How To Ask For The Haircut You Want From Your Barber Or Hairstylist - Thesalonguy
- Posted on 28 April, 2020
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In this video I share tips on how to ask your barber or hairstylist for the haircut you want.
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What to ask your barber or stylist to get the haircut that you're looking for now the reason I'm doing this video - and I have done videos like this in the past on the eleven years I've been on YouTube. I'Ve done videos like this, but the reason I'm doing this video one is because, like 85 % of people who are subscribed to my channel, like don't watch my videos, so I'm getting a huge audience of people coming to me for the first time. Finding me because we're in quarantine all of a sudden now I find this long died after 11 years. Whatever it is, I I realize that I have to keep making content and regurgitating content that I've done over and over again, because people just find me randomly and they don't know. I have over 1,500 videos on YouTube, which I do so the reason. The main reason also is because I keep getting so many random DMS or messages or people spamming me or just happen to follow me because they want to spam me a question. You know, and I said you know what I need to make a video again to really help you guys out whether you're, male or female, on what to actually say or how to ask for the style or haircut that you want, and it's probably not what you Think and I'm hoping that this is really gon na help answer a lot of questions for you guys, so I'm gon na break down the first most important thing is that a lot of times there are not names of haircuts that you all keep asking about like. If you watch a video or tutorial whatever it is, and you keep asking me you know, what's the name of the haircut, what do I hide away? What do I say to my barber to get this? There was no name sometimes for a haircut unless it's like an undercut or a buzz cut or a load feed or whatever it is. Sometimes there aren't names of a haircut, so you can't ask them anything. What you need to do is focus more on showing them photos. I'Ve said this 8 million times in the past. Fine, if you know take your phone, I think probably 90 % of human beings have a cell phone from the ages of like four up. I'M just kidding, but like a lot of people, have cell phones, okay, go on your cell phone; take a screenshot or save an image that you search on Google for of what you're looking for show it to your stylist. Show it to your barber. Next, the most important thing do not worry about hair lengths, because that professional should be able to look at a photo and know exactly what to do the amount of people who ask me how long so I get to my barber or what is this haircut. So I can tell my barber: you shouldn't have to tell your barber what the haircut is or how long it is there. The professionals trust me if they can't look at a picture and cut the hair how it needs to be, then they shouldn't be doing what they're doing find somebody else stop paying you know now. I know it depends on what country you live in because I've heard of people you know that are paying like equivalent to like one u.s. dollar for a haircut and and that's your only option, that's fine, but you really should be able to show somebody a picture Of what you're looking for and take multiple pictures and say this is what I'm trying to achieve. Let them do what they're supposed to do. Don'T worry, don't stress yourself out about how long it is that's. That'S it. Okay, so another helpful tip. Let'S take a couple of mannequin heads, I have a whole bunch of mannequin heads here to show you guys now. This is my most recent haircut that I did of the chris hemsworth from extraction the extraction movie, save, for example. You want that piece in the front, or you want this type of look on the sides right. What you need to do is don't worry about the number guard here. Okay, what you need to worry about is the front by saying, if you are gon na say anything, pull down your hair or say I want the front to be this long, so you can take your if your hairs that long take your hair, pull it down To your nose and say, I want to keep this part this long. Please do not cut this any shorter. If you want to skim the ends, that's fine, but do not cut this really really short. You know I want to have this going shorter into longer. You can really just explain the type of look that you want, meaning I want. You know bangs and I want them to come to my eyebrow or I want my hair to be down to my nose or I want my hair to cover my ears. That'S the terminology and that's the verbage. You need to use when explaining this to your professional, your stylist. If you're doing your hair yourself, it's all by a visual okay and that's why I always as a professional, I suggest going to a salon going to a barber. But if you're gon na you know, if you're going to attempt to do like a fade on your hair from like as number 0 or number 1, good luck all right, but a lot of the times. It really comes down to purely visuals. If your hair is like a buzz cut - and you want your hair to be this long well, hair grows 3/4 or half an inch to 3/4 of an inch a month. Do the math it may take six or seven months to get the hair to where you need it to be also just keep growing it until it looks like what you want. I mean there's no, really it's not rocket science, you know and why you're a stylist or barbers aren't telling you this. Who knows, but hopefully that can be helpful to you guys if you want your hair to have like a sweeping kind of look or something like this. You simply say I want my hair to come down to here, but I also wanted to