Applying The Techniques To The Haircut-Medium Skin Fade Demo

CH1: Tool Essentials

Section 1: Tools needed to produce high quality results.

Talking points:

• Why investing in high quality tools is important.

• What makes a tool high quality.

• What each tool / product is used for.

Affiliate Links:

• Cape

• Clipper spray

• Clipper

• Trimmer

• Foil shaver

• Shears

• Comb set

• Brushes (boar bristle / round)

• Barbicide

• Spray bottle

• Neck strips

• Hair spray

• Blow dryer

Section 2: Clipper / Trimmer Anatomy & Blade Adjustment

Talking points:

• Why should I care about the anatomy of my tools?

• What is the anatomy of a clipper?

• What is the anatomy of a trimmer?

• How to adjust your blades and why you may want to.

• Understanding how a tool’s weight & balance plays a role in ergonomics.

• Clipper Anatomy (fade blade, taper blade, lever, motor, battery)

• Trimmer anatomy (Trimmer blade, 360 exposed blade, motor, battery)

• Blade adjustment for your style (heavy handed or light handed)

• Weight for balance and ergonomics

Affiliate Links:

• Clipper

• Trimmer

• Blades

Section 3: Tool Maintenance & Care

Talking points:

• Why tool maintenance is so important.

• How to care for and maintain different types of tools.

Affiliate Links:

• Cape

• Clipper spray

• Clipper

• Trimmer

• Foil shaver

• Shears

• Comb set

• Brushes

• Barbicide

• Spray bottle

• Neck strips

• Hair spray

• Shear Sharpening Service (Shear world international)

Section 4: Shear & Texturizing Knowledge.

Talking points:

• Shear Anatomy Breakdown.

• What’s the difference between sizes and quality of steels.

• What are the different types of shears and when to use them.

• What is texturizing and why you should care about it.

Affiliate Links:

• Shears

• Magnet strip

• Holster

• Shear oil

Section 5: Proper hand & body position.

Talking points:

• How bad body and hand positioning can affect you.

• Why are ergonomics so important beyond the obvious reasons of taking care of your body.

• How proper body positioning improves your end result and minimizes mistakes.

• How to properly elevate your clipper to get tough spots.

Affiliate Links:

• Posture corrector

• Foot mat cushion

• Grip strength ball

CH2: The art of Consultation (How to keep a client forever)

Section 1: Involving the client (how to give them a haircut to meet their expectation)

Talking points:

• What makes a good consultation.

• How to make sure the client feels heard and you’re both on the same page.

• The importance of understanding that the client wants and needs are the final decision. Regardless of your professional recommendation.

Section 2: How to avoid unrealistic expectations

Talking points:

• How to assess what expectations are realistic and which are not.

Affiliate Links:

• N/A

Section 3: Giving your professional recommendation.

Talking points:

• How to create a common clear understanding of length.

• Knowing when and how to to give your professional recommendation.

• Make sure to check in with the client as you go.

Section 4: Keys to connecting with the client. (Your clients become a reflection of you)

Talking points:

• Why it’s so important to connect with the client?

• Ultimately people want to be around others like them.

• The art of conversation flow, eliminating awkward silence while maintaining a balance between work and chatting.

Section 5: Wrapping up your hair cut with your client

Talking points:

• How to check in at the end to make sure they are happy with the service.

• How to encourage their feedback.

• How to prescribe a maintenance plan for your client.

• Consider using a service like booksy once you have a small following of about 20-30 clients. This is for ease of use and organization.

CH3: Barber Language

Section 1: Terminology and verbiage. (weight lines, c scoop, stroke, against the grain, W/the grain, corner blending)

Talking points:

• Key terms to know:

• Crown—-

• apex——–

• Weight Lines

• Angles

• Occipital bone——-

• Parietal ridge——

• Head form

• Nape——–

• Clipper over comb—-

• Shear over comb—-

• Beveling

• Blunt hair cutting

• Over direction

• Cross checking

• Free hand notching / notching

• Texturizing

• Thinning

• Slithering

• —

• Hair line

• Reference point

• Distribution

• guideline

• Traveling guideline

• Stationary guide

• Elevation—–

• Growth pattern (hair— direction)

• Section

Affiliate Links:

• Barber / Stylist Dictionary.

Section 2: The purpose of Balance and symmetry

Talking points:

• Why balance and symmetry is so important as a foundational component of any haircut.

• The importance of optically customizing the look according to head shape, density and growth pattern.

Affiliate Links:

• Thinning shears

• (Comb with measuring system? TBA)

Section 3: Different types of fades, tapers and blends

Talking points:

• What are the different type of fades (low, medium, high, burst)

• What are the different type of tapers (low, medium, high, blow out)

• What are the different type of blends (light blend, dark blend)

Affiliate Links:

• (Possible book?)

Applying the techniques to the haircut

(Demo Medium skin fade with shear cutting) (90 mins)

This demo will show you step by step how to apply the best techniques to create a medium skin fade. I will also incorporate how to use different shears.

Consultation figuring out what we’re gonna do

• Decide how high they want to go with the fade

• Create your line of demarcation.

• Follow that underneath with your foil. (be sensitive not to irritate the skin)

• Create your half line (explain the two methods of creating the half line) (one requires a metal FX comb set and I highly recommend it, for those who don’t have the set here is how you can do it in the meantime…)

• Create a seamless blend between the two lines

• Take your number 2 guard up to the parietal ridge

• Then reverse your numbers from there until you reach the half line

• Now we’re ready to cut with the shears

• Figure out the length you want to scissor cut the top (medium length in this example)

• Then we’re going to cut in three panels (top and the two sides)

• Cut the sides with shears at 90 degrees

• Tie in the sides with the parietal ridge using shear work.

• Cross check everything to make sure it’s all even

• Blow dry and style haircut (show the different ways to create volume with a brush)

Who this course is for:

• I recommend Mastercraft Fundamentals for any new barber, stylist or hairdresser who’s looking to learn the best practices in fading, blending, clipper over comb, and how to create clean outlines.