Build A Bob - Interactive Cutting With Blake Reed Evans

So today we have blake reed evans with us and blake is a stylist he's a color specialist, a social media expert. He is a salon owner at sheer art salon and of course he is a zombie ambassador. He has a very passionate and creative meets precision. Kind of style to him in the hair that he does and the way that he teach so please in the comments. Let'S welcome, blakery devins. What'S up andrew, hey everyone, i'm so happy to have you here my friend we're excited to see some bob action yeah thanks! So much i'm so excited that to be here with all of you, so how many of you have ever like had a guess. They bring in a picture of a bob and they're, like i kind of want this, but like do whatever you want like give us some hearts into the chat, if you've ever been there or throw some heart emojis that way, um, because i know i've been there Too, where it's just like they're, like you kind of, have free reign, like i kind of want it here, but have some fun with it. So what you and i are gon na do - is we're gon na have a super interactive class. So um, i don't know about you but um. I grew up reading these choose your own adventure books like i love them like a hearty boys version, goosebump books and things like that, and these books, you would you know, get to page 13 and then they would say you know, turn um right around the corner And turn to page 86, or if you want to turn left, then you're going to turn to page 72 and that would craft your story. That'S exactly. What we are going to be doing today is choosing our own adventure so um. While we continue talking to each other, we need to have our first decision we're cutting a bob. So i need to know from you: are we going to be cutting our bob to the shoulders or would we like it just beneath the chin? So let me know in the chat, chat below shoulders or chin shoulders or chin, go ahead and drop that into the child. To let us know where we're going to be cutting this because you're going to choose the adventure of where we're going um. So what we've done now is gotten this mannequin prepped and it is like 90 of the way dry, most of it's done with air drying. But one of my favorite things to do in dry cutting really is to see the hair and it's somewhat natural texture with a little bit of root control, depending on how the guest wears it um. We got the mannequin prepped with redken acidic bonding, concentrate, leave-in and then also the quick blow-dry um if you've never used this before it like speeds up your blow-dry and it smells amazing um. So that's what the mannequin is prepped with, and it's really important to make sure that you prep your product or your hair and your canvas with product so that um, the hair, does the things that you need it to do in addition to the shears. So, let's see where we're going to take it, it looks like we are going to be taking it to the chin. So that's what we're going to first determine is the length of where we're going to cut this. So what we're going to do first is we're going to isolate the fringe area so that we can decide what to do with that later. So i want you all to start thinking about what are we going to do to the fringe a little bit later, so we're going to get that section out and isolating the fringe, and the reason why we're isolating the fringe is because we are deciding a little Bit later, what that's going to look like - and i don't want it to get in the way of what we're cutting so we're going to come in, put a clip up. So it's out of her way and then now we're going to take it to the chin. Now, what i'm realizing here is that this is a lot of hair to cut, so i'm going to need a big shear to do it, but we're still going to break this down into um sections so that we can make sure that we get a nice precise Result so we're taking it to the chin, so we're definitely going to get that length going while we're getting that going. I need to know from you: do you want the perimeter or the edges of the haircut to be blunt or softly, textured so write that into the chat, blunt or softly textured, because we're definitely taking this to the chin. So that means that the length is going to come here. Do you want it blunt or softly textured, while that's getting ready to come on we're going to be using our samvia 7-inch dry, cutting shears and my personal favorite is having a swivel. I'M obsessed with these shears, it has a offset thumb, so it's just really comfortable for your use and then, as you move and groove through the hair, you can see that the swivel is moving with your hands. So it's all about um, making sure that we are preserving our mist andrew - and i were talking earlier about, like you know, have you ever ever used a forward set thumb and at this point in my career it's been, i think, nine years or ten years of Using zamvia shears and every time i use a sheer that's not offset like my wrist hurts immediately, which i know it's good for some people, but my wrists love a offset thumb and then definitely a swivel as well. So it looks like we have blonde softly textured. Oh, it is actually okay, so thanks brittany, for that, you just helped be the tiebreaker we're going to do some soft texture. So what we're going to do first is we're going to help create some texture within the interior of the shape, so we're going to come in and we are going to make sure that we get a little bit more texture. So we're going to use the wide side of the comb and we're going to elevate the section up horizontally and what we're going to come through and do is we're going to take our shear and we're going to cut at a 45 degree angle to help create Texture, but to make sure that we maintain tension, we're only cutting