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- 0:00Welcome to the free course where I'm
- 0:01going to teach you the techniques you
- 0:03need to cut your own hair. The
- 0:05information I'm going to give you in
- 0:06this course is very valuable, so I
- 0:08recommend that if you really want to
- 0:09learn how to cut your own hair, you
- 0:11watch the video from start to finish.
- 0:12The first and most important thing is
- 0:13to know what materials you're going to
- 0:15need. I always recommend the Trimmer,
- 0:17Clipper and Saver pack, but if you
- 0:19don't have these three or don't have
- 0:20enough budget to buy all three, a
- 0:22Clipper would be enough to get started.
- 0:24Of course, it's very important that it
- 0:26has a lever and that it has heads and
- 0:28above all that it has 0 and a half and
- 0:291 and a half, which are essential when
- 0:31doing the fake. Believe me, this is
- 0:33essential. If you don't have a machine
- 0:35that has these features, I recommend
- 0:36that you buy one and you don't need to
- 0:38spend € 100 or € 150 if you're just
- 0:39starting out. Believe me, it's an
- 0:41investment that will pay off. You will
- 0:43also need any comb, though I recommend
- 0:44that it not be too large; one like this
- 0:45one here is actually quite a good
- 0:47choice to use. And some scissors;
- 0:48thinning shears aren't strictly
- 0:49necessary, but it is better if you have
- 0:51them. And here I'll say the same as
- 0:53before, you don't need € 200 to buy a
- 0:55pair of scissors, okay? So some
- 0:56scissors that work well, but they
- 0:58shouldn't cost € 200 either. And
- 1:00these would be the most essential,
- 1:02although then there are other things
- 1:03that, with time and the money that
- 1:05you'll save from the haircuts that you
- 1:06get, you can buy: capes, brushes, water
- 1:08spray, everything else that you'll need
- 1:10, but that really aren't essential to
- 1:11start with, that you don't need. In
- 1:13fact, I started cutting my own hair and
- 1:15that of my colleagues with a cape that
- 1:17was a garbage bag. As long as you have
- 1:18scissors and a clipper, that's more
- 1:20than enough for this course, although I
- 1:22have to tell you that I'm also going to
- 1:23teach you how to use the Trimer and the
- 1:25Saber, so if you have them, it's better
- 1:27, but as I say, it's not essential.
- 1:28Once we know all the materials we're
- 1:30going to need, let's start from the
- 1:31beginning, which is the first thing we
- 1:33have to take into account if we want to
- 1:34start cutting our own hair. The most
- 1:36important thing, obviously, is the
- 1:38lighting and the space we have. What I
- 1:40recommend is that you cut your hair in
- 1:42the brightest room you have. If it
- 1:43doesn't have enough lighting, use lamps
- 1:45, lights, anything that will illuminate
- 1:47the work area, which is your head, as
- 1:49much as possible, and have a mirror,
- 1:51preferably a large mirror. Now that we
- 1:54know where we're going to cut it and
- 1:56what we need, we're going to start
- 1:57structuring the cut based on what we
- 1:59want and what we have. When I say based
- 2:02on what we want, it depends on the cut
- 2:04we want to do, because depending on the
- 2:06cut we want to give ourselves, we're
- 2:08going to have to take different steps.
- 2:10But don't worry, because in this video
- 2:12I'm going to show you all the possible
- 2:13variations of different haircuts,
- 2:15depending on what you want. And what do
- 2:16we have? Well, depending on how our
- 2:18hair is, if it's shorter, if we started
- 2:20with a buzz cut, if we started with
- 2:21very long hair, if we started with long
- 2:23hair, obviously this will also have a
- 2:24big influence on how we start to cut it
- 2:26. The longer our hair is and the
- 2:28shorter we want it, in other words, the
- 2:30more amount we have to cut, the more
- 2:32difficult the cut will obviously be.
- 2:34And it will require that we begin from
- 2:36the upper part or from the lower part.
- 2:38Normally, if you're just starting to
- 2:39learn, you're at that stage where
- 2:41you're just starting to cut your own
- 2:43hair, the normal thing is not to cut
- 2:44too much. Therefore, the normal thing
- 2:47is to start at the bottom and do the
- 2:49fade part, the structuring part of the
- 2:51cut, and then move on to the top, which
- 2:52would be the part we would normally do
- 2:54with scissors. It also depends on the
- 2:57cut we want. I'm going to explain the
- 2:58easiest way to do it, and it's when
- 3:00we're going to do a normal trim, when
- 3:01we're not going from super long hair to
- 3:03super short hair. So yes, we're going
- 3:04to start by cutting the fake part with
- 3:06a clipper. And wait, wait, wait, you're
- 3:08very likely to say, "Okay, I'll just
- 3:09grab the clippers, boom, and start
- 3:10cutting my hair." No, that's a mistake,
- 3:12and I think it's the biggest mistake
- 3:13you can make. Before you start cutting
- 3:14hair, before you even grab the clippers
- 3:16, you have to do three very important
- 3:17things, and believe me, they're very
- 3:19important. The first thing is to get
- 3:20your head around it and structure the
- 3:22cut well based on what you're looking
- 3:24for, and know what the steps are that
- 3:25you're going to take before you start,
- 3:27blindly. That's why I say it's very
- 3:29important that you watch the entire
- 3:30course before you start. The second
- 3:32thing is to choose a good workspace,
- 3:33which is what I mentioned earlier, good
- 3:35lighting, a good place where you can
- 3:37cut your hair calmly and know that
- 3:38you're going to look good. And the
- 3:40third thing is to always practice the
- 3:41movements that you're going to do with
- 3:42the machine turned off. This is going
- 3:44to be essential when cutting your hair
- 3:46because it will allow you to practice
- 3:48and learn what you have to do and how
- 3:50you should hold the machine, how you
- 3:51should use it and what movement you
- 3:53should make before turning it on.
- 3:55Because if you do it with the machine
- 3:57turned on at first, you're much more
- 3:58likely to mess it up. But don't worry
- 4:00because throughout the course I'm going
- 4:02to tell you how you should hold the
- 4:04machine, what movement you have to make
- 4:05, where on your head and with which
- 4:07part of the blade. So that won't be a
- 4:08problem because I'm going to give you
- 4:09everything very clearly. If we have all
- 4:11this internalized, it's time to cut.
- 4:13But first of all, this course is quite
- 4:15complete. However, if you really want
- 4:17to learn how to cut your own hair and
- 4:19want to delve much deeper into this
- 4:20knowledge, at the end of this video I'm
- 4:22going to leave you my online course of
- 4:24more than 5 hours, where you'll be able
- 4:25to delve much deeper into the
- 4:27techniques needed to give yourself all
- 4:28kinds of haircuts with much more detail
- 4:30, theory and practice. But you should
- 4:32know that it's not free, although I
- 4:33think that for all the value it
- 4:35includes, the price is very good. Keep
- 4:37in mind that learning to cut your own
- 4:38hair can save you a lot of money,
- 4:40thousands of euros throughout your life
- 4:42. Plus, you can also use all these
- 4:44techniques to cut the hair of friends
- 4:45and family, so you can start making
- 4:47that extra money too. So I think it
- 4:49could come in handy if you really want
- 4:51to learn and delve deeper into this.
- 4:52Also, at the end of the video I'm also
- 4:54going to leave you a discount code in
- 4:56case you go from this video so that the
- 4:57course is much cheaper. It's an offer
- 4:59that I've never made before and it's
- 5:00only going to be here for people who
- 5:02watch this course. The cut begins by
- 5:03cleaning the area that we are going to
- 5:05work on for the fade. Is this always
- 5:06necessary? Well, no, it depends on how
- 5:09long the cut is and the type of cut we
- 5:11want to do. Let me give you an example:
- 5:13if we have very short hair and only
- 5:14want to do sideburns, we might not need
- 5:16to cut this part here, this upper part,
- 5:18because it is already short. However,
- 5:21if we start with a slightly longer cut,
- 5:22and the upper side area overlaps the
- 5:24lower part, we will have to cut it
- 5:25because otherwise it will cover the
- 5:27fake we are going to do. This will
- 5:29depend a bit on how you have it and how
- 5:31you want it, but what I always
- 5:33recommend is that we start with higher
- 5:35numbers. Move up to higher numbers. For
- 5:37example, we start with eight. If we see
- 5:38that eight doesn't fit, we go down to
- 5:40six. that we see that the six doesn't
- 5:41fit either, the four, that we see that
- 5:43the four does fit, but it's still a
- 5:44little long, we see ourselves very long
- 5:45, well the three and so on until you
- 5:47get the length you're looking for.
- 5:48We're going to do this looking at
- 5:50ourselves in the mirror. Most
- 5:51importantly, stay as close as possible
- 5:52so that you can see each other as
- 5:53clearly as you can. We're going to hold
- 5:56the machine in two different ways,
- 5:57depending on whether we're going to do
- 5:58the left or right side. For the
- 6:00dominant side, that is, if you're
- 6:02right-handed and you're going to do the
- 6:04right side, or in the case that you're
- 6:05left-handed and you're going to do the
- 6:07left side, when you're going to do the
- 6:09side of your dominant hand, we're going
- 6:11to do it this way. We're going to hold
- 6:12the machine like this, as you can see.
- 6:14This is the perfect way because it
- 6:16allows me to do this circular movement
- 6:19and the wrist doesn't suffer. The wrist
- 6:21is always straight. What would be the
- 6:23other way? This one. The problem is
- 6:24that the wrist hurts a little more
- 6:26because it's not in a natural position,
- 6:27it's not straight, right? So it makes
- 6:29it hurt a little more. You can do it
- 6:31like this too, yes, in fact, and there
- 6:32are times when I probably hold it like
- 6:34this without realizing it. It's best to
- 6:36hold it this way, because it's more
- 6:38natural and the circular movement is
- 6:40easier to do. But don't worry, you can
- 6:41do it like this or you can do it like
- 6:43this; but you have to keep in mind that
- 6:44, if you find it more comfortable to do
- 6:46it like this, your wrist is going to
- 6:47suffer a little more. But as I say, it
- 6:49can be done both ways. But I recommend
- 6:51that if you're just starting out, you
- 6:52get into good habits or do it this way,
- 6:53which is the most natural. For the
- 6:55non-dominant side, we're going to use
- 6:56the same hand, the dominant hand, so
- 6:58things change because I move my
- 6:59dominant hand to the other side and
- 7:01here the machine has to be held in a
- 7:03different way. The easiest and most
- 7:05natural way to do the other side would
- 7:07be to hold the machine like this. One
- 7:09finger up, one finger down. But anyway,
- 7:12the key is to have fingers up, fingers
- 7:14down, and leave more or less this gap
- 7:15so that I can make this movement. The
- 7:18movement should be like this, always a
- 7:19spooning movement, a circular movement
- 7:21so as not to leave lines. So, if you
- 7:22hold the clippers like this, apart from
- 7:24having a straight wrist, it will be
- 7:25easier for you to do this movement;
- 7:27because we have this finger down here,
- 7:28which is, let's say, the one that
- 7:30balances, and these two are the ones
- 7:31that apply force when balancing and
- 7:33making a circular movement. Are there
- 7:34more ways? Yes, you can hold the
- 7:36clippers like this too. Yes, you can
- 7:37also hold the clippers like this,
- 7:38obviously. What happens? Let's do the
- 7:40same thing. The wrist suffers a little
- 7:41more. And now let's go to the back. How
- 7:44do I cut the back? This will depend on
- 7:46many things. First of all, I always say
- 7:48that if you are starting to cut your
- 7:49hair, do not cut the back. Just do the
- 7:52sideburns to start. Make a mullet or a
- 7:54cut like the one I have, where I have
- 7:55left it a little longer. It is not
- 7:57quite a mullet, but I only have the
- 7:58sideburns done, so you will only need a
- 8:00mirror and seeing yourself from the
- 8:01front will be enough. The problem and
- 8:03difficulty always comes when we do the
- 8:05back part because we need a mirror in
- 8:06our hand and another behind us. At the
- 8:08very least, you will need two mirrors
- 8:10and unless you have a triple mirror,
- 8:11which you can also buy and is useful,
- 8:12you will need to have one in your hand
- 8:14and another behind you. What this will
- 8:16do is that you look at yourself in this
- 8:17mirror and see yourself reflected in
- 8:19the one behind you and your movements
- 8:20will go in different directions until
- 8:22your brain gets used to it, which will
- 8:23be very difficult. But be careful, in
- 8:25this course I will teach you both how
- 8:26to do just the sideburns and how to do
- 8:27a complete haircut. So, I'm going to
- 8:29show you how to do the back part, but,
- 8:31as I said, my recommendation: start
- 8:33with a few cuts just in the sideburn
- 8:35area, so that you get the hang of it,
- 8:37see how to blend it, and when you have
- 8:39that technique, then move on to the
- 8:40back part. Let's go to the back part.
