 On this episode we discuss Olaplex a lot. A lot, a lot, a lot. A lot, a lot. A lot, a lot. And Clipper cutting a lot. Lots of Clipper cuts, lots of Olaplex. All the Clipper cuts and all the Olaplex. Here we go. What's up guys? Welcome to the vlog. I got that volanized with me. Yup. And we are going to answer your questions. So this is the Q&A portion of the week. Thank you guys so much for submitting your questions. We're going to get started. This is going to be a pretty short episode. So. But very informative. Yes. Right. You don't even know the questions. Yeah, but I know it's going to be very informative. You just said, okay cool. All right, so all these questions came from Instagram. So thank you guys for submitting those. All right. So the first question is from Claire McFarlane Haer on Instagram. She says, do you have any plans to do some international trade shows and education like in New Zealand or hair expo in Australia? Time to be very informative and say yes. Yeah, bucket list. It's definitely on my bucket list. I would like to definitely go to Australia. Definitely go to New Zealand. So if anybody's in charge of those shows, let's make that happen. Let's have it happen during the warm season because I do hear that New Zealand can get a little cold. I don't know like a whole lot about New Zealand except for that it's supposed to be the more awesome version of Australia because nothing there wants to kill you. Like what? Like sharks? Australia has all of the world's most dangerous things. Sharks, spiders, snakes, like you name it. And they're all on the endangered list so you're not allowed to kill them. You have to call an exterminator. I'm sorry, that's self-defense. Are you okay? I will be as long as I see it first. All right, so here's the deal. So if you are, if you have anything, so basically what's happening now is you'll see different companies because what I've noticed about the hair shows now, they don't know who's popular and who people want to see. So what they're doing is they're posting and asking people to vote on who they want to see and they're just saying put any name. So what I would say is put our names. Matt Beck and the Friestline Education Team. Yeah, all of us please. Yeah, start submitting that and you'll see us in quite a few different places. The reason you don't really is because, well I'm actually, I mean we're at shows, but just the US shows. So definitely start talking about it and people will start bringing us there. So first question, very informative. Very informative. Stylist Medalia, I'm going to say. How does Continum, which I don't know how to pronounce that either, compare to Olaplex? All right, so here's one thing I want to tell you. So I did some research. I've never used this product, Continum. I'm guessing that's how it's spelled C-O-N-T-I-N-U-U-M. I have really no idea. Continum! Yeah. So I know Jen Akin, Atkin supports this. Atkin? Yeah, she supports it. What we know about Olaplex is that they have everything patented and copyrighted and stuff all in those lines so they can't have like the same formula. Yeah, they can't have the same formula and it's all about rebuilding bonds. So this one says that Continum is for Stylist and colorist as a salon treatment that could be added to color. What's unique about this hair restructuring product is the fact that it could be used in all color services, not just lightning. Well, already right there is wrong information because Olaplex can be used in everything that you do and they recommend putting it in everything that you do because no matter if you're coloring hair or you're lightning hair with bleach, you're breaking down bonds. Even if you put water on the hair, you're breaking down bonds. So really, Olaplex should be in everything that you do to keep the hair nice and healthy. I'm definitely a big fan of sticking with the original on this. Like that said, Olaplex has patents. They created their formula. No one can use that exact formula. So they're creating a knockoff. And I'm sure they're okay, but why not just go with Olaplex who came up with it? I mean, look at Toyota from China. It's not any good. Toyota? Yeah, China's known for like, they'll have similar cars to the United States and like the rest of the world, but they're like slightly off. It's like when you buy a handbag from a flea market. Oh, okay. They look like at a far glance, they look like they could be it, but as you're getting closer, you're like, that thing's too big or that thing's too small. I don't think it's quite probably that. You know what I mean? Like, I'm sure there's really like legit chemists that put together this formula. Oh, oh yeah, yeah. No, that's more sarcasm and ha, ha, ha. Right. I don't think it's quite Toyota, but it is definitely like, it's definitely, I would go with the original. Why not stick to it? Maybe it's a little bit more expensive. I have no idea, but you make so much money off having Olaplex in your salon that I can't imagine why spending the money on Olaplex and not the other versions that followed after Olaplex, it just wouldn't make sense to me. But that's not to say that someday there might be something cool. I don't know, but for now that's my take on it. All right. Are the results of, there's another question from Bobby Showtime here. I love that name. Are the results of Olaplex permanent or is it something that you have to use forever? So, Bobby, so that we understand like what Olaplex is. Olaplex is a, it