 What's up guys, welcome to today's video. So I've got a really cool tutorial plan for you guys. I'm gonna walk you guys through a haircut step by step, but what makes this one a little bit different than normal? So occasionally in the mail, I'll receive some kind of hair product or something to make a video with. So today's definitely gonna be unique because I received a package, a random package that included a mannequin that was pre-color. So this mannequin was colored by Mary Cromings, who is an international platform artist and educator for John Paul Mitchell Systems. She's also married to Robert Cromings, who is the global artistic director for John Paul Mitchell Systems. And those of you guys that have watched this channel for a while, you know my history with Robert Cromings. Holy moly. Yes, that was me 16 years ago. And the package came with this note right here. So it reads, Matt, it's always a pleasure for me and Robert to work with you. I colored this mannequin for you to cut. Can't wait to see what you create, Mary and Robert. So no pressure, but I wanna make this thing look cool. So I'm gonna walk you guys through. I think you're gonna love the haircut that I put together using this mannequin. So the color is super fun. I'm assuming that they use Paul Mitchell Pop XG for the yellow tone and then the white tone. I'm not really sure. Maybe she can jump on and explain that to you guys. But I love the placement. The placement was really cool and creative. It was definitely all around that front hairline was the white color. And then throughout it, sporadically, there was white tones that kind of popped through. So what I wanted to do is take this haircut, open up the face to really showcase that white hair color and have that pop through. And then also kind of showcase through texturizing the white pieces that went throughout. So it was really fun to take a look at a color technique and add a cut to it without actually knowing how she placed the color. Just kind of looking through it, seeing how I wanna do enhance it. So I hope you guys enjoy this technique. It's gonna be super fun to walk you through it step by step. So let's get started. Here we go. All right guys, so as we get into this technique, I wanna walk you guys through this sectioning first. Sectioning to me is the most important thing that you can do because it's gonna make you more consistent in your execution. So let's talk about the sectioning. Left hand side parting, back to the crown. And then I kind of comb the hair over to the front of the head and I let it start to part itself. That's basically gonna take the hair that wants to be in the top and it's gonna keep it on the top and the hair that wants to fall at the bottom, it's gonna keep that on the bottom. Then I twist away the heavier side, breaking that in half from top to bottom, that way as well. And now we're gonna work a sliver of a section in the side. Basically what I'm doing here is I'm taking away where that white hair color was because I wanna get a little bit creative with the texture of that. I'm also keeping a disconnection underneath because I'm gonna play with that length in the dry cut later on. So we're gonna work through, I'm gonna twist that up and away and that's really just that part side gonna be able to create a ton of movement, create some shorter layers in there. We're almost gonna get a shag effect within the layering. So now I'll create my disconnection. Whenever I'm disconnecting something, I like to braid it off. For me, braiding just kinda keeps it separated, keeps it nice and tight. Sometimes hair can slip out of a clip but it doesn't slip out of a braid as easy. So I'll just braid that off and away. So now we're gonna go from that crown point that we created earlier and I'm gonna draw a line down to behind the ear and that's gonna start the sectioning for the right hand side and then I'm gonna comb that up and away and meet the point right up in that temple area or that recession point and draw my line there. That's gonna create the second sliver section which we're just gonna create some disconnected layers within which is, it's a fun way to create a ton of movement in a haircut. So now the final thing that I'll do is separate that disconnection on the right hand side. Same thing that we did on the left. I'm gonna braid it through to get it sectioned off. So now I wanna talk about this tool because it's very special to me. This is our brand new TriRazor by Free Salon Education. It's the tool that we came up with. We designed, we got the patent for, well, patent pending. And so I wanna show you guys how this thing works. So we're gonna use the 100% cutting side first. So I'm gonna take a two inch wide section in the back and I'm actually gonna work down the hair. I wanna find where the head wants to curve and that's where I'm gonna start my layering technique. So what I wanna do is just softly go into the hair, start cutting those layers and then slide the TriRazor down the hair ever so slightly. What that's gonna do is not give me uniform layers, it's gonna give me natural texture and I'm gonna do that on both sides of the head. So just combing everything down, light tension in the hair and then just let the TriRazor do its thing as you slide it over. Now don't push too hard because obviously you don't wanna push through unless you do. So you gotta make that choice. So then I go through, cut the perimeter line, keeping that nice and shattered for now. You can always cut that with a scissor if you want it to be a more blunt line but look at those layers already popping with