- 8:42Do you feel ready? I'm going to explain
- 8:45how to clean up the back part. Before
- 8:48we do the fade, we're going to need
- 8:50high heads, just like on the sides. And
- 8:52my recommendation is that you do the
- 8:53same, work up to higher numbers and as
- 8:55you go down and see how it looks, get
- 8:57to the number that you like. When you
- 8:58know what your number is and what
- 9:00number you need, you're going to grab
- 9:01the clippers like this. Okay, if you
- 9:03notice, before I was grabbing it like
- 9:05this to do this part here, well it's
- 9:07exactly the same, but on the other side
- 9:09. Why? Because we are going to need
- 9:12this position to cut the back side and
- 9:15make the same circular movement. Here
- 9:18the difficulty is going to be: you are
- 9:19going to have a mirror in this hand,
- 9:21another mirror behind it and you are
- 9:22going to have to watch yourself while
- 9:24you are making these movements for the
- 9:26right side. In the case that you are
- 9:27right-handed, that is, the dominant
- 9:29side; if I am right-handed, in this
- 9:30case it would be my right hand. If you
- 9:31were left, it would be left. This way
- 9:34of holding the machine is enough, but
- 9:35the problem lies when we have to do the
- 9:37other side and that is that here I
- 9:39cannot cut the other side with the same
- 9:40hand. So that is where the difficulty
- 9:43comes even more difficult and that is
- 9:44that you are going to need to hold the
- 9:46machine exactly the same but with the
- 9:48non-dominant hand. And for that you
- 9:49will have to hold the mirror with the
- 9:51dominant hand. In my case I hold the
- 9:52mirror with my right hand and the
- 9:54machine with my left hand and I do the
- 9:55same process again. That's why I always
- 9:58say that to do this, it's very
- 9:59important to do the movement with the
- 10:00machine turned off so that you get
- 10:02familiar with it and see that it really
- 10:03isn't difficult, but see what the
- 10:04movement is and how you have to do it
- 10:06before turning it on. The most
- 10:08important thing, always, when you're
- 10:10going to cut the back part, is to have
- 10:11the mirror as close as possible to your
- 10:13face and also be as close as possible
- 10:15to the rear mirror to widen the viewing
- 10:17angle and see as well as possible,
- 10:18especially when you're doing the fate,
- 10:20since at that moment you're going to
- 10:21need much greater visual acuity and,
- 10:23the closer we see, much easier it will
- 10:25be to do it. The area that we're going
- 10:27to clean will also depend a little on
- 10:29the cut we're looking for, since if,
- 10:30for example, we only want the miule and
- 10:32this part isn't very long, we only have
- 10:33to clean the sideburns. It depends a
- 10:35little on how long your hair is and the
- 10:37area that we're going to clean to then
- 10:39make the guide line. The guide line is
- 10:42what marks the shape of the cut and
- 10:44also marks the part that we are going
- 10:46to clean, since this will allow us to
- 10:48make the guide line much better. So I
- 10:50will tell you, depending on the cut you
- 10:52are looking for, which guide line you
- 10:54have to make, what shape you have to
- 10:56give it and also some very important
- 10:58aspects when it comes to marking
- 11:00greater or lesser difficulty. The guide
- 11:02line is still the lowest number that we
- 11:04are going to pass in the fail and as I
- 11:06have said, it is what gives that shape
- 11:07because depending on how we make it,
- 11:09the cut will have one structure or
- 11:11another. And therefore, if I make the
- 11:13guide line very high, it will be much
- 11:15more difficult to erase it and then
- 11:16connect it with the side part. It will
- 11:19also be much more difficult, because if
- 11:20I make that guide line too low and,
- 11:22when I'm cutting, for whatever reason I
- 11:24make a mistake and cut myself and make
- 11:25a mark that I shouldn't, I can always
- 11:27raise the line a little and, instead of
- 11:29making it low, I make it medium and
- 11:30erase that mistake I made. But if I
- 11:32start and make it too high, I can't fix
- 11:35that. That's why I always say that for
- 11:37people who are just starting out, the
- 11:38best thing to do is to always make the
- 11:40guide line low, especially if it's your
- 11:42first cut. If you like to make it a
- 11:44little higher so that the cut lasts
- 11:45longer, then first start by making x
- 11:47cuts, I don't know, cc 10 with the line
- 11:49a little lower. As you begin to get the
- 11:51hang of it, learning the techniques
- 11:53that you need and polishing them a bit
- 11:55more, you should then move on to
- 11:56slightly higher cuts. But it's not just
- 11:58the height that makes it easier or more
- 12:00difficult, it's also the shortest
- 12:02number that we use on the guide line.
- 12:04As I said, the guide line is always
- 12:05made from the shortest number, but it's
- 12:08not the same to do a fade starting from
- 12:10zero than from 0 and a half. And the
- 12:13thing is, 0 and a half is the perfect
- 12:14number to start cutting your hair,
- 12:16because it looks short, but at the same
- 12:18time it's not very difficult to erase
- 12:20the lines later, it's much easier to do
- 12:22the fake. So if you're just starting
- 12:24out, I recommend that you use 0 and 5
- 12:26medium with the Clipper to make the
- 12:28guide line for the first few cuts. And
- 12:30if you like zero so that it also lasts
- 12:31longer, over time, when you get the
- 12:33hang of it, you can switch to zero. You
- 12:35would simply have to put the zero and a
- 12:37half head on your machine, raise the
- 12:39lever all the way up so that it cuts as
- 12:41much as possible and that's how we
- 12:42would make that zero line. But since
- 12:45this course is aimed at everyone, not
- 12:46just for people who are just starting
- 12:47out, but also for people who already
- 12:49have a little more practice, I'm also
- 12:50going to teach you how to do it with
- 12:51the zero line. To make the zero line,
- 12:54you have two options. The Clipper
- 12:56machine without anything, okay? Without
- 12:58any head, with the lever up, or if you
- 13:00have the budget and can get a trimmer,
- 13:02a trimmer, which is better for me and
- 13:04for the vast majority of people, to
- 13:06make the guide line with the trimmer
- 13:08because it cuts a little more, shaves a
- 13:11little more and is also easy to use. It
- 13:14has a slightly shorter blade than the
- 13:17clipper and this allows you to make
- 13:19angles, for example, more curved on the
- 13:21sideburn or on the back, since it is
- 13:23easier to give different shapes the
- 13:26smaller the blade, okay? You already
- 13:29know what height you need and what
- 13:30number you are going to use. Now you
- 13:32have to know what shape you are going
- 13:34to give that guide line and this will
- 13:35depend on the cut you want. I'll give
- 13:37you some examples so you can see it
- 13:38clearly. If you're looking for a
- 13:40tapered fade, you have to do the
- 13:42sideburns and the nape of the neck and
- 13:44the guideline should look something
- 13:46like this. Obviously it will depend a
- 13:48little, as I say, higher, lower, but
- 13:50something very similar to what I'm
- 13:51showing you. If you want to do a low
- 13:53fade, you'll have to mark the line,
- 13:55something like this, and it goes from
- 13:57the sideburns to the nape of the neck,
- 13:59and it would connect by going over the
- 14:01ear and behind the ear. But it's very
- 14:04important that you make a lot of fall
- 14:05in the back so that if you make a
- 14:07mistake you don't go too high and the
- 14:08nape of the neck doesn't end up too
- 14:10short, which then looks really bad
- 14:11because the cut will look very straight
- 14:13. If you want to do a mulet, which is
- 14:15what I recommend when you're starting
- 14:16out, the guideline is very simple, it
- 14:18should look something like this. We
- 14:20only do the sideburns part and it is
- 14:21very important that you do not reach
- 14:23the back of the ear. Like many, you can
- 14:26end up at the top of the ear because if
- 14:28you go back too much, then you will
- 14:29need a mirror and it will be much more
- 14:31difficult. If you want a mohawk, you
- 14:34have to do something similar to the
- 14:36Miet, but with an arch that goes around
- 14:38the ear. Here you will need another
- 14:40hand mirror. You also have to keep in
- 14:42mind that the more curved that guide
- 14:44line is, the more difficult it will be
- 14:45to do it. And the thing is that giving
- 14:47it that curved movement with a razor is
- 14:49a little complicated because the razor
- 14:50is straight and not curved. Therefore,
- 14:53it requires practice and above all that
- 14:55you do it little by little. For the
- 14:57back part, I always say that the best
- 14:59thing to do is use the corners of the
- 15:01razor, trimmer or clipper to give that
- 15:03curved movement, because it is much
- 15:04easier to use the corners that way. It
- 15:06is also very important that when you
- 15:08pass the guide line, you make a
- 15:10circular spooning motion. This movement
- 15:13will allow the fade to start to be seen
- 15:15and the lines will not be so noticeable
- 15:17. The goal when we do a fade is to not
- 15:19have the lines visible. Therefore, when
- 15:21you are going to mark the guide line,
- 15:22always open the clipper in the area
- 15:24where it ends. And the last super
- 15:26important point of the guide line is to
- 15:29look for symmetry. To do this, we are
- 15:31going to do both sides at the same time
- 15:32. When you stand in front of the mirror
- 15:34and pass the clipper to the lowest
- 15:35possible setting, you are going to do
- 15:36one side and then the other and you are
- 15:38always going to look at yourself from
- 15:39the front so that both sides are at the
- 15:41same height. If you see that one side
- 15:42is higher than the other, then we will
- 15:43have to raise the lower side a little
- 15:45more. That's why I always tell you that
- 15:46it's very important to do it low,
- 15:47because it's very likely that you'll
- 15:49start to go up, up, up, up and up, and
- 15:50end up with a super high cut. The same
- 15:53goes for the back, if you're going to
- 15:54do a low fade, where everything
- 15:56connects downwards, first trim the side
- 15:58part, the part you see in front of the
- 15:59mirror, then use a mirror to lower one
- 16:01side part all the way to the back and
- 16:03then the other. When they both reach
- 16:07the back but still don't touch, then
- 16:09use a mirror and both hands to finish
- 16:11connecting them so that everything is
- 16:13exactly symmetrical and both sides are
- 16:16the same. This point is very important
- 16:19because you can do a very good cut,
- 16:20with a very good fade and a very good
- 16:22face, but it still ends up unbalanced,
- 16:23and that's exactly what we don't want,
- 16:25because if you do this you'll avoid it.
