Intro
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okay today we're going to show you how to do a long
layered haircut. and this haircut is really easy it's simple
it's fun because you do it on dry hair
so I'm just to make sure the hair is dry and straight
we're going to do this haircut dry. it's really
hard to comb the hair
straight up where we want to get it. if it's wet and
long, also it's easier to put
the texture into the ends, because you can fan the hair out
that's why, if you wash it and just dry it
then flat iron it. then you can cut it as soon as it's dry
and straight. alright so she
has such long hair i'm going to have her stand up. I'm not going to have her sit down on a chair
I'm going to sit down on a chair because it's easier
make sure that their feet are the same
spot on the floor. that one knee is not bent
you want to make sure that their shoulders are straight
looking straight ahead and then comb the hair down
grab the middle section. this is going to be your bottom length.
you need to decide how long you're going to leave it
or how much you need to trim off i'm going to take about an inch and a half off
i'm point cutting because i want her
texture to be really soft. I don't want there to be any hard lines
in these layers
so once you get that middle section that's your guide.
and you go from there. over
so all her hair is coming back here in a straight line
point cut line
and this. we'll do
some layers around the front a little bit later
put them back together and look straight ahead. there you go.
ok looks like we got all the split ends off the bottom
you want to just make sure that they are even
both sides. point cutting is really fun. It gives it a really soft look
on the end. if you want you can go through and cut it in once you get your
length established just go through the bottom
we're not doing length anymore. we're just doing texture
just texture these little ends
go in and cut straight along with the hair
and it texturizes those ends
always make sure that their cape is over the
chair. otherwise you have hair falling in between in their
back and their clothes get all hairy alright so we're going to pump her up
a little bit here. so this is what we're going to do. we're going to take a part
and we're going to leave an inch to an inch and a half out of the perimeter
of the front. just take your fingers and start where it's parted.
i just go down until i touch the ears then i move up about an inch
and then i go around to the back
this whole section of hair is what we're going to work with next.
and you're going to pull all of it up. it doesn't have to be perfect
just make sure that it's
not too low. you don't want to go below
this bump, this roll in the head right here.if you get down to low you're taking too much out of the bottom
so for this we want to keep it right around the crown
and so you have this shape.
it comes to a point up here by the ears but you still have an inch down here
about an inch and a half all the way around
okay so now i'm going to lower the chair as much as I can. you might want to have them sit on
a stool so you can get high enough, Because you're going to comb all of this
hair up. straight up from their head
all the way up
until you've got it pretty good
and then just hold it there. you don't need to have the ends all the way
you're going to comb this down back here. this is where we're going to get our
guide. we're going to take a piece from the back.
so we're getting our guide from the back. grab a piece right there
and you're going to pull it all the way up until
you see that. that's how much we're going to cut off her layers. now that seems REALLY scary
but I promise you. it will look great.
this is where we're going to cut. so bring your fingers up to where you're going to cut
and then take all this hair and you are point cutting down DON'T CUT YOUR FINGERS
in big chunks... all the way
off there. you can tip it the other way to make it easier
So now you have that length
established. check it one more time. bring it up
bring your guide down here. bring it all the way up.
see i'm still a little bit long. so i'm going to take about another inch off of this
point cut. always point cut when you do this. and fan the hair out a little bit
so there's no solid yucky lines in there
so now you have. then length
so you keep it up here and you fan it out. the way i do this is comb it straight
and then dig my knuckles in and it makes a really pretty fan
put the comb right there and your thumb can hold on to it.
then chunk out like you did on the ends
fan it really soft
and get big chunks to take out in it. go through until it's starting to be a little more
see-through. not so dense
not like a broom. more like a spiky fan. like in there.
finish that up. you can do as much or as little as you want.
I think that looks about good. then you shake it out.
look for some more thick spots. Maybe right there's a little thick. you can see the light
is a little bit darker. go in there and
chunk it out. okay then you just let go
and you can comb it down
get all that dry hair out. now there's one more step then we'll be done
but you can already see that these layers blend in really great.
there's not any obnoxious lines
and the reason why that happens is because the head
is round and you're cutting it straight up in a straight line
so when it falls it's perfectly blended all the say down
so the last thing i'm going to do. I'm going to start over here by the face
and i'm going to put some more layers around her face
we left this perimeter out. remember??
So i'm going to give her some layers around the perimeter here.
and then I actually have one more step. I lied.
so there's two more steps. We're going to do the layers around the perimeter.
the way i do this. You decide where you want them...
Do you want them to start right below your chin, or a little bit longer??
maybe a little bit longer. maybe right here? yes so we're going to take this section of hair
should just be whatever is in front of the ear
hold your left hand if you are right handed.
so this is my left hand over here that's holding the hair. and i'm going to bring my fingers.
right about to where we want those layers to start.
Right there.
and i'll take my scissors at an angle like this
just slowly it's called like talking
this is what you do with your scissors you go down and slowly layer
all the way down
and you can do it if you see a few pieces right here.
you can go and do a little bit more
and that should give you a really nice layer around the face.
we're going to do the other side too.
and take just that section right in front of the ear
now this ones a little bit more tricky. If you're right handed
you need to flip your hand down like this.
and i like to get right in front of them
so you flip your wrist upside down. and talk down this way.
so you go right about there.
and go all the way down.
then check and make sure your layers are the same length.
If you have a little bit extra on the ends
you can just point cut that there we go
so a lot of this is just looking at it and making sure it looks even
doing it a little bit more where you think it needs it.
you can
talk it just a little bit
then just walk the scissors down the strands of hair that look a little bit too thick
and then last step. after you're happy with the layers
in the front. we're going to make sure
that the layers we did on the top
match up with these that we did on the bottom. so i'm going to take
sections starting at the right side, front of the hair
and i'm going to pull them straight out from her head.
and just make sure. i'm checking the haircut now.
if you see any little split ends you can knock them off
if you don't see any big points..
it blends pretty well Like that's pretty good. maybe just a teeny bit right there
Just going to take it straight out. see right here we have a little bit of difference.
this is the longest part.
so we can blend it in a little bit with point cut in the back
so you have layers as short
and this works on any length of hair. Because what you're doing is
you're taking the guide from however short it is. If her hair was this short
and I pulled it up. then the layers would be a lot more dramatic
they'd be short but they'd still blend in so you can have that spiky piecey look
I do think it works better on
at shoulder length or longer hair
there's not much length on the bottom after that. And that's it