Medium Length Haircutting Class With Guest Artist Tom Harris - FreeSalonEducation.com

Hello everyone, Tom Harris with Matt back and free classroom education. I'm here today to do a great new haircut for you guys, a little bit about me real quick. I have been a hairdresser for 39 years and I have loved styling hair since the beginning. Let's start here, we are today. I am an educator at John Paul Mitchell Systems and art director for Penico Salons in New Jersey. A lot of what's been happening behind the chair that I've really been paying attention to is what clients are looking for. a little bit new and nothing is really that new, but it's new if you're approaching a makeover or a change in the way we're going to do it today.

What I've heard a lot is that people are going shorter who have longer hair and there have been enough stars who have cut their hair and the good thing about that is that it gives us a creative and nice way to show people that You can change the

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of your hairstyle and try something different where What I'm going to do today is that

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cut and I'm not really sure exactly what length we'll end up with, but we'll see as the technique progresses, but this It is a shape that is super versatile. They have the ability to be used in multiple different ways and I think you're going to really enjoy the technique a lot, so let's start our haircut, this is how we start the haircut: we take a section of the parietal crest and we take a rounded horseshoe. shape section around the top and what I'm going to do is choose my length through the inner layers, so depending on how long or short you want to create this haircut, the first section will be the most important as well what I'm going to take I'm going to show you that I'm going to take a vertical section here straight down the middle of the back to the nape area, so we take our first section sectioned from the top around the parietal crest in a rounded shape here and then I took a middle section of the section down the back to the nape area, so now what I'm going to do is what you want to do, is what you want, we talked before about this haircut, whether it can be very soft and almost hairy. kind of feel or at the end of the haircut we can make this extreme and strong, so depending on where we want to end the haircut, this is how we will wait until the end, but your first section will determine how long your length is short.

It's going to be here so you can see that this length that's being styled is going to be your bottom length, so depending on how long it's short, I take this, this is how that length is going to be determined, so we're going to take a vertical section at 90 and I'm about seven inches long so I'm going to take as much as my hands can handle, starting with my first length we're going to cut upwards and then we'll include the nape area so this will also be combed and cut outwards. square, so you want to look at that and see what it's doing, you release it, you're releasing the weight inside and you can see that your length is very soft, so every time you come out of the head and then you release it.

When you cut it first, take it off the head and release it after you make the cut, you'll leave a very smooth edge, so all I'm going to do now is twist or turn to my right using that first initial guide. and taking two two one straight towards the bottom I'm just looking at that shape starting to happen well three two two very simple technique and depending on how creative you want to be with lengths like I said, this is a length "That's not short, that's not long, it's that perfect

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length haircut that I feel like right now a lot of women are willing to take out a little bit of their hair and still keep it at the same time, so again." I'm going to keep moving forward in my own way right now.

I am right next to the mastoid bone which is directly behind the ear. I like to keep the sections pretty controlled, so let's comb everything out of the way and make sure you can really see. exactly the section you're working on comes out at 90, that's my length, this is all being styled at 90 and my length at the bottom controls the length of the haircut, so now let's get down to the ear. and what you want to do is continue to maintain this initial guide that you started from the back by working it directly to the front if I had very fine hair and I was worried about how much weight you would take off in the front.

I may draw the hair back a little bit too much, but currently my model has enough hair to continue working with this pattern, so to keep wanting to make it stronger, I would go back further, but in this case I'm going to do it. Outwards, not on the front section, but almost continuing the same layering pattern, so outwards, and then on my last section, where the front length is, I'm going to take this to the back and not cut directly from the stripe, but too straight back just a little. A little bit to the previous section to keep a little more length.

Well, looking at the shape right now, the best thing about what's happening here is that this movement is really smooth and we can choose at the end what we want to do with this length. we want to keep it this length or we're going to make it a little bit shorter, so I just want to continue working that exact pattern on the opposite side right now, so I'm going to come back to the center and look at this length now. I'm working to the left okay so as you go to the left body position it's always very important whenever you're working doing a haircut so right now everything was coming out of the head and I was cutting up in this point.