- 16:28So now you know how to hold the machine
- 16:29and how to apply the guide line. Once
- 16:31you have done that guide line, you have
- 16:34to make sure, 100%, this is very
- 16:36important, that the line is not too
- 16:38marked. And this is very simple, as I
- 16:40told you, it is a circular motion, a
- 16:41spooning motion. Obviously, the line
- 16:43has to be noticeable because then you
- 16:45have to apply more numbers, but if you
- 16:47do the circular motion well, you will
- 16:48avoid many intermediate steps later.
- 16:50Once we have the guide line done, let's
- 16:52go to the next step, the next process.
- 16:54Erase the damn guide line. This is the
- 16:57most important point of a cut. Why will
- 17:00it make the difference between a
- 17:01well-done fade and a badly done fade?
- 17:03You already have the guide line and
- 17:04what you have to do now is erase it. To
- 17:06do this, we need to use higher numbers
- 17:08to create that grayscale, allowing it
- 17:10to fade away bit by bit. You have to
- 17:13keep in mind a very important aspect.
- 17:14How do you want the fade to be? And
- 17:16it's not the same to do a fade in this
- 17:17space than in this space. The fade can
- 17:20be either compressed or blurred. So
- 17:22that you understand me, I'm going to
- 17:23give you two very clear examples. This
- 17:25would be a compressed fade where we've
- 17:27erased and done the fade in a much
- 17:28smaller space and it looks more
- 17:30aggressive, it's more noticeable. You
- 17:32can also see that it's a fade that's
- 17:33blurred but it's in less space. And
- 17:35this would be a blurred fade. The grays
- 17:38take up more space and the gradient
- 17:40process is much wider, it takes up more
- 17:42space. Which is more difficult of the
- 17:44two? Well, the compressed one is much
- 17:46more difficult because we have to do
- 17:48all the movements in a smaller space,
- 17:50but it's also normal that when you
- 17:51start cutting your own hair, your face
- 17:53looks very compressed, because the most
- 17:55common mistake is trying to do the fade
- 17:56in the smallest space possible. That's
- 17:59why we're always going to try to do it
- 18:01as blurred as possible and I'm going to
- 18:03show you the tricks so that instead of
- 18:05looking so compact, it looks really
- 18:07clean. What will make it look more
- 18:09compact or more diffused? Well, it's as
- 18:12simple as when we go over the
- 18:13intermediate numbers and we go up the
- 18:15fade, instead of going over the numbers
- 18:17in a very small space, half a
- 18:19centimeter or very small, we pull hard
- 18:21and open the machine more and go up a
- 18:23little more. And now, what number do I
- 18:25have to go over? Okay, it will depend
- 18:26on the number you have gone over on the
- 18:28guide line. You have drawn the line at
- 18:30zero, you have gone over zero and you
- 18:32have a saber, so do this. Take the
- 18:34saber without pressing too hard. Don't
- 18:36press these machines too hard, as they
- 18:37irritate the skin. You are going to
- 18:39start from the bottom until you reach
- 18:40the part where you have the marked line
- 18:42, but you are not going to go all the
- 18:44way to the top, instead you are going
- 18:45to leave about half a cm below opening
- 18:47also in a circular motion, because
- 18:48although you may not believe it, you
- 18:50can also make a spooning motion with
- 18:51these machines. If you press a little
- 18:53harder, it will shave more, obviously,
- 18:55and the moment you open it and press
- 18:56less, it will start to grab a little
- 18:58less hair and that will prevent the
- 19:00guide line from being marked as much.
- 19:02The goal is to not reach the very top,
- 19:03but to stay a little below and then you
- 19:05will start to see that blurring. And
- 19:06that is achieved with the saber. If you
- 19:08have a saber, if not, it doesn't matter
- 19:09because we continue with the next step.
- 19:10And I haven't said it, but the saber
- 19:12applies the same movement and is
- 19:14grabbed exactly the same way as it was
- 19:16shown with the Clipper for the sides
- 19:18and the back. So if you don't remember,
- 19:20go to the part where it explained how
- 19:21to hold the machine depending on the
- 19:23area you are going to shave, for those
- 19:24of you who use the saber to shave. This
- 19:26can be very useful, okay? Why? Because
- 19:29it prevents irritation. When we shave,
- 19:31it is very likely that the pore will
- 19:32become infected, especially if you play
- 19:34sports, sweat or work in a place where
- 19:36there is a lot of dirt, it can be very
- 19:37useful. It will prevent those
- 19:39uncomfortable spots that usually appear
- 19:40. Another tip for those who do not know
- 19:42how and want to cut to the point,
- 19:43whether you have a trim or a clipper.
- 19:45If you want to get a more perfect shave
- 19:47, that is, a closer shave, closer to
- 19:48the point, you are going to take the
- 19:50machine, the clipper or the trimmer;
- 19:52you are going to raise the lever to the
- 19:53top, in the case of a clipper, and you
- 19:55are going to pass it the other way,
- 19:57like this against the skin, in this way
- 19:58pressing more at the bottom and, as you
- 20:00go up, you also open it so that, as I
- 20:02say, the guide line does not remain
- 20:03even more marked. Do it this way and
- 20:05press, you will get a little more shave
- 20:07. You can also do it like this,
- 20:09pressing here and going up, but it does
- 20:11not shave as much. If you really want
- 20:12it to shave and you don't have the
- 20:14budget to do it, do it as I told you,
- 20:15and you'll see how you can get a little
- 20:17more hair and maybe make the cut last a
- 20:18couple more days. Let's erase the zero
- 20:20line. Now, yes. If you have the er and
- 20:22a half, you're going to take the same
- 20:23head, the 0 and a half head, but you're
- 20:25going to lower the lever down. 0 and a
- 20:27half head and lever down. And you're
- 20:30going to continue going up with the
- 20:31same spooning motion that I showed you,
- 20:33holding the machine as I showed you,
- 20:34depending on the part you're going to
- 20:36cut. And the goal is to go up about a
- 20:38finger's length at least so that the
- 20:41face looks more blurred. If you do the
- 20:43circular motion well, you won't leave
- 20:45any lines and you'll notice how the
- 20:46guide line that we had marked goes up a
- 20:48little bit; and instead of marking
- 20:50below, you're going to mark a little
- 20:51higher up, because obviously we're
- 20:53still going to need more numbers. But
- 20:54it's very important that you do it with
- 20:56a good circular motion. Don't worry if
- 20:58it's very difficult for you, because
- 21:00it's achieved little by little, it
- 21:01takes time. Obviously, it could take
- 21:03you much longer. The first cut, you
- 21:04could spend 2 hours, it's okay. Over
- 21:06time, little by little you'll shorten
- 21:07it and you'll do it faster and faster.
- 21:09But I tell you the truth, it's okay to
- 21:11spend 5 minutes moving around, opening
- 21:13the machine well, and running it so
- 21:14that it gradually goes up. The goal,
- 21:16the most important thing you have to
- 21:18keep in mind is not to go too high, to
- 21:19go little by little and see yourself in
- 21:21the mirror how you're erasing that line
- 21:23. The back is going to be exactly the
- 21:24same as I mentioned at the beginning.
- 21:26We have to take the machine exactly the
- 21:27same and do it as if it were the guide
- 21:29line, but in this case we will be
- 21:30passing the 0 and a half with the lever
- 21:32open. In the case that you have made
- 21:34the line at zero, we are going to do
- 21:35exactly the same, but instead of with
- 21:37the 0 and a half lever down, we are
- 21:39going to do it with the 0 and a half
- 21:40and lever up, because the guide line
- 21:42will be shorter. So it will be exactly
- 21:44the same. You are going to do the same
- 21:46movement, but with the lever all the
- 21:48way up. And if you are one of those who
- 21:50have made the guide line at zero, after
- 21:51having passed the machine with the zero
- 21:53and a half and lever up, we are going
- 21:54to continue doing the same with the
- 21:56lever down. We are going to move up
- 21:58another finger or so, which takes up
- 21:59more or less the space that one finger
- 22:01takes up, a little higher. And here
- 22:03comes something very important. It is a
- 22:05technique that you can apply for those
- 22:06of you who have a hard time making the
- 22:08circular movement and you can't see it
- 22:09very well. And instead of using the
- 22:11machine like this, which is the
- 22:12conventional way when I use the machine
- 22:14like this, you're going to use it like
- 22:16this. You see that here the entire head
- 22:18touches my skin and it's like the usual
- 22:20way, the conventional way. Then take
- 22:22the device and place it at about 90
- 22:23grams distance, more or less, from the
- 22:25skin. If you notice, the part of the
- 22:27skin and the part of the machine make
- 22:28an angle of approximately 90 degrees.
- 22:30So you're going to use it like this. As
- 22:32you go up and reach the area of the
- 22:34guide line where we already have hair,
- 22:35it starts to make a sound, because when
- 22:37it cuts the hair, the good thing about
- 22:38the machine is that it makes a sound
- 22:40and you can guide yourself a lot with
- 22:41the sound. There, just when we start.
- 22:43How can you do it? By taking the
- 22:44machine, as I told you, like this and
- 22:46instead of using it like this, we're
- 22:48using it like this. This allows us to
- 22:50make a bigger circular movement and
- 22:51also helps us to make the cut look with
- 22:53less line. You can try it both ways. If
- 22:55you find it more comfortable to do it
- 22:56the conventional way, do it the
- 22:57conventional way. If you find it more
- 22:59comfortable to do it with the clipper a
- 23:01little higher at 90 degrees, then try
- 23:02it that way. Both ways are correct and
- 23:04you will get the same result with both,
- 23:06but I think the 90-gram clipper may be
- 23:08a little easier for you. The same thing
- 23:10happens for the back. You can take the
- 23:12clipper the same way and instead of
- 23:13using it the conventional way, use it
- 23:15at about 90 degrees. The goal is that
- 23:17the movement should also be circular
- 23:19and you should always practice this
- 23:21movement before turning on the clipper.
