 Hi everyone today, we're going to be doing a high fade with the design I'm going to start off by clearing off all the bulk on his head taking it down with my one and a half guard clothes Just clearing all the area. I'm going to fade in and now you can see I'm using a lower guard with my one Guard open which is equivalent to one and a half guard clothes. It's a little bit shorter I started off with the one and a half clothes just to clear the area and then smooth it over with the guard that's lower and Right here. You could see I'm debulking the area below that where I'm going to be Blending down to skin. This is really the foundation for my fade. I'm just setting up how high I want it and The shape I want to create on the head Right here. I'm taking down all the hair and making sure everything's smooth I take my time doing this and I don't really rush this part because it's really sets up your fade to really have a nice foundation and to really suit your client's head and You can see I'm taking my time clearing off all the bulk below that line making sure it's really clean Now I'm setting up my first guideline with my blade open and I'm going up about an inch inch and a half Give myself enough room to create a nice Blend while also leaving enough room to blend it to the rest of my bulk And you can see my guideline is consistent all the way around the head This is one of the most important parts to create a consistent fade on someone said you want to make sure that that line is consistent and Symmetrical with all your other lines and right here. You can see I'm just slowly blending it out Opening and closing my lever as need be so I'm blending that blade open into basically my skin line and Slowly closing my guard and opening my guard as need be and you see me constantly brushing the area making sure it's clean so that I could see, you know, what I need to cut appropriately and Right here. I'm just finishing off the back. I typically work on Left side right side back of the head. I like to break it up into parts just to make it easier to do Now this is my next guideline with the the one guard open So we started off with a one guard open on the top of the head So I know this is really going to blend into it pretty seamlessly and you see me going against the green in all areas of the head and Right now I just switched to my half guard. So I did the blade open One guard open and I'm using the half guard to blend it in between those lines and really bring that transition together You see me slowly closing the lever and blending out and Alternate between my one guard and half guard now cleaning off his head and I'm beginning to do my design This design was a freestyle design. So I started off Basically going off of basics of what I know start off a nice little curved line where I think it would suit my client and And from there added another line Off of that and you see how I accentuate certain parts of the design to bring out on those drastic changes I feel like it really adds to a design and Brings it to life having some area sticker some areas thinner and I really um, you know, this is a little fast forward but I really take my time and make sure that the design fits my client's head and I slowly Like just attack the line and make it longer curve it make it thicker as need be and Hit it from appropriate angles like you could see right here only my trimmer upside down and I'm holding it regularly and It really helps me Really get in the nooks and crannies off the design to make sure it's clean all the way through And right here. I'm just finishing off the design adding a little accent piece towards the end now. I'm just cleaning off all his Facial here. You see me lifting up his neck. I like to um Work smarter not harder. I don't want to be bending my back all day Trying to clean up all this here. So I just asked my client, you know, can you lift up your chin for me? I'll clean it off now cleaning off his mustache and Making sure my client is clean getting off his face now. I'm beginning to shape him up and I just lightly tap his edges and Make sure it stands out and I always like to go back over in multiple times now I'm hitting it with the razor just to give it that final touch as you could see and Next I'll be hitting the design with my razor To really make it pop out. I feel like the trimmer's a really great foundation for your Lines and your shape up for that razor really brings it out and brings it to the next level and same with the design Really one of the key parts in doing designs in my opinion is making sure all your lines are clean with like no hair in it It really makes it makes it stand out and pop because it's skin and nothing else Contrasting with the fade right here. I'm using a foil shaver and just cleaning off the top of his head This is just gonna get rid of all like the fly away hairs that are sticking out After a haircut you could go over multiple times with your clipper to clean it off or use a foil shaver and I'm basically doing the same concept on the fade just now what you've seen and now I'm blending out the very bottom of the fade to complete skin and There you go. Now you see the after and the transformation of this haircut