 So Paul Mitchell sent me a whole bunch of tools to try out Okay, so we have a ton of Marcel iron, so I love using a Marcel iron I'm usually partial to a larger iron, but we have all different sizes So we have a smaller one a medium size and we have the large guy here So let's talk about the stats of this iron all these irons have the same stats just different sizes So let's talk about the first thing has a locking temperature dial cool thing about that is that? The temperature is gonna lock in so you can't accidentally turn it while you're styling the hair It also has a nine-foot professional length swivel cord durable safety stand a lot of you guys If you've had an iron the safety stands breaks off safety stand is this little guy This little guy right here also a one-year warranty from date of purchase So first thoughts straight out of the box the thing that I'm actually really liking about this iron is the fact that Not only does it have a lock for the temperature gauge, but the temperature gauge is not digital thing I like about that is the fact that I don't have to reset the temperature every time I can just turn the iron on and it's set at the temperature that I'm looking for we have a power Switch right here, and then you have your temperature dial right here now as a professional This is just an easier quick release. You can customize your tension It's a lot harder with the spring-loaded iron to do that. We're gonna build a technique around this iron So we look at our inspiration what I want to do is I want to do this haircut I'm gonna use a razor to create this haircut. I believe it has a more lived-in feel So I want to break down that haircut one second tell you guys some things that I see When I look at a magazine the first thing that I look at is the layers How do the layers fall in the head if they fall straight across on the head? Then I know that everything was basically pulled straight out and cut if they fall Shorter in the front to longer in the back I know that things were over directed to the front to push that weight backwards if it falls more to the front Then I know everything was over directed to the back if you're a professional You know these things but you got to look for that little bit of layer pattern in there Then I look for maybe the elevation of the cut how high did they elevate it? How much weight is actually sitting in this cut this haircut is nice and light throughout this area? So my belief is everything was over directed up here We're pulled straight out. I'm gonna be cutting with a razor So I know that I don't need to elevate it as much as somebody with scissors So as a razor cut what I'm gonna be doing is elevating it up bringing all this up more of a concave feel to The section and I'm gonna chop into it this way To cut it what that's gonna do is add those layers in there then she has a fringe That's the next thing I want to look at how am I gonna cut that fringe? It's so lightweight Within this cut you can see it right there nice and light so that's not gonna be much I'm gonna take a nice small Triangle section out of the fringe area. I'm gonna pull that down and lightly with my razor I'm gonna feather through that Now I'm gonna do the same thing on the opposite side the blunt ends I'm gonna cut with a razor as well So all of this stuff when I go through and I cut her baseline I'm gonna do all of that with a razor as well So I think that that's pretty much it what I want to do is I want to get started with this technique Like I said Paul Mitchell sent me these irons So I want to use that at the end To try it out and then also I'm gonna do this type of hair color on one of my upcoming videos as well Because they sent me some of the Some of their pop ex G. So we're gonna go through we're gonna create more of this look With this as well. So that will be in an upcoming video. So let me know if you're excited about that All right, let's get started guys. Here we go. All right guys, so we're gonna start off with pretty basic sectioning We're gonna do a triangle in the very front. That's gonna be our fringe area I'm gonna braid that away a little bit for presentation But also so I don't kink up the hair too much in that fringe because sometimes it's hard to work that kink out Then I'm gonna go mid crown all the way around to the recession point and clip that part away That we're gonna actually twist up so that it's nice and out of the way for the rest of the haircut I'm gonna do the same thing on the opposite side and that's basically gonna create our sectioning for this haircut Now we're creating more of a shag look. We're gonna do it with the razor It's gonna have some disconnection through the interior part of the cut So we're gonna start off in the very center back I'm gonna work a diagonal forward parting from high occipital bone to directly behind the ear So now I'm gonna go in with a product. It's pure coconut and sunflower oil. It's called prepare by Donald Scott I'm gonna use that for my razor cutting now notice the razor I'm using the Donald Scott twist also available on free salon education calm and I'm sliding Creating a concave feel so short to long layers. I take my vertical section straight out from the head You can see no over direction and I just glide that blade over top of it Now the reason I can do that over the dry hair is because of the prepare that I put on it So everything comes straight back, and then I slide and create that concave almost a scoop feel to the hair Then I let let down the rest of the section so you could see how that's gonna overlay over those short layers The whole point of this cut is to create a shag effect without having very very short layers on the top of the head So now what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna scoop the complete opposite direction That's gonna give me a nice disconnection over those short layers But the great part about it is that you're still gonna have those longer pieces So when you go in with the palmatial Marcel iron that we're gonna use later You'll get to have those longer pieces to actually curl But you'll see the separation and the shag effect of the cut so everything's still coming straight back, but now I'm just scooping underneath and Following up to that high point and leaving that disconnection so whole purpose of this cut is Remove interior weight. It's great for thick hair. It's great for medium hair if they had fine hair I would just do it in a less extreme way. Probably wouldn't take those interior layers as short But you would still get a great effect as well So notice every section I do I put the prepare on before I start going through now We're gonna do a signature point cutting technique with this razor It's the only razor that can really do this because it has a cutting blade on both sides It has a hundred percent cutting side and a twenty five percent texturizing side So what I do is I go through I bring this section up find my guide at the bottom and I work that Tool back and forth over top of my fingers and it gives me a point cut effect But also those really PC layers that I'm going for in this look So prepare the hair and then I go through over directing