- 23:23If you are cutting the back of your
- 23:24hair, you have to keep one thing in
- 23:26mind and this is very important. Here
- 23:27we have less density. In the front part
- 23:29, the hairs are finer, there is less
- 23:31hair density. In the back part, there
- 23:33is more hair density. That means that
- 23:35if I am using a finger here in the back
- 23:37part, I will need a little more, a
- 23:39finger and a half, a little more. The
- 23:42space between the number we used and
- 23:44the next one should be a little bigger,
- 23:46because it is very likely that you will
- 23:48see it well blurred in this part, but
- 23:50the cuts will be more noticeable in the
- 23:52back because the hair is usually harder
- 23:53, darker and denser. So remember that
- 23:56you always have to go up a little more
- 23:58in the back. When you have used the 0
- 24:00and a half closed and the 0 and a half
- 24:02open, you will end up with something
- 24:04similar to this if the guide line is at
- 24:06zero and something like this if the
- 24:07guide line was at 0 and a half. At this
- 24:10point we compare both cuts because the
- 24:12next numbers we have to use are the
- 24:14following ones. So regardless of
- 24:16whether you started with zero or 0 and
- 24:18a half, the heads that we are going to
- 24:20use next and the steps that we are
- 24:21going to follow are the same. After the
- 24:240 and a half head comes the one and
- 24:26that's it. We are going to take the one
- 24:28head and put it on our machine. At this
- 24:30point, one thing is very important:
- 24:32that the lever is neither all the way
- 24:33up nor all the way down. Let's put it
- 24:35in the middle, okay? In the event that
- 24:36your lever has four positions, you
- 24:38should leave it in the second; if it
- 24:39has five, you should set it to the
- 24:41middle one. If you've followed my
- 24:42previous steps correctly, it's very
- 24:43likely that the fade will already look
- 24:45quite blurred, but it won't look
- 24:46completely finished yet. It's normal to
- 24:48still see a dark line, and that's the
- 24:49line we're going to erase. Now, the
- 24:51goal is to use this head and this
- 24:53number to reach that line that still
- 24:55looks dark and, by opening the machine
- 24:57very wide, which is very important, to
- 24:59start blending it. To blend that line,
- 25:01we're going to use the machine without
- 25:03fail. Here I tell you that I really
- 25:05recommend that you do it with the 90 gr
- 25:06technique because it's going to be much
- 25:08easier using that technique, opening it
- 25:10wide as you go up. And it's very
- 25:11important to use the sound as a guide,
- 25:13to do it in a place where there's not
- 25:14much noise so that you can hear when
- 25:16the machine starts to grab the hair and
- 25:18at that very moment you start to open
- 25:19the machine. Believe me, this is very
- 25:22important so that you don't go too high
- 25:23. It's also very important that when
- 25:25you do it from the back, you also use
- 25:27that sound, but obviously, you should
- 25:29also use the mirror as a guide, just
- 25:30like in the front, but sound is very,
- 25:32very important when it comes to giving
- 25:34yourself a cut. With this number, we're
- 25:36also going to go up about a finger's
- 25:37length, the same distance that we went
- 25:38up with the previous numbers. Obviously
- 25:39, if you want it to be more compact,
- 25:41you'll have to go up less. It all
- 25:42depends on what you're looking for. I'm
- 25:43telling you the measurements so that
- 25:45the fade looks more diffuse. The good
- 25:47thing about this is that once you have
- 25:48the technique and you know how to pass
- 25:50the machine in all the positions of
- 25:51your head, the only thing you have to
- 25:53understand is that we're going to go up
- 25:54the heads. What is the next number we
- 25:56need to move on to? Because the
- 25:57movement is the same. We only move one
- 25:59number, we simply move a higher number
- 26:01and go up a little higher. That's why
- 26:03it's very important that you master the
- 26:05technique, because then the rest is
- 26:06quite simple and easy. At this point,
- 26:09it will look something like this.
- 26:11Obviously, it depends on the cut you're
- 26:13doing, but the structure is the same.
- 26:15We have the guide line and we're going
- 26:17up numbers. Now, what do we have to do
- 26:19depending on the guide line we've made?
- 26:21For those who have made the guide line
- 26:220 and a half, I must tell you that it's
- 26:24very likely that you'll end up with
- 26:25something like this and that is that
- 26:27the fade is already starting to be
- 26:28visible, but that line is still marked,
- 26:30that difference between zero and 0 and
- 26:32a half. And when we go over the line
- 26:33here to zero, this is the added
- 26:35difficulty, that we would have to erase
- 26:37that line, which in the case of 0 and a
- 26:39half would not be necessary because we
- 26:41have already blurred it, but if you
- 26:43make the guide line at zero, yes.
- 26:44That's what I told you at the beginning
- 26:46, that the first few times you always
- 26:47make the guide line at 0 and a half
- 26:48because it's easier. Don't worry
- 26:50because I'm going to explain how to
- 26:51erase that damned line that is one of
- 26:53the most difficult when cutting your
- 26:54hair. To erase that line, we take the
- 26:57clippers and turn the lever halfway,
- 26:59neither up nor down. If you have a
- 27:01clipper with four positions, the second
- 27:03one, this one here, if you have one
- 27:05with five, the one in the middle. How
- 27:07are we going to use the clippers? And
- 27:09this is the most unconventional part,
- 27:11but the one I always show in my videos,
- 27:13because cutting your own hair is much
- 27:15simpler, much easier than doing it the
- 27:17conventional way, which would be to go
- 27:19through numbers and see how it looks,
- 27:21lowering and raising the lever, right?
- 27:23Here we are going to eliminate many
- 27:24intermediate steps and I really mean it
- 27:26to you, this is the perfect and ideal
- 27:28technique for cutting your own hair and
- 27:30if you try it you will agree with me.
- 27:33We take the clippers, we look at where
- 27:34we have that line, which has to be
- 27:35quite noticeable, and we are going to
- 27:37pass it the other way. Instead of
- 27:39passing the clippers like this, which
- 27:41is how we were doing before, we are
- 27:43going to pass it this way. The goal is
- 27:45for this part, which is the straight
- 27:47part of the clippers, to stick more or
- 27:48less to the hair. As you can see, this
- 27:51part here sticks to the skin and we
- 27:53have to see where we have that line and
- 27:55just when we get there we press a
- 27:57little more on the bottom where we have
- 27:59the zero and as we get to the line we
- 28:01press less. It is also very important
- 28:02here that you guide yourself by the
- 28:03sound. For the part of your dominant
- 28:05hand, if I am right-handed on my right
- 28:08side, you are going to hold it like
- 28:10this. These two fingers up, this one
- 28:12down. You can also do three fingers on
- 28:14top, one on the bottom, it doesn't
- 28:15matter. But it is true that this tends
- 28:17to get quite annoying, that's why I
- 28:18always use these three. I stick the
- 28:20machine like this. And now what I do is
- 28:23go up and when I start to hear that I
- 28:25can see that it is cutting, I open it
- 28:26up a little bit too. Obviously you have
- 28:28to look at it. If you see that the line
- 28:30is right here, then you just get there,
- 28:31press a little lower and as you get to
- 28:33the line you start erasing. The key is
- 28:35to also perform this opening movement,
- 28:36this circular spooning motion that we
- 28:38were practicing just a few moments ago.
- 28:40It's exactly the same as when we did it
- 28:42like this, but we're passing the
- 28:43machine in this way. Don't do it like
- 28:45this, don't do it at 90 grams because
- 28:46then it won't remove anything. You have
- 28:48to place it a little higher. Okay? You
- 28:49already know how to hold it for this
- 28:51part here, for the dominant area, from
- 28:53the dominant hand. For the other side,
- 28:55hold it like this. If we were holding
- 28:58it like this before, okay? This was the
- 29:00way to hold the most dominant sample.
- 29:02We turn the machine and now we're going
- 29:03to hold it like this. This would be the
- 29:05position and this is how I would raise
- 29:07it. This is the position in which I
- 29:09hold it and the one you should hold it
- 29:11in so that it's easier when erasing the
- 29:13zero line for the other side. In the
- 29:15case of the dominant area, like this,
- 29:17not dominant, like this dominant, like
- 29:18this non-dominant, like this I think
- 29:19it's clear. To the back, dominant part,
- 29:22the dominant area, that is, in this
- 29:24case it would be my right side back. We
- 29:26are going to take it exactly the same
- 29:27as for this part here, do you remember?
- 29:29We held the machine like this, exactly
- 29:30the same. I can also erase the line
- 29:32like this. Obviously you are going to
- 29:34need another mirror in your hand. It is
- 29:35true that it is the most difficult part
- 29:37, but if you stick to it well, as I
- 29:38said, you stick the mirror very close
- 29:40and you have the rear mirror very close
- 29:41, it is very easy because it is very
- 29:43similar to doing it from the front. For
- 29:44the non-dominant rear part you can do
- 29:46it in two ways, whichever is easier for
- 29:48you. You hold the machine like this,
- 29:50okay? And you can pass this arm behind
- 29:52you. This will allow you to see
- 29:54yourself quite well from the back, but
- 29:56it is not the only way, okay? The other
- 29:57way would be with your non-dominant
- 29:59hand. I think it's a little more
- 30:01difficult, but anyway, let's take the
- 30:03machine this way and we can erase it
- 30:04the same way we did it on the other
- 30:06side. It will depend a little on how
- 30:09good your non-dominant hand is, that is
- 30:10, how well you handle it. But if you
- 30:12find that you don't have much mobility,
- 30:14or if you have a hard time, you can do
- 30:15it by passing your hand behind it. And
- 30:17with the other mirror, it's as simple
- 30:18as doing it this way. I personally do
- 30:21it both ways, but it's true that when I
- 30:23watch my videos, most of the time I do
- 30:25it with my dominant hand. I pass it
- 30:27behind it and that's it. For areas
- 30:29where the face is very small, like for
- 30:31example the sideburn area where we have
- 30:32very little space or when you do the
- 30:34mohawk that goes behind the ear and is
- 30:36very circular, we are going to do that
- 30:37movement, but with the corner of the
- 30:39blade. Instead of passing the entire
- 30:42blade, we are only going to use one
- 30:43corner. This part here, in this case,
- 30:46would be done like this, instead of
- 30:47like this, we would use the corner, we
- 30:49would go up. And for the part behind
- 30:51the ear we would do exactly the same,
- 30:53since being circular, if I pass the
- 30:55entire blade, I would catch this part
- 30:56here, this part here, but not the
- 30:58middle area. Don't get frustrated at
- 31:00this step, it will likely be harder for
- 31:01you. That's why I always recommend
- 31:03starting with the r and a half. If you
- 31:04are going to dare and do it from
- 31:06scratch, you have to understand that
- 31:07this step is the most complicated. To
- 31:09get it right, I recommend that you take
- 31:11your time, that you always use the
- 31:12machine; that you always use the
- 31:13machine turned off first to get the
- 31:15hang of the movement and how we are
- 31:16going to manipulate the machine. that
- 31:19you really remember how we are going to
- 31:20hold it, how we are going to move it,
- 31:22what the circular motion is, all those
- 31:24techniques that are going to make it
- 31:26much easier for you when you turn it on
- 31:28and start making the actual cut. The
- 31:30next step would be the next head, the 1
- 31:32and a half. Very important, we lower
- 31:35the lever all the way down. Now we
- 31:38continue using the 90º technique and
- 31:40regardless of whether you take the
- 31:41guide line to zero or 0 and a half, the
- 31:44steps are always going to be the same.
