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You’re going to put a line there
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and just follow the line all the way around his head.
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You’re going to fade that line out.
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That’s the point of no return.
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So, this is the hair cut you requested.
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Yeah, I shoulda went with something easy.
00:13
[laughs]
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What up guys, I’m Daddy Ramazani.
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I’ve been looking crusty,
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like most of you during quarantine.
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I don’t usually let my hair go out this much.
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I like keep it real low.
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I got this guy right here, my brother.
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Tell him your name, Ben.
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Ben.
00:28
[laughing]
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I’m Ben Ramazani and I’m cutting his hair today.
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[Daddy] We got a professional barber Mark out in England,
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who’s gonna be helping us out.
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He sent Mark a photo of what my hair used to look like
00:39
and we gonna see if Ben can recreate it.
00:42
You think I can cut your hair after?
00:45
I’ve never let him cut my hair.
00:47
Never, ever.
00:51
What’s up Mark.
00:52
What’s up, man.
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How you doing?
00:54
I’m good.
00:55
I’m excited that you’re black because I was nervous at first
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when they were like, we got a barber.
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I was like…
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Don’t worry. It’s going to come out good.
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As long as you follow the directions,
01:05
it will come out good.
01:09
All right, so guys, let me get a look at your head and
01:11
let me know what kind of style you’d like.
01:13
I haven’t had a haircut since probably like
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a few weeks after Valentine’s day.
01:18
It’s generally just like cutting it all like
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super low on top and just fading everywhere else.
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This is number one on top.
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And there’s going to be a skin fade on the side.
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See, when you say it with confidence, it sounds right.
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Number one on the top and…
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You’re the barber, brother.
01:35
You need to have more confidence.
01:37
Number one on top and a fade on the side.
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What kind of fade?
01:42
Skin fade?
01:43
[laughing]
01:44
Great, so now we can get into the cut.
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And me helping you go through this,
01:50
I’m not going to go through every single detail.
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I just want to give you the bare minimum to get you
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through the haircut.
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‘Cause ultimately, you know, you’re not training
01:58
to be a barber, your trying to give someone a haircut.
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If you just follow along with everything I’m saying to you,
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it will be good.
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You’re going to start off by using a two.
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You know, like with the different growths and direction
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that, you know, someone’s hair grows in.
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So, I always advise go with a higher level first,
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so you can bring it down and then you can look at the hair
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and see the appropriate direction.
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If you go with the number one,
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the issue is around this point here.
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If you get it wrong,
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you might end up with a patch on his head.
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So when you’re cutting this,
02:25
if you hold your finger on there, not tight.
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Don’t have to be tight.
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But just hold your finger on there,
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then that will secure it,
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and it means it’s not going to flick off.
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A weighted and a number two
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and go on the top and just go forward,
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like going with the grain.
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So going forward in this direction.
02:39
[yelling]
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You don’t have to be over neat with this part
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’cause you’re just reducing the hair,
02:45
and you have, am actually bringing it down
02:46
to the level he wants yet anyways.
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So you just kind of like,
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just getting rid of all of this bulk.
02:51
Oh lord!
02:52
The majority of people,
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their hair at the top will grow this way.
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The hair on the sides will grow down.
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It might just slightly to one side, but going down.
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The hair at the back going down.
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So now you’re going to follow the direction that
03:06
his hair has been in.
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So basically the front, go forward, on the sides, go down.
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You’re just reducing that neck still.
03:14
Oh we cuttin’ for real.
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You’ve got good handling.
03:21
Oh no, see he messed up!
03:22
He messed up!
03:23
I touched it and it fell off.
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I’m going to reduce a little more.
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That’s cool for now.
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So we’re going to step two.
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You’re going to put the barrier into
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where you’re going to start your fade.
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You’re going to put a line there
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and just follow the line all the way around his head.
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You’re going to fade that line out.
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Take the gauges off, so it should be just like that.
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Just the clip itself.
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That’s the point of no return.
03:47
This is the haircut you requested.
03:49
[laughs]
03:50
Yeah, I shoulda went with something easy.
03:53
The clipper should be flat on his head.
03:55
It shouldn’t be doing that,
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’cause that’s how you can cut someone.
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You were wondering how high up you should go?
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No, I mean, I know it’s like, like to your eyebrow.
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That’s a good place, yes.
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All right, man. You got this, man,
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I’m going.
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I need you to not move, okay, don’t talk.
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Oh, it’s fading.
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Well it shouldn’t be fading,
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you should be putting in a line.
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Just follow that line around his head.
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Trying to be gentle. Ah, don’t be scared, bro.
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Just go in, go in, go in.
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You’re doing well because he’s not complaining.
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Yeah, don’t worry about like making it like blade.
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You know, that super sharp line.
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‘Cause you’re going to fade it out so it doesn’t matter,
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so don’t worry about that.