everything up But you'll notice in the picture what I talked about was how the layers kind of move Back off of the head a little bit So what I'm doing is over directing the hair over top of the face and that's giving me movement with those layers It's pushing the weight to the back of the head So removing the layers maximum elevation, but then also Pushing that weight to the back so I don't just get standard square layers in the side Now I'm going to let down the top. I'm going to grab a guideline from the recession point So prepare the hair a little bit comb that product through grab that piece of hair as my guide This is very simple Elevated up and then work through with that point cutting technique Key thing here is guys like we are working with dry hair But you want to make sure that you prepare the hair and then you also are using a very fresh blade This blade hasn't been used on any other guest. So it goes through nice and sharp There's a big controversy about cutting with a razor on dry hair I personally do not feel there's any difference between cutting with a razor on dry hair and cutting with a scissor on dry hair as Long as you have a brand new razor blade now Will it damage the hair a little bit if you don't prepare it in the right way it could rough up the cuticle So you want to make sure you use things like prepare so I'm not actually cutting 100% dry hair I'm cutting hair that is prepped and ready to go so you can see those layers already coming to life So now we're gonna do the fun part which is cutting the fringe So we outlined the shape we created the shape now I'm just gonna use the edge of the Donald Scott twist and just go through and Draw the line that I want for the fringe then when I see the little pieces hanging off there I'll go through and just pinch cut and then you've got your finished look so Going through there. I saw a little bit that I wanted to add to the fringe on the other side So we add that in the great thing about razor cutting is it's such a free-form way to go about a cut So now we're gonna use the palmatule Marcel iron. This is the story of the video You guys can join the giveaway if you comment below that you would like it and also go like the Instagram But it's a really great tool. It's got a really nice motion You can see how easy that turns in my hand and that's really what it's all about So now we're gonna go in and we're gonna use a little more hair protection for the styling portion So we have our marula oil light. This is a rare oil dry mist. It helps protect the hair condition it adds shine It's really really lightweight. We get that separation from the style So I just do an overlay mist and I comb it through the hair and then we're ready to go on with our style So now I use the Marcel iron create the curl You'll see I leave out the very tip of the ends just until the very end Then I tuck it in there real quick to give it a slight bend But to also not quite have as much curl as the rest of the hair does so we're gonna continue that technique pretty much All the way through You'll notice the difference in elevation from where the crown area is being pulled down to where it's coming straight out from The head behind the ear so that's gonna give me more volume on the side less volume on the top I really like that look I like how it expands out from the ear And stays a little bit tighter to the head on the top But if you want a more volume, I would break that section up into two and continue your way up Towards the crown area So you can see I stretch just the ends of the hair a little bit, but I'm allowing the curl to cool In the mid shaft area of the hair and the reason I do that is a lot of people will just kind of run their hands Through something as soon as they curl it But it's still in the process of cooling down and if you run your hands through hair when it's warm Then it's gonna set wherever you last place it right before it cools off So you want to make sure that you just let it set then once it's set You can run your hands through it at the very end to to really place it in the style you're looking for So notice I wanted to pop a little extra volume into the back So I did break that section up a little bit so that I would have a little more volume in the crown No one wants a flat crown in the back So this is where I'm working in those shorter little pieces So I'll just kind of tuck them in give them a little bend and curl, but I'm not actually gonna curl them as much This is the 1.25 inch Marcel iron from Paul Mitchell. So You know, this is the largest one that I have. There's also two smaller versions of one inch and a point seven five inch curling iron so He can really pick and choose they also have spring-loaded versions as well for people at home So the link is in the description if you'd like to go pick one of those up So last couple sections and then we'll have our finished look here You can see it'll have more of a shag effect when I'm all done and I spray the product in there But this is a really popular haircut shags are really coming back It's not the old-school shag where you have super short layers almost looks like a mullet This is definitely a more lived-in look to it But very weightless and that's my my key thing look at all the disconnected pieces that come over top there So now we've let it cool off. We're gonna give it a little separation We're also gonna go back in with the marula oil light dry mist and just gives me that finished style So I hope you guys like the video definitely let me know in the comments below if you have any questions at all I'd be happy to answer them and make sure you hit that subscribe button below before you forget There's the look guys All right guys, so here is the end result. I hope you guys like it I love all the movement the waves that we created with the Marcel iron You could see all these little disconnected pieces that came over top That was from that scooping motion that we made with the razor. So really cool style Created with the Marcel iron if you want to pick up one of these Marcel irons Then go to your local Paul Mitchell distributor and or Paul Mitchell calm I'm sure and you can pick up one of these Marcel irons also Because I don't need all of these things. I'm gonna give one of these away So if you would like to win one of these Marcel irons post in the comments below That you're the one we should pick and also run on over to Instagram and follow Paul Mitchell and at free salon Education let me know that you did that as well in the comments and that will give you better chances to win this So thank you guys so much for watching if you have any questions post them in the comments below as well And remember we're gonna be coloring this mannequin with pop XG coming up So I hope you guys are excited about that maybe post if you have any special colors You'd like to see we have a blonde mannequin. So we have a lot of different options So I hope you guys like the video and make sure that you hit that subscribe button right now before the video is over I'll give you a second Thank you for subscribing. I'll see you guys on the next video. 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