my name is michael holm i'm the one minute barber i've been cutting here for 17 years and i'm
going to show you two really easy techniques for cutting the length on the top of your hair without
making it really short with the clippers let's get started right away i've got with me my wall senior
it's a really good clipper you don't necessarily need to use that you could use whatever you want a
domestic clipper is just perfect for it as well so i'm going to put a gown on and i'm going to
get cutting i've got my gown on keep the hair off i'm ready to go first of all we need to establish
just how much hair we're going to remove i want you to comb your hair over like this
initially and this is going to allow you to pick your hair up with the comb so put the comb in like
that get your fingers in in a pincer motion and grab the hair like this now you'll be able to see
the length of the hair there and there'll be some hair sticking out the top okay you can see
okay you probably see your barber doing that when you go to the barber shop
and all they're doing is they're picking it up to a certain length and then they're going to cut it
now it's very important what you do after the first cut let me explain so i've picked up and
then i have my clipper and all i'm going to do is i'm going to go straight across the top like this
that's cut down at a certain length now that's no different to using scissors only we're using
the clipper now the clipper must be cutting dry hair for this okay wet hair clumps together and it
doesn't go through the teeth of the clipper very easily once we've cut that first part let's go
a little bit further forward and pick up some more now you should be able to see the cut hair
if you're doing this in the mirror you should be able to see the hair that you've just cut or
try to use the same length that you extended the hair the first time you picked it up okay
so here we go second time
cut across okay so come over again and then pick up some more hair
like so slightly further forward than you did the last time okay and then
we're gonna use the clipper again just like we would with a scissor straight over like this
okay and you can see the hairs come off then work your way forward pick up some more hair
okay you're starting to get the picture here and we're just working towards the front
okay pick up some more and when we get to the front just pull the whole lot up
and just cut straight across there we go okay now my hair so far is still quite long okay i've got
movement on it i'm going to comb this across again and now i want to take this section here
followed by this section so i'm going to pick up back where i was okay and i'm gonna trim
okay and then while holding that pick up some more work your way forward
trim
work your way forward again pick up some more
trim you're getting the picture okay so i'm just working my way all the way at
the front when i get to the front pull it back slightly more okay
like that now this section
remember this must be dry here if you do it on wet hair
you're gonna bend the hair it won't go through the teeth because it's clumped together okay
now you see i keep reaching down and putting my comb down if you're working in a professional
environment what you would normally do is you'd have all your tools in your hand and
you wouldn't let them down you just keep them there because it's quicker to work
that way but when you're working on your own take your time you don't need to go quickly
okay let's go back to the crown now now just judge when you're working on the crown what you
were lifting up with your fingers prior okay so i reckon i was lifting my hands up to about there
and i'm just gonna go back and what cut that off work my way back
same length remove
and again
and just keep working my way back basically until that's done okay so that's the top and i've cut
it down i still have some movement on the top okay another way to cut the top is to just work
your way forward with a longer clipper guard let me show you how to do that i have a number three
clipper guard on and i've closed the blade so now what i'm going to do is comb my hair forwards
this hair this technique will thin your hair down so as you see i'm quite thin
as it is so i prefer to cut my hair with the lifting method to be quite honest but
this is so that you can see so we'll do switch this on go the back of the head there and just
make sure it's straight and just bring it forwards okay like this so we're going
with the grain of the hair just working down the grain like that okay and go here
down this side
still plenty to style but i've taken quite a lot of hair off also i'm going to sweep that over
that's the way i wear it however we still need to blend the hair in so let's get a number two
okay pop that on and the way to do this is to come down vertically on this area here which
is called the parietal ridge a picture speaks a thousand words let me show you
not much coming off there but this is the way to do it other side
okay
and that's pretty straightforward that's how you do it so i just finished off and i blow-dried
my hair with a little bit of this hairborne mattifier good product smells amazing just
blow dried it in i'm quite happy i've got some length i've cut it with the clippers
really easy to do if you want to learn how to cut the sides or any
other cutting techniques have a look at my channel there's more videos on there
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