Step 1 - 14 Steps To Becoming A Better Haircutter - Step 1 - Understand Your Comb And Scissors

Hey guys, Matt back from Bree salon, education comm, I'm here with tip number one of our 14 tips to become better at haircutting and we're gon na start with the comb and scissors. So I'm holding up this comb right now and you might be thinking. Why would you use this for haircutting? I think the same thing. Why would you use this for haircutting? This is something that in classes all over the place anytime we're in a class there's always somebody holding this comb. It'S a tail comb it's made for foiling. I know that back back in the day, we did use this baby for hair cutting, but for now I would put this away. The reasons for that is. This is good for sectioning, yes, but the tension in this comb is too tight for the most part. Most of the tail combs have really tight teeth, so they're not going to help you with haircutting they're, going to pull the hair too far from the scalp too far out of where it lives and you're going to get different, calyx and different things. So, let's get away from this comb, you want a full blown comb. Let'S say like this: that has the tight teeth if you need them, but then a looser medium teeth in the comb. So the next comb that you probably wouldn't want to use for a typical haircut, let's say a bob haircut or something like that, even long layers. This is just too big. Some people love a big comb. They love holding it in their hand. I personally think that it's just too much if you're, trying to hold hair in your hand, trying to cut a bob, take clean sections, it's just going to get in the way, so try to get more comfortable using a smaller comb. So let's talk about three different combs that I love to use. I love this comb um for me and I can't even tell you where to get this comb because, honestly, I don't even know where this comb came from. It'S my favorite comb though ever and the reason I like it and you can find combs like it. It has wide teeth all the way through. The reason I like that is because I like it for dry hair cutting when you're cutting dry hair. If you use something with too tight a teeth, you can't get through the hair and it makes the hair really staticky. So this is a nice smooth. Comb works its way through and I can cut dry hair with it most of time. I like it for scissor over comb on guys too, as well, because a little bit less tension. It runs through it quickly. So this is a good comb. I like that, find find a comb with wide teeth for dry hair cutting then weave our wires part comb. I love these combs because of the grip that they give the hair. They have a nice little tooth in the front. They help you take clean sections out. So if you want to get rid of that tail comb, this might be the way to go, because it helps you make. That section has the medium teeth, but they still give good tension. So as I'm going through and I'm trying to cut a bob or any type of haircut, then it gives me the right tension that I need and it's not too much tension for the haircut. So these two combs are very similar, but one is a little bit smaller. So if I'm trying to get into tighter spaces or work closer to a hairline or something like that, I love having a smaller comb, so I usually work with three different combs. Most people have their favorite comb and they never switch out. I personally think you should have a few of them. The comb is the tool it's like having a screwdriver Phillips in straight head. You know you have to have many options because there's different situations that the the comb is going to work for now. Let'S talk about scissors, we have a few different types: the acro type c2 - we've just done a review on it, so check it out on our YouTube page. This is my go-to scissor because it fits it works in every situation. It uses a soft metal, so you've got to know your scissors and what they do. The soft metal is going to cut a straighter line easier and a harder line. The saw are the harder metals are going to push the hair a little bit better for dry. Cutting different things like that, we have our blacksmith fit. This is a six-inch scissor you'll see that a little bit different in size. I like this for doing scissor over comb men's work. I love this scissor for that. So you know check out our review on that. As well on YouTube, then we have a thinning, scissor or a softening shear, whatever you like to say just make sure with this. This is not correcting a haircut if you see bumps and movement within the haircut it's. This is not the tool that you get out to fix that that's not fixing a haircut, it's not helping. You be better at your work. This is something you can use just to add. A little bit of texture take out a little bit of weight, maybe you're working through a fringe, and you want to lighten it up a bit just pull this out, but don't take this out to fix things, that's the biggest thing. So I hope this tip helped. This is tip number one. We got many to go so check out tip number two: we're going to show you tomorrow how to cut with just moving one blade hope this guy's helped. You guys subscribe to us on our Channel, we'll see it the next yeah you you