closed and go right up under that one
open it here I'll open it just a little bit
the thing about tapers it's all about trigger play so you've got to really
manipulate the lever because you really only trying to be in certain spots and
not an entire area now this is the 1/16 guard with the lever halfway up
going up under that one closed and then you just see me close it right here
and then now we're just gonna take the one and a half guard just to knock away
any weight that we see
now what you see me doing now this is just touch up work I'm just going back and
knocking out any dark spots that I see you see right here the main thing you
just need to do is just manipulate the lever to different lengths
to get until you get a smooth blade and notice how I continuously comb the hair
all right and now we're gonna move on to the neck taper and I'm gonna repeat the
exact same steps that I did on the left side in this video I'm gonna show you
each side with a taper normally I usually skip one side or just show the
steps sped up but in this video I'm gonna do it step by step on each side
this is the one guard with the lever fully open and notice how I'm holding the
Clippers flush that way you don't make any hard guidelines when blending
one guard with the lever fully closed right here
then we open halfway
and see how often I comb I'm telling you that's very important to getting a
nice clean blend
this is a one-and-a-half guard
and I was gonna knock the rest of that line out with the half guard or the 1/16
guys I promise you I know some of you may be watching this at home and be like
man I really I don't know if I can do that all you have to do is pull up this
video and follow the steps and I guarantee you will get the exact
same result
if you follow the steps
guys it doesn't matter to have texture you just follow these steps you can get
the same result
so if you guys are beginner barbers not there just find someone that will let
you cut their hair and pull up this video and you know just follow the steps
step by step you can pause me on the video whatever you need to do and say so
I'll explain the steps on the left side and the back side I'm just gonna kind of
gonna let you guys watch this side to see if you can follow along
all right so right here this is just some curling mousse just to lay his hair
down you see me comb it in to distribute it evenly across his hair and then I'm
gonna take a blow dryer and a brush I'm gonna brush it in and then we're gonna
proceed with the lineup you notice how I don't push it in too exaggerated I just
want to find that balance between natural and sharp so of course you're
gonna have to take some hair off just don't go overboard because when it grows
back is gonna look really funky if you push it in too far
you see we comb the hair out towards his hairline so that way when he brushes his
hair there was nobody there won't be any fly hairs coming over his head this
will also keep you from pushing the sides and in too far also if you comb
the hair out which you won't be pushing back too many hairs and here you see me
keep the arcs natural like I want to give it a sharp curve but I don't want
to exaggerate it to where it will look too bad and as you can see he's a little
light in the corner so I'm not gonna push that I'm just gonna get it as natural as
I can but to where you can still see you
see I'm not gonna well I could have pushed it but I dare not do that so god
I'm telling you unless the client requests it
I'll never push his line back right here if we just don't touch that work with the
razor this is actually my first time cutting his hair but guys this is the
finished product thanks for watching and I will see you
on the next video