 Oh Yo, I need a haircut follow me All right, so I got to get my haircut in Chinatown now shout out to these old-school barbershops They're really doing their thing and I really recommend you guys check those out as starter barbershops, but I'm going to 12-pell So you guys might have heard a 12-pell maybe through you know social media or something like that But they essentially specialize in fades tapers kind of the Kevin win You know, I guess haircuts but also the k-pop style now the style that I'm gonna be getting today is a little bit of a mixture But anyways, it's my favorite barbershop. It's where I go We're gonna hopefully talk to the barbers Understand what it's like to be an Asian barber and also hopefully we'll catch the owner of 12-pell and I'll talk to him But let's go. All right, so I'm here with Marco Marco. This is actually your first time cutting my hair I've been cut by other barbers at 12-pell, but uh, I guess like Man, what do you see about my head? Because does it how much does it matter like head shapes and stuff like this when it comes to haircuts? It matters a good amount for Asian hair just cuz I mean if your face is too round it looks very eggy So we pretty much try to balance everything out make everything look more symmetrical. Okay, your head She seems kind of long so probably nothing like super tight Otherwise, it's gonna look very skinny and very narrow if you go anything too But don't I want my head to look skinny or no To a certain extent otherwise, I mean Yes, but if it's like too skinny, it's gonna look kind of It's kind of better if it's more balanced nothing too high either otherwise the same thing gets very long Nothing too short nothing too poofy, and you should be good. All right, cool See, that's why I really like about this spot is because 12-pell is very technical and they give you a lot of information They'll even tell you about the products they use afterwards So I just think that nowadays a lot of good guys they get haircuts But they don't really understand what they're getting or why they're getting it What's the first step to my haircut? I'm just gonna part the hair first just to separate the top and side just so we know we're cutting It's important to section it otherwise you might cut something too short or at least something too long Which kind of makes the whole overall shape kind of awkward You can see how the hair goes differently one part goes forward and one part goes downwards. So if you're Not sectioned correctly, the whole haircut could look kind of like my teeth Don't look wacky. Yeah, how would you describe a strong face? Anything more square more angles you kind of brings out your jawline. Okay, it doesn't You saying I got a jawline. I mean you have one but this can enhance it It's like a makeup for like guys, I guess Commendation of where should start it depends what you want usually those pretty good If you want more gradient the spreads out the whole fade Mid is kind of a good middle ground that then high would make it very intense Usually it's only good for like buzz cuts or something super short Otherwise looks very disconnected. Okay. So if I tell you that I plan on growing this hair out for the next Having this haircut for the next like 10 days. Yeah, what's gonna grow out the best? Well, I mean it would help it last longer Low looks pretty nice, but it won't last long with less skin. Let's go mid What's going on right now, so right now I'm just gonna set the trimmer line It's gonna give this close to the skin and I'm gonna bald it out So it's a little bit cleaner cool So you're using the kind of like t-line or like the one that cuts super close Yeah, usually for like lineups and stuff to make everything super sharp Helps the hair get prepped for the shaver because the shaver is gonna get rid of all the stubble make it very smooth So you're a you're hitting my head with what three different clippers in a way or three different cutters Yeah, pretty much they all do different things the main clippers blend and create shape for the bulk of the haircut Trimmers more for details and smaller a smaller haircut and then the shavers means the bald everything out Hey, everybody, hopefully you find this video helpful so far because you know, I haven't done a lot of haircut videos recently But we used to I hope you guys remember some of those But yeah, let me know if you guys want more videos like this Maybe I'll get cut by different barbers or I'll get different hairstyles or we'll highlight Different guys getting different haircuts, but yeah anyways, we're at 12-pell, which is you know, essentially the most viral barber shop Maybe in America. Here's the fall shape real quick. It's gonna get rid of all the stubble make it pretty much bear skin This is the classic fade feeling, you know the little ring ring ring on your head. I wanted to ask you Marco About your decision of being a barber Was this something you always want to do when you're a kid or you had other career Aspirations because you were in college. Yeah, I never wanted to do this I only want to do this because of Pell and because there's like a media side to this too Cutting hair was always exciting in college and my friends would just ask advice about styling because I knew how to style hair and how to ask for good haircuts so They would either just wait to go home or pay to get messed up haircuts So if I did