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