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  • We are going to do

  • a basic mens haircut. It's going to be a taper fade haircut from a number one clipper

  • these are the tools i'm going to be using

  • just a pair of shears, these are called thinning shears

  • they have little teeth and then a sharp side, so they just cut a little bit of the hair at a time, so you can thin it out

  • they are really good for blending

  • a comb

  • a clipper, the number one clipper

  • attachment

  • heres my clippers, and then these are just some T edge trimmers

  • these are really good for around the ear

  • and for the back of the neck

  • you need a squirt bottle and

  • a cape

  • if you don't have a cape you can use

  • a garbage bag and just pop a hole in the top

  • or wrap it around

  • it's a good thing to buy if you're going

  • to be doing your kids and husbands haircuts

  • alright so what we do

  • is we always start with the perimeter

  • so grab your

  • T edgers and your comb

  • and i like to start at the back here

  • and your just going to try to make a straight line

  • you don't want to cut into the perimeter. Ever!

  • so where the lowest part of the hair

  • or the highest part that the hair comes up on the hairline, you don't want to go higher on the line than that

  • otherwise

  • you're gonna have

  • well it's just going to keep getting higher and higher, so i'm going to start pretty low down here.... and i try to make a straight line... and always stand in fron of where you're working.. if you try to reach around it's going to go crooked

  • walk around the person. it helps if you have a swivel chair

  • just make sure you're movin

  • if you don't have one... okay look down.. then I go down here and clean up any stray

  • neck hairs... ok that will be cleaned up a little more later.. now go to the side. same thing. you don't want to cut into the actual hair line. comb it over and see where it starts to get thin.

  • if you're not sure keep it away from it a little bit.. now around the ears.

  • Now if you have someone

  • that has a lot of hair that's grown out

  • you can actually start with the attachment

  • to get

  • so you can see a little bit better

  • so

  • I'm gonna open my clipper up cause he wants it a little bit longer

  • this would be closed that would be shorter... this would be a little bit longer

  • so

  • it's a number one attachment with it open all the way

  • and what you do

  • is upward motions curving up

  • and that will help you to taper it

  • if you just go straight up to the top and follow the curve of the head

  • you'd end up with not enough hair to blend in

  • so we're just going to keep it right where the head rolls

  • so just flipping it up

  • you kinda have to flip your wrist up a little bit

  • and don't worry if you have a heavy line right here cause we're going to work on that with the thinning shears

  • and with the scissors later

  • so you

  • make sure

  • you get nice and tight underneath the ear

  • that helps it so you can see your perimeter a little bit better

  • if you are having a hard time not cutting

  • into the hair

  • this is probably a good first step with this haircut

  • uh...

  • same thing in the back but you're going to bring it up to here with the roll of the head

  • right as it starts to come

  • forward

  • like if you put a flat board against the head

  • as soon as that board disconnects like where it doesn't touch anymore

  • that's where you will try to keep

  • from going over

  • at that point you would just flip if up like that

  • it takes some practice don't give up...

  • okay so now you have

  • i'm gonna take this a little higher, it's still a little bit too low

  • there we go

  • sometimes you just change directions a little bit

  • to get all the hairs

  • so now we have this pretty thick line that starts right here

  • all the way around

  • so what you're gonna do now

  • actually ignore that part

  • what you'll do now is the edging

  • just do a straight line wherever they want the side burn to be you can ask them.. and then you go around the ear

  • making sure you're not going into the haircut...

  • make sure you do the same spot for the sideburns

  • you need to measure them from the front

  • and make sure they're even... okay now i usually pull this part of the hair forward with a comb

  • just to taper it in to the face a little bit.. and do it on both sides

  • right now

  • we're gonna get this part wet

  • when you're cutting with scissors you want the hair wet

  • if you're cutting with clippers you'll want it dry

  • spray the top part of the hair and comb it

  • and get it to not drip in their face

  • so now we'll take care of this heavy line first

  • we're gonna go

  • I usually start at the

  • right side

  • as close to the face as you can get

  • and i comb the hair forward

  • and then i pull it back into my fingers

  • and then you're going to have a guide down here. see the shortest piece right there?

  • that's where you're going to cut from

  • and you're going to cut straight up

  • with the roll of the head

  • and don't cut any of this yet

  • you don't want to cut past

  • your second knuckle

  • otherwise you're going to be cutting your fingers and your hands so try to

  • keep it

  • within this

  • working area right here

  • so then you go ahead and cut that

  • pull it back a little bit

  • you just do that all the way around...

