Basic A-Line (Triangular) Bob Haircut Tutorial

What's up guys? Welcome to today's video. Today we will focus on the

basic

s, so we will cut an A-shaped Bob. This is not a highly requested Bob. I understand, but today I felt like he wanted to get back to

basic

s and really work. in structure, so whether you're in beauty school or the break room, it doesn't matter, this

haircut

is full of tips and tricks for you to use right away in the salon. I hope you enjoy the video, let's get started, welcome to the video. Guys, today what we're going to focus on is something that for me is a little bit more of an exercise, it's going to be a full

haircut

, it's going to have a graduation triangle shape, so it's going to go forward like an A-

line

Bob, The reason I'm going to do this, it's a very fundamental symmetrical cut, it's not a very sought after haircut in the salon currently, but the reason I like to do it is because it really focuses on balance and works on shape and really the angle of your fingers does everything, so I'm doing this more as an exercise.

I really just wanted to cut a bob today, so let's go through it and cut it so that the section is simple from the center to the center of the back and then I section from the occipital bone. behind the ear and then I start right at the nape of the neck and I part diagonally forward really following the jaw

line

and that's the goal here now as an exercise and if you're a student in hair school or you're someone who's just trying to To improve your hair cutting skills, it is very important to focus on three different things, the first is your lift, the second is the angle of your finger and then the third is your part, so focus on how you are parting the hair and on your finger. angle parallel to that line because that's what I'm going to look for in this cut.

I want the flow of the weight to move with the jawline and that will make the end result of this cut really nice, so I also want you to keep in mind that I don't worry as much about the hairline. I've talked about this in several videos, but people get so worried that their haircut immediately doesn't look like that really hard strong line that they see on the internet or in the old days. hair cutting books and all that, you don't have to worry about the hairline right away, so think about the angle you're trying to achieve and then make sure the angle of your finger reflects that, so continue down the line. right side.

What changes so my fingers were pointing up at the beginning of the left side now my fingers are pointing down that's how I like to cut a graduation that's how I learned it it's more comfortable for me some people like to keep their fingers pointing up everything time or we will collect more hair. I like to push new hair into the guide, so I've seen it successful both ways, but for me it's best to focus and comb the hair steadily each time. The angle of my fingers is easy to maintain, but combing the hair is what makes cutting my hair so difficult for me.

What really separates a good hair cutter from a great hair cutter is how well they section, because the better you style, the better you section. The cleaner your work, the more consistent your hair will be, so now you'll notice that I've moved up about two inches on my head. I'm not going to go too extreme. I like to go to whatever is about half my finger, but I also look at the shape of the head so you notice that I put the comb on the head and work and figure out how the shape of the head moves because that's really going to play. an important or key role in how my graduation looks and feels, so check it out. those 90 degrees are now shifting upwards if you look at 90 degrees from the head around the head, you'll notice that the nape of the neck is more down and then obviously as you go beyond the occipital bone, 90 degrees is more outward and then when you get to the top of the head obviously 90 degrees is pretty straight so understand that 90 degrees will give you a perfect layer anything from that and up top you won't see a weight line so nothing below 90 degrees you're going to get a weight line, so as I go and cut this graduation, obviously I want a weight line, but I don't want that weight line to be too heavy, so that's what's really going to separate your haircuts. of others. when you learn in beauty school 45 degrees is a shock, that's not necessarily the truth.

I mean, it's a shake, it's a graduation, but it's not necessarily exactly the angle you want to take because something that has a high density of hair has a lot of hair. They will have a super thick bob if you cut it at 45 degrees, the weights may not feel more flattering on your head shape and then someone had very fine hair, it may not, it may not develop the shape you are in. looking, so you really have to understand the density, you have to understand the shape of the head and then how your finger is angled, so again I change, now I'm pointing down, but you can see that accumulation of weight, so, where I am?

What I really want you to focus on right now is how the angle of my finger curves towards my jawline and then you see exactly where that weight starts to settle and where the tip of my finger is, where the graduation buildup starts. and then it gets heavier and heavier as it gets to the inside of my finger because of the shape of the head, so as the shape of the head curves up, my angle becomes more extreme, it's becoming lower it's a lower lift so you end up with a heavier shape so now I go back up the head shape the reason I take this section by section is I really want to focus on where that is 90 degree point, so obviously that as I move up the head shape, the 90 degree point shifts, so I look to where the top is. part of that section is and where is the tip of my finger how am I holding that section at what degree is that at what not?

