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He's actually been Pretty active on our social media. So I appreciate that his first question is is it possible that all haircuts are vertical and horizontal at the same time? And this is kind of I think piggybacked off of another question that was please explain why hairdressers choose to layer with horizontal subsections verse vertical Subsections I know the answer, but I'm surprised at how many people don't so if we combine those two questions and Talk about horizontal and vertical. I think that that would bring a lot of light to people And I'm gonna try to speak Visually if that makes sense because people that are listening on the podcast I want to really try to drive this point home, which is Anytime you're cutting hair you're cutting hair Vertically and horizontally you have to think about what's How the haircut is being affected in both of those things So how do you want to push weight horizontally and by that I mean when you over direct the hair? It's gonna push weight the opposite direction, right? If I pull the hair straight out. It's not gonna affect The the weight right it's gonna be nice and even so Think about it this way if I pull the hair horizontally and I pull it like back from the head So I pull it towards the back of the head. I'm gonna push the weight to the front That's the horizontal part of it But then how am I holding the hair and how am I elevating the hair? Which is the vertical part of it and am I layering the hair or am I graduating the hair and that's kind of the key So you have to think about those two things when you're cutting hair at the same exact time Because if you don't then you're only thinking about hair cutting in a one-dimensional way So how do I want to push the weight horizontally? Do I want to push it towards the face? Do I want to push it off of the face and all you're gonna do in that case is? Pull it away from where you want it to live and then or do you want it to fall? Seamless right and just kind of follow the head shape around and then you don't push weight anywhere So that would be more of a traveling guide across And then vertically if the higher you elevate the hair the higher you you pull that weight up on the head The lower you hold the hair the more weight you build up towards the bottom So I think that that is the key thing that people need to think about is If I hold up here, I'm layering but then I'm over directing it back and when I over direct it back I'm pushing the weight forward. So I'm doing a layered Effect and pushing the weight to the face If I'm keeping the hair low. I'm doing more of a graduated effect I'm building the weight lower and then but still pushing that weight forward. So What do you want to do with the weight is really the key thing in hair cutting? Where do you pull it to where's it gonna go and just try to understand that fully and I think that that kind of runs into the next question Which was from Jay cash the hair tech good friend of the sh of FSE and everything Always commenting so Jay cash. You're the man. He's also on a video on FSE on demand So if you want to see that check that out. He does some men's cutting super talented guy All right, so he says I need to learn how to cut hair now this guy knows how to cut hair but he cuts a lot of men's hair and when you When you first learn cutting men's hair, I believe and I cut a lot of men's hair I've been cutting men's hair since the beginning of my career But I was never taught when cutting men's hair about all the things I just talked about over direction Elevation all that stuff. I was never really taught that you just kind of taught to blend And put the fade in different areas, right, but it's the same concept It's really do you want a low fade? Do you want a high fade? It's it's those kind of things So you're still answering the same questions So for him to say I need to learn how to cut hair to me I know he knows how to cut hair what I think he's talking about is the things that we just talked about the vertical the horizontal When hair is longer It's it's it's just a different mindset because you're not working with really prominent weight lines Even though you are you don't see them as much. So he says, uh, I know What I'm cutting and the reason to know what what okay? Here it is So I need to learn how to cut hair to know what I am cutting and the reason why When to elevate when not to elevate I have been doing everything, but I think I need to do I can't read is really the the fact here. Okay, so Basically, he's saying that he needs to understand why if you want to understand the why in haircutting It's it's everything. We just talked about it's understanding every move that you're making and What you need to do is just kind of break it down. Don't jump into it right away and say all right. I want to Understand everything just learn different aspects. So just focus on the horizontal and the vertical And where you're pushing weight focus on that first And honestly if I was gonna say what should you focus on first? It would be combing the hair figuring out how to section the hair how to part the hair in the right way then move into The actual cutting part which is you know because now you've got combing down So now you're pulling the hair where you want it to go and when you cut it, you know where it's gonna fall I think that that's kind of a key thing when learning to cut hair so Jay, I would say listen to the last answer that I gave for the other guy and Don't don't overthink it, but just take one little thing at a time and really focus on every aspect of the cut so first things first You know how to comb hair, but really work on tight sectioning Then you have a clean section and then when you have that section break it up The other thing I think is a good tip is if you As you're going through a haircut if you really break that haircut up So a lot of people section hair some people don't I think sectioning hair is is really key because I Section the hair with the head shape, right? So I'll go at every curve of the head the parietal ridge I section that off down to behind the ear So that becomes a panel and then I work on that panel and I know that any hair I'm bringing out from that panel is pretty much consistent with my elevation and angle so That panel that's right in the temple area parietal ridge to the to behind the ear That little square section. I know if I over direct it back to the back of that panel Then it's going to push that weight to the front so or if I over direct it to the face I know it's going to push it off of the face So I take it section