Graduated Bob Haircut With Clippers | How To Cut A Bob | Haircut Tutorial

Welcome to the life of hair, my name is James Atkinson and in this week's episode I am bringing to you something that some of the haircutting purists out there will find a bit controversial, but I quite like using clippers to cut women's hair with outlines graduated bobs. All sorts of things like that, so in this video I'm going to talk about how I utilize clippers to create feminine shapes, we're cutting the graduated, a line Bob in this particular video using a carving technique, and it's really quick. It'S really simple. It looks scary, and I appreciate it: I've cut it on a mannequin head and not a client, and some of you are going to say James I'd love it if you cut it on a real person - and I will at some point when I have the time, But I'm here just to inspire you to try something new, something different and think outside of your comfort zones. So I hope you enjoy it. If you do then share it with your friends, subscribe hit that thumbs up button, but most of all check to me in the comments any videos you'd like me to make. I will happily make you I'm currently going through the list of things that people have requested. So in the subsequent weeks, if you've requested something it is coming, I've got a pretty long list of things to go through. This was requested by a friend of mine who doesn't really use clippers in any way shape or form, and I really wanted her to see that you could use them in not just the clip ring with Jen's hair format. This is a great technique for creating a little bit of graduation or a lot of graduation. You can really really go for it and carve in strong graduated shapes, or you can use it very, very gently and just create a very soft bevel. Like you see here, one of the things about cutting graduation with scissors is once you've cut your guideline. You are committed to following that shape through to the end, whereas with this you can take off a very small amount and keep working it down until you get to the desired shape that you and your client are P with. I particularly like doing this for clients to aren't sure about the end result. The trick to this is just to keep working at it, taking very, very small amounts of hair off each time. You go past the shape and in this instance I've cut a diagonal line that that travels from back to front. That gives it a very nice soft a-line finish. It'S an incredibly easy technique to master. It just seems scary in the beginning, but once you've got your head around it you'll be hooked. I know that those Vidal Sassoon purists out there will be rolling in their graves, but we'd have to remember guys that there are tools there for a reason and we can always change the way we do things. I point cut the outline with scissors just to give it that slightly softer lived-in look, so it doesn't look too Clippard. This has given us a beautiful traditional graduation and I am absolutely in love with clip ring graduation at the moment now. One thing that we can also do with Clippers is that we can tweak the shape. We look at the right hand, side of the head here. It is slightly flatter than the left hand side. That is because I have used the technique that you are seeing right now on that right hand, side, and it is exactly the same technique that we used on the back. This means that the graduation will continue around the head from the back to the front, giving us a slightly slimmer flatter profile from the back and the sides. This is very nice on very, very thick hair. As you can see, there, we've got a beautiful slim profile, shape back to front now, but this isn't recommended on finer hair types and there we have it all finished, really simple, really quick, easy to use technique, one that requires practice. I appreciate, and one that makes you wicked using Clippers - gives you real control. I recently did this at the last Hair Club live event on stage got ten minutes to present, and I did a full graduated a line bob in under ten minutes, and you know I think it's one of those things that some clients will love some clients would Hate you know some people want that scissor, you know kind of vibe on the hair, but it does create or just give you the opportunity to create shapes that you just can't create with scissors. So it's just another tool to add to your kit and if you like, this, then give it a thumbs up and if you're not sure about it, then leave me a comment and I'd love to discuss your thoughts and I'll, see you again next Sunday for another Episode of the life of hair, you