my hair's getting very long because the
barbershops are closed because of the
coronavirus so Vicky's gonna cut my hair
I've never done this before but she's
watched some YouTube videos what could
go wrong
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you're going to learn phrases you can
use at the hairdresser's today and the
barbers or the barbershop barbers are
for men and hairdressers are for men and
women but mostly for women and we also
have hair salons and beauty salons and
styling salons but for us it's the
kitchen here are tools we have scissors
we have combs we have a hairdryer
we have Clippers straightness don't
think we'll need them and a spray bottle
for keeping my hair way it's a bit dirty
Jay yes I use it when I'm drilling on
the deck okay we don't have a razor
that's a very sharp blade and we don't
have one of those brushes for brushing
away the hair that's been cut off
another thing we don't have is a cape
that's the gown they give you to wear so
you don't get hair all over your clothes
but we do have a bin bag
here's your gallon sir
then it's time for the haircut how do
you want me to cut your hair shorter
yes but ok we need some words describing
what you want your barber to do well
shorter all over but not so short that
my bald spot is uncovered oh ok a bald
spot is a place on your head where
there's no hair that's different from a
receding hairline a receding hairline is
when your hairline moves up and back
how much shorter would you like about
about this much a little bit shorter
maybe you can cut an inch off so you
want quite a bit off you don't want me
to just trim it no a trim is really not
short enough when you trim hair you make
it neater by just cutting off a little
bit I need to trim my fringe we call
those bangs in the US what else can we
trim well we can trim the hedge yeah we
can trim the lawn we can trim costs oh
yes a business might have to trim the
cost rights the first thing they do at a
barber shop is wash your hair I think
we'll use the squirty bottle
it's not working JC this was the front
okay we've hit our first problem the
squirt see bottle doesn't work I'll use
a cup of water
all right okay you're gonna get very wet
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you've got a dustbin bag
Jay's hair is very curly mine's pretty
straight
it's just wavy at the bottom my hair's
getting so long you could possibly braid
it a braid we call that a plant in
British English it's when you take three
pieces of hair and rope them over and
under each other you can braid all
plants and it's a noun as well and if
you have lots of the men they're really
long they're called dreadlocks and then
there are ponytails that's when your
hair is tied at the back of your head
all pigtails that's when you have two
bunches of man is your hair dry or oily
J it's dry and here it can be thick or
thin - thin aha mine's pretty thick so
sometimes when I go to the hairdresser I
say can you take some weight off or can
you take can you give me less volume
okay Jay do you want a parting no thank
you
in American English we call that apart
and I don't want one
okay Jay here we go and this is this is
getting serious now can you take your
glasses off short great how much do you
pay your barber my barber is really very
inexpensive compared to other barbers in
the city here he only charges me $20 for
a haircut and I give him a $5 tip but
most of the barbers around town are $35
for a haircut or more you see for a
woman's haircut I think I pay about $75
well you generally have more hair than I
do I don't think we pay your barber
enough okay tilt your head forward yeah
does your barber offer you anything to
drink for a twenty dollar haircut no I
always get a cup of coffee I guess
that's why you pay $75 let me see how
long it is in the front
that's what you cut more off oh yeah
yeah you're right it's not good guys
the barbers also cut sideburns
oh yes that's when you have hair that
comes down here
well we refer to the sideburns even if
they're higher the question is how do
you make them absolutely even oh and the
answer is the line in my ear right here
you make it even with that line in my
ear right there oh right then when you
get the Clippers out you can make sure
it's a sharp line okay you want to stop
Lionel Luthor if Ike if I come down I
see and then cut it you'll cut my ear
off
hey whoa look it would look funny nicely
so you have to blend it Isaac that's
what they do on YouTube don't take too
much loss do you think that much so what
different kinds of men's hairstyles are
there Jane well there's a buzz cut
that's a military style where your hair
is really very very short and there's
also a crew cut that's a little bit
longer than a buzz cut but it's similar
and there's a mohawk that's where it
spiky on top you have to put products in
your hair to make it stand up straight
and could have an outer bed look bedhead
that's when your hair's a mess it looks
like you've just got out of bed there's
also a fade a fade is when it's very
short at the bottom and gradually gets
longer and there's also an undercut
that's when the bottom is really short
and the top is much longer women have
this cut too and it's quite fashionable
so sometimes they'll have a very little
hair on the side but then they'll flip
their hair over and it's long
then there's a quiff this is a British
English term it's when part of your hair
stands up in the front above your
forehead
Elvis Presley had a quiz there's another
British term - there's a bit old
fashioned and it's short back and sides
and that's when you have short hair at
the back and at the sides there are
different kinds of hairstyles for women
- long short medium length and some
women have a bob that's very common I
have a wig that's a bob the hair is the
same length all the way round and then
the opposite of a bob would be a layered
cut where the hair is different lengths
you know you need small talk when you're
at the barbers or hairdressers what do
you talk about with your barber well we
talk about how we're feeling we talk
about our wives we talk about how work
is going there are people that we both
know we talked about them uh-huh you've
known your barber a long time haven't
you
well he's been cutting my hair since
2003 that's 17 years
okay what about if you met a barber for
the first time what conversations could
you have with him well I'd ask him where
he's from and how long he's been doing
this I might ask about his family
sometimes they talk about their children
and grandchildren it's always fun so you
go to very old barbers then yes very
experienced workers with my barber I
always talk about politics but it's a
safe topic for us because we support the
same policies do you think politics is a
good topic Jay no I do not I'm not sure
what my Barber's politics are and I'm
even less sure of the other people in
the waiting room so
it's not a discussion I would have in
the barber shop you could ask your Bob
but to recommend hair products for you
the only one he's recommended actually
is after he's seen my gray hair he's
recommended dye
jay and i don't dye our hair but
sometimes i get highlights it's when
they make strips of your hair lighter
than others so I have blonde streaks you
can also get low lights that's when they
make some streaks darker the word hair
is tricky it can be a countable noun or
an uncountable noun when it means all
the hair on your head
it's uncountable I have gray hair that's
uncountable but when we're talking about
individual strands of hair hair is a
countable noun I have some gray hairs
can you see them most of my hair is
brown but there are some gray strands
there what products do you use on your
hair Jane well there's conditioner
that's a liquid or cream you put onto
your hair during or after washing to
make it softer it stops it from being
dry and there's hairspray that's the
sticky liquid you spray on to keep it in
place it stinks
and there's hair gel that's a thick wet
clear substance that helps your hair
hold the style and then this hair wax
that's similar to gel but it's made of
wax so it doesn't go hard it doesn't dry
out
I've never used Clippers before you can
put attachments on them so Jay do you
want it clipped close not terribly close
I just want the lines to be straight do
you know what number you want something
in the middle maybe number one is the
shortest and then the higher number
gives you longer hair put your head down
- I can make a line like this chain
letter
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good job
sometimes barbers will trim your beard
if you have one or your mustache oh yes
and they will trim my eyebrows oh I can
do that for you because I saw how to do
that on YouTube
good because I definitely need it would
you like your eyebrows trimmed
sir please trim my eyebrows I'm told
that the gray ones are the worst ones to
cut the straggling ones when the barber
is done he always gives me your mirror
so I can look at the back of my hair
with a hand mirror we don't have one of
them no probably just as well
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okay so I hope that I'm going to get a
good tip oh absolutely you'll get the
best tip there is
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