- 31:46Either way, both paths will be the same
- 31:47. Head 1 and a half, lever down,
- 31:49machine at 90º and we continue going
- 31:51up a little more. It is very likely
- 31:54that you can still see that line and
- 31:55that is the one we have to continue
- 31:56erasing. I go up when I start to hear
- 31:57that it is starting to pick up hair, I
- 31:59open it. The technique is the same that
- 32:00we have been doing throughout the video
- 32:02. We always hold the clipper the way I
- 32:04showed you for the back part, if you're
- 32:06doing it the same way, and we go up one
- 32:09finger, one and a half fingers. It's
- 32:11true that when we go up to higher
- 32:13numbers, we can allow ourselves to go
- 32:14up a little more; but it's important
- 32:16that you do the circular motion well,
- 32:18that you do that movement well as you
- 32:19go up so as not to go in too far,
- 32:21because if I take this number, which is
- 32:221 and a half, which isn't very long,
- 32:24and I go in too far, I could leave a
- 32:26cut, I could leave a very short area
- 32:27and it wouldn't look good. So, it is
- 32:29very important that as we continue
- 32:31moving upward, we open the clipper up
- 32:32properly. At this point, it's likely
- 32:35that the cut will look fairly good,
- 32:37that the face will look almost finished
- 32:39, but it will also depend on how long
- 32:42the top part is and how long this part
- 32:44here is. If it's not very long, this
- 32:46will probably be enough and you won't
- 32:48have to go up any more numbers. If you
- 32:50still notice that the cut is still a
- 32:51little noticeable at the top, that line
- 32:53is still visible, you are going to run
- 32:54the head of the 2 with the lever open
- 32:56and you are going to do the same thing
- 32:57that we did with the 1 and a half, but
- 32:59opening it even more. You are going to
- 33:01get to the part where you see the most
- 33:02darkness, where you see that the hair
- 33:04is longer and where you see that line
- 33:05and you are going to continue opening
- 33:07it a little more. Let me give you an
- 33:08example. In my case, I would have to
- 33:10continue running the head of the 2
- 33:11because this is very long. Let's move
- 33:13on to the next point. Connecting the
- 33:15sides with the top. There are many ways
- 33:17to do it and it will also depend a
- 33:19little on how you have cut the sides
- 33:21and how you have the top, because the
- 33:22more contrast there is, the more we are
- 33:24going to have to cut, however, if there
- 33:26is not much contrast, you will hardly
- 33:28have to cut. But don't worry because I
- 33:30am going to give you the steps and the
- 33:32keys to know how much more or less you
- 33:33have to cut and which of the different
- 33:35techniques may work best for you.
- 33:37Technique number one, the easiest but
- 33:38the least professional, although it's
- 33:40true that if you do it right, the
- 33:41results are very good. A clipper, a
- 33:43curling iron, and a high number, quite
- 33:45high. How high? What number do I use?
- 33:47It depends a bit on what I said before,
- 33:48on how long your hair is. But to give
- 33:51you an idea, I always tend to go for
- 33:53numbers between four and six, more or
- 33:56less, for my hair type, seeing more or
- 33:58less how long it is. I already have the
- 34:01sides done, because now I'm going to
- 34:02show you how to do it. If your hair is
- 34:04shorter, you'll have to use smaller
- 34:05numbers. What you have to do is what I
- 34:07told you at the beginning of the video,
- 34:09which is always try higher numbers and
- 34:11go down. Try very high numbers. If you
- 34:13see it doesn't take or look right, and
- 34:15the difference is still very clear,
- 34:16then go down little by little. You'll
- 34:18see what the technique is. The idea is
- 34:20that all the hair we have on the top or
- 34:22long upper side falls down and blurs
- 34:24the fade, because as you can see, if I
- 34:25lower this like this, it really covers
- 34:27the fade. M, I could leave it like this
- 34:29, yes, but there's a lot of contrast
- 34:31and there's a big step between this
- 34:32area here, which is the sideburn area,
- 34:34and this whole part here. It's not the
- 34:36top, but rather the upper side area,
- 34:38because my head, more or less, my side
- 34:40area would be this. I'm not going to go
- 34:43all the way up here, which I could say
- 34:44if I had a very high fade, but since I
- 34:46have a fade below, I only have to go to
- 34:48where there's too much hair and where
- 34:49you can see there's a lot of jump. It's
- 34:52exactly the same on this side. I have
- 34:54this very long and there's a lot of
- 34:55contrast and a lot of jump. How are we
- 34:57going to do it? We take the clippers,
- 34:58uh, the lever at about half height,
- 35:00because it's going to depend a bit on
- 35:02the number you have. So, having it up
- 35:03or down won't be very noticeable either
- 35:05, especially with very high numbers,
- 35:06you'll barely notice it. So, we leave
- 35:08it halfway. And the idea is to go up
- 35:10with that technique that I showed you
- 35:11earlier of 90 gr and open it very well,
- 35:13without reaching the top all the way.
- 35:15The idea is when you start to hear it
- 35:16making a sound, that it's already
- 35:18taking in hair, then open it a little,
- 35:19okay? It's very likely that your hair
- 35:21is going forward, growing forward. If
- 35:23it comes out too far forward, you raise
- 35:24it and do it against the grain. So,
- 35:25instead of pulling upwards, what we
- 35:27would do is pull a little diagonally.
- 35:29Meaning, instead of doing it like this,
- 35:32we'd do it thus. And what I'm saying,
- 35:35open the clipper very well. The key
- 35:37here is to make that very exaggerated,
- 35:39circular movement, because we have a
- 35:41very high head and we want it not to
- 35:43get too deep and not be too short. I
- 35:45mean, this is the easiest technique and
- 35:46you're going to see it live because
- 35:47it's very simple. I hold the clippers
- 35:49and, as I told you, I open them; when I
- 35:51begin to hear hair, I finish opening
- 35:53them, keep moving up, hear the hair,
- 35:55and open them more. It seems like it's
- 35:57not cutting anything, but it really is
- 35:58cutting. The idea is that you keep
- 36:01going down and see if there's still a
- 36:02big step and do it little by little,
- 36:04especially if it's your first few times
- 36:05, do it little by little so you don't
- 36:07overdo it. Then you go up very little
- 36:10by little. You will need to do this on
- 36:12both the sides as well as on the back,
- 36:14which will depend entirely on your
- 36:16specific haircut. In my case, I have a
- 36:18mulet and I'm only doing it on the
- 36:20sideburns, but if you have a low face,
- 36:22you'll have to do it on the entire
- 36:24upper guide line that you marked at the
- 36:26beginning. If you have a taper, you'll
- 36:28have to do it on the sideburns, like
- 36:30I'm doing, and also on this part here;
- 36:32Don't worry though, because I'm going
- 36:33to show you later how you can cut this
- 36:35part here, which is the hardest of all,
- 36:36and you don't really need scissors. Now
- 36:39you're going to see how the side I've
- 36:41done more or less progresses and goes
- 36:43from less to more. Obviously then when
- 36:45I pull it down it doesn't stay all the
- 36:47way up, but let's say you can see that
- 36:49scale and it's true that you can see,
- 36:51not a lot, but you can see quite a bit,
- 36:53that this is a little shorter and goes
- 36:55little by little. However, the side I
- 36:57haven't done, as you can see, look,
- 36:59this part here that sticks out is what
- 37:01I just cut. This whole area here, this
- 37:03part here is what I just removed. And
- 37:04can it be done or removed just with a
- 37:05clipper using this technique that I
- 37:07just showed you? Well, no, there are
- 37:08more techniques. So let's move on to
- 37:09the next one. Second technique,
- 37:11thinning scissors and a comb. Any comb.
- 37:15How are we going to do it? Very simple.
- 37:17I comb everything downwards. We're
- 37:19going to use the cutting shears,
- 37:21opening them like we did with the
- 37:22clippers, never going inwards, but
- 37:24instead, as I go up, I'm making this
- 37:26circular motion that you see right now,
- 37:27okay? And it's very simple, because
- 37:30what we have to do is separate the
- 37:31upper section, which is more or less
- 37:33the area that we see is longer. And the
- 37:34area that we want to cut, which is this
- 37:36one here, which you'll normally see
- 37:37because it's the part where your hair
- 37:39is longest, you move it down. Now, with
- 37:40the comb, we take it like this and open
- 37:42it like this. Look at the angle I'm
- 37:44taking. I don't leave the comb stuck to
- 37:46the head, but I put it in and take it
- 37:48out a little bit and open it. In such a
- 37:50way that the comb makes this movement
- 37:53and doesn't stay stuck, but is slightly
- 37:55open. What we have to do is very simple
- 37:57. With these scissors, very carefully,
- 37:59especially not to get too close or cut
- 38:01too much, cut the hairs that stick out,
- 38:03that are sticking out, that we see that
- 38:05are longer. How are we going to do it?
- 38:07Looking at ourselves in the mirror, we
- 38:08can do it like this or we can do it
- 38:10however you want, whichever is easier.
- 38:12You can pass the scissors this way or
- 38:14this way. It is more difficult this way
- 38:16because normally this hand can cover
- 38:18you, although if you do your head
- 38:19correctly, it won't happen. I am doing
- 38:20it right now and I am in front of the
- 38:21camera, but you are going to see how I
- 38:22do it in front of the mirror. Watch how
- 38:24I do it. It is very simple, as I told
- 38:25you. I point forward and the part that
- 38:27I see that I have to cut, which is a
- 38:29little bit longer, I lower it down, I
- 38:31take it out, I open the comb, right
- 38:32there and I insert the scissors. You
- 38:34can do it this way or this way. That
- 38:36way you will always see it better and
- 38:37it will be easier. And it's simply, as
- 38:39I said, a little bit very carefully.
- 38:42The key to these scissors is not to cut
- 38:44too much, especially from the root,
- 38:45because if you do, you'll go overboard
- 38:47and remove all the volume and it will
- 38:49still look good. But it's true that you
- 38:50have to understand that they don't cut
- 38:52the same as normal ones, but rather
- 38:53they cut half of the hairs that you're
- 38:54picking up. Therefore, you're going to
- 38:56need to go over them more times. Now,
- 38:59the best thing to do is look at
- 39:00yourself in the mirror and lift the two
- 39:02sections and lift the two sides, the
- 39:04left and the right, and make sure that
- 39:06they're more or less at the same height
- 39:08. If you see that one of the two is a
- 39:10little bit longer, then you have to cut
- 39:12right there. And in this case it would
- 39:14be perfect, but this isn't the only way
- 39:16to do it and there's another way and
- 39:18that would be the following. I have to
- 39:20say that it is the most difficult, the
- 39:22most professional, but if you really
- 39:24want to do it yourself and cut it well,
- 39:25over time you will have to learn
- 39:27because the result will be somewhat
- 39:28better. And here is the next one. I
- 39:30can't cut it myself anymore because it
- 39:32is already short, but we will take
- 39:34these sections. I opened this section
- 39:36from the front, more or less from the
- 39:38entrance of the shoulder blades where
- 39:40the entrance usually opens, to a little
- 39:42towards the back. In other words, it
- 39:44does not have to go straight, but
- 39:45rather it has to go inwards a little.