04:41
All right.
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Now what I want you to do is literally
04:43
just all the excess hair at the bottom,
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just get rid of it now.
04:46
So go down?
04:47
No, go up, go up.
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I feel like I have the monk haircut right now.
04:55
See, all I needed was just the right coach.
04:58
Okay, now look at that.
05:00
Now I can see everything.
05:02
Well, you know, we just started, so…
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Now we’re going to get into the fade.
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And this is now step three.
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So, we’re not going to fade it all in one go.
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We’re going to break it down into parts.
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Basically, imagine that I had a line here.
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I’m going to put the skin line there.
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I’m gonna take the clipper,
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I’m gonna create a barrier, coming from here, just to there.
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And then you’ve gotta fade out that line,
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and you want to fade out the top parts.
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So you’re gonna take your clipper, gonna open it up.
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So the lever should be more down
05:33
to the bottom of the clipper.
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So when it’s open, create a barrier.
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Just a little barrier, like that small.
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Come from underneath the line,
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through the line, and just stop.
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And then create that barrier the whole way round.
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When I go up, don’t go too far up.
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Go up like about a centimeter.
05:49
Yeah, go up a centimeter.
05:50
Up down, up down, up down, all the way around?
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Yep.
05:53
This is the subtle, subtle game right here.
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Subtlety.
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I didn’t define it too much.
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Like it was just like, I, let me just be careful.
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That’s fine. It’s better to be cautious because at least
06:10
you don’t make mistakes.
06:10
You go to competence now and you can see what you didn’t do.
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Go through it again.
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Aight.
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So from underneath the line,
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just go through the line and come out.
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Look at the racer.
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Yep, and go around, go the whole way around.
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Don’t spend too much time trying to do this.
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All right, I went all the way around.
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You get your lever.
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A little bit more. Push it down a little bit more.
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Then do exactly the same thing.
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Come from underneath the line, through the line, flick out.
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Yep, that’s cool.
06:49
Lower it more,
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and do exactly the same thing then the whole way round.
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You see the line disappearing?
06:57
Yeah.
06:58
All right, then you’re doing the right thing.
07:01
All right, and then one more time.
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Literally, one more time.
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Bring it out a little bit more.
07:06
And you’re doing good now.
07:07
You’re going to a good pace as well.
07:08
You’re not over doing it or overthinking it.
07:11
That confidence shining through boy.
07:14
[upbeat music]
07:18
Step four is now the top half which you left.
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Now, we’re gonna fade that in.
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On the sides here, pick the number one.
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Going with the grain, which is going down.
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I just want you flatten his hair on the sides.
07:29
Take off as much as will come off.
07:31
So, all you’re doing now is literally reducing the bulk.
07:34
At this point here, you need to create an invisible line.
07:38
Your invisible line is saying that
07:40
I’m not going to go any higher than that line.
07:42
Because right now you could end up fading it and
07:45
then end up fading it up here.
07:46
[laughing]
07:48
Then you give him a Mohican.
07:49
Sometimes I tell beginners,
07:51
take the comb and literally just put a soft line in it.
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So, at least even if you don’t remember,
07:56
you can still see it.
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Just know I’m not going above that line.
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All right, okay, okay.
08:01
So, all right, I got it.
08:03
Let me not overthink.
08:06
All right.
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Yep, that’s exactly what you should be doing.
08:12
[upbeat music]
08:22
What you’re going to do now is,
08:23
the same number one, you’re going to open it.
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So the lever should be at a bottom, open.
08:30
And then you’re going to go from where the bulk starts.
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So, you know, from the line we created.
08:36
Fading to the top half now, so from where the line is.
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You’re going to come from underneath the line,
08:41
through the line.
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As you get to the invisible line, flick up.
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So, the motion will be literally…
08:48
So exactly the same thing what you doing before,
08:50
but now you’re doing it with a different
08:51
length of hair and your stroke is longer now.
08:54
The flick up creates the fade.
08:56
And get your comb in the rough.
08:58
So, like, comb his hair up.
09:01
When you go through it now,
09:04
you’re going to change the direction of his hair.
09:06
So the comb brings it back.
09:09
Looking good, looking good, looking good.
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Well, what I’ve seen there is,
09:14
his hair is not lying flat.
09:17
So when you’ve got up with the clip bar,
09:20
you haven’t combed it back down.
09:22
So when I saw it, I see some areas are,
09:23
it’s looking blended, but it could blend a lot more.
09:27
So, every time you go up, comb down?
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You gotta do like in the barber shops.
09:31
And they’d be like.
09:33
I used to be like, man, what’s all this showmanship?
09:35
Now I’m like, oh, it’s like, oh it’s for real.
09:38
You thought they was just playing.
09:40
Oh, he’s just trying to get a good tip. Like yeah.
09:43
Your comb is your friend.