I don't want to be so specific, but the ones I understand are 90 degrees 45 degrees and zero degrees because they're easy to find based on the shape of the head, so find your 90 degree point, understand that everything above will be layered and everything below will be graduation, it really depends on how much graduation you want, how much. layers, do you want now? The only thing I haven't really talked about in this cut yet is that I'm bringing everything straight back, so it goes back to the previous and then pushes the weight forward, so I'm like the way I look at it, a travel guide is that you're grabbing the weight and you're traveling through the head and then you're going to drop it at some point, because it doesn't matter where you cut your hair.

At some point it will lose weight, so a travel guide keeps the weight even, but it's almost like you carry it with you and then pass it on, so when we actually throw it in front, we'll start again. directing everything back at a stationary point we will push that weight forward so understand that I'm moving along the head keeping everything straight towards the previous section because I want a nice balanced shape on the back and then when I wanted to. go

triangular

, that's what I'm going to go into a stationary guide that's going to happen in the next section, so here's one thing that people will make an adjustment to, I won't say if it's right or wrong, but I like to have a little bit disconnection at this point.

So you'll see that my line because the hair disappears right then the hair behind the ears, where that hole happens, because you don't have hair underneath, so when I pull out that section, I actually have hair, it almost makes it look like. like I want to change the angle of my finger and start serving under the head, I don't want to do that, I want to continue my line down, that's going to give me a disconnect, you can see that balance there, they're going to give me a weight disconnect, but I can always cut that disconnect later, so right there where I'm flat ironing the hair, that's where that disconnect is, so I'm using my Paul Mitchell Pro Tools straightener.

I love this straightener, it's so gentle on the hair that I use one The straightener attaches to each guest to straighten them for the cut and now I'm working on the nape area so when I walk in you can see I'm using a microphone. This is actually a live class if you want to watch. and listen to me talk about it as I cut it in a different way in long form, go to FSE on-demand comm and you can see the full class if you are on FS e on-demand just check out our live classes and you can see them, like this that I'm going over and I'm just using the tip of these scissors.

This is the Matt Beck v1 scissors. I have it for sale. It is a limited edition scissors. I only have, I think, 20 pairs. on the left so if you're looking to get one it's a five inch scissor it's great for precision cuts it also works great for dry cutting and it's made by Mizutani so I'm working on the nape area creating that line just using the tip of the scissors notice the graduation and that disconnection, that's all we've built so far. The other thing I want you to notice is that I blow dried it and didn't dry the rest of the haircut well, so the reason I do that.

Do I want to make sure my shape looks the way I want before I can continue with the rest of the cut? A lot of people do the whole cut and then blow dry it, they notice it's too heavy and then you know. I don't know what they do some people don't do anything others have to go back and wet it and cut it again depends on your laziness meter I guess you could say it like this, only I like to blow dry my back. I really make sure that my balance shape is how I want it, then I continue down the front and connect everything, so notice that everything is kind of a diagonal stripe forward, and it still brings me everything and I keep working on that stripe central to keeping everything nice and balanced and just carrying it, so notice I'm getting it wet, still, you know you don't want to cut wet hair on dry hair, you can but just to make sure you have the same tension and the same elasticity in the hair that you wet it. down a little bit diagonally forward, mimicking what I want the angle of my finger to be, so like I'm working with that jaw line, that's how I know I'm going to achieve a balance, so now I'm going to work with a flat line. wrapping technique for blow drying.

I'm using the Ergo Paddle Brush to go ahead and then I'm going back to using the Paul Mitchell Pro Tools Iron just to smooth things out and then I'll do a dry cut to connect. All together notice my work with the iron. I take more or less the same type of part and then work that flat iron into the shape of the head, so a lot of people just flat iron their hair, that's what I've seen when I teach people. type of work that irons down you want to bevel it slightly you don't want to curl it but you want to bevel it with the shape of the head now you go with the dry cutting technique I like to take a little weight off you guys I know I love the tease cutting technique.

If you haven't seen it, check it out on my YouTube channel or on FSE on demand. Just type in the tease cutting technique and you will see some videos. Takes some weight off and creates some texture. light layers, but nothing too stacked or anything like that, so I go through and just delete that way, add the texture, lighten the shape and then you notice I went over with the tip of the scissors and just refined my line to create a Look at the line, so there I do it again following the jaw line. I over-direct everything, I elevate everything to get the right weight where I want it, but then the hairline is where I want to go through and change that.

There we are going to finish the haircut. You can see a nice shape, like I said, this is a classic shape, so you could modify it, you could lengthen it a little bit, make it a little more modern, but this is my version of a nice classic A-line bob. I hope you like it. liked the video. Let me know in the comments if you have any questions, thanks for watching. Well, the boys didn't always like it. If you made it this far, let me know in the comments. I'd love to hear that and be sure to subscribe to the channel.

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