between here so now we're going to come in with our wide side tooth. The reason why we're using a white side tooth is that it actually helps promote more texture, because it's not perfectly gathering all the hair together in the way that a fine, fine side of the comb would do now. We'Re going to go ahead and take that and drop it down. Don'T worry we're going to go ahead and take some length off in a second, but the reason why we're going through and doing layering first is because how many of you have ever cut the perimeter. First then layered it and then had to re-cut the perimeter before give us some hearts if you've been there before, because totally been there too. So the reason why we're doing that is layers. First then, perimeter is just so that you only have to cut the perimeter once so we're going to come in wide side of the comb now because of where we are in the head form we're going to come in and we are going to swing out ever So slightly, what that's going to do is going to help preserve weight in length in the corners there, so that we're not cutting the corners off of our bob. So we're coming in horizontally, elevating everything and knocking some length off now. What'S cool? Is that there's a lot of hair flying right now, but look how much length is still preserved on where we are. So, although we're taking a lot of length off, there's still some some layers left behind so now we're going to go ahead and cut this next corner. We are going to come in with the wide side of the tooth to help create more texture. So it's not so perfect. We are going to swing out ever so slightly and then we are going to cut in at a 45 degree angle and doing some notching so that there is a lot of texture being cut. So you can see this. This is the hair in its natural fashion. You can see the the beautiful texture that's already happening, but now we need to go in and cut the length, so we're going to go ahead and ask our guests to lean their head forward. This helps make sure that the hair, whenever you lift back up, doesn't come poking out. So now we're gon na come in and actually we're gon na. Take the fine side of the comb just to really help gather the hair and then we're going to come in and notch underneath. So this is with zero elevation. Now we're dealing with dry hair here, so you may need to go in and fix some imperfections and that's totally. Okay, um, i'm a huge fan of dry cutting, give us some hearts. If you um love, love, dry, cutting and with that comes the necessary task of triple checking your work and notice, i said triple checking not double checking and the big thing to realize with that is because, when the hair is dry, it is less precise. So it's just it's okay, and what we're doing is we're just knocking off some length making sure that the texture is still preserved in the perimeter. I am a huge fan of dry cutting, so now you'll be able to see it in this direction. We'Re going to come in and then all we're doing is with a fine side two for the comb, then we're gon na take our shear and press it against the hair or neck, and what that's doing is it's pushing it into zero elevation. Now, there's a little argument that can be made that, because the hair is expanding, it's not true zero elevation and that's totally okay, because you're right there might be a little bit of graduation or layers that might happen and we're gon na come through point cut and Then double check for precision, although this is supposed to be a natural looking textured haircut, we still want to make sure that it's good to go now because of where we are in the hair. Perfect um carrie people look at me the same way whenever i say dry cutting is my favorite. I'M a huge fan of making sure that the haircut fits the lifestyle of the guest and if their hair is being cut dry, you can see their natural texture and the way that the hair moves. My favorite way - and this is a big hot tip - is to request your guests to come in with their hair style. The way they do majority of the time notice. How i said majority of the time - and the big reason is because you know your guests are like well. You know i straighten my hair. You know twice a month for a date night and it's like okay cool, but if you're wearing your hair, like wavy curly the rest of the time. That'S how i want to see your hair like i'll, make sure it looks good whenever you straighten your hair. But i also really want to make sure that it fits your day-to-day lifestyle. So that's why i'm a huge fan of dry cutting personally and then now, i'm just going through with my zambia, sleeker iron, just to help make sure that we can see it when it is straight. Is there any little imperfections that we need to clean up, and the answer is yes, which is totally fine um? I had a really great class, the other day with um sarah brama, an amazing redken artist, and she says um. You know we're so scared of being imperfect in front of our guests that we are, we don't fix the mistakes that we make whenever we're working on them and that's the big thing is: don't be afraid to fix the mistakes, because i think it's more important for Us to fix them, while they're here versus waiting for them to find out or praying that they won't find out or find them. So now that we've done that in the nape area, um totally most, my guests are ponytails stacy. I feel that too. I'M always like: are you wearing your ponytail every day, or are you doing it like when you go to you know pilates three times a week cause that that's what i really need to know so now what if you're you're noticing is that we're cutting dry, but The hair still has a little bit of dampness to it um and it's just to make sure that the texture stays there. I didn't do a perfect