sweep over. So I need some sort of layering so that it has a nice flow to it. It'S all about the verbage you use now. If some barber or hairstylist doesn't understand what a flow is or what layers are run, get out of the chair and run okay, there's no reason why anyone should not even know what that means, and then there are. There are people out there who have no idea, but it really comes down to use you visualizing and saying I want my hair to be this long now, if your hair, this is I'm gon na switch over to ladies hair right women's hair right now. You'Ve got really really long, hair right. This is a gorgeous long, layered haircut. If you're looking to keep the length - and you want a haircut like this - look up long, layered, haircuts or you know long hair with layers on Google and maybe show some photos or a couple of celebrities of hairstyles that you like now. The one thing about photos is that you may show something to your stylist, but you may not have the proper hair type or the right, you know thickness or density or your hair might not be long enough. Whatever it is, you know you need to explain what you want to that professional. They as professionals need to then tell you if that could be achieved or not, and I think that's a huge issue and there's a big disconnect, because I hate to say it. There are a lot of stylists who don't even know what the hell they're doing to be honest with you. I'Ve seen it before. So what you need to really say to them is you know I want my hair to be. I love the length just keep it simple. I love the length of my hair throughout the back here throughout the sides, but I feel like the front, is way too long. It'S got no shape to it and I want to have some sort of flow where we have. You know maybe layers starting around right here, my chin and working down into the length. So I want everything blended going from kind of like a longer angle from here down into the back, and I want to keep the layers a lot flowing going from short to longer I mean instead of saying: oh it's, you know, 18 inches in the back and Three inches in the front I mean: that's really just complicates it, because that may not be the case for every single client right. Here'S another another hairstyle right here. You know I'm looking for a lob, you know a longer bob or a one-length bob. You know show some photos. I want to have like a little movement to it, but I really want something simple. I want something that I can tuck behind my ears. You know it's the kind of verbage that you explain to us that helps us understand what it is you're looking for now again back to guys again, if this is an example of a haircut that you want say it's like more of an ad style or a Feathered haircut, what you say is I want my hair to look feathered. I want my hair. I want to be able to see the layers, and I want them to be this long literally pick up your hair and show them how long you want it to be. If you have a photo of something you like and you're, not sure if your hair isn't long enough for it, that's up to you to decide on your own or that stylist or barber to say your hair. Is it long enough, but I can cut it to grow out like that right? If you want, you know you say them. I want these feathered layers. I want to have a haircut that you know really when I brush my fingers through it. It just stays in place and has a nice flow explain to them more about the end result of what you're looking for that being so hung up on the name of a haircut or the lengths? That'S pretty much it I mean you know, and I and during quarantine and things like that, I know it's difficult and if you are attempting to cut your hair yourself watch my videos. I'Ve got over 1500 videos searched what you're looking for and then simply add the salon. Guy all one word into the search query, whether it's you know longer: hair men, the salon, guy short hair men, the salon, guy surfer haircut, the salon, guy perfect layers, a salon. Guy how to cut your own layers with some long guy, you will find everything you're looking for. I guarantee you. I guess that's pretty much it guys. You know. I really hope that this video sinks in and really helps you all, because it's as much as I love sharing information, it's also frustrating to keep getting the same things over and over again, because I explained it as best as I possibly can in a lot of My videos and I understand if people are finding me for the first time - that's awesome. Thank you. Welcome to my channel. Please subscribe and watch all my other content, but I really want to share this to new people and new viewers who may not have seen those videos - and I know this is a big topic and everybody seems to want to know because I get like dozens and Dozens of dm's a day asking the same things. What do I say to my barber? How long is this don't worry about that? It'S not up to you to be the barber or the hairstylist, it's up to them. They'Re, the experts just have a good time, enjoy your experience and communicate what you want your hair to look like the length you want to be use. Visuals pull your hair down like this show them. Some people need that some professionals, whether it doesn't matter just people in general or more visual learners, or they make a connection board by seeing something rather than using a number to associate with the look. So I can understand that you know we're all different. Let me know the comments below if you found this video helpful, I really hope you did stay safe and healthy. Thank you guys so much for watching, don't forget to Like comment and subscribe and I'll see you next time for more videos with salami
Comments
Dick Piano: i just tell them something vague and then say a prayer.