- 39:46And this is the part that we have to
- 39:47even out and that we have to cut. It is
- 39:49best to have it wet or damp, but it is
- 39:50true that if it is one of the first
- 39:52times you do it, you do not have to
- 39:54have it wet and wet, because it will be
- 39:56much easier to see the result when it
- 39:58is dry and to see if you have gone too
- 40:00far or not enough. If you've gone too
- 40:01far, you can't do anything, but if
- 40:03you've gone too short, you'll see it
- 40:04much better because hairdressers
- 40:06control wet hair very well, but it's
- 40:07true that when it dries, it changes,
- 40:09since it becomes a little shorter. So,
- 40:11if it's one of your first times, it's
- 40:13okay to do it dry, you really have to
- 40:14see it through. Cutting your own hair
- 40:16is not the same as cutting someone
- 40:17else's hair, okay? What you're going to
- 40:20do is take it like this and we should
- 40:21cut downwards, more or less in this
- 40:22direction. It always has to go more or
- 40:26less in this line, from less to more.
- 40:29Then I would move on to the next
- 40:31section and do exactly the same. You
- 40:34see that I've more or less already cut
- 40:35it and it's more or less in this
- 40:37downward shape, it doesn't stick out
- 40:38too much here, okay? It sticks out a
- 40:40little, but that's because I have it a
- 40:41little longer and that's how I like it.
- 40:42But if I hadn't done what I did before,
- 40:44the steps I went through, this part
- 40:46would be much longer and sticking out.
- 40:48I would have to cut it downwards, which
- 40:50would be as easy as taking the scissors
- 40:52like this and passing them down. Normal
- 40:55scissors in this case, okay? How do we
- 40:57hold the scissors? I'll show you that
- 40:58later, but it's very simple. This is
- 41:00basically how you hold the scissors and
- 41:02your thumb is the one that moves. The
- 41:04part down here, let's say, stays still
- 41:07and you only move your thumb. But don't
- 41:09worry about that because these are your
- 41:11first times when you're not going to
- 41:12see how to hold scissors properly. All
- 41:14that matters is that you don't cut
- 41:16yourself and that you know how to hold
- 41:18this part here, which is very simple,
- 41:20which is to hold the two fingers here,
- 41:22grab the comb and, as if you were
- 41:24cutting the hair with your fingers, and
- 41:26leave it still. This comb can be left
- 41:29on the table or you can put it here or
- 41:31here behind your big toe and then pass
- 41:33it further back so that you can see it
- 41:34easier. Always face the mirror, it is
- 41:36very likely that you will not see well
- 41:38because you are facing it. To make it a
- 41:39little easier for you, the best thing
- 41:41to do is turn your head and that way we
- 41:43will have a much easier view and it is
- 41:44much easier to grab that hair with the
- 41:46scissors. But as I say, this is all
- 41:48practice and little by little. And
- 41:50these techniques with scissors to
- 41:52connect the side parts with the top
- 41:54would only be useful for doing the part
- 41:56from here to the part of the ear. For
- 41:58the back part you will not need
- 42:00scissors because you will not be able
- 42:02to. I will show you later how we would
- 42:04cut the back part and also how we could
- 42:07take that step or how we would get that
- 42:09scale from less to more in a gradient
- 42:11way. So when I show you how to cut the
- 42:13back part, you will use it to connect
- 42:15it too. Okay, you've already made the
- 42:18cut, you've already connected the cut
- 42:19and now you just need to do the top
- 42:21part, the back part in case you have to
- 42:22cut it too and mark the contours. Let's
- 42:25mark the contours before moving on to
- 42:27the top part. To mark the contours, a
- 42:29trimmer is essential. If you have one,
- 42:31that's even better. If you don't have a
- 42:33trimmer and a trimmer, you can do it
- 42:35with a low-profile one, with a blade
- 42:36and, at very low speeds, with the
- 42:38clipper, but you have to keep in mind
- 42:39that the clipper doesn't shave as well.
- 42:41I'm going to start from easiest to most
- 42:42difficult. The easiest part is the
- 42:44forehead. If you have it shaved, it
- 42:47would be as simple as moving the
- 42:49clipper upwards and making the line if
- 42:52you like the fringe and the marked
- 42:54bangs. The contour area here, which is
- 42:58the contours of the sides, is very
- 43:00simple. We lift the little indentation
- 43:03and what we do is with the corner of
- 43:04the blade, with this one here, we make
- 43:06the circular shape, this one here and
- 43:08then later if you want, and if you like
- 43:10, you can also go in this way. Towards
- 43:13the inside. The thing to do, as I said
- 43:15at the beginning of the video, is to do
- 43:17it with the machine off and then turn
- 43:18it on and then proceed to do it so that
- 43:20you can see how the movement is,
- 43:21internalize it and then it will be
- 43:23easier later. What happens? There are
- 43:25people who like it very marked, very
- 43:26inward and there are people who like it
- 43:28to look natural, where the cut and the
- 43:29contours are not so noticeable. I am of
- 43:31the second option, of those who do not
- 43:33like it to be too noticeable. Therefore
- 43:35, if you are on my team, do not go too
- 43:37far. Only cut the little corner, that
- 43:40is, the hairs that stick out, which are
- 43:42maybe four or five hairs that should
- 43:43not be there, which usually happens and
- 43:45that's it. Do not go any further.
- 43:48Something like that is enough. This
- 43:50part here, not even because I cannot
- 43:51see it, but in the event that you
- 43:53prefer it more inward, or you like it
- 43:55to be well-defined, then you would
- 43:56indeed need to use at least a razor or
- 43:58a saber blade for this process. And you
- 44:00would have to do the same thing, but
- 44:03going further inward. In this case, I
- 44:05would go through here and go further
- 44:07inward, so that it would be much more
- 44:09defined, the outline would be much more
- 44:11visible. But then I would have to go
- 44:13with either the razor or a saber. And
- 44:15how would I go with it? With the corner
- 44:17, I would go inward and grab the hairs
- 44:19that I have already gone over with the
- 44:20trimmer. You will have to do this
- 44:22because if you don't, the little hairs
- 44:23that stick out will look like a beard.
- 44:25The problem with going too far inward
- 44:27is that after 2 days, that hair will
- 44:29grow and you will see the line on the
- 44:30inside and then the hairs on the
- 44:32outside and it will not look good.
- 44:33That's why I don't like to get too
- 44:35involved, because at first it looks
- 44:36great. It's true that the cut looks
- 44:37great for Instagram. The typical barber
- 44:39photo with super-defined contours, but
- 44:42then after a few days things change. We
- 44:44keep increasing the difficulty. The
- 44:46area above the ear, the same, don't
- 44:48overdo it, don't get too involved
- 44:50because it won't look good. Also, your
- 44:53ear will look much bigger. In my case,
- 44:54for example, well, look, if it looks
- 44:56bigger, we're doing it wrong. C is what
- 44:58we're going to do, the same thing,
- 45:00blade, corner, just the corner and a
- 45:02dull movement with the clippers. Take
- 45:05the technique and do this one in front
- 45:07of a mirror. I can reach here, which is
- 45:09where I can see. I can't see further
- 45:10back. So, that's as far as I can go.
- 45:12Then I'll have to do the rest with
- 45:14another mirror, but as far as where I
- 45:15can see myself, which is just a little
- 45:17bit behind the one above the ear,
- 45:19that's as far as I can do this circular
- 45:21movement. Okay, always practice it by
- 45:23touching it and when you have it done
- 45:26and you know how to handle it, then you
- 45:28turn it on, you do it very slowly. It
- 45:31is important not to go too deep. You
- 45:32will see how I do it in front of the
- 45:34mirror and how it looks, what the
- 45:35result is and the difference. Right now
- 45:37I am looking at myself in front of the
- 45:38mirror and I lower my ear and as has
- 45:40been said, the clipper and I do not go
- 45:41too deep. The idea is that you follow
- 45:44the same movement as your hairline. If
- 45:46it comes out too high, well, you have
- 45:48to go a little deeper. If the hair
- 45:50grows almost above the ear, then do not
- 45:51go too deep because then it is what I
- 45:53told you, that when it grows it will
- 45:55look bad. Do you see? So far so good.
- 45:57And now we would need the part down
- 45:58here. On the other side we would do the
- 46:00same. I would make sure that both sides
- 46:01are more or less the same. And then we
- 46:03would do the part here and the part
- 46:05here in case we have to do it too. For
- 46:07example, if you have a cut like mine, a
- 46:10mulet can come in handy. If you have a
- 46:12taper, a low fade, you won't need it,
- 46:13but at least this part here can come in
- 46:15handy, especially if you have a taper.
- 46:17For the back area, you will need
- 46:19another mirror. With the mirror, as I
- 46:21said, sticking it close to your face to
- 46:23greatly expand the viewing angle. And
- 46:25holding the trimmer like this, now we
- 46:27are not going to hold it like when we
- 46:29held the Clipper, but the idea is to
- 46:30pass it like this and to do this I hold
- 46:32it as if it were a pencil. It is very
- 46:34similar. It is almost as if we were
- 46:36holding a pencil and were going to mark
- 46:38in this way. So we hold the machine
- 46:40like this, first we make the movement
- 46:42and when you have control over it, we
- 46:44turn it on. The shape will depend a
- 46:45little on the cut you have. I'm going
- 46:47to make it circular because the cut I
- 46:49have now is a mullet style and I like
- 46:51the bottom part to be circular, but if
- 46:53you have a taper, for example, this
- 46:54part would go straight, it depends a
- 46:56bit. Okay, the idea now is to find
- 46:58exactly where we marked the line above
- 46:59the ear and continue it downwards and
- 47:01continue and then you can give yourself
- 47:03the shape that you like. If you have
- 47:04hair like mine, where you have a mullet
- 47:06and you have it a little longer, what
- 47:08you have to do is use a comb and always
- 47:10comb in the direction of where we are
- 47:12going to cut. For example, the part
- 47:14here goes inwards, towards the ear,
- 47:17towards the ear, the bottom part goes
- 47:19down. Well, look, this is the shape I
- 47:22do for the mullet. Anyway, I'll show
- 47:24you images so you can see what it would
- 47:25look like if it were a taper and what
- 47:27they would be like if it were other
- 47:29cuts. Although, well, you'll only
- 47:31really need this part here in the back
- 47:33if you have a mullet or a taper,
- 47:35because with a low fade you'll have it
- 47:37short. Unless you've done it at 0 and a
- 47:40half or at 1, in which case you can
- 47:41refine the contours and it would also
- 47:43be very useful to remove these little
- 47:45hairs down here, which are the big ones
- 47:47; which is as simple as using the
- 47:48clippers; you go over it here very
- 47:50carefully, because if you scratch
- 47:51yourself and press too hard, because if
- 47:53you press too hard you can scratch
- 47:55yourself. So here the idea is to do it
- 47:58very gently and the problem is that
- 47:59when you do the other side with your
- 48:01non-dominant hand, you have to hold the
- 48:02clippers exactly the same, but this
- 48:04time with your non-dominant hand. In my
- 48:06case, it's left-handed and to do the
- 48:08left side it's going to be a little
- 48:09harder. And don't worry, because if you
- 48:12do it slowly and look at yourself in
- 48:14the mirror, you won't overdo it and
- 48:16you'll do it right, I'm sure. Now I
- 48:23remove the hairs from below. Now I'm
- 48:27going to show you how to cut the back
- 48:28part. It's the hardest part if you have
- 48:31very long hair. And I'm going to
- 48:33explain why. Cutting the back part will
- 48:35come in handy if you have a mulet or a
- 48:37taper. If you have another cut, you
- 48:39won't need it because with the gradient
- 48:41itself you'll reach the top. You'd only
- 48:43have to cut the front part with
- 48:44scissors. But if you have it like me or
- 48:47you have a taper, you do have to cut
- 48:48this part and it's the easiest way,
- 48:50because with scissors it's impossible
- 48:52to do it yourself unless you have three
- 48:53mirrors. I'm going to show you the
- 48:56easiest way, and it's the following.