blow dry, but the um clips that i'm using is the same via section clips and they have this little rubber part to it so that they don't leave a dent in the hair. So when you're cutting dry hair, you can see that there's really not a dent there at all and that's because of that clip. So that's the reason i mean i go through these clips, like crazy um they're, my favorite clips i've ever ever ever used um. So you'll see me using these most of the time. So now, what we're doing is just combing the hair back into natural foam. So here's another tip for you when you're trying to get the hair into natural fall to where it truly truly lives. Is i want you to take the white side of your comb and you're going to comb in one direction, you're going to comb in the other direction and then you're going to comb down and what that does is it helps get any of those tangles out and Anything that might be catching the hair. So it's one of the big big important things to do now: we're going to come through and we're going to take a section in the back of the head and it's going to be a horizontal section. That goes from top of ear to top of ear, and this is beneficial for us to work in sections just so that we have some precision to what we are doing now. I want to know from you: do you want a solid straight bob, or do you want a soft angle so type into the chat, soft angle or straight across bob? Because right now we definitely decided chen about chin length. We decided some texture and perfect, so we're gon na go through and we are doing some soft texture already. But now i want to know from you. What are we going to be doing here? Perfect, solid straight straight across nice? I, like your style, everybody, so we're going to have a nice straight across chin length, bob that has some soft texture in the bottom. So what we're going to be doing here now is a technique that is considered a soft undercut. It'S considered a soft undercut, so we may need to go back in and take a little bit more length off, that's okay and in the soft undercut. What we are going to do is see where our base um, the underneath section, is and where the length is. That'S going to be our guide and what we're going to do is we're going to come in we're going to slide a quarter inch past where that guide is so i'm going to show it to you from that direction, first side profile and then now you can See it from the back: let's go ahead and come just a little bit closer so that you can see and i'm using the wide side of the comb and i'm not pushing it against the head, because it's going to help create graduation or more texture within the Shape so we're going to come in here and now i want to make sure that we preserve just a little bit of length in the front, so i'm going to actually take my white side of the comb. I'M going to take tension with my fingers for the first time, but what i'm going to do - and i want you all to pay attention to this part of it is - did you notice that and what that's doing is less loosening up the tension that i have On the hair, so that this still stays like natural and and um very loose, so that we have a texture to the bottom, even though we're going straight across so this is considered a soft undercut. The reason why it's considered a soft undercut is, if you notice you have your length underneath and then the hair is going to fall just ever so slightly longer than the section underneath what is happening here is you have texture underneath or you have a length underneath More length on top and what ends up happening is that this hair will be able to tuck under this hair so that you'll have a really nice bevel. Whenever you style the hair with a round brush or a flat iron. And when it's straight, you get more movement and texture. This is a technique that is amazing for super thick hair. Um, perfect rhonda says that her heart is beating that she feels like uh, that you'll pass out trying this on a mannequin. It'S all good um! That'S what mannequins are for she's, not gon na leave a bad yelp review if she hates it. It'S fine um. If she does leave a bad yelp review, i'm gon na have to call my therapist, because um i'm gon na have some some challenges. But what we're gon na do here is the same on the opposite side, white side of the tooth of the comb and then we're gon na come through and we're going to loosen up a little bit and then now we're just going to cut our length and The reason why we're doing slight over direction in this section that we are just doing is so that we preserve weight length in the corners so that when they come up, it visually looks like one length, but technically it's a little bit longer on the sides. But everyone type that's okay, because it is all about visual balance, not technical balance, and this is something that took me forever to wrap. My head around is visually. It looks one length which is all that matters, but technically it's a little bit longer on the sides. The reason why is because the hair grows so much further back here in the back of the head than it does up front, because the hairline goes so much further down up here. The hairline goes so far up. So it's really easy to make the hair look shorter because there's just not as much density there. So if we can go through and eliminate a little bit of density in the back so visually it looks a little bit lighter you'll be you'll, be good to go. So now we've established that now, let's double check for precision and we're going to come through with our iron, and we are going to flat iron this in place. Now, if you've never used this iron, it's my favorite iron to create bevels and waves, and things like that in the hair. So you can see that it's curved on the edges, and that means