Nasseem Naffaa: I’m an introvert and hate talking to people so you can imagine how awkward this is for me lol
j. towers: "what haircut do you want" "I want to speak to the manager please" "say no more fam"
Dezoriginal: I discovered this channel now 2 years ago. I'm still addicted to it.
pressed: Steven, I love your videos! Is there any chance you can do more styling videos!? I have been watching for a few months so far and have loved your tutorials, and just want to know how to style up my hair like Bryce Hall.
Sn8ke Kin9: Just found your page. Exactly what I needed/wanted to hear. Thank you so much! Good to know there’s more specific videos that I can reference back to.
Hidora Ahvedir: its hard to have a good looking haircut when you're in school here in the Philippines they're so strict about haircuts like wtf its just hair and when they say for hygienic reasons they thats way more stupid because wtf we obviously take a shower and we style our hairs properly
Josel Sabelino: I really like this guy. Very professional. U inspire me with your awesomeness. Thank you for this content sir stephen.
ben ey: Helped a lot . Thanks!!
Tiny Oats: “I guide others to a treasure I cannot posses”
Papa Bless: Thanks for the video, I'll start asking these questions to next person who cuts my hair. I am tried of people cutting my hair too short. I literally show them a picture and tell them do not take any length on top. Those busters always cut it too short or give me something that I didn't ask.
Ian Grant: The problem is that salons are like a restaurant without a menu, where you go in and have to do your best to describe what you want, and you almost never end up with it, because the result depends on your ability to describe it and their ability to interpret and deliver what you've said. Then if you take a photograph, the stylist complains when people take photos of men or hairstyles that the stylist feels wouldn't suit the person, and then they end up giving them a different style which the customer feels unhappy about. It's a tiring process for everyone. So hairstyles don't have names? That's not the customer's fault - hairdressing and barbering industry, make up names for styles or elements of styles (not just number 1, 2, 3 for length!) or put up photos or have books with models with labels for the styles or elements of styles so people can look through the book with you and choose them, rather than them having to try to find a good photo of Thor on their phone and show it to you, or you putting old copies of GQ and Vogue in the waiting area and them desperately trying to find a model in there with a style they can then point to! It's a two way street - make it easier for customers, rather than trying to expect them to describe styles using the terms or language that stylists have been trained to learn. Bonkers situation that everyone hates!
EESAA RASHID: I love thesalonguy. He so informative and shows a great understanding about hair
Pingu: The day I turn 18 I’m moving to some random country and going bald. All hair problems solved.
StarkStark Stark: Thanks..you're really making my life easier. love your videos
Linda Ryerson: Hey Salon Guy I really like your videos! Thank you so much!
Miguel Zadorosny: Thanks for the video Stephen! Hope you’re doing well!
Mike Cif: Step 1: Wait until the quarantine is over.
WxlkerGT: Omg thank u so much I was so worried that my barber would mess up my hair and it would be so short
Rick Johnson: Love the videos Steven and I don't wanna sound rude, but you always come off a little bit agitated in your vids. I understand it must be annoying to get the same questions over and over again in the dm's, but recently it sounds like with any haircut request or any video you make about a haircut, you sound angry and make it seem that you're only doing the video to stop the constant asking. Not hating, just think the videos would be a bit more enjoyable if you didn't sound angry.
Terry: Your so underated and you deserve way more views. Keep up the great vids
bball_k4leb: can we get a salon guy in every barbershop/salon please
Jan Reynolds: Guilty...I'm a newbie. I've viewed a number of your videos. I have encountered a few (too many) hairstylists that have no idea what "feathering" is, much less how to do it. My state (TX) will be opening up on May 1st, and I already have your video ready to show my stylist what I want and if need be, how to cut it. Again, only because too few know what feathering is. Your content is great and so easy to learn from, but I can't quite cut the back of my hair like needed. Thank you so much.✌
Lions Are blue: I’ve even used an anime picture as a hair cut they made it work in a realistic way it was great just have to overcome the shyness
Stephen Ramos: Thank you for helping us
Jojos Bo: Hello thanks for your help in everything! But I want to ask some thing similar. How we say that we want the best haircut that fits tou our head and face? I mean should we ask him/her to suggest us haircuts? I mean is obvious but some people don't get this that's why I mostly asked
Dr. Smart: everytime i go to the hairdressers theres just this awkward thing of them asking me for a specific number for the top and a specific number for the sides. one time one of them even spent 5 minutes arguing with me because i didn't know the lengths, i tried showing her a picture from a previous time i'd gotten my haircut at the same place, and she just aksed me the numbers for the haircut i had in the pic... finally she did my hair, it looked good, she told me a set of numbers and told me to remember them, i used those numbers the next time i went with a different stylist and it looked totally different and i honestly didn't care for it...