- 48:57Just like when we connected the sides,
- 49:00we're going to use high numbers. As for
- 49:02height, the same as always, you go down
- 49:04to higher and higher numbers until you
- 49:06find the one you like and it looks the
- 49:07way you want. In my case, I like to
- 49:09leave the part here long, so I use
- 49:11eight, which is the highest number. If
- 49:14your machine doesn't reach eight, and
- 49:15there are many machines that only go up
- 49:17to number four, there are heads like
- 49:19these that are universal and work for
- 49:21all machines, or at least for all those
- 49:23that have the typical blade with a
- 49:25normal lever, those that are not like
- 49:26Brown or Philips, which have different
- 49:28numbers. These will work for you, which
- 49:30by the way I'm going to leave here
- 49:31below in case you're interested. The
- 49:33idea is, like on the sides, to use the
- 49:36machine technique at about 90 grams and
- 49:38also do that movement if you want this
- 49:41part to be longer. If you like it to go
- 49:44from less to more, you have to do that
- 49:46open movement. However, if you like the
- 49:48entire back section to be the same
- 49:49number, you're going to do it normally
- 49:51and just when you get to the part with
- 49:52the chronilla, that's when you have to
- 49:54open it, because this way the entire
- 49:56back section will be the same number
- 49:57and everything the same. I don't really
- 49:59like it this way. I like this bottom
- 50:01section to be a little shorter and this
- 50:03part up here to be a little longer.
- 50:05That's why I'm going to do it with this
- 50:06technique. We're going to hold the
- 50:08machine like this, as I showed you
- 50:10before, and with a mirror in front and
- 50:12another mirror behind, I can see myself
- 50:15and I can make that movement. I'll
- 50:17start by holding it less low. The lever
- 50:19, as I told you here, doesn't matter if
- 50:21it goes up or down. It should go in the
- 50:22middle or up, because if you put it all
- 50:24the way down it usually cuts a little
- 50:26worse. So the lever, the lever at half
- 50:29height and I do this movement. I press
- 50:32it more here and now as I go up I open
- 50:36the machine. If you have very long hair
- 50:44like mine, it will be very useful to
- 50:46use a comb and comb downwards as you
- 50:48pass the clippers over it, since it is
- 50:50very likely that as you go up, it will
- 50:52cut a little less each time, because
- 50:53the hair tends to stay on top, combed
- 50:55upwards. And that is solved, as I said,
- 50:57by passing the clippers over it and
- 50:59cutting it, passing the comb over it
- 51:01and combing downwards. With the same
- 51:05hand I can do the whole back part
- 51:07because what I do is turn around and
- 51:09with this hand I can pass it to the
- 51:12other side. You do not need to hold the
- 51:14clippers with your non-dominant hand.
- 51:15With the same hand you can do the whole
- 51:17side. And now the best thing to do is
- 51:19comb and see if you need to cut more on
- 51:21any other side, if you need to cut more
- 51:23on any side or not. I still see that
- 51:25there are parts that are long,
- 51:27especially this part here, and I can
- 51:29continue cutting a little more. You
- 51:33always have to pass the clippers
- 51:35against the hair. Here the hair grows
- 51:36downwards and that's why I'm running
- 51:38the clippers upwards. But, for example,
- 51:40in this part here on the sides, instead
- 51:42of going upwards it would go in this
- 51:44direction which is normally where the
- 51:46hair usually grows. Now I'm going to
- 51:49take a good look at myself and see if
- 51:50this suits my taste. I like this part
- 51:52here to be a little shorter, so I'll do
- 51:54the same thing, but instead of going
- 51:56with number eight, I'd go with number
- 51:58six or four and leave this area here
- 52:00shorter. Now look at how I have the
- 52:01back part. You can see that it's quite
- 52:03a bit shorter and as I said, I like it
- 52:04long, that's why I've gone with this
- 52:05number. But if you like it shorter or
- 52:07you have a taper and you have to go
- 52:09higher, then you should go with a
- 52:10number less. I've already explained the
- 52:12technique, but the length is up to you.
- 52:14Well, you might like it longer than
- 52:16this. And you can't get it any longer
- 52:18than this with a clipper. But how could
- 52:20you do it? When you cut your hair, once
- 52:22you use the clippers, it will be
- 52:23shorter, obviously you will like it a
- 52:25little less, but next time don't cut
- 52:26the back and you will have the length
- 52:28you like. The good thing is that you
- 52:30only have to cut the back part once
- 52:31every two or three cuts. Let's move on
- 52:33to the last part and for many the most
- 52:35difficult, although I assure you it is
- 52:37not the most difficult at all, the top
- 52:38part. Here it will be very useful to
- 52:40get wet, and all we have to do is one
- 52:42of two things: either put your head
- 52:44under the shower if you are at home, or
- 52:46, if you have a spray like this or any
- 52:48other, wet it until it is damp, but not
- 52:50dripping; meaning, it should remain
- 52:52slightly damp, so that it is not
- 52:54soaking wet. I am going to quickly show
- 52:56you the comb technique and the scissors
- 52:59technique. It's very simple, and I will
- 53:01explain it in a way that is easy for
- 53:02someone just starting out. You always
- 53:04hold the scissors this way, as I showed
- 53:06you, with the center out. These fingers
- 53:08go here. It's not a coincidence that
- 53:09they have these shapes, but rather
- 53:11they're made to leave these four
- 53:12fingers. The thumb goes here. The top
- 53:14part, this part here, never moves. What
- 53:17always has to move is the thumb. But
- 53:18don't worry about that at first because
- 53:20it's very likely that you'll do this at
- 53:21first and that's normal. It's true that
- 53:23with time, if you learn the technique,
- 53:25the scissors will always do this. And
- 53:28the only part that moves is the thumb.
- 53:31In the other hand, the comb. A comb
- 53:33like this one works very well for you,
- 53:34which is small, there are also plastic
- 53:36ones or ones that are a little bigger
- 53:37if you have one, but if it's small,
- 53:39it's better because it's easier and
- 53:40more manageable. When the top is wet,
- 53:43what we're going to do is comb it well
- 53:45and untangle it, which is very
- 53:46important, because I really need it now
- 53:48. And we're going to comb it all down,
- 53:50so it doesn't look like a cow coming
- 53:51out of me. I'm going to show you the
- 53:53technique to hold the hair and make it
- 53:54very easy for you. You always have to
- 53:56do it in front of a mirror. I'm going
- 53:57to do it in front of the camera because
- 53:58it's the closest to what you would see
- 54:00and it's very simple. We're always
- 54:01going to start with the fringe. When we
- 54:03have it combed down, it's the easiest.
- 54:04What shape will we give it and how will
- 54:05we cut it? In my case, I usually cut it
- 54:08at eyebrow level, but you're going to
- 54:10cut it at the height you like. The
- 54:12shape you're going to give it will also
- 54:13depend a lot on the cut you want and
- 54:15the length you have here. If we have it
- 54:17long here, like mine, where I've left
- 54:18it quite long, I can't cut too much
- 54:20from here because then there will be
- 54:21too much contrast. The thing is that if
- 54:23you've made this part short, you've
- 54:24left quite a bit of hair in this area
- 54:26here and in the back area, there also
- 54:27has to be quite a bit of hair here.
- 54:29Therefore, you can't cut too much. But
- 54:30anyway, let's get to it. Very simple.
- 54:32Let's start with the scissors and the
- 54:33comb. The comb acts as a support and
- 54:35what it does is lower it down. And now
- 54:37with the scissors I can insert the tip
- 54:40and when you get to the eyebrow area
- 54:42very carefully, what you're going to do
- 54:44is take the comb like this and lift it
- 54:46up like this. And there you're going to
- 54:48cut the ends. The other option you
- 54:50would have would be to lift it up here
- 54:52and cut this part, these tips that
- 54:54stick out here. What's the problem with
- 54:56doing it this way? If it's your first
- 54:57time, it's very likely that you'll cut
- 54:59too much. That's why I always like to
- 55:01do it downwards, but you have to be
- 55:02very careful because you could cut your
- 55:04eyebrow. So it's important that when
- 55:06you get to this part here, you lift it
- 55:08up like I told you. If you have a small
- 55:09comb with very small teeth like this
- 55:11one, it'll be very easy. The other
- 55:12option, if you like something like me,
- 55:14is just above the eyebrows so that you
- 55:16don't have the problem of cutting them.
- 55:18You can also lower the eye like this
- 55:19and the brow too. The idea is that
- 55:22everything stays more or less the same
- 55:25shape, that this part here falls a
- 55:27little, rounds out and goes back up to
- 55:30the top. And that when you open this
- 55:32like this, you have these two sides the
- 55:34same. Right now, for example, I have
- 55:36this one longer than this one because
- 55:37I've already cut this one here. The
- 55:38important thing to not cut your skin is
- 55:40that this part supports you and you go
- 55:42over it with your thumb. But if you're
- 55:44scared, you can use the technique I
- 55:45told you about, which is this one here.
- 55:46Take the comb like this and lift it up
- 55:49like this. Now what you're going to do
- 55:51is comb it down so that all the hairs
- 55:52are perfectly at the same height. Okay?
- 55:55Now let's move on to the hardest part.
- 55:56Scissors here. If you can do this, it
- 55:58can come in handy because you can use
- 56:00the comb while holding the scissors
- 56:02here. If not, don't worry because you
- 56:04can do it like this, use the comb with
- 56:06the scissors like this, or leave the
- 56:07scissors on a table. Take the comb,
- 56:09lift the section, which I'm going to
- 56:11explain how it works, leave the comb
- 56:13here behind where your thumb is, or
- 56:15leave the comb on the table and now
- 56:16pick up the scissors. Obviously, this
- 56:18takes longer because you have to keep
- 56:20putting it down and putting it down,
- 56:21but hey, at first, until you get the
- 56:23hang of it, this might be the easiest
- 56:24way for you, okay? How are we going to
- 56:26cut it? It will depend, as I said, on
- 56:28the shape you want to give it, but
- 56:29normally the back part is a little
- 56:31shorter, the middle part a little
- 56:32longer and the fringe part a little
- 56:34shorter, so that it more or less has
- 56:36this shape, okay? Because this part
- 56:38here gives volume to the front. This
- 56:39would be, if you want your hair to go
- 56:41forward. Do you like how I have it,
- 56:42combed forward? If not, you can give it
- 56:44all more or less the same length, that
- 56:46will look good on you. If you then
- 56:48apply texture, it will look quite good.
