 Yo, what's going on YouTube? It's Arlen Cub back here with another video. I know it's been way too long you guys This whole situation with the COVID thing is kind of stupid but whatever so in this video I am doing a Cut on ya boy 360 GZ I'm very honored to be cutting his hair because not only that he's looked up into in the barber game But he's looked up in the entire world for just you know motivation just for hard work all that stuff so I just want to thank him for giving me this opportunity and My fact you guys you guys can talk to him yourself you guys go you To what's up? It's your boy? GZ I ain't even really feeling it right now. I'm gonna be honest with you I'm not in the vocal spirit right now even though it is Christmas But listen shout out to my man Arlen He hooked your boy up with the fresh he fresh cut taper on point man All right, listen everybody right now. Okay, hit the like button hit the subscribe button Follow my man Arlen cull Instagram and YouTube Arlen if you have any other Instagram or or social media platforms, would you please be so kindly to let everybody know? Okay, it's your boy 360 GZ. Stay tuned Thank you for saying those kind words about me, Mr. GZ But hope you guys like this video. It's gonna be nice Like comment subscribe my Instagram is gonna be on the top One of these eyes so take care you guys you guys have any questions comment below. I'm out. Thank you guys Have a good one What's going on you guys? It's Arlen cook back here with another video. Yes. This is 360 GZ in my chair Yes, he cut off his waves. He cut his waves off about like three or four or five six seven months ago You know just try something new. Okay, Jared stop for merkin Anyways, so what we're gonna do if we're picking out the hair I'm picking out the hair so that way when I do events we shape it up Everything's all picked out evenly so I'll gotta keep going back and forth keep picking it out in and out In and out in and out. So yeah, you guys with me. Stay tuned y'all So for the first step in this taper, I'm gonna be balding him out with my gold FXs Okay, these aren't my ones that I use to line up because those ones are extra sharp and crispy I don't want to make his neck bleed or have any scratches on them. Okay. You don't want to do that He's too precious. Okay so Just make sure that that line is straight and even Nice and neat They guys go Oster topaz's Oster topaz. They're just like Oster fast feeds. They're the same thing in my opinion. They're the same thing. Okay, so I Don't want you guys getting confused. Like what's the Oster topaz is not the same thing. So I am doing About like a half an inch to an inch to make that first guideline with the lever all the way open And you see how his hair is kind of it goes that way So I'm I'm I'm cutting against the hair so against the grain So you always want to cut against the grain say so say if somebody's hair grows to the side You got to cut it from that angle. Yeah, you guys have changed the angle and how you cut So I close the blade up here just to take out that bottom line So as a side you see how I'm just cutting at an angle because his hair grows that way So you do the you do the lever close and then halfway and then open and you want to play with it a Lot. Make sure you use the corners a lot Especially in takers because you want to be more precise because you want the blend to be in a certain area So make sure you close halfway and then open So moving on I have my number one guard and I have the lever all the way open on my Oster topaz slash fast feeds I'm making a the guideline about like half an inch to an inch like how I always do it I always make my guidelines a little bigger than most people because I like how my My blend stretch out and I like it that way, you know, that's that's my style of cutting So what I'm doing, I'm not really digging into the hair I just think I'm kind of flicking up right there because I don't want to make a hard line when I'm going into an afro Because I want to be able to take that out later and freehand it out later Because if you make a hard line, it's gonna be really hard. You gotta keep going higher and higher Somebody just texted me. Jesus man. I'm doing a video here y'all So to take out this line with my zero guard, I am using the zero guard here close lever I am using my corners a lot. I'm just flicking it out because When you flick out with a zero guard when you use a number one guard to make the guideline Most likely it will come out You're just gonna have to keep picking at it more and more But when you flick up and just make it with your you know Your edge angle and touch like my instructor used to say you've got to have your touch and blend it out So make sure you do use your corners and also flick out. Don't make any hard lines here Y'all just play with the levers you go. Nope So for this part, I'm gonna be using my clipper comb and I know most of y'all thinking like On course hair for an afro Hear me out. Okay. I'm using it Okay, I'm kind of using it as a guard because I don't want to go too high So I am just flicking out I'm kind of basically it's like using like free-handing an afro with a guard So I'm this basically is it's a safer way because you have control of the angle that you're going at if that makes sense Okay, so I am going straight up with it and I'm kind of flaring it out because I don't want to go too too in to his hair and Potentially make a patch. So I am doing the safe way as all of you should do just be safe with it and just yeah so now that I'm done with the Clipper over comb I'm gonna be using my freehand method just to get all the hair that is sticking out So I can shape it because the most important part of afro tapers are the shape 100% of the time especially with me. So let's make sure you guys keep your guys the shape right and also Be smooth with the the freehand because you guys can't patch somebody just be smooth with it So now we're getting to the side taper. I'm gonna be using the same steps. I did for the back taper So basically