by section and that's how I do my haircutting So make sure that would be my advice to you is just really work on Taking it section by section and you'll have more success Alright To do do now. I do want to get into why subsections some people cut vertically and some people cut horizontally And this was Jacob Pequett. I believe is his name on Instagram He says please explain why hairdressers choose to layer with horizontal subsections verse vertical I think after talking to him a little bit I think he got that question backwards because I think most hairdressers layer vertically With vertical subsections And if you don't I I don't It doesn't matter which way you do it And for me, I've always thought about it. It's kind of the first question answered, right? So Horizontally and vertically are the same thing in a way what happens is when people work horizontally They're working more on the outer perimeter weight the the horizontal weight and when you're working on that You're not focused on your elevation and how you're how you're How you're transferring the weight vertically right because you're holding it horizontally you're holding a small section I'm gonna make a whole video on this but It's really that's kind of the key. So as I'm working Horizontally, I'm holding more of that horizontal line in my hand and not much of the vertical line. So you want to make sure That I think when you're layering whether you do it horizontally or vertically just understand both concepts Vertical and horizontal you're gonna get the same result if you are focused on both of those at the same time And not just one of them. The problem is most people That layer horizontally are only focused on that horizontal line that they're cutting and they're not focused on the elevation They're creating in the vertical plane. So hopefully that makes sense Next one Hair by Hailey M. She says what is your best advice for students struggling to gain confidence? So I did talk about this in a in a last podcast, but trust me guys This is one of the biggest questions that comes up and I think the reason for it is We're not building confidence in our schools and You know picking people up and showing them the why's like the reason that you don't have confidence is because you don't understand Why you're doing what you're doing. You're just doing it because you're told to so This is building up, but it all goes back to my first answer Which is understanding what you're doing and why and then you'll have more confidence Confidence grows with time, but the biggest thing I can say to you guys is you have to be confident when cutting hair and coloring hair and doing somebody's hair you are working with a human being and if you don't have confidence then That's gonna be the biggest struggle for you. You're gonna be fighting through that more than learning So make sure that you're constantly learning and that's gonna bring in your confidence watching these kind of videos Watching haircutting videos watching color videos the I think the thing that brought in my the most confidence for me when I was in school I had one teacher and He I think he just knew that I was really into Learning like I wanted to learn new techniques and he brought in this entire box of VHS Tapes of VHS is a cassette to you young young ones out there that held the video and you would put it in a vcr and And you could watch it and I had these they had these huge collections. So like it's funny because My career and everything I know is built from multiple different people And I think you can see it when you watch what I do, but Tony and guy So my biggest influences at the beginning were Tony and guy I had these VHS Collections of like six VHS tapes in these huge boxes Which I loved and Michael aurorick was another good one that I would watch so I Think that that's like the biggest thing is watching people that are really talented and learning their tricks And then when you learn those things You You'll have more confidence because you'll try them I had I remember I had my shampoo and set ladies in the chair and I would I'd be practicing these crazy stroking techniques and teas cutting techniques and all these things That should not be done on on older women's hair Especially if you're gonna try to permit afterwards because you need lines in the haircut But I didn't care because I was trying to learn and I didn't even think twice about it It's not that I didn't care. I didn't think about it I just wanted to learn the technique and when you're in school It's your chance to to mess up and to learn and to be uncomfortable So just you know work towards that and you'll get your confidence And if you're out of school and you're still not confident, it's normal So don't think that you have to be confident right out of school What you need to do is build your confidence through education. Teach yourself Focus on what you're doing. Don't just like so here's another thing I want to say because I I do hands-on classes quite often now and In when I'm doing a hands-on class. I see tons of people that are there It's like they spent the money to be there, but then when they're there, they're not fully like Trying to understand it they get uncomfortable and then they just start cutting whatever they want and that's where I think The the hardest part lies I think it's if you're somebody that doesn't have confidence you should go to these classes with questions ready to go and you should Learn as much as you can and try and put yourself out there and ask questions Like don't just stay in the back of the classroom and hide in your technique like you'll see people And I try to pull it out like when I see people doing it But they're just kind of quiet which is me like I'm a quiet person in a lot of scenarios except for you know on the internet, but I'm a more quiet person, but like So I don't ask a lot of questions I just observe and it works for me, but for some people you need to ask those questions you really need to When you're in a class if you don't understand it stop and ask a question You're not putting anybody out, especially if you're spending hundreds of dollars on a class Like you have to ask questions and that will help you grow and it'll help you understand it All right, let's see Breeding Malone I Don't know okay Why do all the new trending colors fade so fast when following manufacturers instructions? Example purples blues rose golds etc so I Don't know if this is a hairdresser question Sometimes it's a it's on the on the edge of that But as a hairdresser and those of you guys if you're not a hairdresser and you're listening to this