just three sections. Now we're gonna work through our left-hand side, I'm gonna work vertical partings, traveling guide from the back to the front, so just bringing everything over to it. Now watch what I do with the guideline, right? So I grab a guide from the back where I started those layers with the TriRazor and now I'm gonna comb everything up and just with a swipe, just like you're swiping a credit card, you create that first line. Now I grab my subsection and now I'm going to scoop and pull my guideline to the new section. All right, so now we finished up the left-hand side, now I'm gonna comb out that disconnection. We're gonna play around with that later in the dry cut. The last thing I'm gonna do on the left side here is just swipe through and create my outer perimeter line. So again, you could do that with a scissor if you want to, that's up to you and what you're trying to create. Now we're gonna do the same thing on the right-hand side as we did on the left, working through traveling guide. Make sure that you're pulling that guideline to the new hair. Notice how I scoop underneath and I pull it up and then I swipe just like a credit card and get my line. So I'm just gonna work my way through this section and then we'll start working on the top. All right, so now we finished those layers on the right-hand side. We're gonna mess with that disconnection, like I said, in the dry cut later on. So let's move into the top. The inspiration for the top comes from Robert Cromings himself, which was a pop-top technique back in the day and how you would do that technique is you'd basically take the entire top of the head, pull it forward and then cut it all at once. I'm gonna do a very similar feel to that, but I'm gonna break it up into a few sections and I'm gonna work to create a nice angled line for my end result. So nice vertical, slightly vertical, slightly diagonal line towards the front and then I work that tri-raiser with about two inch passes up and down to cut my diagonal line. Now the fun part here, I comb the rest of it all forward and I use my Texture 50 side, which will remove 50% of the hair and I bounce that from ends to mid-shaft, just work it back and forth, creating invisible layers and a nice light feeling to the ends of this haircut. So look how easy they are to kind of manipulate and twist and style out. All right, so now we're just gonna go through, tap off those ends using the tri-raiser and we're gonna start our style using Paul Mitchell, quick slip, this product's not only gonna give you a soft hold, it'll also speed up your drying time as well, which is super valuable in the salon when we're trying to get through each guest throughout the day. So now I work that product through. Another little tip here is after I work it through with my hands, I like to brush it through to make sure I get the product on every bit of the hair and now I'm gonna start my blow-dry, a nice little flat wrap to start it off. This is gonna help get me control with the base and help smooth out the hair. I'm using my Ergo Diamond Head Paddle Brush that's available on Shop FSE, which is our website. And then once I get the hair about 80% dry, go in with Paul Mitchell Hot Off The Press. This is a heat protectant, so it's great for that hair that starts to dry up a little bit. You wanna add a little protection to it before you add more heat and get that hair dry. So number one way to damage your hair is to not use product when blowing it dry. Obviously, as professionals, we know that, but we need to tell it to our clients as well. So I go through, now I got my Ergo Round Brush. I'm gonna work that hair, get as much volume as I can throughout the top. Like I said, I wanted to showcase that white hair color that was popping in the front of this. So that's how I'm gonna do that, is use the style and the cut that we did. So now look at that, look how beautiful that white color is going through it. I'm gonna use Paul Mitchell Express Ion Style Plus to iron out that disconnection. And then we're gonna finish this off doing a dry hair cutting technique on the disconnection. That dry hair cutting technique is one of my favorites. It's called the tease cutting technique. So what I'm gonna do is half close the scissor as I push in and it's gonna help create a nice soft bevel to the end. So you'll see it's moving real fast, but I'm half closing as I go into it and that's adding layers, adding texture to that disconnection. So we're gonna work our way all the way around the head and I'll show you guys how this pops out in the end result. Texture starting to come to life. So what I wanna do is I'm gonna go in, I'll do that, I'll do a little bit of slide cutting around the face to break that up a little bit, but just that kind of the peaceiness of it. And then I go in with Paul Mitchell Spray Wax, which is my all-time favorite product, just to add that flexibility and that texture and then finish it off with a little bit of iron work, kinda twist it out some of those pieces, just bringing this whole style to life. Obviously you could style this perfectly straight, you could style it with a ton of wave to it. I love showcasing all the texture and you can really see how that money piece that Mary put in there just really pops throughout this cut. So volume in that fringe, I hope you guys like it. I loved doing this video. This is one of my favorites. I hope this gets to happen again, but I hope you guys liked it as much as I did creating it. Let me know in the comments below if you have any questions. 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