How To Cut 12 Types Of Fade Haircuts | Gq

Faheem Alexander isn't known as The Fade King for nothing. The master barber travelled up from South Philly to break down 12 different fades and demonstrate a few of his methods. Consider this video your one-stop-shop to get a basic understanding of box cut fades, tapered fades, feathered fades, high top fades and quite a few more. Next time you get a haircut you'll know exactly what to ask for.

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How to Cut 12 Types of Fade Haircuts | GQ

Sometime, the nekkid League can get more detail in a motor-driven clip. I'M fly him out as head master barber from Software Inc, k-8 the fade King, I'm here to walk you through twelve phase and hairstyles from textures to tune. This is Fahim Alexander. Let'S go so the first one we guy has the dirt feed. This is a taper style cut with a comb-over and a part we taper the bottom. You know either a1 to a2 to a3 dingo. Only up to the point, even though different companies have different sizes. There'S a general standard for clipper guide numbers generally. The clipper guard number represents the number of 1/8 inches of hair left on the head. Lower number clipper guards leave less hair on the head. A higher number clipper guards be more hair on the head. The number 1 guard leaves 1/8 length of the hair on the head. The number 2 guard leaves 1/4 limp. The number 3 guard these 3/8 list. The number 4 guard bees 1 half its length of the hair on the head. Did you notice a difference between the taper anything, a tape, restorer set short hair wears or thin starts at skin? Here we have the skin drop feed. One of my favorites is real, smooth and easy to do start off skinning it fall. You want to go from a 0 to a 1 to a 2 and feed it all the way up to your pump. So in this next photo we got here is the taper fade with long hair. This fade right here is one of my favorite fades from the 81.5 guard trim off a little off the top. I think every barbershop can be a safe place for women check. This cut out that I'm gon na do it on my friend Rea, oh yeah. I love the style of every people. Thank you. I'M actually excited you'll, be the first person to cut my hair that isn't me in five years: oh wow. So what do you like? What do you, what I usually do like a up to about here and then maybe a three going out open? Another nice? If you wan na, you want to get that Fame, going back here, looks fun, that'd be perfect, yeah come so normally when clients come into the barbershop and they want this to style right here I always have a comb or handy, and I'm gon na using my 357 clipper from caliber so about Cora is my best, but then we're just going somewhere here sniffing easy. Can you call me back there go up a little bit more? This is I love this step already. So tell me something: do you wear any like desires or anything back here? We just wait natural well, I've done just like a couple steps here, but I really like couple parts yeah. Would you like to see that again yeah? Why not? Okay, great I've got a tape, we're down a little bit more. It'S like get a little bit onto the surface. You have all types of mazes back here they take what sometimes right this cool. Don'T sleep you want to like this, though we took it yeah. I don't know where you're finding all these gray hairs I'll put some in my pots out. Let'S look fantastic, it's just soft enough. It'S not too hard of an edge. It'S got really great flow. I can play with it. It'S gon na blend really nicely when it's growing out so area. What do you think very happy? Love it love it alright. So here we got our fourth feet: one of the most common Custis wore today and one and a half the size cut into a box of texture. Some people that sported this haircut in the eighties kids play salt and pepper cameo ever be Rock him and Big Daddy Kane, Public Enemy and EPMD, and my guy from my city Will Smith Fresh, Prince of Bel Air. Your bottle would tell you he will have the keys to success of keeping you to shape. You know I like a little bit of spritz a holding spray a blow dryer back in the day. You know you're the mare in the bathroom. You know you Pat me down to make that square shape every other week to keep it fresh. You should buzz your size, so number five we got the temple taper fade with the kinky hair. That'S most common today with the brothers with the beard. You could start from his skin fade and the blend down into your beard so make it too dark. So your beard is like a three. It could grow a little bit natural to keep this haircut right right here. You want to use your favorite sponge or your favorite curly racquet. So what this down I mean you can shampoo it every night to be honest with you if you like, but you know you need these steps number one. You know you want to get your favorite shampoo and conditioner number two. You know you want to put your favorite pomade in the hair, maybe use a blow dryer dry, it your favorite, curly racket or your sponge. So number six. We got the hi world, I'm gon na cut my boy Jesse. He wants to sport that no fade trim on time come on in Jesse. You don't know right. Victor Cruz will you'd only go to the barbershop like what the waxwork I used to say. Give me a low fade or a high Brooke, just basically just gon na taper, and I get a tape at our behind. That'S the new one to me, the hi Brooke. What are they called behind Brooke was ask somebody with Brooklyn yeah. So you know a lot of cats instead of getting a full-on fade. They just want to get the Brooklyn, which is just taper the edges a little bit. You know I want my own tapered. I usually want to get a higher taper, so I'll call it hi. Brooke, this is some different