You're trying to learn things about salon stuff Or you are a hairdresser and maybe this just isn't a known fact for you But a lot of those colors are not even semi-permanent. They're they're Fantasy colors. They don't have a developer. They don't process in the hair So they just sit In the first kind of layer of the hair. They don't go into the cortex of the hair So that's the reason they fade. They're gonna fade That's why they need to be done often But that's the great part about them as well Is they're easy to get out of the hair for the most part depending on which ones you use But they're easier to get out of the hair and you can try something new like You don't have to have your pair of purple all the time and we don't have to yank it out of there and damage your hair so That would be my thing. It doesn't go into the hair. It sits on more of the outside of the hair All right, let's see All right, you had a video All right, I think we talked about that Hair by umber What advice do you have for new stylist transitioning from assisting to getting behind the chair full-time? so This is a little bit more of a vague question, but my answer would be To do hair for for free Would be my straight-up answer for one Get models in and so you don't want to dis so I don't really believe in the discounting method of Just because you're new and you don't have clients to discount people to get them in I think giving away something first like doing somebody's hair and Winning them over is the best way to get them in your chair forever Right, so get them in do a great job on their hair give them the best experience that you can and Then the the biggest thing out of this whole thing is she has a great experience or he has a great experience And then you take a picture a great picture of the work that you spent a lot of time on because you have plenty of time to do it so This is the thing when you get out of Assisting and you get behind a chair or you go out of school and you're behind a chair you have nothing but time and When you have a lot of time you have a lot more time to be creative and to Create and learn to take pictures and to mess up and all of these things right so If you're just getting out of assisting and you're going behind the chair do hair for free Don't discount it free looks more expensive. It just looks like you're a nice person and next time it will be the regular price but you get those models in you win them over and now you have a chance to Get your work to put up on the internet to get more clients and market yourself that way. So that would be my suggestion there Alright I am in cosmetology school. I post before and after pictures on Instagram and Facebook But I am having troubles advertising and getting my name out there any tips. This is cause creations 319 on Instagram I'm in cosmetology school. I post before and after pictures on Instagram Let's look at her before and afters okay, so Here's what I'm gonna say. So this is I think a good lesson I hate before pictures and the reason I hate before pictures is because everyone knows that the person doesn't look good before But it bogs up your Instagram page and you can see You see more terrible than you see good, right? So when somebody looks at your Instagram page and they see a great Like great pictures all the way down They're more apt to be like wow this person is super talented when I look at this page when I look at your page I do see good hair in there in in spots But I'm seeing a lot of before especially when you put The before at the beginning and then you have to swipe to see the after that's like the worst thing you can do Because no one swipes over really I mean the majority of people doesn't matter how popular you are on the internet They do not search into your stuff like people are unrealistic with The way that they go about What they think people are actually gonna do and the way that you're gonna learn what people actually do on the internet is watch yourself Do it so as I go through things I take a look at this and I'm off it in two seconds Nothing caught my eye really, you know and not necessarily in your in your Instagram But just in general I'm on somebody's page. Nothing catches my eye. I'm off of it in two seconds Especially if I all I see is kind of before-looking hair And not so good-looking hair. So make sure that number one you're posting the After first and then you swipe over to see that the before if you want to like if you're gonna put a before put It in a swipe over after The post is because then they see the good hair and then they have to dig to find the bad if they want it But most people won't do that. They won't swipe. Most people will not go past just a quick flip through They probably won't even like your photo. They just see it, right? So that's just the reality of the way the internet is now So that's uh, that's my answer for that All right, did you do Deja Rose says who inspires you Who inspires me This is like This is the question. I want to get into maybe a little bit different way of answering this because I try to take inspiration from everything that I see right so I'm constantly Paying attention to what people are doing, but at the same time I'm just kind of pushing forward doing what I do best, which is creating and I've been educating for a very long time So I listen to your questions and I try to build content on that So the first thing would be who inspires you it would be at this point in my life the the questions that I get inspire what's gonna happen or Sometimes I'm just sitting here and I'm like, you know, I'd like to Create this kind of look like back there. We just did a Like a shag kind of pixie look And that's just stuff that as you're sitting here or you're you know Sitting at your house or whatever and something comes to your mind. You just kind of take it and try to create with it People have inspired me in the past, but what I've found is don't get too tied up in people that inspire you because It's first off you don't want to just Study one person one person doesn't have all the answers. That's for sure and You should really I think learning to just cater to the things that you do best is probably your number one Should be your number one goal is just figuring out what you're best at and going for that. Don't try to be everything I Like cutting hair. I like coloring hair. I probably more like cutting but at the same time I do have fun coloring hair and it takes sometimes I like to take a break from what I Really love to doing my secondary and then that kind of re and not ignites the whole thing. So So from a who inspires you