allows there to be bonds to be multiplied in a color process. So when they would normally break down a lot of bonds, it helps multiply the bonds so that not as many bonds break. That's not really something, so that's going to keep the hair healthy till the next time you color it. The next time you color it, you got to use Olaplex again because it's because then if you didn't use it, you're breaking down those bonds that you just rebuilt. Yeah. It's like going out in the rain, with a umbrella. Yeah. Right? You don't get wet that time, but if you go out in the rain again, you don't have your umbrella, you're going to get wet. I like that analogy. Thanks. That works. All right. How long did it take for you to get comfortable with clipper cuts and do you have any tips for recent beauty school graduate on how to get better? Practice, practice, practice. Yeah. Practice. I think comfortable with clipper cutting, I guess it depends on what type of clipper cutting you're talking about. There's still phases of clipper cutting, phases of scissor cutting, phases of everything and hair that I'm not comfortable with. Yep. So I just keep practicing, keep learning. I think it's more about not the clipper and it's understanding the hair and the density and the formation of the hair. All of those things play a bigger role and then the tool that you're using. Yeah, because you do the same clipper cut on one person and then have somebody else come in and use the exact same pattern if you would and it's going to come out completely differently. You might have the one down pattern and then you look at the other one and you're like, why are there so many lines? I did the exact same thing. Yeah, it's why it's so frustrating when you go to a hair show and people want to see a specific haircut or when I talk about posting on YouTube a celebrity haircut and why I have a hard time doing that because I think a lot of people take it so literal that they will do that exact technique on every single person and every single person needs to be different based on their density, formation, and so on and so forth. And that's why dry cutting is your signature. Yeah, so all right, cool. I hope that helps. I'm going to have to say all these answers have been 110% informative. You like it? Yep, all right, cool. I'm good. I stick with my seal of approval. All right, I feel like these people fed off of each other's questions. So StaceFace, awesome. 75 asks, what is the best way to blend clipper cuts? I struggle with the dreaded line. So do we have the master? So grab a master series in that other Andis clipper, the Supra. So the best answer I can give you without talking to somebody that does a lot of clipper cutting, I do a good amount of clipper cutting on my guys, but I do a lot of clipper over comb and a lot of different, what's the word I'm looking for? Clipper over comb, scissor over comb, things like that. I don't do a lot of tight fades. So this is the Supra ZR clipper that we've talked about before. Thank you Andis for sending this to us. It has detachable metal blades. Now, most people have one clipper as their go-to clipper, right? So the problem with that is sometimes I can blend every line out with this clipper, right? With those ones, you really have to have like your like rock and roll, like down. Yeah, so you have to almost be able to clipper cut and lift off of the head and have a steady hand. It's very difficult with the metal blades because there's such a jump in each level, each step. So you need to have one of these, the detachable blades, if you want, because we like it for the power and all that. But then you need to have a clipper with this little arm on it. Now, this is the Andis Master Series with this cool, I forget where we get these covers from. Yeah, it's like some guy on Instagram. I think it's like funk something. Yeah, funk customs or something. But this is, it's just a, this is the Andis Master Series. We got the black edition and then we put the gold plate on the front, really just for a look. But most of the time it's pure silver. But it has this arm on it. And the arm is what allows you to, when you blade, when you blend from let's say a 1A to a 2, you're still going to have a little bit of a line. So what you want to do is go in with your Andis Masters and you got to get used to, because there's going to be different blades on different Master Series as well. There's the, the fade blade, the fade blade. There's like a fat blade or something like that. Yeah. So you're going to have to figure out which guard, and this is why you practice and why you go through it, which guard fits the best. So if you, let's say you put on your zero guard to go in between whatever, then you keep moving this level until you work out the line. So you can get shorter and shorter, work out the line, and then you're good to go on that. I think that that's the best answer that I can give you. Again, I'm not, I don't do tight fades most of the time on people, but I do fade hair. I mean, we're blending hair all day. So that's what works best for me, having both of those clippers. So I would definitely invest in two different types of clippers, or at least just this one. Yep. And while you're practicing, in order to get like that line out, if while you're practicing, you're still not like quite comfortable with it, just run your texturizing shears over, scissor over comb. Yeah. We'll, we'll help get that line out until you get it down with