09:47
Yeah, it’s looking nice.
09:51
Yeah, so now you can do is close the lever.
09:57
It’s going to take off more hair.
09:58
So combing, make sure you’re combing, you’re combing,
10:00
you’re coming, and then go through it and flick out.
10:03
[upbeat music]
10:06
Should he be combing down?
10:07
He should be, he should be.
10:10
We got cut off.
10:11
What have you done now?
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Okay, you’re doing a good job, doing a good job.
10:15
This area here, where you can see the line on the head,
10:20
right there.
10:21
When you’re going through the hair,
10:23
you’ve got to comb it out.
10:24
That’s the area you need to focus on.
10:25
Just touching that line cause it’s heavy.
10:28
So you gotta go through it with the number one.
10:29
All you want is that area to be a little bit lighter
10:31
and that’s look like a good blend.
10:33
So do that side piece and then you go to the back.
10:41
Comb it in the direction it’s growing in.
10:47
All right, this is as good as this fade is gonna get
10:50
at home and we’re going to hop onto
10:53
the next lesson by Mark.
10:55
Right.
10:56
Step five, the shape up.
10:59
Now when you’re gonna shape him up,
11:01
what you need to do before you actually put the shape up,
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or start the shape up should I say,
11:05
is literally make sure that the front of his hair is flat.
11:08
So, take a number one and literally just rub over the edges,
11:12
just to make sure it’s flat.
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You got your shape-up clipper.
11:18
Wherever you see the line is,
11:21
that’s where you going touch it.
11:22
You’re not going to worry about trying to get sharp.
11:25
You’re not going to worry about trying to get straight.
11:27
What are you going to worry about is literally
11:29
touching the edge of wherever the hair is.
11:32
Basically, go first round to shape it up, just touch it.
11:34
And the second round is kind of like,
11:35
what can I, can I make a sharper, can I improve it?
11:38
Can I make it straight up?
11:39
But in your first round, literally just touch the H.
11:44
It creates some shape for you to go off.
11:46
Press down on his head and pull away.
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But literally just kind of like this touching it.
11:53
And also on the sides, same thing.
11:56
You’re pulling away.
11:56
So basically you’re always trying to pull away
11:57
from the hair.
12:03
How’s it looking now?
12:04
Better.
12:06
Well, like you said, it’s not about making a sharper,
12:09
but I feel like that’s what’s left.
12:11
See from the front of his face, see from where his,
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you call it widows peak.
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What you want to do is just follow that line,
12:18
touching it great in a straight line across.
12:21
Once you do that, it’ll be fine.
12:22
Like this haircut will be fine.
12:24
All right, want to see?
12:26
Yes, please.
12:27
Again, I think there’s still a slight issue with the…
12:33
Yes, but what I would say is to basically leave it.
12:39
That the point is you’re not going out
12:41
and this is not like a professional job.
12:42
No offense to you.
12:46
No offense.
12:48
Just real talk.
12:48
It’s good to leave a customer in a place when he or she
12:52
decides to go to their barber.
12:54
Their barber won’t be like, oh,
12:56
why did you pull your hair all the way back here?
12:58
You could stay here all day trying to improve it.
13:01
And that’s when you end up making mistakes.
13:03
So the whole point is actually,
13:04
can you do a home haircut and get to a decent level,
13:07
but you have. The only thing you need to do now,
13:08
is literally the hair which you see high at the back there.
13:11
So you take the number one
13:13
and just, you know, lower the hair like you said.
13:16
We done.
13:17
I’m just gonna wipe myself down and
13:19
then I’ll show you what we’ve got.
13:23
The end result, it looks better
13:25
than how you had it before. It looks cleaner.
13:26
He looks neater.
13:27
In the beginning, everything is super slow.
13:30
And then towards the end you picked it up
13:32
and your performance got better.
13:34
Your handling got better.
13:35
Your technique got better.
13:37
You know, if you’d had that same technique in the beginning,
13:39
it woulda been a quicker haircut
13:41
and the haircut would even be better,
13:43
which means that the next haircut you do,
13:46
if he let’s you cut his hair again,
13:48
we’ll be able to tell.
13:51
All right, thank you, Mark.
13:52
Bye guys.
13:53
This is what I’m working with now.
13:55
Looking real clean, you know, smooth.
13:58
I think I did a great job.
14:01
I know I could have done a greater, but…
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No, go on.
14:06
Just glad we had Mark to walk us through,
14:09
’cause there’s so many little details and stuff
14:12
that I feel like we didn’t know about that
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just make all the difference.
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The best thing I can tell you is to mess up
14:21
and be comfortable with messing up,
14:23
’cause that’s how you get better.
14:24
And if you can get a hold of Mark, go ahead.
14:28
Hit up Mark.
14:29
Go to England and get your hair cut by Mark.
14:33
Peace.