Enzo Yoshii: Hey man ! Very nice , it helped me a lot. However , could you make a tutorial on how to make Charles Melton hair? It would be great !
RYN: 2:50 that brings up such a good point takes time for hair to grow to desired lengths. I screenshot Sergio Ramos undercut/blended "quiff" showed the hair stylist she couldn't help but laugh. She buzzed all the length off my head 2 weeks before.
Polakovity David: Thank you man it helped! :)
Lexi Hargrove: Sorry if this has been asked before but do you have any advice on uneven hairlines? My hairline isn't very straight and has jagged parts in the center. This makes it very difficult to style my hair.
FinazzoBeats: Could you do Chase Stokes (aka John B.) hairstyle from outer banks. The shows pretty new on Netflix and it's doing really well, appreciate a tutorial on his hair in the show!
Jazmento: I've moved to a different country so I'm going to a new hairdresser and I have social anxiety so It's tough for me to communicate easily, but wish me luck!
MOTATIONHD: Him:”HOW TO ASK FOR A HAIRCUT “ Me seeing a bald guy:
looknowtv: I still watch my old YT buddy!!!Hope you're staying safe during these messed up times.
Tzuyu Plays: Me and my family just got back from a trip to south korea and god I'm so envious of the men's there almost evryone has a good haircut. Now I'm obsessing over my hair...btw last week I was obsessed with my skin color
Caio Santanna: Dude, your channel is awesome.
muhammad khan: What length do I need for a short quiff(like the regal gents one)
kalidous: Watching this video after getting a bad haircut because I couldn’t explain what i wanted even though i showed a picture :P
Dadadud 8: Is it just me who practice for 5mins on what I say to the barber? P.s I got social anxiety
Matthew Williams: A breath of fresh air I always felt so stressed when going to the shop.
Watashi wa Darerudesu: Oh now I know. Thanks alot its a good advice.,
Al-Ahamd Hassan: Hey, Steven any advice for Asian hair Men that have wavy hair that is fine, in general, to achieve the same look as https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD-KFaFqEWI. Thanks, Steven for the hair tips and cuts much love to you. ❤❤
Liam Sacco: Can you do a kio cyr hair tutorial next pleaseee, thanks great videos!
ASMR JAYC: Bruh I walk in the shop asking “just clean me up”
HappyMind: Can you please make a video on *how to save your haircut size, length.* I mean imagine today I got my haircut and I wanna let barber know that next time I want exact same haircut you did last time? Cause I told him to remember but he forgets Sir, can you please make a video how do we save our haircut but not begging our barbers??? Cause ever time I get my favourite haircut, next time I don't getting it the same that I truly love, so this is why I wanna measure my hair's each an every way or I wanna know the number or meter whatever it is!!! Can you please make this happen, I'm looking for this video for a years now!!!, *Also this video was awwwweeeessssooome I love it and I also got helped but one answer I didn't get!!! Plz
Nooo Name: Never say ‘just a trim’ they really don’t understand this word
Yamazaru: I did this, but still somehow ended up with a undercut i didnt want...
Mark R: How many times do you get a bad haircut or the stylist does what they want... it makes you want to cut it yourself
JOTAPÊ :D: That's the video that i really needed
jakieo1904: They still ask me for the length for my son and I’m like ♀️♀️♀️♀️
Ian Bonnar: My question about it. Can you ask your barber to do what they think would look best?
Regular Tuber: Your right I'm find you because of quarantine But I really like your videos And I subscribed
Musique3579: Oh man, do I ever hear you about these people. And then, after presenting a great haircut tutorial, in comments NOTHING is commented on about what you have just done. Instead? Comments something to the effect: K-Pop, Cameron Dallas, Clark Gable, Groucho Marks! I mean really, you have the patience of Job! Hope all is well. You are among the best on all of YT.
Noah Garrett: Very helpful video man
Wizard: I came here because I once showed my barber a picture of a caesar cut and she said she couldn’t do it lmao
Snake Eyes: I’m afraid my barber will tell my hair I don’t have that hair type yet I really want the Middle part hair
Max Porter: I actually like that 80s haircut but my mum wouldn’t cut it like that I bet
Noah David: Can you do a haircut video on Daniel Craig’s new haircut from gq? I know you did a short review of it but an actual haircut video could be cool. Unless you have a video that is very similar to his haircut.
