How To: Cut A Basic Square Layered Haircut | Hair Tutorial
- Posted on 10 August, 2020
- Hair Knowledge
- By Anonymous
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What'S up guys welcome to today's video today we're gon na be cutting a square layered haircut, it's gon na be super fun. I'M gon na walk you guys through it step by step uh. So if you have any questions post, those in the comments below uh sectioning is pretty simple. It'S a basic four quadrant, so we go right down the center down center back and then we split it at the division point right behind the ear and then i start by taking my sections vertical in the back from occipital bone down, and i pull that straight Out from the head now, the goal with cutting a square shape is to make sure that everything comes directly out uh and you work with the traveling guide across. So even though we're cutting vertical. When i look at this line horizontal that i'm creating when i get done, cutting the back of this head, uh i'll see a nice horizontal square, balanced line in the back of the head. So, just bringing everything through i'll take about a half inch section, pull that in i'll take half of the hair that i cut previously as a guideline, so you'll see it coming through there. You can see that line right around my fingers and then i bring the new hair to it and i cut it. Then i grab a little bit of that old hair a little bit of new hair and then keep bringing it out. Now, when i get behind the ear, this is where you want to make sure to keep this square. You don't want to round off the corner, you'll see how i'm showing that there you don't want to round the corner. You want to bring everything straight back, pretend like you're in a box like you, couldn't go over any further, just bring it straight back and cut it. Now, i'm going to do the same thing on the opposite side, you'll notice. Now my fingers are pointing up towards the sky. What that does is it allows me uh to comb the hair towards the guideline, so i shift my hand position so now, i'm scooping the hair pulling the new hair towards the guide, so i'll grab make sure you get a clean guide in there pulling it out Straight cutting the line. Okay, now you take a look at it horizontally. You see that nice balance line happening in the back. That'S how you cross check it. So if you cut it vertically check it horizontally, if you cut it diagonal forward, you would check it diagonal back. Just do the opposite of whatever you did to cross check. It make sure your shape looks right. Now i take a little bit more hair notice. I didn't go all the way up the section, i'm going to cut that a little bit different head, the head shape, curves up and away. So what i do is i just take a little bit at a time. This is coming straight back. Staying in that square fashion, but i just pull everything straight back to me and cut it - use that traveling guide as i round that corner still bringing everything back to my body and cutting it do okay. Now i'm going to move to the opposite side, so i'm going to cut this section in half you'll see right at the crown area where the head starts to round up. I section that off clip it away and i'm going to work the top crown area a little bit different than i work this side section. So just be aware of that. So let me finish off this mid section here and just keep cutting that square line. Working a traveling guide all the way over to behind the ear, alright guys. So, as i finish up that side now, what i'm going to do is i'm going to work into the top crown area. That'S still going to continue to be a traveling guide but notice. My elevation is much higher as i work into the crown because of the way the head curves up and over. So what i'm really doing is mimicking a 90 degrees straight out from the head shape, but still continuing to over direct it straight back, um parallel. Creating that horizontal line, keeping this haircut nice and balanced so really it's straight up from the head until i get to that side area uh, which i'll do on this side as well um. So i work my way across traveling so grabbing a little bit of the old bringing it to the new just so that i keep that guy consistent and i work my way across the head and then, when i get right behind the ear. That'S getting over directed straight back to me to keep it in that square box in the back, so see how i'm not over, directing it to the center. It'S just straight off of the head, uh straight back all right! So now we're gon na move into the side of the head. We'Re gon na break this into two parts, so we're gon na have a top and a bottom. I'M gon na cut it at the parietal ridge right here and then i'm gon na section. That top part away, and we will work on that later um - our horizontal line - is now gon na shift, so our fingers should be parallel to that parting. We cut our baseline and now i'm gon na elevate everything. So we cut our line and then we layer it from that line up so we're just creating layers following that horizontal line on the side of the