hey guys it's Thomas from the Barber Style Directory and welcome back to another
video I want to start bringing more diversity to this channel so I'm going
to start incorporating different types of hair as an aspiring barber or barber
you're going to run across different types of hair so you want to be prepared for any
type of situation also for every tutorial there will be a blog associated
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let's get into the video all right guys I'm gonna start this video
off by combing out his hair and then here I'm taking the number 4 guard with
the lever fully closed to knock down the top and as you can see he has really
wavy hair and right here I'm gonna take my wahl Detailers and make my first bald
guideline if you guys watch my videos on a regular I know you know that this
is a normal step for me so this is the bread and butter of a haircut for
any fade that you're gonna do
and we just want to make the guideline even all the way around the head all
right we're making this guideling an inch thick alright now here comes the fun part so we close the
lever all the way and go up about half way you're gonna see me knock this
bottom line out really easy this is why it's really important to set your Clippers
really good we open up the lever just a little bit more hey guys honestly right here
the line is pretty much the bottom portion of this pain is pretty much
blended out and this is the last step
just to make it more smooth I just go right up under of
that guideline and as you can see you guys it's pretty much blended it out
it didn't take much effort at all and then while I already have this clipper
in my hand I'm just gonna go ahead and blend in the sideburns here we
take the zero guard with the lever fully open and we're gonna go up another inch
and I know some of you may be thinking wait a minute you're going really high
with this but trust me just just hang on and just keep watching the video and
you'll see it come together with this type of fade you can give yourself a
little bit of space and then here I fully close the
clipper with the zero guard
and notice how I go back and forth left and right so I'm basically crossfade to
make sure I think that have everything even and then here you see me open the lever
just a little bit and I go in between there one open and that one closed yeah
this method is not hard at all
and then here to knock out that faint line that you see I'm just gonna take
the clipper with the lever fully open and no guard on there and I'm just gonna
attack that line and notice that I'm not trying to raise the Fade I'm just trying
to knock out that faint line here I'll take the one and a half guard and I'm
gonna go right up to the ridge of his head be careful not to go too high with
this one and a half that's the only caution don't go too high and the lever
is fully open so it's really almost a two and now you see me close it and
go right up under that one and a half open
then all we're gonna do to knock that dark line of demarcation
out is we're gonna attack that line with the one you'll see me open and close
just a little bit a lot of times with different hair textures
you just have to play around with the lever a little bit but I always start
with the lever open and not closed because you can take hair off but you
can't put it back on and you can see the fade pretty much coming together now
we're almost done with this side so you just see me opening and closing that lever
working out that line and here we're taking the three guard with the lever
fully open now remember we did a four on the top so that three fully open it
should blend right into the top that's why I said it was very important not to
go too high with the one and a half guard and if you're having trouble remembering
these steps just go back and rewind the video and I promise you'll be it'll be
really easy to follow along
I go back with the one guard one more time I just touched a few
dark spots that I saw and here I'm showing you with the zero guard that I'm
not digging into the skin I just want to do some touch up work
I'm not trying to create any guideline I'm just touching dark spots and then
here in the back we're gonna repeat the same steps
when it gets to the other side I'm not gonna go through
the steps all the way but it just for demonstration purpose just to show you
if you followed the same steps all the way around the head you'll get a perfect
fade whatever you do to one side do to all
of the other sides now this area that you see me blending in the occipital
bone this area can be really tricky because you see that dip in his hair is
it can confuse a lot of people a lot of people may think it's dark spot but it
could just be the shadow where the dip is so it's really important to turn the
client in the chair so you know check your work in the mirror to make sure
that you have it blended and like I said a lot of times it'll look like it's not
blended but it actually is so that's why it's very important to use your mirror
while you're fading
this is definitely an area of a fade that you don't want to rush
let's say if you just got your hair cut if you're walking you can't
see the back of your head but someone is passing you they can so it's my very
important to make sure that the fade is done correctly all the way around here
you see working the just touching up the fade with the corner of the blade I'm not
really using the entire thing I'm really just spot mopping at this point just
trying to finish the blend and no I didn't forget about that ridge you see me
attack it right there to blend everything in
with this side right here I'm not gonna bore you with all the
steps again this is really just b-roll of the fade
progressing and don't forget click the link
in the description below and check out the blog associated with this video a
little more into detail about the haircut so head on over to our
website to check that out and you see me apply some holding
spray just gonna let it dry while we work on the beard here you see me apply
some shave gel it cuts down on the irritation it helps the razor glide
on the skin some people have really sensitive skin you can dry shave some
people and you can't others I recommend whenever doing a beard always use lubricant
now on top of the forehead the skin is a lot more tough so you really don't have
to you can't use lubricant I'm not saying that you don't have to but yeah
it's more of a preferencet and guys I promise lying like this it helps you get
the line up straight I don't know what it is I guess but you can see you can
see the line up straight on it really helps me I don't know about you guys but
the fade is looking pretty good to me so let me know what you're think in the comments
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