that when you go into flat iron, the hair, it's not going to leave any like dents or bumps, or anything like that, like i said it's great for leaving um waves into the hair too. So we're going to come in go through now we're just doing this to really double check for precision, to make sure that it looks good when it's straight too, because even though this person may wear wavy or air dry or things like that, we want to double Check for that now, what i want you to see, though, is that yes, it is straight across, but there is some soft texture that is happening when the hair elevates and that's the benefit of us doing some low elevation. Whenever we're doing this is now we're getting expansion outward. The other reason why this is getting so much expansion is because of the horizontal sections that we are taking. How much longer are you leaving that section? Do you have kind of a guide of how much absolutely so? I traditionally in most in most cases. Thank you andrew for that question. It'S a great question. Um, a quarter of an inch is typically about how long i'll leave it and that's because that so the guest doesn't freak out about it being shorter. Underneath, but don't get me wrong. There are totally people where we can leave it even um, more dramatic and that's the denser, the hair, the more dramatic you can leave it. That'S a great question. So now we're going through and we're finishing up the back of the head. We'Re going to have our guests lean forward one more time and we're going to take the wide side tooth of the comb, and we are going to double check our section and we're going to drop that again about a quarter inch down and cut. So i want you a while to take a deep breath. It'S going to be good and visually. How much longer are we taking about in between? I love that that is a great question um and the other thing too is visual when you're trying to create visual balance um. The other thing that you can do too is just sometimes you have to cut it twice like. I am always team cut it twice. So it's perfect versus cutting it too short and being like. Oh it'll, grow out. You know um. So what we're doing in the corners here is, if this is what you're referring to uh is when you take your comb and you're working within this corner area, you can take your comb and then you're going to swing it out ever so slightly. What that does, is it just creates a little bit more length on that opposite side and we're going through and taking length off, not cutting past that second knuckle as much as possible, so that we don't cut ourselves. But you can see that you're getting just a little bit more length in that opposite direction and we're going to repeat this on the opposite side. Now i don't know about you, but we need to go through and create texture on the back of this haircut, because the hair is just so dense. So what i want to know from all of you is, do you want to go through and do texturizing with a traditional shear, or do you want to see the point cutting shear from samvia? So let us know in the chat: do you want us to do it with a traditional shear, or do you want us to do it with a point cutting shear from we? Can we can do one or the other go ahead and let us know into the chat while we go through and just bevel this hair out to make sure that we're checking for accuracy within the haircut perfect, hi bangladesh. I'M glad that you're here perfect see the new sheer point cutting share. Yes, okay, your people. After my own heart, this is my new favorite addition to my sheer collection. Is the 14 teeth point cutting shear and i'm so excited for you all to see this once we get this bubbled out so that we can continue working gon na come in get this bubbled out, because you said that you wanted some texture, oh and i see A hair that needs to be fixed, that's the thing! Oh, you can see it right there right there and then and it's okay, we're gon na come in bye here there you go so the benefits of doing the soft undercut you can already see. It is that it's shorter underneath longer on top, but it's not like um dramatic, because we only dropped it a quarter of an inch between each of the sections. Now, what we're going to do is we're going to make sure that this collapses inward just a little bit more, so we're going to take another section, perfect rhonda says i'm going down. Could you bring her back in the center of the screen just a little bit? Blake absolutely perfect! Is that better? Yes, sir perfect now what we're going to do is come in with our point cutting shear and then we are going to help create even more texture within the section. So we're gon na take a horizontal section. It'S about a inch thick and what we're gon na do is we're gon na come in and we're going to notch at a diagonal and we're going to extract weight. So what i love about these shears is: it doesn't really snag on the hair at all um, because of the way that it's cutting the hair and it's cutting on the inside of the circles here and then we're going to cut that down. So what that does is it helps give us some more texture and movement within the haircut and we're going to come in again wide side of the comb. I'M going to show you now from a angle that you would be cutting it out, we're going to come in cut out an angle and we're just going to extract weight. This is also the importance of making sure that we are prepping the mannequin or i'm not making the client really the client with the right product so that when we cut in or cutting the hair dry, let our shears glide through we don't dull our shears out Too much um and that's all in the prep of the haircut so we're coming through and doing some weight extraction to make sure that we get a little bit of texture