head and just working our way, all the way through to the edge all right so now i'll check that horizontally. So we should see a nice straight line when we pull it out and now we're going to work to round the head shape, but still continuing traveling guide all the way across the top of the head. I had somebody bring up the question the other day about traveling guides and if you're pulling the guide um pulling the hair to a guideline, then is it actually traveling? For me, i'm grabbing half of the guide and i'm pulling the new hair back to that then i grab half of that guide, so that creates a traveling guide throughout the top. If i was pulling it back to that exact section that i cut, then that would be a stationary guide. So it's really important to understand the difference between the two. If you want to travel across the head - and you want to have a guideline - you want to cut a straight uh line a balanced line. You need to grab just a tiny bit of it to use it as a guide and then grab your new hair. You don't want to grab too much new hair and then that'll create over direction and that'll mess up the shape in the end result. So i did the same thing on the left side, as i did on the right and now we're going to do the same thing on the top as we did uh before as well. I'M just going to continue across, but now this is a great view of it, allowing you to see how i travel so how i take a new hair and then i cut some of that old and i bring it up to that point, and i just continue That all the way across the top of the head to create that nice, balanced uh square effect all right. So now i just checked the balance in the front and we are ready to move on styling the first product, i'm choosing is joyco defy damage protective shield. Uh this guards against any thermal and uv damage, and then my second product choice is joyful, volumizing styler. This is gon na plump up the hair, make it nice and thick it's a gel and cream hybrid, which i love, and it also doesn't feel sticky in the hair. So that's one of my number one things when i look at volumizing products. I don't want them to be sticky, so i work the hair flat, wrap motion and then i go through and i iron it even though i want volume in this haircut um doesn't mean. I need it to be big right, so i wanted to plump up the hair, make it nice and full, but then i'm still smoothing it out, because i wanted to assess it. I want you guys to see the shape. I want you to see how it works and i do a little bit of slide cutting with my scissor as well. Remember if you guys are looking for tools check out freesalon education.com, our online shop for scissors combs clips. All of that last product i'm putting in is joyco k, pack protect and shine serum really, nice lightweight, shine serum. You can see how much shine is in the hair. Then we finish it off with a little bit of joy. Mist medium hold hairspray. Just to give us our final result, all right guys. So this is the deal. This is a basic haircut. This is a balanced haircut, very fundamental uh. Take all the other videos. You'Ve ever watched on free saw on education. Make sure you subscribe. You can use those other tools that we teach you to create an even more customized haircut for your clients, but i hope you guys enjoyed this video thanks for watching
Comments
Kayla Naclerio: Thank you for this tutorial! Just did this cut on my mother in law and she absolutely loved it! Very easy to follow and well explained :)
Bleus Chat: Matt is such an incredible instructor! I feel like I've been attending styling school. Now if I could just afford good scissors and about a dozen of these practice heads, sheltering at home would be a blast!
Damnedgirl: You make it look so easy!!! Love the end result of precise and controlled layering. The beauty of it is the fact that this haircut looks so good on many face shapes!!
Sandra Dummer: Hi Matt, love watching your video when I can, I’m a former cosmetologist, love learning what I may have missed in cosmetology school of cutting hair. To be a better at cutting hair, a person can’t no learn enough about any given career.
Christine mistretta: 1st The Cut was amazing!!! 2nd They way you explain every step is very easy to understand. So for Stylist just getting out of school or for us that need to Freshen up... can learn from you. 3rd. It's freaking awesome how down to earth you are. You give FREE Education to other's. Thank you!! Very talented...
The Thinker: Hey Matt, Thank you for sharing your knowledge! I am self taught through the Pivot Point Curriculum this was back 15 years ago (practiced on friends, family, and people I met). You do an amazing job with hair. And I understand the techniques and language you use. But what about simplifying it (showing different ways to where the 'cut') this might broaden your reach and perhaps get more viewers. (just a thought) :)
Nadine Hadley: Loved this!!! We will be watching and doing this haircut this week! Thank youuuuuu
Michelle Bell: I LOVEEE THIS HAIRCUT! It turned out so good!