terminology right anywhere else. They just say give me a temple thing, that's it so to make this ha Brooke. I want to brush it out where I'm going to do most of my work out. So I got my outline of twos here and I'm just gon na start to make a small thing, maybe booties all day, long down the feel of it. He just called temple things. Those are the cons here, but the hi Brooke is funny. That'S different to me. What I got now, it's just like: 50 Matt in caliber, great the tapering ball tapering and trimming critique you the top. Then I have the new and this court is master for detail work of designs. I use this for my trimming to make my boxes and my afros. Then we got the 357 caliber, it's all around clipper that I can use all day so Jessie. I think I did the Brooklyn man it's my first time doing it. I think I know you tell me: okay, did I tell you man, you bet that's s Matt and I walk away yeah, you lazy man. I appreciate it. Thank you. You shaving. I appreciate you coming to my shop that'll be about $ 50. The NT. You guys know that the fee started in World War, two when african-american soldiers start wearing their hair skin tight. It resembled being that good soldier. In the seventh faith we had the temple fade style haircut with the coming back. So these two fades: you got what up here. That'S actually going to the side with the part that's pretty smooth and on this one you have the hair pull to the back and table get that nice couple feet on the side. This cut bright, hair has less in the nape and you can show your magic as a barber. You can round it, you can square it, but it's fine either way. Did you go number eight. We got the mohawk with the beard and this popular and the barber shops all around the world. It'S kind of like one of my favorites, but I want to freaking philly-style one day I mean, if you want this popular style, it's real easy to do. Grow, your hair out buzz the sides so in the 9th photo we got the burst feed. My favorite birds fade. It'S the skin burst for you. When you start low above the air, then you just move up to a one to one and a half to a two and make it pop. The first thing can be added to any men's hair style short or long. You can turn into a frog pet. The sides people it'll be on top, if you like the birds feet, check out the James heart and make me look like I'm gon na bring my boy Austin. Now we won't hop right into this burst fee. How are you man very good? Thank you. Thanks. A lot so you seem like a pretty cool guy Austin. What type of styles you rocking these days, I'm like a yeah, the brother look cool universal coolest ride, trying to get my beer, like you, man, hearing this cut right here and we'll go with my engines to proceed from there. First up for you, I got a date tomorrow, night brother. This is right on time. Oh you do yes. Indeed, oh she's, gon na, say Austin who cuts your hair Austin. What style do you only wear it? In the background square faded? I usually do square in the bag perfect. This is different from the high flattop, because it's messy do you think the racket is better than this punch. Yes, the racket is about the sanitary reasons. Oh, I believe it's sponge or which bacteria yeah. So what you think man this is real clean one of the cleanest lines. I'Ve ever had appreciate you yeah thanks, so much thank you and enjoy your out of the will number 10, the feather fee, its more common in barber shops down these four gentlemen and women and just want a free-flowing feed, and this one is pretty nice. This cut also is easy maintenance. So now we're going to talk about some different hair textures, some barbers are hair stylist with me. Actually, what is your natural hair, texture and number one? We got mo ver straight here then, if you want to drop all the way down to 4c, we got a more kinky texture today. If you want to go between 3a and 4a, I'm a purely texture as a professional barber you supposed to have adjustable Clippers so that your Clippers can move between these different textures working with different ethnic groups to get that perfect style. So the love of fade will be the Elvis Presley. I never did this cut before, but I really want to try it. So if anybody wanted they can come on down to my shop. So in this last but not least, picture I got the hot top favorite. My friend Brendan so Brendan. What would you like this faded, like a skin fat I'll, get have skin Hoffy yeah yeah? Do you know kitty play oh yeah yeah. I get that all the time. So that's the look that we're going here is not mid-nineties this, sir. Oh, you got a nice canvas to work. Okay, I desperately need it to mass right. Well, over a month, will you come to the right place? Hey so to achieve this style, I want to need my outliers so glue 0 on the side. So what I'm doing here, you wants a hopfield I've cut of my first guide lines and make it a little short on the bottom. I want to show you how to knock this guy lon. It'S cool got about the 50 mag with a one guard on there. So right down here, I'm knocking out most of the pork. Now I'm going in to clean my god, Lana should take some adjustable Clippers. Don'T 0 turn them over y'all. As far as they do. You see a lot of high tops coming in these days. Yeah stuff, like that comes back yeah, the hot top is coming back ha ha they throw the low top. Let me down, are you like a low? She didn't come back mad. I'M rocking this right for 5 years. Nasa us with my mentor, can do this cut 15 minutes. No, that's all you do all right! Brandon! You ready to see this cut to the asylum. Nobody yeah we'll get that line. Oh okay. So this is a hardtop feet. Typically, war bah kitten play and begat the king, my brother, how you gon na beat that girl? Yes,