I'm still going to pull my hair out at 90, but I'll pull it away from me so I don't pull it towards me and cut too much hair off so it's still coming out of my head, but as I move to the left side I'll push it away from me instead. of pulling it out, so this will really follow the same pattern by going straight out 90 degrees and just eliminating that length. You know, when I'm working, I always wonder what the texture of the hair that you're working with will produce as you choose these lengths and work with the exactness of the texture that you're working on.

There is never a rush, you want to see exactly what the hair is doing. I mean, the best thing you can do is take sections where you can really see how you're developing the form and you always want to be able to see exactly the length. that you're also cutting, so again, down at the nape area, long out, you're cutting a square, that square layer is okay, so I'm moving to the front, behind the left side of the head right now on your last section you want to move it away and keep it straight right in the center of that section behind your ear currently in the mastoid process area stay organized keep your sections clean comb that at 90 as you like to see for yourself check that the head is straight in the position, the best thing about this right now is that what I'm seeing is that clients are really looking for a multitude of different shapes and we're doing a lot of geometric shapes that are very strong and then there's that whole market of people They don't really want geometric shapes, they want to stay soft and mobile and very easy to style, so I think this is a good combination, you know?

I don't know exactly the finished product here yet, so the nice thing is that as it goes we can decide at the end where we want this shape to be and what kind of shape we want to finish it with, okay, the last section in the front. Again remember what we did on the opposite side, so we're going to direct this hair too far back and do the last final section. Okay, let's look at this before we continue and the good thing is that now you have hair. that's moving and I really like to let it, you know, look at it, I've got a nice wave in this air and that's freeing up the path from the inside, okay, so we'll let go of the top now and let it fall.

This I checked all the way through and your length is, you know, it was really consistent throughout, just keeping good tension and good lift, keeping your fingers really in place and really pushing that hair out and keeping you informed of where you're going. you find the head and then checking to check your lengths, it's actually a very easy technique to start this haircut, so now I'm going to let the top fall down and let's talk about where this hair is going to fall so now you can see that. the top length has fallen over that cut and depending on where your hair is going to part, that's where we'll work, we could work, we could work with a center part.

I'm going to be a little different and work with a stripe. lateral direction, so I'm going to take a part on the left side working from about the middle of the eyebrow. I talked a little bit about framing the face through an inner layer because a lot of times you'll create the frame of your face and then layer it inside I'm not sure, I'm very sure, but I'm not exactly sure where I want it to fall. this. I like the length. I think it would be good to keep a soft length and at the same time I want to open up the face a little.

So using the lateral direction, this part goes from the middle of the eyebrow to the top of the crown. I'm going to take a section from the crown forward in a circular section. Well, as you can see, I'm working on this side. Lateral direction. separating my set my parting is a pie shaped section from the crown everything is going to twist out of this length that I choose so I'm going to overdraw I'm going to lift this hair straight from the top of the head and I choose my length so that the inside to move the bottom is already released it has a feeling of a lot of movement it is lighter and not heavy it also collapses the bottom so that this shape does not widen at the bottom it will be a little a little narrower the good thing about that is which really is a flexible shape, you will have a lot of movement in the hair and at the end we will decide how long is short, we want to leave it like this now for the inside.

I'm going to take this section and direct it too far forward using the length of my crown as my deciding factor on how short or long to make this. It could be very long or I can do a little more movement on the inside and go a little further. a little bit shorter, which is what I'm going to do, so it's about eight inches long here and I'm going to work from the length of the crown to the front hairline so that all of this is raised and cut down. at the front hairline, knowing that the length I lift and cut will be the length of the front of her hair, so you can see that the length here has now become the length of the face frame at the front.