Elizabeth Ruiz: So basic yet result is so beautiful! Love these type of cuts...gonna try this on myself
Katherine Flores: I love when you instruct the cutting tutorial! You're a great professional!
Cindy: Such a great video to watch. All the different angles give you a truer perspective of what he is doing. Thank you!
Gigi Banks: I cut a friend’s hair for the first time while watching this video. She loved it and her husband said she looked amazing! She usually spends $150.00 at her salon. She won’t spend that again
Johnna Oliver: Great tutorial! How do you know how many inches to trim off the top? How do you avoid cutting off too much so it won't look "choppy" or "mullety"?
Timmy2shoes: Yey! Thank you for sharing what you know. This reallynis convenient and helpful for starters. more love
Adrienne: ❤️ed this tutorial. Would you still trim the bottom of the hair first? Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us:)
LisaParisLohan: Thank you, thank you!!!! It was so nice of you to post this very thorough tutorial. It is such a lovely haircut. I adapted it to longer hair by taking off only about an inch, it really kicked up the natural waves. Your tip about cross-checking horizontally after each section was one of the most essential for me as it highlighted a couple of booboos I made and was able to correct. Many thanks from Lisa in New Jersey
Alt Olivia: Hey Mat, thanks for your videos I love them. Just one question, to what type of client would you cut square layers to? Someone with a round face?
Julian Hover: I love how you do this basic haircuts. You explain it so well, so that we can see, it is not rocket science, but pure knowledge of our work.
Luz mery Doncel Puentes: Muy lindo corte y fácil la técnica gracias por compartir
Lina Cristina Vargas Galeano: Me encanta me encanta excelente forma de mostrar la forma de corte
Emma Romero: Excelente explicación
Hance Jowo: What a beautiful result n easy to follow ... well done
Cecilia Aguiar: me encanto❤
Mike n’ Ike: When I was taught at Sassoon the sections were top, side/back and nape. Seemed easier to separate the back and crown initially instead of interrupting the flow of the cut.
Brandy Henson: Beautiful cut! Thanks for your education
Linda Shedden: Such perfection I love the way men cut hair I can never seem to find someone to cut my hair like this whenever I go to a salon they just cut the bottom of my hair where can I get a decent hair cut how much would it cost? thanks for a brilliant hair cut it looks amazing x
Zelda Hart: Love this cut
parvin zarrin: Thank yo sooo much what a great cut
Ronald Cheatham: Great content. Thanks. Love this. Keep it coming.
BBLUNT Education: Love your work! Thanks for the sharing. What a slick camera and studio set up you have. Maybe a video or some info on that set up would be something folks would be interested in?
Mónika Carranza: Muy bonito corte de cabello y excelente trabajo hicistegracias por compartir tu conosimiento.
Maria Flores: Perfecto and beautiful hair cut.
Wendy: Beautiful cut and style
Xochitl Contreras: Hermoso, excelente técnica y ejecución!!!! Muchas gracias!
Chista Design: God bless you for teaching this ❤️
Stella Landaburu: Sos un genio felicitaciones desde Argentina!!!!
Nontokoziso Fani: We need teachers like you❤
Magdalena Panes: Thank you so much once again for the tutorial.
Crystal: Can you incorporate a face frame into this haircut? Or a shorter side swept bang without messing the haircut up?
Dani Richey: I'm about 15 hours away from graduating cosmetology school and this was by far the best explanation/visual for me! Thank you so much for your videos! ❤️
martin frangella: Amazing like every time you do it ! It's a honor for me ! It would be a dream finally meet you. from Argentina.
Bebo Khan: Ending result are just wow Itsss easy to cutt too love that
marisol reyes: Love it
Ed Messier: I am obviously missing something in this tutorial! Matt obviously has selected an arbitrary length in the back for this haircut, but where does he get the guide for the sides and the top? How does he ensure the length will be the same? Nowhere is it shown how to obtain this guide to continue the haircut!