clippers. Yeah. I, I totally agree with you, but I challenge everyone to, because this is a way to hide it. Oh, absolutely. That's why I say like, like while you're practicing. Yeah. While you're practicing, this is a good way to do it. But I think a lot of people jump to this very quick and then they end up taking out too much of the density and not actually creating a nice blended line. So just this, this is a good finishing product for removing a little bit of density, maybe on that, where you leave that graduation when you're blending the hair. So at that heaviest point, just soften the edge with it. So yeah, this is a great tool. All of these are great tools. Definitely if I had to pick one on the table, it would be this either the master series or any clipper that has this lever on it so you can go shorter to long. And then these two after that, to kind of power through, definitely get the haircut done quicker and then blending off the top. And then something that I like to do if I'm working with anywhere from one half close to a two closed or up, is I like to put that two in and just do the rocking out. Okay. And then just do a scissor over comb to fade out the rest, just with my shears and just fade up the rest instead of pulling out three or four different guards. Okay. You can only go so tight with that because you had the comb in between, but if you're comfortable with scissor over comb and you're trying to get into the clipper world, that would be my best bet. Nice. Or that's what worked best for me. All right. And I want to give a shout out to Dalia, Dalia Cantrell, who says it's not a question, but I'd like to take a moment to say thank you for the Mad Beck show. The girls and I watch it every day and binge watch to catch up if we miss some. So it helps them stay on track, keep motivated, and it's definitely good for slower days in the salon. Perfect. Thanks. Thanks for watching it at that point because that's what I believe is the best thing to do when you're not busy in the salon is to study and learn from other people. So good job. Krista Aveda or Chrissy Aveda says, how to transition from clipper attachments to doing clipper over comb? I don't think that that's a big deal. So let's say you're starting off with a zero and then you just switch to clipper over comb. I'm not sure how I can help with that. I don't do a whole lot of clipper over comb. I do a lot of clipper over comb and sometimes my entire haircut is clipper over comb. So what I do when I do clipper over comb is I pick the highest guard. So let's say usually it's like a three and three quarter for the guys that I do. That's actually almost kind of short for them and then I'll go through and I'll blast through the head, get it up to where I want it and then I'll go through around the edges and clipper over comb just to take it a little bit tighter and I'll go trimmer over comb, take it a little bit tighter than that right around the edge and then my haircut's done. And a lot of my guys come in every two weeks so just like yours. So because they come in every two weeks it's such a quick, easy haircut to do. All right, I think we got one more question. Trixie and The World asked, how do you cut and shatter triangular bob on a guest with heavy density and hair that's wavy to curly and frizzy? I feel like there's like a lot of issues going on there. Yeah, so that's a tough, that's a tough head to cut. Let's say they have heavy density right and you want to shatter it. Biggest thing for me is the undercut or cutting concave layers on top of longer layers on the top. So let's just say for instance, wish I had my bald mannequin head but, let's say for instance we want to go underneath the hair so take out the entire parietal ridge back to the crown underneath low crown so that you're taking out that entire top section then underneath you either undercut it or cut shorter layers right at the line at the parietal ridge and in the back underneath the crown or cut concave layers so you preserve the length in the back but you collapse the interior and allow those longer layers on the top to fall over which will give you that shattered look. The fact that the hair is frizzy that has everything to do with styling not cutting so and if it's wavy and curly I definitely think that that's, I would still stick to that technique because it's going to give you that shattered kind of open curl feel. Absolutely. But just with the frizziness that's a styling thing you got to coach them and teach them how to style the hair. Yeah they even need a round brush use hot tools something. Right. All right cool I think that's it. Do you have anything? Unless if you can tell me when Rock of Legions goes on sale. I have no idea. I need the time not the date. All right cool so I hope that this show helped you guys definitely some cool questions if you have more questions or anything you can post them in the comments below we'll definitely get them there or hashtag The Matt Beck Show on Instagram and Twitter and ask your question that way post the fun picture. You can also submit questions video questions if you want through Facebook or something however you want to do it just send us the questions and we'll get them answered for you. Follow Thad. Thad bonus. And follow us everything at Free Salon Education and uh I wonder how many people actually type in everything at Free Salon Education I don't know that's a good point. 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