Νεκ Θυμ: 04:00 can we get a video on this hairstyle,tbh looks a lot more like levis from aot than the one you did on Levi's haircut
Krushna ghuge: SIR IS IT SIMPLE FOR ANY BARBER TO HAIRCUT AFTER SHOWING THEM PICTURE OF HAIRSTYLE WHICH I WANT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN
Zujkys: Hi maybe you could do a tutorial how to make the curtains stay up because mine are just on the surface of my head look aweful
datepicboi: The sad thing is im living in a town where anyone who doesn't succeed on his studies just become a random barber, we don't really have pro babers to just show them a photo :(
G: My barber doesn’t even speak english
Oofscar -: Okay so I have long hair which flips to the side I want to change it but don’t know how or what to could you give some tips for teens medium hair
Angel: KEEP MAKING VIDEOS
Sebastian colin: I love this guy
VOP: Me:" So how can I ask.. He: "Don't." Me
abdou sebti: me : screening the photo . showing it to the barber
Kevin Mendez: I used to had long hair down I cut it bald now my sides and back stay down but my top kinda sticks out why
cypher Baguioro: I love your videos❤
Vasco Tato: Hello again I have been asking help because I want to make my hair look like Billy Loomis in Scream, can you help me please? I love the Hair I would love to use it
Najla Ahmed: أنا احب المعلومات تلتي تعطيها إلينا
No One: Can you do Zac Efron's hairstyle(quiff) from "72 questions with Zac Efron".
Fat Free Falcon: I love how a bad guy is saying this
Bullet ant wrestling: Nawhhh mate u clearly haven’t been to the U.K., if u don’t tell them the length then yer basically gonna walk out of there bald. More people get butchered here than people getting haircuts they actually asked for or liked
The official rayan Allem YouTube Channel: Man I wish I found this a few hours ago
TheRedHoodCODM: I wish you could cut my hair man I tried explaining everything to my barber, showing pictures and everything and still they fuck it up.
Eduardo Torres: Good video mate
Imran Al Yousuf: Can you show haircut of shahrukh khan in movie "Josh"
Anon: 6:17
Bradley Jaques-bradjj6200: Casually taking advice from a bald guy
ShapShoter489NaBrO: This fells like I just had a physics lesson, idk man
Andrew Newman: You have saved me
Keebzz: Please do John B from the new netflix show "Outer Banks"!
vupic: So ima ina spot to where My hair is like the hair in my profile pic Its dirty blonde naturally but i colored it plat blonde It made my hair super super stiff and hard dry when wet in the shower So i bought a conditioner to smooth it. But when shampooing first id run my fingers thru my hair And i noticed i was pulling out hair. Like 5 strains per shower. I didnt seem to care and did this for a month and now i have a thin spot in the front of my head. I stopped shampooing my hair the way i was bc i was doing it wrong and pulling my hair and its been 6 months and it hasnt grown back Now im trying to find oils to help grow it and ugh man im 20 Dont like this feelin
Sean L: I don’t know if I should trust a bald guy about hair advice
Spirit: Me I click the video then a guy without hair tells how to ask barber how to ask the haircut
EESAA RASHID: What's the difference between barber and hairstyles?
Sonam Tm: I think the barber are overpriced here in the us and they don’t cut the shit that good. No matter how good you explain not good.
T R: What's the point. They'll never give what you ask.
Blue Orange: why am I being recommended this after cutting my hair ffs
George Tselikis: What do you ask your razor before you shave your head?
V-low Rosetta: I gave specifics and even pictures and my hair was butchered so many garbage ass stylist i might as well be doing it myself
Melveli: A bald man is trying to educate us about hair
Fernando: You have a bit of additude on here and you remind me of one of my bosses I can’t stand the guy you act like we suppose to know what your taking about when you a professional these are normal things people would ask unless they knew the information you studied
Z: Man I have very thin hait My hair don't set I mean there's no volume Plz help
Chris Hoff: I just say the number of the clippers because I don’t know what to say.
Arnold Schwarzenegger: just go in and show them a pic of the T-800
Fadly Shalimi: i never bothered telling them what i want to do with my hair because theyre not gonna listen to me anyway. Even when i show them 800 milllion times.