Amazing Mace TV: So helpful, thanks.
Sabine Bugatti: Love this Haircut ❤
Luann Nielson: Wow, I love the cut! You are the Best!
Syedarana Rizvi: Thank you this video is very helpful
Laura Braña: Thxs for sharing, I'm a beginner from Argentina. It's awesome your explanation!
Дмитрий Каждан: Молодец ❤️
Sergio Basconcelo: Beautiful wonderful basic square layered haircut
Allison Michelle: When would you use a square layer? Are there certain types of hair that this technique works better for!
Elvia Pulido: Lindooo
lucy Batoy: I like the techniques of your hair cut love it
Lina Cristina Vargas Galeano: Amo amo este corte que forma de jugar con el cabello y dejarlo bello
Eliz: Love your tutorials
Lina Cristina Vargas Galeano: Eres de lo mejor que he visto amo tu estilo
Izabela Magroun: Matt, hello you are incredible, your vidéos i love them. Thank you❤❤❤
sadia Hasnain: Hi Mashallah u doing very good And this hair cutting technique is uniform ❣
Jyoti hair and makeup academy💇💃: Lovely hair cut ...
Juan carlos Ortiz Caballero: I love all yours tecnics. You are amazing. Blessings for you always. Please, kip in touch.
Nejat jizan: Hey Master My question is is this hair cut is 90degree ? Thank you very much for all your training
William Charles: Looks good, layering technique, looks similar to round layers
fati ma: Love it
Alfiyaqazi Qazialfiya: Nice ❤️ Awesome keep it up
Itrat Kashif: Thank you so much for sharing details.. Kindly share some cuts for short bouncy wavy thick hair..that can be done at home. I want to cut my own haity..
Antonia Pelegrí Trullols: M'agrada molt ,un estil molt bonic.
YORDANOS GHIRMAY: Amazing well done God Bless You
Хафиза Гасанова: Как всегда супер
Love haircut: Great, Love this cut
Daniella: Amei o vídeo sou cabeleireira no Brasil
DIVA SALON AND MAKEUP STUDIO: Wowww.. Really superb haircut
Dee V: Thank you times a million!
ateiluj08: Omg, I want this haircut for myself.
KimGuzman Beauty: Now I can’t stop watching yours videos
B Dia: I love how you say it’s a basic hair cut. But I’ve gotten to many hair cuts where they just ruin my hair Bc they don’t know how to layer hair.
Westin Britt: I would suggest you talk about fast hair growth shampoo to double hair growth.
Solange maia: Beautifull ❤️❤️
hairexpert Vicky: Will out curls look good whit this hair cut? Thankz for this amazing education.
Manpreet Singh: Thank you so much sir ❤️
Barb: I love this cut
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JBeauty Js: Amazing, bravo sir, very nice
Hilda Treviño: Thank you!!
alexander hamilton: everytime i get to my sides i lose my guide and cut the sides too short, i dont kno what i’m doing wrong i’m ready to give up
Maria Ascuña Lazo: Bello corte de cabello
Nicola Belsher: Beautifully explained .thank you
Maria Betty Anosa: Thank you nice i love it
SingingTrainer: Good day, love it, but can you tell me please how long is the top guide? Thanks!
giovanni gillion: Just came across you guys earlier and by watching just a part of it i immediately subscribed great content
Tanveer Ahmad: Nice video thank you so much teach us sir
MMXX: Loved watching you cut that style, but it was all lost with that flat, too smooth look. A sexy, wavy style would have shown off all the layers.
Beth Poler: Stylists arn't as patient/time with the client's, rush/$$$.........Great style; finding a stylist is not easy.......thank you,for the awesome video
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ASAR SHAYAR: One of the best class here in the world than you sir
Sandy Thornhill: Im curious about your wrist when your cutting, does your wrist get sore because of the way you bend it back.
Shanta Shetty: Beautiful
Fwrdan Daimary: Beautiful
Frances Beth Odendahl: Science and art
AISHANI Roy: Amezing