happening through there. These shears are like my two go-to, like i've used them more than anything, is these point cutting shears and then the seven inch swivel dry, cutting shears, what's really cool right now is i wish i got this deal is when you buy a shear um? That'S not an essential series here. So any anything else you'll get this year. You'Ll get a texture shear for free. Is that right, andrew? That'S, right: okay, perfume, hey um missy's asking! Can we see what it would look like with traditional with a with a traditional point? Cut absolutely also - and i'm just going to give you a couple questions here - that you can probably address all together, but she wants to see what it looks like with the traditional sheer rhonda is asking when you were cutting into it. Was that not too far into the hair shaft, so you know kind of talking about the distance that you're cutting yeah. That'S great great questions, everybody! So when we're cutting the hair, there's three zones that you want to be cutting in, if you cut towards the scalp ronda you're, totally right, that's considered like a no-no zone in terms of cutting, unless you want expansion or for the hair to really like float off Of the head at all times, because there's gon na be short little hairs in there for most guests. We avoid that area unless they're looking for like a really melody shag - or i guess i might want a lot more volume in the crown, but where i traditionally cut - is from the mids to the ends of the hair, and what that does is that's where we Get a lot of um mobility within the hair and that's also where we get a lot of texture within the hair. So if you keep it from the mids or the ends, you'll be good to go. The no-no zone is like in that first third of the hair um to go for it now for friends, i wanted to see the traditional shear. What you can do is come in and take your shear. Let'S go this way and you're going to cut in, but when you cut in you're, going to cut your weight out so that you don't cut yourself, do not cut yourself so you're going to come in and you're going to just slightly remove weight. That'S option! One option two is when you cut it: come in you're gon na come in and you're going to slightly close the shear as you're working, and that is also your your other option. So you're going to come in and you can just lightly remove weight through the hair so that those are your options. So now we're going to come in drop down this final section and then we're going to see a little bit more weight that needs to be removed. So let's go ahead and do it with the shear, because it's already in my hand. So what i'm checking for is, okay, that looks good in the mirror and then now i'm going to come in and i'm going to just remove a little bit of weight through the tips of the hair and that's just going to help make sure that it lays A little bit flatter when you're taking a lot of length off this is another tip for you. I want you to write this down if you're, taking notes whenever you're cutting a lot of hair off, because right now there is a lot of hair that we've cut off. You need to cut the hair to look like it's always been that length. You need to cut the hair like it's always been that length, so that means that naturally, hair gets a little bit thinner towards the end. Sometimes you have to build that in unless someone's looking for a super structured, strong, strong shape, so you're going to go in and you're going to remove a little bit of weight, at least towards the tips of the hair, so that it looks like it's always been That length and it looks natural and lived in now - this isn't a always situation, but if you have guests that are like the haircut just looks too intense, this is a really quick and easy easy fix. Um hi twyla, i'm so excited that you're here. So now that we've done the back now, we need to be able to move to the sides now you've all voted on. We are doing a round chin length. We are doing some soft texture towards the ends. We just did some texturizing. Actually, both you chose both. So we did it with regular shear and the 14 um teeth point cutting shear so now we're moving into the side. So what we're going to do now is play connect the dots, we're going to take our section here and we're going to clean it up ever so slightly moving into the side of the head, making sure that their head is perfectly straight um. You know your guests that are wobbly, you can say, listen if you want to be wobbly, you're, going to run the risk of your haircut being uneven. Usually they sit right up so you'll be you'll, be good to go now when we're deciding the length here, we're just going to match to that second layer that we had underneath so not the bottom layer but the second layer, and then it's just because the area That we're on the head so now we're going through and doing point cutting i'm still using the wide side of the comb so that it's not super super tight tension. But now that we're moving towards the around the face we're going to create a little bit of over direction. So what i want you to pay attention to is how the hair on the hairline is moving just to the ear area. So what this is totally going to do is going to create a little bit of angle to the haircut. But what that's going to do is going to leave the weight, that's necessary to make sure that visually. It looks balanced so make sure that you write that into the chat visually balance. Visually balanced, visual balance is different than technical balance and the reason why you want to do this is so that when you have the hair on the sides, because remember there's less hair here, there's not as much density, there's a lot more density here. So this is why a lot of the times in the back of a