The good thing about this is that when you cut it in the air and let it down you are going to have a very soft effect, it will not be heavy or forceful, so you are talking about this first section being the guide for every haircut, so I'm going to make sure it fits right and I'm going to work all the way to the front, okay, my second section is going to use the first section that I just cut and I'm going to come right in like I just did, that's two sections that you're over directing. forward like this, okay, I'm still in the front area, this is combing upwards into the nineties, my fingers are moving towards the front hairline and you can see all the shaping taking place in the front so you are doing upwards. the air, let's see that really nice, very soft, okay, so the pivot here moves to the ear area.

Now I go from being a pie shaped section to a more vertical section and I'll rotate this so you can see it. I'm going to direct the hair too much up in the air at 90 again, but not up at 90, it's actually more from the top of the head to the outside of the head. I don't want to lift it up, that would remove too much hair. I want This will come out more of the head, if you use your comb it will tell you where to go and you'll just cut down on that part that's coming straight and back using the same guide.

I'm spinning around the head keeping the same momentum and the same length change, so here I am in the air and the nice thing about this is that it doesn't have to blend exactly into the background, you can leave a little bit of disconnection here because , as you can, Look, that's my bottom section from the first part of the haircut and now I'm just leaving a little bit of length on top, I don't want it to be a perfect match and continue with the same pattern now that I'm on the part later. head so my section goes straight to the back again.

I'll rotate this so you can see it. This will be my last section on the back of this side, so you'll work from the lighter side first and then move on. around to the heavier side, so again at 90, not up, but more out of the head from where it lives and it follows that exact pattern from that first initial guide and as you can see, I don't exactly blend down to that bottom layer . I'm leaving a ledge along it, but when you look at this now and see the movement, there's no start and no stop from what he did below to what I have above, it stays very smooth at this point.

The body position really has to change, so the followingsection on the back changes to the opposite side and we're still going back to the original guide that's on the crown, so I'm going to remove that section. Hi Shay p-- and me. I'm going to layer the hair exactly the same using that length at the crown of my head as a guide, pulling on that. Straight hair at 90 until I have no hair left, okay, moving towards the front, now I'm using vertical sections in a pie shape. that come right out of the crown of my head, I find that initial guide that we started with and I just follow it by pulling the hair towards me now you can see that instead of pulling it away, everything is being pulled towards me.

I'm going to take pie-shaped sections. I'm right behind the mastoid bone right now or behind the ear, as I always use that word mastoid. process is the technical term for where that is, that's always funny, sounds like a funny name for that area of ​​the head and we'll stop right above that guide, I'm going to take diagonal partings towards the forehead again, keeping in mind that really you don't want to go up, it's shaped like the head, leaving the top a little bit longer and we're moving down, this goes right out to that layer where it's going to be put right on top of the bottom cut, okay, period key, this is where we're working the front and because it's parted on the side, I want to direct this hair back exactly where I am now, so I'm taking a diagonal.

Parting using the previous section and I'm going to start again directing this hair towards that guide and the reason I'm directing it too far back towards the ear is so that we can keep a little bit more length in the front so that this The hair will come straight back and we will leave it a little longer towards the front, taking a vertical diagonal section and bringing it back to maintain a heavier front. The last section is finished, direct this back until you complete the front section separately. This is where it split and I'm going to use this length and direct my front hair to this length, just glue it together to make a better connection in the front, so I'm going to take a diagonal part in the front with some of what I did. on the side of that initial shape and on top direct it towards the opposite side of that party and simply cut it from longest to shortest to longest moving along the head.

I'll take this hair and just finish that length just to make a prettier look. The connection will still have a lot of length on the front, but the connection will be much better right at the corner of the eye, the last section for the front and making sure everything on this side is connected to the shorter length on the left side. of the head, so my last part of this haircut now will just be changing the length of the back. I'm going to part the hair in the center and I think guys, we're all used to it.