I'm gonna be using my my gold babyless liners to make the first bald line I'm doing a high taper. So I'm not gonna be Keeping the hooks on the side. So I'm gonna be Go with the bald line higher just to blend it all out Make sure that the ball line is straight You guys go So I'm gonna be using the same clippers I did use for the back taper the Oster Topaz's slash fast feed. So I am doing my first guy line And I am doing the guy line half an inch to an inch long make sure that it is straight. So The way to blend this out is I Close my lever just now just as you guys seen in the video I am using my corners. You it might not look like I am but I'm putting more weight to the corner Just so I can blend out everything with more Preciseness or precision. I don't know the word how to say it. It's whatever. You guys know what I mean You want to do that because especially in tapers. I said there's plenty of times You want to be precise with the blend because you're doing a fade basically just on the side of the head So you want it to be You want the blend just to stay right there So it's it's a little bit harder to do tapers and fades in my opinion because you got to keep the blend in a certain place Of the head so make sure you guys place your levers close halfway open boom. There you guys go So now that we're done with that we're gonna be using our number one purple magnetic guard on the Oster fast feed Slash topaz topaz fast fees blah blah blah So from this angle, you can't really see what I'm doing much but I am making another guideline with the one But I am flicking out once I make the at the end of the guidelines just so I won't make another line So I'm gonna be going with the grain right here just to kind of lighten it up So it's not as dark with the number one guard because I am gonna be freehanding it when I'm done with everything So I do with the grain just to lighten up that that dark spot right over there by the the temple area As you guys can't see it. It is a little lighter. So just make sure you guys don't dig in as much so for this part of The taper to blend out that that little dark spot right there I'm gonna be using the zero guard and I did this I was explaining this at the back taper So I am using the corners of it to blend it out So you do want to flick out especially in this part of the head because I don't want to go too high on his head I don't want to make the blend go really really high because he wants to keep the shape and Basically, what I mean by shape is as you want to keep the hair shape based on your clients facial structure For most of you guys that are in barber school You guys will get to that for you for those that are apprentices or whatever Basically, what I mean by that is like some people have a certain face shape and you want to keep that hair Shape based on their face shape if you know what I mean because you don't want to make it too I don't you don't want to make it too round or too old-wish if their face shape is you know whiter so Make sure that the the shape bits their head or their face shape I'm gonna be blending out a spot that my zero guard did not get that's completely normal all guards I'll do what it's supposed to be doing. So you got to improvise So I'm gonna be using my my corner with the blade a no guard just to lighten it up It is a it is a good way to do a Taper like this is a lot of touch up work because I mean you want to make it as blurry as possible So make sure you do use the corners So I have the long angle shears just to you know shape up his hair. I'm not cutting too much off I'm not even really cutting much off in general. I'm just doing it just to shape up and Get all the hairs that are sticking out It is Probably one of the best ways to shape up people's hair because it saves so much more time I like doing it I like using these better than using my my clippers because It's already angled on you know, the shears already angled so it makes it so much more easier So for the most important part of the hair cut We're gonna be doing the line up Okay, so my method of my lineup is I start from the middle and I work my way to the sides Left to right or left or look right to left. So yeah left to right or right to left So I don't confuse you guys Either way to start from the middle I like doing this so that way because some sides are higher than the other some You know some people's lineups are higher than the other So when you start from the middle you get that that kind of a base So that way when you say if you line up from the middle Then you go to the left and then you go to the right it all adds up and all adds up evenly So you don't have to go higher on one side or the other So I mean it makes it easier on me to do it that way. So make sure you start from the middle Then work your way from left to right or right to left so for this part I'm gonna be doing the enhancements and you know, this is for the other people that be like Oh, okay, we don't never show the enhancements in your video Yeah, okay. Well now I'm doing it. Okay, so you guys have no room to complain that I don't show enhancements, okay? So I'm doing it now So just make sure that you guys follow your Lineup make sure that your lineup is straight from the begin with just so you don't have to worry about Making your enhancement line up all crooked and janky. So just make sure that it is straight Make sure that you put enough paint To water ratio so it sports out nicely and make sure you don't make it too dark because you can tell that it ain't natural Obviously the paint is not natural, but I mean Just to make it look crisp and you know presentable just make sure that is not too dark So this video is about over I want to thank you guys for being patient and watching this video It's been way too long But what way to come back and come back stronger than cutting the one and only 360 cheesy, okay guys So make sure you like comment subscribe follow me on Instagram and peace out y'all. I'm out. This is the haircut He loved it. I like you cut jeep