haircut, it can look longer than it does in the front, and this really has to do with the density of the hair that you are working with. So we're going to come in and flat iron just to check for balance, although we want this to be textured and everything like that, we just want to make sure that visually. It looks like it's one length, but technically it's a little bit longer in the front, but it's it's okay, because it's all about visual balance. So i love that you're all typing, that in there now we're gon na come in and we're gon na use our 14 teeth point cutting shear and we're just gon na remove a little bit of weight just to make sure that there's just a little bit of Texture happening towards the end so that it can match what you all decided on. What we're doing with the bob now same thing for over here we're going to come in we're going to over direct the hair a little bit and we are going to remove the weight. So i'm going to bring this a little bit closer. So you all can see really the beautiful texture that it does there. Now i live in florida, where hair gets frizzy really easily, so texture shears are not typically something that we like to use down here, because the shorter hair will shrink up and make the hair frizzy. What i found is with these shears. That'S not a problem because it cuts on the inside of each of the the circles so that it leaves softer cuts so that the hair doesn't get quite as frizzy. It'S a game changer in terms of um. It'S a game changer in terms of what we are. What we are doing perfect and let's double check through there. I think that that looks good. I think we can clean that up. Visual balance, absolutely so we're going to come in and cut to make sure that we are good to go yeah visual balance, so we're going to double check this and you can see here it has this lovely shape to it, but it's just slightly longer in the Front and that's okay, because we want to make sure that it's visually balanced, we're going to come in drop that down so that we can cut the perimeter. So we're going to cut this down one more time and cut across to give a soft blunt line and just remember over direct ever so slightly around the front to make sure that it stays visually balanced. Now, what we're going through and doing is switching between shears we're totally styling the hair as we're cutting it, and that is just to help save time. My friends, because haircuts totally take time, particularly when you're cutting as much length off as we are so think about ways that you can style the hair while you're cutting it at the same time to help save time so that you don't have to go through and Cut it once then style it and then go back through and cut it a second time. You can do everything in one harmonious movement by styling and cutting at the same time, so that you will be able to save your guess time, but also save yourself time. While you are working and we're just coming through just beveling the ends under a little bit and we're just checking for precision, you know it's not supposed to be perfect, because if it's supposed to be perfect, that would be like a precision haircut that we would be Doing and in this situation we're not necessarily doing a precision haircut, we want it to be somewhat natural and have some texture and movement to it, but visually we want it to be balanced at the same time. So we're going to come through and check. We'Ve got our guests here, but do you all see here how now it looks like a one length bob, but when you hold down your sections, this is going to be a little bit longer towards the front so that visually it's balanced but visually. It looks one length but technically, if you really get down to it, it's a little bit longer in the front perfect. So now what we're going to do is we're going to switch to the other side. What i want you all to start thinking about um is what we want to do with the fringe. Do we want a straight across fringe? Do we want no fringe, or do we want a curtain fringe so start thinking about it? Now? Barbara has a really great question. Oh i i love andrew whenever you pop up um. Is it bad that i, like the 5.5 inch scissors, i have small hands and cut myself if i use a six inch or larger shear barb use what you love. You know. I just love that you are putting thought into the sheer that you are using and then you've tried other shears, so everyone can barf some hearts because i think so many of us as stylists we get so wrapped up in like this is the sheer that i Use - and i use this sheer all the time - and this is the only sheer that i'm going to use, but i love barb that you said you know what i know that there are other shears out there. Let me try, but i tend to cut myself a little bit because of my small hands. It'S all good, like use the shears that work for you. I have an array of shears. I personally love the seven inch dry, cutting shears um, but i also have shorter shears, so you can see. I have um all the way down to this length and i love it for um precision and but it's all good. I love that. You have that perfect. So now what we're going to go through and do is come in and we're gon na over direct ever so slightly and we're going to create a little bit more length in the front so that it's visually balanced. Even though technically it's not, and it's okay and we're point cutting there and then we're going to flat iron to get into it. So i see it looks like we are definitely going to be doing a curtain fringe when we could get to the front um. Give yourself some hearts while, while we're getting this straightened out and actually what i'm going to do, is i'm not going to do as any texturizing on this side? So you can see the difference in how the hair lays without