Shag Haircut Tutorial On Medium Length Hair

All right, guys, austin thompson here, i'm going to do a little haircut on this mannequin, so just a little breakdown of what we've done. So we've got a section that runs from here all the way down to here, yeah and then same on the other side. So it's got a curvature on it, it's just below the round of the head, and it is a curved section like this and then what we've taken is this section all the way through the top, and what we're going to create is a shag. What we're going to create is a shag. Sorry, it's hard for me to say that, because in scotland shag isn't always a haircut a bang's, not always a fringe. Anyway, we are going to create a layer that runs following the head shape all the way around the longer you leave it the softer it is the shorter you leave it the stronger. It is okay and then we are going to like disconnect into the sides. Okay, let's start in this front section: let's comb this forward, i'm going to mark a section through the middle, and that is going to be my guide. Okay, so we're going to start in that middle section that we've just taken all right, what's really important when we're hair dressing is that we keep the elbows wide that'll help with the discipline. So we want to keep everything with a square shape in our arms. All right now, half this section extend that into the section at the front, but remember, but the head follows this shape right. So the first section is up here, but the next section is then over here. So it's coming straight out from the head: yeah yeah, no angles! No over directing always cut above the knuckle, because you can't really get any tension in this bit because there's always that weird gap, you know, okay, so the first section is running this direction. So the next section we are going to take is here: okay and then, when we are cutting this, we are lifting the hair, also straight up like that yeah. But on top of the new section that we've just taken so here to find the guideline ah and then, as we walk around the head, what you should feel is this elbow should become a little bit higher and this elbow should point down the ground. One section two section, three section: four sections, maybe five as we start to work around the head shape. This is the angle that you will lift your head out to here, yeah, so we're working on the curvature of the head this way and we're working on the curvature of the head. That way find your guideline this once we've done that always make sure we're performing a cross check. A cross check is when, when you cut your section this way, you go back this way and you just check it. I'M not too worried about the outline just now, because the outline is always part of the finishing technique. So that is the point where you refine that and make it work. What we are looking for just now is the structure, because, if there's one thing that you can take away from this video or any education isn't structure and how you cut the hair is ultimate because that's what gives hair the longevity and that's what gives it? The ability for somebody to be able to manage it themselves at home, which is obviously key right, so i'm going to work through the other side to do exactly the same thing. So we'll find your original section from the start, which will be almost in the middle nice and wide all right. So now what we're going to do is we are going to connect in this middle section around the crown so again working on the head shape. So the head is on a curve here, so we want to come out like this. I know sometimes when i'm teaching young people they feel like there's too much hair. So it's sometimes a good idea to get that hair out of the way. Now we've got us a guideline here: half that section continue that down for the back; okay, so we're following the head shape. Okay, now what we're going to do is we're going to let down that bottom section through the back all right. Okay, so continue that into the previous section, so pull that straight from the head yeah, rather than following the head shape through here, i'm still going to continue and keep that on a square line so that we keep all the length on that bottom section. So it's a round layer through here and then it squares a little bit through the bottom so pulled out vertical here. What that will do is give you a maximum and a real, even amount of like texture and density through the hair. Just by the way, if you are doing this haircut, what you will find is because you've got that underneath bit clipped away and you cut the top section first and that drops down then at some point for the haircut, your guest or your client is going to Have a really short bob, and that can be a really good thing, because you can get the chance to see. If that looks amazing on the client, it brings out the cheekbones or you can gauge by their body language if they hate that. But you have to reassure that when this bit underneath comes out, the length is still going to be there. Okay, just a side note there. Let me know in the comments below which part of the world you are watching from, because i'd be interested to hear. If silence are open where you are or if they are still closed because they're still closed in scotland and they are going to be for another, almost two plumen months - okay, so here yeah, you see this little bit of length and this i'm going to point cut That length okay, then my next section pivot in behind the ear again now the next section. You don't really need to pick up the guideline for this point, because we pick up the guideline from above, but not necessarily from behind. Okay elevate this straight from the head and then in here we're gon na point cut can see we have guideline from above and then the old structure from the previous haircut, so how we want to connect. This is slide beyond, you know, keep the tension, and then we will find this little section here and we're going to use the heel of the scissors and we're going to saw cut through this and allow the length to drop out okay, because you just use this Part of the thumb inside the scissors. When it comes to doing this, then you can really flip that round. So you're, not using the wrist you've got full mobility in your scissors, oh man. That feels so good to be doing this again. But when you're, involving that haircut there's a bob, what you are doing is you are keeping a lot of the length. So the length is all the same and that's the one key thing. The worst thing you can do is cut someone's hair too short haircut. But if you've done this haircut on someone - and it's worked well and they've quite liked, it there's no reason why. The next time you can't take it shorter they'll, keep my length point cut, pull your fingers out finding the guideline making sure our scissors are pointing down here and blend out that corner thanks yeah. That was cool. 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