standpoint the quicker answer would be the people that follow and the people that ask questions and Comment because I can really figure out what they're looking for and that inspires me to do the next thing All right Let's see Okay, this is cool cat cauli. I think it's cauli. C-O-L-L-E-Y Hey Matt, how would you suggest a mature age student at beauty school 34 years old? Get noticed by salons when positioning fulfillment for apprentices Slash assistance From salon owners seem to be favored towards younger age I understand that it almost always comes down to the wages that the salon owners have to pay their staff and Someone under 20 years old is more desirable in that sense but how do we Representing the mature age beauty students here Show salon owners that we are just as committed focused and driven To build our careers as hairstylists as are your younger class. Okay, so If you guys are really figuring out that yeah, I'm reading ahead and thinking of the answer at the same time So that's something I need to work on all right, so Mature hairstylist 34 years old. I'm 35 years old currently for another month So I'm 35 years old if I were to go into a salon. I don't think so Here's the thing I know that I've built an audience and all this stuff on the internet, so I'm confident going into any salon situation that I could get hired at that salon With that being said, I know some of you guys out there like I didn't I haven't built The same thing maybe But with that being said you should be building something on the internet, I don't think at this point It salon owners are looking necessarily just for young people Maybe it was a pay thing back in the day. I like I don't know and maybe they wanted younger people to kind of build them up I definitely think it was a thing when I was working in a salon ten years ago that Maybe older stylists would have a little bit more of an ego or they'd be bringing in clientele and sometimes that's not the best situation for a salon because when you bring a clientele to a business Sometimes you feel like you have ownership over that But you're going to work for somebody else's business. So I definitely think That you have to be Just more like build yourself on the internet to showcase what you do, right and Depending on what you're trying to do from a business standpoint like if you're just getting out of school and you're a little bit older Let's see to try to get a position at a salon, you know being 34 years old You're not really old at all. And so what I would suggest is Well kind of what I said to the other girl about getting out of beauty school. It's not any different You're just older than her prep. Maybe I don't know. I didn't see how old she was but Just start building yourself online do free hair to build yourself up if you're still in school Figure out how to get people in there Being a hairdresser is Not an easy job and this is where I think a lot of people get it confused a little bit They think that You know, you get to a salon clients just they come to you it just takes time It takes a lot of hard work of really winning people over non-stop one after the other after the other and Also doing great hair at the same time. So You're juggling multiple things. You're dealing with personalities. It's a service business. There's so many aspects that go into this It's not an easy thing. So I Think if you're getting out of school and you're trying to find a salon job The first thing I would do is build up a great portfolio on Instagram Once you build that portfolio on Instagram Then you start tagging the salon in every photo that you post to find a salon that you really want to work at And if you want to work there tag them in everything that you do And then that's gonna get their attention and once you have their attention It's gonna be a lot easier because they know your work They know your consistency because if I'm looking to hire somebody now The only people I would want to hire is people that I see are super hungry for doing hair because I do not want to be around people that are not Driven towards the the drive like driven towards building themselves, right? so That's what those are successful people in this business people that love Doing hair and making people happy and creating a great experience. I Love educating. I love teaching. I have a passion for it. I would do it for free Like I mean I get paid to do it now, but I do it for free, you know, I did it for free for a long time, right? We would like I would do it for free. Would I be behind the chair for free? Probably not It's just not my personal Want which is why I've built a career being able to educate every day and create every day So think about that, right? You got to think about that when you're when you're deciding on where you want to work What you want to do and as a salon owner when you're hiring people You need people not because they're young you need people because they're driven and it's a lot easier to find a driven If you see somebody that's 34 years old or 42 years old or whatever it is And they're posting consistently every single day on the internet and they're really like into trying new things That's the person I would hire over a 20 year old any day of the week because they're a driven Person and it's hard to tell like you could see a 20 year old doing it right away but in you know in the reality Everybody's driven right out of school. They want to do more and do more But you find somebody that's a little bit older and they're still doing that at 35 years old Still trying to push the envelope and and to get better. That's the person that I would want to hire All right, I'm gonna choose one more question here. So Jane I actually just want to say so Jane Raven Salon on Instagram said what advice can you give someone who just left A salon and is basically starting from scratch at a different one Jane I hope that you listen to this whole podcast and take a lot of the things that we talked about because I would give you the same advice that that I've been saying so just want you to know I tried to answer your question All right guys, so I hope you enjoyed this podcast Remember go to sideline on the app store download it if you're looking to get a second phone line Just attached to your phone for your business. You pick your number And it's just a really great way especially with studio rental and all of that. So Hope you guys like that Make sure so if you want to download sideline There's a link in the description of anywhere that this video or audio is so you can click that Click that link. 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