any texturizing, so we're going to come in and drop the length down and now we're getting into salon speed while we're cutting so that we can get to the fringe area. Because you know that's like the best, it's like um dessert in a haircut. It'S like saving the best for last, so we're gon na come in and make sure that we're taking our length off and that it matches up to that back layer. We'Re going to come in drop in and we're going to cut biggest thing is to make sure that when you're cutting you cut from the between here - and here don't cut past. That second knuckle, because that's when you cut yourself, so we really want to make sure that you avoid it and coming in through this final section here and we're going to cut it. So now we're going to double check to make sure that we are beveled underneath so that we can finally get to the best part, which is the fringe using my sandia sleeker and just i love it, because it just helps bevel the hair under so lovely and We'Re gon na come in and bevel the hair, and now this is the part that we just need to double check, and i can see that there might be something that needs to be fixed. So what i see through the front here is that it does get visually longer too. So that means that i over direct it just a little too much. So all i need to do is soften my over direction and take that corner off so that it stays more visually balanced. Instead of visually longer in the front, we're gon na come in and cut and listen, there's nothing wrong with like making adjustments to haircuts as you're doing it, because it's better for us to be able to do that. While we are working now. What i can see here is that it's totally longer so i'm gon na go in and cut it, and sometimes that's the issue whenever we are are cutting and that's okay. The reason why it ends up longer on one side is traditionally either body position or finger. Um angle, so it looks like my finger angle - is just a little much on this side, so we're just going to take a little bit more length off and it's totally okay, we're going to take just a little bit more length off in the corner and all Of you decided that we were going to do a curtain fringe, which i think is going to look so cool on this. This type of bob i'm going to cut just a little bit more length off and again we're just going with over direction just right above the ear, and that's my favorite sound as sounds of shears cutting and double checking that then we're going to bevel this down. To make sure that it looks beautiful so now we're going to move into the fringe area, which we already have sectioned out. That is a section from the corner of the eye to the top of the head and the other corner of the eye to the top of the head. So now what we can do is comb this hair down to see what we are working with and now we need to determine the length of where we're going to go. So do we want to go to the bridge of the nose or the tip of the nose? So it's a side bridge of the nose. So you can type bridge or tip of the nose for tip so bridge of the nose or tip of the nose perfect and we'll go with the majority in this section. So when you're, finding your fringe, all you need to do is corner the eye rock that comb back so that you can find the section of where you're going. Then you can take your comb in the center to see where it lifts off the head. That'S going to be considered your fringe area, so we're going to get that hair out of the way that is not part of the fringe area so that we can cut a beautiful fringe perfect. So it looks like we're going to go to the tip of the nose. I like that, that's what i was secretly hoping you would all choose, but it's it's totally up to you. So what i want you to do here is just decide where you want the length to be for your shortest piece, so we're going to come in to the tip of the nose, and the big thing is, if you notice is we're working towards the tip of The nose we're using the wide side of the comb and then with our fingers, even though we need the tension from our fingers, we're going to come in and pop that, so that we do not cut it too short. Another thing that you can do too is actually make this a little shorter is when we cut it, you can just cut it with no tension at all. So that's exactly a great way to make sure that there's no tension, so it doesn't get too short. So now, what we're going to do is we're going to take a vertical section within the area that we are working and we are going to lift off the section. Now i'm going to take the fine side of the comb and i'm going to lift off and then i'm going to cut to wherever that shortest piece is so right. Now i can see that shortest piece is starting to pop through and i'm gon na come in and rhonda hold your breath. I'M gon na cut it and perfect, so we're gon na come in and we are going to come in and create an angle. Now, what i want you to pay attention to is the angle that we have going on and we're going to take another vertical section borrow from the center and we're going to over direct. So for you to see it from a front angle. You'Re going to come and you're going to over direct, but now there's going to be a angle to how we're doing this so we're going to come in more to the side and we're going to come up. I created some tangles in the hair perfect so again coming through and what we're doing is the weight is going to be on top. So it's going to help these tuck under ever so slightly rhonda hold your breath. It'S okay! It'S a mannequin she's! Not going to leave a bad yelp review, but what it's doing is it's creating weight length in the opposite direction so that you get the curtain vibe to a curtain. Bang come in one more time, comb and now you're sitting here. Thinking like