 So before we start today's vlog, I want to fulfill one of the promises that I set in a previous vlog, which was to give away one of these nice vibrostrate irons to one lucky subscriber. So I asked you guys to post in the comments why you would like to win this vibrostrate iron. You guys did a great job. You posted lots and lots and lots of comments. So I really appreciate that. So what I'm going to do is I'm just going to scroll through this, select somebody at random, and you can win the vibrostrate iron. So here we go. And the winner is, ironically, Lucky Gal. So Lucky Gal on YouTube, she says, Hey Matt, I'd love to win the iron. I actually just starting out in this career, and I could use something really cool like this to create ideal styles for my wonderful clients. Thanks for this opportunity. So Lucky Gal, make sure you email contest at freesaloneducation.com. Make sure the subject says I want a vibrostrate iron and post in there your name, address, and phone number so that we can get this vibrostrate iron sent out to you. Now for those of you out there that would still love to win a vibrostrate iron, then post in the comments below again why you'd like to win an iron or just something that you liked about this current video that you're about to watch. And I'll pick somebody at random again to win another vibrostrate iron. So make sure you post, make sure you subscribe, and let's get started with the video. Here we go. What's up guys? Welcome to today's vlog. So if you remember last week, we had a model Danielle, we colored her hair, and you got to see the end result of that. Well, today I want to show you guys the haircut that we did on her. It's a long layered haircut, and we create a ton of volume. I think this video hits every check mark you guys are always looking for. Live model, long layers, lots of volume. So I don't want to delay this video anymore. I got a ton of information to share with you guys. I hope you like it. Make sure you subscribe to the channel below if you haven't done that already. And if you have subscribed, make sure you share it with a friend so that we can keep growing free salon education. Thank you guys so much. Let's get started. All right guys, so we're going to start off this video by prepping Danielle's hair with a couple different products. The first one is Palmatial Neuro Prime. It's a heat controller, heat protectant. So I put that in the hair. And then I put in the Neuro style lift, which is a really nice foam. So I put that throughout the hair as well. A lot of that goes into the root area. And the reason I put the product in before I cut the hair is because as I'm combing, it'll fully saturate the hair. Then when I go to blow dry it, all the hair has the product. This is the Mizetani type K scissor. It's my favorite scissor. We have it for sale on freesaloneducation.com. I use a five and a half inch scissor. I like using a little bit of a shorter scissor for precision cutting. The reason I like a shorter scissor, and most people do, for precision cutting is the fact that the blade is really strong. So you get really clean lines when you're cutting. You're also not working with a ton of hair when you're doing precision cutting. So you don't need a real long blade that's going to cut a ton of hair as well. So the sectioning for this cut is pretty simple. We're basically going to create Pac-Man shape on the top of her head. So I take a triangle out for the fringe, and then I make a circle around that triangle. So you can see right here on the top view, that triangle, and then a circle around it. The circle is really going to be the roof of the haircut. So that's what's going to overtake the rest of the hair. So what I want to do is go through underneath the hair, create a ton of layering, and then we'll put the roof on it at the end. So the other thing I'm going to do when I'm sectioning is I go right at the division line. So I split the head in half, and then I section that away as well. I just want to keep everything nice and clean. Just because we're doing a longer layered haircut, and if you're doing that in the salon, doesn't mean you don't want to work clean and organized. So I'm going to go through my elevation. This is going to be kind of a concave feel to the layering, even though I'm not going really extreme and lifting my elbow. But you can see how it comes off the head shape. It's not 90 degrees. The only part that's around 90 degrees is right at that top crown area, right at the very tip of my finger. But the rest of it is very collapsed, very layered. So the reason I'm doing this, you notice that what I wanted to do is put a ton of layering into it and keep that perimeter line. Danielle didn't want to lose a lot of length, so I just wanted to go in and add some life to it. And I'm working pie shaped sections around the head. What that's going to do is give me a nice balanced feel to the layering, as opposed to pulling everything over directing it really far and pushing weight. There's no reason really for me at this point to push weight in this long of hair. So I just want to create that movement, have a nice stack to the layering and remove some weight from her haircut. So you'll notice I don't really do much with the perimeter at this point. Depending on my guest, I will either comb her hair straight down, cut the perimeter first, use that as my guideline, or I'll go in, cut the interior first, then go in and cut the perimeter after, depending on her hair type. If she has a thicker hair type, then I'll go in and cut the perimeter first. If she has a finer fabric of hair, then