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Macho Man: 0:22 Dirk fade (Tapered comb over) 1:08 Difference between taper & fade 1:16 Skin drop fade 1:32 Tapered fade with long hair 3:29 Box cut 4:10 Temple taper fade 4:47 High brook fade 6:46 Temple fade with comb back 7:11 Mohawk 7:27 Bust fade 9:00 Feathered fade 9:18 Hair textures 9:45 Elvis fade 9:58 High top fade 11:39 GQ logo Like and subscribe

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LeBeautiful: video is already making me upset I haven’t been at the barbers in MONTHS

Joseph H: I cut my own hair with target clippers. I call it the spray and pray fade!!

Lewis Adam: I just love how expressive and friendly Faheem Alexander is. I’d be excited to get a cut every time if he were my barber

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Jan Louie: He really does guide others to a treasure he cannot possess

Masa: I love this barber's communication, I find it interesting his use of terminology to other faders like 360Jeezy, etc

Keegan Thomas: I love this video so much I wish all these cuts were longer!

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Maloxi: You know it's a Master Barber when they've figured out the secret to turning all the hair into a humongous beard

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miguel: I've been telling my barber to give me a fade that isn't too short, I still didn't like the look. Thank you for reaching me the term "taper", it's going to help alot

Peeps85: I never thought I would miss getting haircuts but I do.

Andrei Blanca: The high top fade is my favorite! Makes u look clean, taller and brings out your face a bit more. Well all fades bring your face out more lol.

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Xian R.: If only I could find a barber as knowledgeable with fade as him.

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Carlos Gonzalez: No where by any means is this guy the fade king

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Karen Martinez: This video was so helpful!! Thank you!!

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J P: Nice. I always wanted to learn the creativity of a barber

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thimios: black barbers are god's attendants for your hair!

SinfulSantos: When you're doing a haircut/fade/taper on curly/kinky hair do you pick out the top before you start shaping and cutting it? Thanks

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carlos alvys: 2:24 Does anybody knows what she uses in her hair? looks amazing!

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Eduardo Haro Productions: why can't my barber ask questions like this man right here? I always have to go in high detail how I want mine

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Наско Караколев: Imagine having the guard lengths in cm - 3, 6, 9, 12... mind blowing

just_matt: I've been rocking a high top fade for 2 years now. I don't have my hair that high though. Maybe like 2-3 inches shorter.

J E: I usually just get my head shaved with a number 2 or 1 guard. Easy to maintain.

J W: having this guy cut my hair would cure my depression

BBall Enthusiast: Fade 5,6 and 9 are legit fire and this guy is really sweet and cool

eric englund: lets say I do a high fade that begins with clipper 2, and I want the neck line and sideburns to be a fade. Would this haircut be called a taper fade or high fade?

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Kenbea Walker: You know he a real barber when he called buddy Victor Cruz. Haha.

Mus Ames: You can tell some of them didn’t even like their haircut

Kel Beverley: I'm still trying to figure out why they call him the fade king? I've definitely seen better fades.

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Abdi: Perfect time to choose my kind of hair great job YouTube.

A Hernández: You Sir are a master craftsman.

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Marcos Martell: its always the dudes that be calling themselves master barbers that are the worst‍♂️

XV: 9:34 adjustable clippers are to open and close the blade adjusting the hair’s LENGTH, not for hair texture!! ‍♂️

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Not Kiera: Faheem is so polite and well spoken, like I’m sold and I’m a female with no intentions of a haircut

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xhujles: If I ever go to Philly I definitely am going to make a visit to Faheem

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