blake, you better be adding some texture to this. You totally. Can i just wanted to do that, because i knew that rhonda would like feel like she's gon na pass out from watching a haircut. It'S all good. So what you can do now is take your your point: cutting shear and you're gon na alleviate weight in the center of this shape, so you're going to come in and just towards the tips of the hair you're going to alleviate some weight, but leaving the top Layer alone, so that's the most important thing is to make sure that you're going to leave the top alone. The reason why you want to do that that this is the weight that's going to make the curtain banks tuck under. So you don't want to mess with that, but the interior, the hair, underneath totally fair game for us to go through and make that tuck under and we're going to come through and again leaving that top section out out, i'm going to get a little bit closer. So you can see that top section we don't want to cut, but the underneath fair game we're going to go through and remove some weight to make sure that it has more free flowing movement to it and we're going to repeat on the other side. So, in conclusion, with everything that we've done in terms of cutting is that we've gone in and you all decided either uh shoulder length or chin length. You went for just below chin length, then you decided. Do you want it to be blunt? Or do you want to have some soft texture? You chose soft texture, then you chose and we're going to texturize with shears, or are we going to texturize with blending shears and you chose both. So we did both and then you decided that it was going to be a more blunt cut, um versus or more straight across bob than a bob that is angled, but the tip there was still to make sure that there was some visual angling happening. So you can see the angle that we're doing here with the curtain fringe and then now we're coming in and we're beveling so that this tucks under a little bit more we're gon na drop our length down and then now you can even see the difference. And this side has texturizing to it, so it has just a little bit more expansion to it. This side doesn't have any texturizing done to it, so it's laying a little bit more flat to the head. Even if i push the hair up, it still stays a little bit flatter, and this is the bob that we are going to be working with i'm going to go in and add a little bit of texture spray. Just so, it looks a little bit more natural and lifted i'm using the triple dry from redkin, but what i want you to do is if you're, like wow, i really like working with multiple shears. I need to make an investment like now's, the time um you can head over to sandia.com and we have our promo going on right now, where you can get a sheer bioshear and then you get a texture shear for free um. You can use any shear length that you want to get um, but this is what we're working with and then we're just going to add a little bit of texture to the shape by just adding some waves to it. To give it a nice like instagram or tiktok, finish um perfect. So what we're going to go through and do is create some angles with waves um. This is like lived in waves, so we're just coming in and taking our iron and we're doing three quarters of a rotation to one side and then three quarters of rotation to the other side. And this is what's considered, like lazy lazy waves and it's just so that it has like a really nice finish now, um, if we've never connected before on social media, go ahead and give me a follow. It'S at lake reed, evans on tiktok and also on instagram, and also make sure that, if you're, not following sam via on instagram or tick tock, because obviously you're following us on facebook or youtube or on our email list, make sure you give us a follow there Too so we're just going through and just creating a little bit of styling texture using the sleeker and helping break that up so that you get a really nice bob finish perfect, and i love that um ron. I'M sitting here like bringing the hair down and right in front of my hand, half turn coming with my left hand and turned away. I love that. I love that so much yeah. I love that you're playing along with it. Thank you all so much for tuning. In with everything that we're doing um, if you want to see some final images of this haircut, um make sure that you head over to instagram and see the story there and um thanks so much for having me and it's just really um. It was really awesome to be able to hang out with all of you and create a bob together is the first time i've ever done an interactive cutting class like this before and it's it's really cool the results that we're getting. I remember those choose your own adventure, uh books and i always loved those. We would have those um bookstore days in elementary school, where they'd set up the books or out in the lobby and i'd always do the choose your own adventure. So i was really excited when you brought that up yeah, i'm like i just you know as an educator always like thinking about it and, like i don't know, i had like this dream daydream. One time of like wow choose your adventure. How can i incorporate that into education because i'm so nerdy when it comes to stuff like that, and i was like we can do that on the live, because that's the best place to to be able to do that. Absolutely well great education. Today, lots of great tips and tricks - and i love how you kind of did two different sides for us to give us different examples of how you could approach this particular haircut. Great education, as always, and thank you so much for joining us blake. Thank you. So much andrew, thank you. Everyone for for tuning in and you'll see the final results on instagram stories. Awesome.