it for free at least if I messed up, they'd have to pay for it So what did your parents say when you said or did you ever tell them like hey? I'm gonna be a come a barber. I'm gonna cut hair. Yeah It's not the most like Jurious job to tell your parents you want to do but right? I just had to kind of explain like the whole vision of It's not like for everything. It's more for like a gateway into networking and meeting lots of people All right, everybody here. I am lucky enough to be standing with the founder of 12-Pell Carho himself Carho, can you quickly give me the breakdown of the the origins of 12-Pell? Why did you want to make a primarily Asian barber shop? I'm not saying that all the clients are Asian or that all the barbers have to be Asian But it is it did start in the Asian community. All right, pan to the non-Asian clients right now That's what I said non-Asians get cut here. I get it No, no, this is a very inclusive space But we did start off because obviously we're in Chinatown. So it's very centric to our community Serving very majority of locals But it wasn't until 2020 where we hopped on tiktok really got that explosive Birality, how did you find all these Asian barbers dude? That question is best answered by the barber behind the chair How did how did we find you like I found two Julius who works here, too So through friends and like was there a scouting report like are you scout you're scouting people on IG? We did we did kind of go through there wasn't necessarily a scouting process I think a lot of it we relied on organic friends of friends type of situation. So that's how I think very naturally Obviously the demographic of our barbers became Asian because a lot of our friends and a lot of community were Asian We saw the opportunity in creating a barber shop for the younger generation However, there wasn't a lot of younger generation talent at the time, right? So we're talking about 2018 and back in the days Fades took over everything, you know, it's fades over everything. You're not talking about too much sheer work So when we wanted to level up the experience not only in the industry of barbering We wanted to cross that over with the salon game like low-key We're like the suicide squad because like everybody here. We're all so different We all have like different personalities some of us are quirky some of us are like more chill But at the end of the day, we all get together and we just do our shit We're gonna detail some of the skin line just cuz the hair on the backs a little bit thicker So we're just kind of freehanding with the zero open and just kind of blending it to look more even So right now we're using a thinning shears to help blend the bulk into the fade It's pretty much the same concept as fading with clippers just a little bit more precise just for the dark spots So it's gonna shape the corner to just to make this a little bit sharper make we got a haircut Some people have different styles some people like to push it back to make it What's your style? I'd rather do a more natural just so it goes back a little bit better Okay, push back a little bit, but not too much to where it looks like you've like a double line up sometimes Right, right. Yeah, I like it. I like a shape to it, but I really don't need to push back Yeah, getting water in the hair helps stretch the hair all the way out Oh, so this is to get the maximum cut out of the hair versus obviously, I don't wear my hair wet. Yeah You know what type of finish you want like more natural or more shiny? I usually go more matte You know back in the day I used to go shiny lots of gel But no, I go mad. You use a matte paste today Matt face is gonna be good for a solid hold and it's gonna make the hair more natural So it's okay for a full like nothing in there and take a piece as a matter of products warm up in the hands And then when you apply it you want to start the roots This is what holds up your hair gives you volume and texture if you get everything on top it gets very heavy Yeah, so it gets rid of all the flow and texture when I do it myself am I taking my fingers and doing this like what what's the best way Yeah, the best way is kind of start you can start the middle if you want to make sure you spread throughout the roots and then If you just kind of do this motion, it'll spread more evenly the vented brush comb the hair back The idea is that when you blow dry this hair back, it's gonna dry like this So it's gonna support all the hair falling over so this part will stay more volumized for longer Thanks Marco, I appreciate it appreciate the information and hopefully you guys found this video helpful I can just walk straight out of this shop because I already paid online so There it is Whoo, man. So hopefully you guys found that video helpful It's been so cool to see 12 pell grow, you know We were here the first week that they opened about five and a half six years ago And then now they've turned into this amazing power house Car has been very helpful. You know, I even get social media tips from them But ultimately I get a fresh cut so you guys let me know if you guys want to see more Videos like this. I kind of want to bring haircut videos back styling videos back because I think it's really helpful I'm not saying I'm the expert, but let me just tell you I can talk to experts so Feeling confident man. What should I do in Chinatown now?