I'll go in and cut the perimeter second. The reason I do that is because I want to really create a strong base, so I can decide once I've cut the layers how much weight I want to leave around the perimeter, because when somebody has finer hair, you don't want their hair to look too thin. So again, continuing that same section, the pie shape section around, traveling guide, just combing that hair. You'll notice now I'm pushing the hair away from myself. As I worked to the left hand side, I was pulling the hair to the next section. Now I'm pushing the hair to the next section, so I'm pushing it back to the guide. Biggest thing when you're working with a guide is to make sure you're never combing the guide to the new hair, because when you comb the guide to the new hair, you shorten the guide and then you have a completely lopsided haircut. So notice again, pushing the hair away from my body, but not like too extreme to where I'm uncomfortable and I'm getting inconsistencies, just pushing it right over to the guideline. The other thing I'll notice, I'm kind of doing a slight point cut. Now I'm still creating a line, but when I'm working with a longer hair and a medium density, I don't mind doing a little bit of point cutting to create my line, just to soften it a bit. There's no reason to have a harsh line all the time in your haircuts. Now I'm switching to a really cool product we have on FreestyleOnEducation.com. It is the Donald Scott Twist. It's a razor that has a 25% cutting side and 100% cutting side. I also put in Donald Scott Prepare, which is a great product. It's a liquid tool glide. It's got pure coconut and sunflower oil. It helps protect the hair when doing razor cutting. Now what also helps protect the hair is the fact that I have a fresh blade, but I spray the prepare in the hair and then all I'm doing is just gliding. It's a condensed cut at this point and just gliding and sliding, creating that face frame in the front of the haircut. That's what's really cool. I think combining different tools, a lot of people stick with the same tool throughout the entire haircut. I think we have different tools for different purposes. I love this tool for creating a face frame, creating a lot of movement, a lot of layering. Now in the back, I wanted more precise structure, so I use my scissor. In the front, I go through and I use the razor because I want that freedom and I want the texture and movement in the front. So you can see I bring that whole triangle section all the way over to me on the one side and that gives me kind of a kick of a bang that's nice and lightweight. So now we're going to take down the top. This is the roof section of the haircut. This is condensed cutting at its finest. The fact that we created that structured layers in the back, now we're going to create some messy kind of textured layers to fall over those structured layers so you'll see the movement but also have that precise hold in the back. So I bring everything forward and I use my 100% cutting side on the Donald Scott twist and I go through and I cut it. You can see I kind of match that up with that front fringe area and then as soon as I push that hair to the back, I get that texture in the layers. Now we're using the Palmatian Neuro Blow Dryer. This is version one of that blow dryer. Version two I just did an unboxing of so I'm excited to use that on an upcoming video but we use the blow dryer. I'm using my Ergo paddle brush that's also available on Freeslaw in Education for purchase and I go through and I do a flat wrap technique on the very top. You could see the face frames, see everything kind of starting to come to life. Now you also see some disconnections in there. That's because we bring everything forward. We cut it with a razor. We're doing a little bit more movement with it but that all plays into the organic feel of the cut and obviously once I get it completely styled then I'm going to go in and finish off some of those pieces. Now I go in with the Neuro Style Protect from Paul Mitchell. It's also a heat controller. What I love and what a lot of people don't focus on, you got to use a heat protectant in the blow dry and then use another heat protectant in the iron work so that you're protecting the hair all the way through as opposed to just doing the iron work protectant. So I go through this, the Neuro Angle Iron as well. I'm just wrapping it around. It's a one inch iron. I like that it has a rotating handle so I don't have to pop my elbow way up in the air to use it. So I just go through. I wrap that nice and tight in the hair. Just consistent vertical sections all the way around the head to create the style. Those layers that we created with the haircut with using the Donald Scott Carving Comb and the Mizutani Scissors, all of that's going to come to life after we iron it like that. So you can see tons and tons of volume. I love haircuts that have a lot of volume in them and styles. So I go through. I finish it. This is the Neuro Finishing Spray. So it's an all-around product line works really well for everything and just gorgeous cut here. So I hope you guys like it. Let me know in the comments below if you have any questions. I love to hear your questions. Also, if you made it this far in the video, I always love hearing that as well. I hope you enjoyed this cut. If you want to see the color, go check out my last video on my last vlog and you'll see it. Thank you guys so much for watching. All right, guys. And like always, if you like the video, then make sure you hit the like button. 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