- 56:49So, how are you going to do it? It
- 56:50depends a little on what you like. Do
- 56:51you like the technique I told you about
- 56:52? To give you more volume in the front.
- 56:55You are going to leave this part here
- 56:57longer so that it overlaps the fringe
- 56:58part. And that is as simple as when we
- 57:01start cutting the fringe part. Here we
- 57:03are going to cut a little more. And
- 57:04when we start adding layers to the back
- 57:06, we have to let the hair be a little
- 57:08longer. We have to notice it. For
- 57:09example, I take it up to here and I see
- 57:11that the hair reaches this area here.
- 57:12Now I take the back part and, as I said
- 57:14, I have it longer, in fact it is quite
- 57:16noticeable. So, what happens? I think
- 57:17that I should cut less here, and
- 57:19continue that towards the back. When I
- 57:22get from the middle area more or less
- 57:23to the back, that's when I will have to
- 57:25cut it. If you don't like that shape
- 57:27and want the normal, common shape,
- 57:29easier to do at home, then you cut the
- 57:30same on all sides, whether it's the
- 57:32bangs or the middle part. What does
- 57:34work for you is to cut the back part a
- 57:36little more so that it doesn't end up
- 57:37too long, because this long part here
- 57:39won't look good. So it is true that the
- 57:40back part, this area here, will have to
- 57:42be cut a little more. Okay, now we will
- 57:45maintain an order. Let's take and lift
- 57:47the front part first, the front part,
- 57:49which is what we just cut. But by
- 57:51taking it up in this specific way, we
- 57:53are no longer grabbing the part of the
- 57:54bangs, but are instead taking the
- 57:56section located slightly behind them.
- 57:57We would cut on this side. Well, the
- 58:00best thing to do would be to start here
- 58:01. Let's take it here first, cut on this
- 58:04side, then come to the same section,
- 58:06the same one in the front, but to the
- 58:08middle part. We continue in such a way
- 58:11that we match this part, this section
- 58:13that we made on this side. And now we
- 58:15would come to this part on the right,
- 58:17in my case it would be the right. And
- 58:19we take the same and finish matching.
- 58:22We would now have this part, the middle
- 58:23part and the part here, in other words,
- 58:25the three, side, side and center. When
- 58:27we have done the entire front part, we
- 58:29go to the back. We pull the comb the
- 58:31same way, but instead of taking it here
- 58:33like we were doing before, we are going
- 58:35to take it a little further back there.
- 58:38And we do exactly the same thing for
- 58:39the middle section. Instead of going in
- 58:42the front this time, we go a little
- 58:44further back and cut exactly the same
- 58:46way for the other side. We go a little
- 58:48further back and cut again. Next, the
- 58:51same thing but going further back.
- 58:54Normally, with one, two, three, four,
- 58:57and at most five sections, you'll have
- 58:59finished the entire top section. You
- 59:02have to do five on one side, five in
- 59:04the middle, and five on the other side
- 59:05so that you can see it clearly. I comb
- 59:08my hair all the way forward and start.
- 59:10I'm going to start on this side here,
- 59:11too much on the side, this part here,
- 59:12because this is the area that we've
- 59:14already done before, that we connected.
- 59:15Therefore, I don't have to cut that
- 59:17part unless I see that it sticks out
- 59:18too much. I lift and pull, stretch my
- 59:21fingers a little until I reach the ends
- 59:23and that's where I cut. If I can do it
- 59:26in front of a camera, you can 100%do it
- 59:27in front of a mirror, because believe
- 59:29me, in front of a camera it is
- 59:30complicated, very complicated. Okay,
- 59:33now we do the same thing but with the
- 59:35middle part. And I cut. You can cut it
- 59:38this way or this way. And now I do the
- 59:41same thing, but I come to the other
- 59:43side and there I cut the ends. If you
- 59:47like it to be textured, you can do it
- 59:48like this, once you have cut it: insert
- 59:50the tip of the scissors to trim it a
- 59:52little. But it is true that if it is
- 59:54one of the first times you have cut
- 59:55yourself, I do not recommend it,
- 59:56because it is quite complicated and it
- 59:58is likely that it will not turn out
- 59:59well. Stick to the easiest, which is
- 1:00:01what I am teaching you now, and later,
- 1:00:02when you get the hang of it, you can
- 1:00:04try other more complicated techniques.
- 1:00:06Anyway, at the end of the video I'm
- 1:00:08going to pin the online course in case
- 1:00:09you're interested and want to learn how
- 1:00:11to cut hair in more depth and all those
- 1:00:13techniques that I'm telling you are a
- 1:00:15bit more pro level. Well, this would be
- 1:00:17as I'm telling you. We would do it like
- 1:00:19this, cutting it until we reach the
- 1:00:21back. Now I'm going to put everything
- 1:00:22in fast motion so you can see how it's
- 1:00:24done and how far you have to go, as far
- 1:00:34as you can see, since we cut this part
- 1:00:36here with a clipper before. If you like
- 1:00:39this part here shorter, you can reach
- 1:00:41the area you see, which basically from
- 1:00:43the front if you bend your head, you
- 1:00:45can reach more or less the crown part,
- 1:00:47which is this one here. I can keep
- 1:00:49cutting this part here because I can
- 1:00:50see it. From there, no more, but if
- 1:00:53there is a lot of unevenness, it is as
- 1:00:54simple as using the technique that I
- 1:00:56taught you earlier, which is to hold
- 1:00:57the clipper with one head held high and
- 1:00:59with the mirror behind you, reach this
- 1:01:01part here. Now, when we have finished
- 1:01:03cutting everything, the entire upper
- 1:01:05part, I am going to show you a trick so
- 1:01:07that you can see if you have any
- 1:01:09unevenness or if any part is too short
- 1:01:11or too long. To see if there is any
- 1:01:12part that is not right, that you have
- 1:01:14gone overboard, that you have left too
- 1:01:16long, instead of taking it like we were
- 1:01:18doing before, which was like this, from
- 1:01:20ear to ear, we are going to take it
- 1:01:21like this and we are going to go over
- 1:01:23it the same way, but holding the comb
- 1:01:25like this. And that way we are going to
- 1:01:27be able to see if it is in scale, if it
- 1:01:29is good, if there is any part that is
- 1:01:30too long. You can do it starting from
- 1:01:32the back area all the way to the fringe
- 1:01:34. This helps us to see if there is any
- 1:01:36step or if there is any part that we
- 1:01:38have left wrong. On the other side, we
- 1:01:39do the same thing, but we hold the comb
- 1:01:41like this. This can give you a rough
- 1:01:43idea of, as I said, if there is any
- 1:01:44part that is too long or not, but hey,
- 1:01:46it's true that if it's your first time
- 1:01:48and you're going to comb your hair in a
- 1:01:50textured way or if you have wavy or
- 1:01:51curly hair, it won't be noticeable.
- 1:01:54Last tip, but very carefully, that you
- 1:01:56can do if you like textured hair, is
- 1:01:57with the tip of the scissors and very
- 1:01:59carefully you can always go with the
- 1:02:01hair. I mean, if the hair goes that way
- 1:02:03, I move the scissors like so; I don't
- 1:02:06cut like that, I always cut with the
- 1:02:08hair. You can do this, trim a little
- 1:02:10bit, very carefully from front to back
- 1:02:11and without going overboard, doing it
- 1:02:13very, very, very little. This will give
- 1:02:15a little texture and above all more
- 1:02:16depth to the hairstyle. And now all
- 1:02:18that's left is to comb it, but I'll
- 1:02:20show you that later. Now, I hope you
- 1:02:22enjoyed the course, I hope you enjoyed
- 1:02:24the video, that you learned something
- 1:02:25and that you can apply it to your
- 1:02:27haircut, to your style. But if you
- 1:02:29really enjoyed it and really want to
- 1:02:31learn in depth, I have the online
- 1:02:32course where, in 5 hours, not just in a
- 1:02:34short video, in 5 hours, I teach you
- 1:02:36all the techniques step by step so that
- 1:02:38you can apply them much more easily to
- 1:02:40your hair type, to your cut, to the
- 1:02:41hairstyle that you like and that you
- 1:02:43can learn to do it both for yourself
- 1:02:45and for other people. Think of it as an
- 1:02:47investment that will pay off because
- 1:02:49you will learn to cut your hair
- 1:02:50yourself. You will save yourself a lot
- 1:02:52of cuts, you will be able to always
- 1:02:54wear it the way you want and when you
- 1:02:55want. You do not depend on anyone, you
- 1:02:57can cut your hair whenever you want.
- 1:02:59Most importantly, these techniques can
- 1:03:00be very useful for learning how to cut
- 1:03:02other people's hair, since in the
- 1:03:03course I teach the theory and technical
- 1:03:05practice to cut yourself and other
- 1:03:07people's hair. How to apply the
- 1:03:09techniques I've taught you to yourself
- 1:03:10and do it for someone else. I'll tell
- 1:03:12you again that I think it's a great
- 1:03:14opportunity and in fact it's on sale
- 1:03:16right now. We don't know how long the
- 1:03:18course offer will last, so if you're
- 1:03:20really interested, in fact, we
- 1:03:21currently have a pack that includes
- 1:03:23three machines, Clipper, Trimer and
- 1:03:25Saber, and the course. It's much
- 1:03:27cheaper to buy all four together. So I
- 1:03:29won't say anything else. If you really
- 1:03:31want to take the step, I think now is
- 1:03:32the time. I'll see you inside. And by
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- 1:03:48you buy the online course individually,
- 1:03:50not with the machines, okay? But it
- 1:03:51ends up being half price, so now you no
- 1:03:53longer have any excuse. And if you have
- 1:03:55any questions, whether about the course
- 1:03:57, products, machines, or whatever, you
- 1:03:58can comment on this video and I'll
- 1:04:00answer you as quickly as possible. But
- 1:04:03if you see that I'm taking a while,
- 1:04:05which can happen sometimes I'll take a
- 1:04:06few days, I'll leave my Instagram here,
- 1:04:08send me a direct message, ask me
- 1:04:09whatever you need and I'll be happy to
- 1:04:11help you. And if you're a bit lost with
- 1:04:14the subject of machines, you don't know
- 1:04:16which one is best for you, whether to
- 1:04:18get one, two, or three, I'll leave you
- 1:04:19this video here where I explain which
- 1:04:21machines can best measure you based on
- 1:04:23your profile. And if you want to learn
- 1:04:25how to comb your hair, whether forward,
- 1:04:27to the side, book, however you want,
- 1:04:28but you want to learn how to comb your
- 1:04:30hair well with good products depending
- 1:04:31on your hair type, I'm also going to
- 1:04:33leave you this video here. Yeah.
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