  • so you should be able to see a little bit of that guide right at the bottom of your fingers

  • that's where you're trying to match to...

  • make sure you're moving around the head

  • standing right in fron of where you're working

  • so now i usually go back the other way and just try to

  • comb the hair back this way to make sure I got every little

  • spare pieces that are hanging on there

  • ok so

  • if you see really close right here

  • there still is a heavy spot

  • what i do is take my comb straight up

  • and use my scissors to blend it in a little bit more

  • you have to be careful

  • not to cut too far in

  • if this makes you uncomfortable

  • these thinning shears

  • work too

  • and these are a lot more forgiving

  • if you're not a professional hairstylist and you're just trying to do your sons or

  • husbands hair

  • you need to get a pair of these

  • just to make sure

  • if you cut into the haircut it's not going to be a definite line it's going to leave

  • more of a soft

  • this will save your life at first when you're first learning

  • your husband will be scared to go to work the next day if you have a pair of

  • these

  • hopefully

  • so

  • i'm gonna do these cause

  • i'm not scared of them

  • maybe practice on your kids

  • anywhere you see a little bit of heaviness still right where is connects from the clipper spot to where you did your fingers

  • take the thinning shears or the

  • scissors

  • just blend it up...

  • im just going to do the thinning shears in a few spots to show you

  • how they work

  • they just blend it right in

  • don't think that these are going to make you look bald. cause they only cut

  • just a few strands of hair unless your putting it right against the scalp

  • those short hairs will still be there

  • well

  • if you have to use them

  • dont go crazy on them

  • be careful but just don't

  • don't thing you're going to make your husband look bald by using them they'll be ok

  • so now with the front

  • you can go ahead and to a mohawk down the middle

  • decide how long you want it

  • this is going to give us our guide all the way down the middle, right in the middle

  • comb both sides this way then this way

  • pull it straight up

  • we're gonna go

  • just a little bit longer than finger length, we'll go down to the scalp and then pull it up a little bit

  • and that's my guide so i'm going to try to match that

  • all the way back down this mohawk

  • trying to cut only in the first two knuckles

  • and move your

  • hand down

  • there we go

  • oh sorry camera guy

  • and in the back right here you should match this back section

  • with the top so just cut off any little pieces

  • ok so now we have the short middle part

  • and these two long sides right here

  • we need to take one side of the time

  • and even it out so we're going to take this front part

  • you see how we have short

  • long, short

  • just cut off the middle

  • if you have to comb it up a few times just to make sure you got all the pieces, do it

  • and then just move back a little bit

  • so we're just blending in these two sections on the side

  • ok so now you're going

  • to go to the other side

  • same thing

  • so um

  • if you notice what i'm doing with my comb, i'm combing it up then sticking right here on my thumb so i can hold it right there

  • while i cut

  • so you comb

  • stick it in your thumb

  • it save a little bit of time you don't need to keep putting the comb down

  • on the counter top

  • it takes a little bit of practice

  • but you'll get it

  • i dont even have to think about it anymore, it just happens

  • ok now on this side of the head

  • since im right handed

  • i usually go over here

  • and face

  • the person and do one more section

  • like this just to get the round of the head

  • see how there's still

  • the guides

  • that part gets missed

  • when i'm over there

  • so i like to stand in front of my work to finish this little corner

  • ok now there's a little thing you can do to cross check

  • so we've been cutting this way

  • if you pull the hair up like this

  • you're able to see if you have any big way long pieces sticking out

  • sometimes you'll get just like that like a peek

  • where you didnt realize you missed cause your fingers are round

  • you're missing little sections

  • so this is called cross-checking you can do this all over the top of the head

  • just to make sure you didn't miss anything

  • and over here to make sure

  • if it's a little weighty like that

  • and you can leave that if

  • you;re going to do spiky but if you want it smooth you'll want to cross check as much as you can

  • you can still do it spiky without that

  • okay if you have

  • someone that has really really thick hair

  • and you want it to be easier to spike

  • you can go through the top right now

  • with these thinning shears and chop through the top, i'm not going to do that to him

  • he has good hair but its not super thick and unmanageable so we'll just leave it

  • um

  • now you're ready to either

  • shampoo them

  • or

  • let them go

  • take a shower

  • and when they come back you just stick some gel in it and they're done

  • so that's about it

We are going to do

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