 what's up guys welcome to the channel today I'm gonna be sharing with you guys how to cut a feather layered short haircut this is a basic haircut but also has a little bit of trendiness to it with the modern styles that we have out there so I think you guys are gonna like this tutorial for sure so make sure you follow along subscribe to the channel we're gonna get started now so the sectioning was pretty simple you can see the breakdown of that now the first cut that I'm gonna do my bottom finger my middle finger you're gonna see me elevate that up to the part line the reason I do that is I want to get a little extra elevation in this section so anytime we're looking at haircutting we're looking at it from a horizontal line and a vertical line your horizontal line is gonna determine the weight back and forth on the head shape so whether it's pushing weight to the front pushing weight to the back staying balanced and then the vertical line is gonna be how the weight is transferred either up and down so did you layer it did you graduate it so with this haircut I want to layer the sides but I also want a round shape so I elevate the hair up a little bit higher to get that layered effect and then my fingers horizontally are gonna follow that parting all the way back through the head shape to create a round shape on the head so we have a layered round shape now I go through I continue that round shape all the way through start to build up a little bit of graduation in the back because the head shape in the back tends to be a little bit flatter so what I want to do is I want to create a little bit of weight in the back so that it balances out the head shape it makes it look a little more flattering once I get that line across the back then I shift my finger angle to vertical or slight diagonal forward and I start still working around shape but now I'm working vertical so this is a great technique for especially you beginner hairdressers out there or hair enthusiasts if you are looking to kind of work your brain a little bit we started off working horizontally really work in that shape vertical and horizontal and then then we switch vertical so it's really just twisting your mind to understand that you're really cutting things the same way but you're focusing on specifics so right now I'm holding more of the vertical line in my hand less of the horizontal so I have to be very careful of how I'm traveling around the head so look at how seamless and nice that haircut looks on the right side now we're gonna do the same thing on the left side I want to do a quick tool breakdown we just launched a scissor brand if you guys haven't watched a video in a while the FSE pro and elite series scissors these are the most phenomenal scissors I promise you that you will hold in your hands because I personally helped design them I put everything into it we've been working on it for about a year and now we've launched it and we have the best price point in the scissor industry in my opinion for the most quality scissor you can have so definitely check them out on our website free salon education.com I'm currently using the FSE elite series precision elite this is a precision wet and dry cutting scissor you can use it for both I'm using a five and a half inch scissor for this particular cut and I'm using our limited edition black series we also have in rose gold and we have it in silver again those are limited edition so if you want to check them out go to our website free salon education.com and you can purchase we also have payment plans if you want those as well but this scissor ranges from about $349 and if you use the code FSE 20 at checkout you'll get 20% off that purchase and we also have some other deals going on right now so go check it out working through the back I go a little bit more stationary with the guideline I'm still actually it's not really stationary I'm more stationary on my vertical line but I am traveling through and cutting around in the back building up that graduation so we go from really layering the sides to in the back going for a more graduated feel and like I said I wanted to build up a little extra weight especially in that low crown area because it's just a little more flattering when you look at the side profile of your client now just a little cross-checking so I pull that out look at the line there and I just define the line a little bit more in the vertical because we cut everything again horizontally so we check it vertically right you always do the opposite to check it but you can see how clean it looks and how versatile this short haircut is this could be a scissor cut male female it doesn't matter anybody that wants to rock this style could rock this style definitely has a little k-pop vibe to it in the end result so I think you guys again we'll get a lot of use out of this technique now again when you look at the overhead view you see that round shape that I'm trying to create now what I'm showing you guys here is that I'm going to cut a balanced line horizontally that's parallel to the wall but as I do that because the head is curved the forehead the hair that's at the very end is going to be longer naturally because it's being over directed more than the rest of the hair so that is a key component in this haircut you don't want to round off the front of the haircut because you want that extra length so when it gets combed back you get that specific look and it doesn't just look like a big round shape on her on his or her head right so bringing it back to me you can see that length that it pushes forward and then we go and cut it those you guys that are very visual you'll notice that I missed the piece whoops and I go back in and I cut it but one thing and the reason I left it in this video for you guys to see is first off everyone makes mistakes second I went back in and corrected it the exact same way that I cut it I didn't just cut it off right so anytime you miss a little something you got to go back in the haircut dissect it a little bit and cut it exactly where it needs to be so that you get the result you're looking for so same thing on the opposite side again cutting this at a more graduated feel to build up a little extra shape in that vertical line and I just work my way through it and you're still getting that over direction into the front so coming up in the video guys the we're going to do some dry cutting and you guys are going to be blown away by the result of the techniques that we do so this is just the precision look of the cut and then as we get into it I'm going to show you some dry cutting now just to soften the top and to lighten up the flip kind of back and forth on the top of the head I go vertical just on the parting and I go through and I just cut it define it take a little bit of weight off of it it's not doing a whole lot but it's just softening the top edge of that haircut so look at it flow back guys it's got a really nice feel to it you could leave the haircut like this and walk away and you would have a great haircut we're going to do some more detail work and really get into it but look at that shape how it pops through and that's that graduation that we put on top of the layering that is on the sides so already has a cool feel but we're going to make it even cooler as we work through this haircut so stay with me here as we work through it blow dry just a quick little flat wrap just to get those layers laying nice now I'm going to take out just a little bit of just create a line around the ears and then we're going to do some scissor over comb work just to define it and take it just a little bit shorter around the ear area and around the back nape now I now using the fse precision elite six and a half inch look at the difference between the scissor I was using how short it is and then when I go into my scissor over comb work for you barbers out there or people that like to do scissor over comb look at that six and a half inch precision elite scissor you could see how much more reach you get with it so it's just a much more enjoyable experience for scissor over comb work same exact handle same exact handle size you just get a longer blade with it and then I switch back to the five and a half to go in and just do a little bit of point cutting now to one of my favorite scissors in our pro line a pro series this is the fse dual 20 pro and this thing is awesome because you can flip it back and forth it's got an even handle short tang on both sides so you can flip it when you want to cut I like to cut blade down and do more blending work with it so watch I just flip it like that and then I can go through and just slide and look how as I cut down guys it goes right through the hair just like butter and slides through it hot knife through butter is what people like to say but you could just see how it slides through it it's an enjoyable experience for cutting men's hair short hair long hair any time you want to blend but you can see I'm taking out just 20% of the hair as I do it I slide it in kind of at an angle that helps me remove weight without creating any lines in the haircut so I still get that same feel to the haircut but it's just a little bit lighter weight again same thing I just flip the scissor I have the blade down because I'm blending and I go through like that now if I have blade up teeth down I'm texturizing so that's one way you can think about this blade down blending teeth up texturizing or teeth down texturizing t texturizing blade down blending and that's how we go through it we'll finish off a little bit of palmatial quick slip in there just to define it a little bit but this is the end result guys hope you like it let me know in the comments below what you think of this cut there you go and make sure you go to freesaloneducation.com check out all the scissors that we have to offer and the tri-raiser and all of that use the 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