I think everyone is used to creating these strong shapes first. going in and creating the front, the length in the back and then layering first, I mean second, so by choosing a concave length in the back, I think it will add a little more interest to the haircut because I cut it in the center is We're going to push the length to the front and we're going to over route this section to the back and choose what the appropriate length would be. Now that I knew this was where I didn't like it, I could go a little shorter in the center to make that corner a little heavier, so I'm going to direct this hair too far back keeping it in my fingers cutting from shortest to longest , okay, tonight our length is going to be shorter to longer and now what I'm going to do is I'm going to go over it.

I direct the second side towards the center and I will cut it from the bottom up, let's check that the length is a little longer on the side I just cut, which is much better than being too short, that's it, okay, so I will bring another section down/directed back, you want a little less lift at this point because you're creating a stronger shape at the bottom and I'll do this full section just to make sure it's all there, just to make sure it's right the opposite side using the center as your guide I'm going to work cutting at the front of my fingers, which is much easier to control the hair because that's where the strength of your fingers is, at that point use the strength of your Fingers will always give you more control as you create a shape in the last section in the corner by directing it towards you and just strengthening that bottom part, okay, so this is the finished blowout.

I didn't really go back there and iron it. I wanted to leave some body on it because this is a fuller feeling right now and I didn't want to see it become flatter on your head, although it would be awesome to be a lot closer too, but we wanted to show a little bit more of a commercial feel. soft and explosive. but the inside needs to be smoothed out so we're going to start by going to the back corner and I'm going to work diagonally. I'm going to take a diagonal section and I'm going to pull the hair towards me and all we're looking to do is lighten some of the stronger edges, so I'm just going to point out that I'm going to go a little bit deeper and you'll find that that will also remove some of the weight on all the time. so I came in and I'm just taking off a little bit more weight and that's what you know, every haircut you do after you're done, the ultimate finish is really watching it fall.

I immediately knew my shirt was going. be heavier than I wanted, so going in and creating that softness with just a really soft tip cut will really give you a great finish and the ability to see how it turns out much better. I always like to lighten a lot of my work after it's dry and you really want to see exactly the way it falls and you want to look at your work, you really want to look at all the angles and see exactly where that hair needs to be touched up and smoothed out. working weight working my way to the front where I targeted this back too much.

I'll do the same thing, I want to go in and still direct it too far back, but I'll put that texture and that softness. You know, that's where the customer absolutely knows the difference. when you're done and you stare at it and really look at the way the hair falls and you give it that personal touch, I find that hairdressers today are very in tune with not just finishing up and doing a haircut and walking out the door, but They're looking at what you're doing and they're seeing exactly where that hair might need to be thickened or softened for it to have its best effect and I just like to lighten it right now. this people are lightening hair in many different ways razors mixing scissors your own shear.

I find that a lot of times you just use your own shears just to give it your personal touch. I think clients absolutely know the difference, they see the difference, and they see the

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ry of the hairstylist just by the way they handle themselves. I think what I like most about hairdressing is putting your personal stamp on all the work that you do and the best thing for me is to just study, study the individual and really determine specifically by looking at them and seeing what their profile is what would be the best way to they.

This way I feel now is going to be universal. I think a lot of people could fit very easily into this haircut and it would be a commercial success is not what you know, it's not this, what you know is that it's not its classic shape, but the technique is a little different because you work from down and then you choose the length at the top and You're not creating the outer shape first, but you're going to do it later and you can finish this any way you want. You know, I would definitely put a little bit of softening oil in your hair and, if necessary, a little bit. a little bit of spray or spray wax just gives it a great finish, so we're really good.

I mean, we're really good. I think this is a technique that you guys will definitely have a lot of fun with and the best. For me it is that we share our knowledge and the free education at salon.com surely is doing that and I am very happy to work with mr. Matt Beck today in this finished look guys, we will see you soon enjoy inside why was I the one who stepped on it? I don't even think it was about you.