Welcome to the map back podcast woke up this way. He's got a lot of cool stuff He's gonna show you today the latest news industry topics and business tips for all hair stylists It's lawn owners. It's time to flip the script grab your precision scissors barricades and swivel twist razors Let's cut a barber quick Shagpixie cut with a little bit of flavor check out the live classes product reviews Let's rock on don't forget to check out free salon education It's gonna be a great day Chop pick lip, it's great. What's up guys? Where are you? Where are you watching from happy Monday? Excited to get this show started. We're gonna have a little bit of a thick hair theme today So we're gonna be sharing a video with Ryan teal And then hopefully he'll be on here to answer some of those questions We've literally been chatting I had no issues for like the last half an hour So it's a bummer that he's hearing that echo, but we'll get it figured out Um Cool. Love seeing it. All you guys have to do is just share the show share it for me So that we can get a lot of people on here watching what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna roll Ryan's video in a second before I do that I want to encourage you guys to download the FSE now app that is available We got a ton of new stuff coming up So I'm gonna play the app video for you go download the app as soon as the show is over But here it is check it out I'm here. Is it sound better now. Oh Much better All right good You know, we didn't call this show manic Monday for nothing. So So what's up, Ryan, how are you? I'm really good. How are you? It's been a while. Yeah, it's it's been too long You know Ryan was back in the studio. When was that probably your Half-a-go maybe even a year and a half ago. I think yeah Yeah, we had a blast No, you didn't and you guys are gonna see that in the video that we play So like I said today, we're gonna have like a thick hair kind of theme of the show just cutting thick hair Ryan did a cool technique back in a year and a half ago in the studio So I can't wait to share that video with you guys and then he'll take some questions from you guys as well And Ryan's been I mean those are the people that don't know you that are on this show here You know, you've done it all like you've literally had every job in the beauty industry So what is What my question to you would be what which is your favorite job so far that you've done Um, you know, I think that what I love the most is kind of what I've been doing the last say five or six years I was never really good behind the chair. I mean, I've missed it So about five or six years ago, I stopped working behind the chair and I was like just educating hairdressers And I did miss being behind the chair I do miss that the clientele But what I love the most is really working with with hairdressers and you know either coaching or you know One-on-one hair education stuff like that. I mean, that's that's really been my favorite. And that's what you know I love the hairdresser more than I love clients. I always say that I had there's only two types of people I like it's Hairdressers and bartenders and everybody else. I really just don't care about what they do for a living I like it. Yeah Very good. All right, cool. So what we're gonna do is we're gonna roll through this technique It's 15 minutes long. So I mean obviously if Can you see the chat Ryan anywhere? I'll feed you the question Yeah, okay, cool.  Yeah, I'll feed you some questions But if you can see it too, that's cool. Um, and but we're gonna roll the video and You know you guys can learn for a bit and then we're gonna come back and hang out with Ryan right after so here it is Guys welcome to today's video. So on today's video. I have a special guest Ryan Teal Ryan Teal has a YouTube channel called hairdressing Wait, can we just talk about this real quick? This is the best part about playing these videos like I haven't actually I didn't remember this video But I haven't I haven't previewed it yet and for all of you guys watching we look younger Or I look I look a lot healthier. I look healthier in this. I wasn't ready for that that intro All right, let's let's continue this I look like I look like father time now Your beard was super red then To me and so I wanted to share that with you guys the link is in the description below So go subscribe to him. Also, he did a haircut for you guys for the freesong education channel So hope you guys enjoy it Ryan. What'd you do man? I had a great time It was fun coming in and doing this and thank you very much for having me this haircut is all for That woman with huge hair what I like to call Chewbacca all she ever wants is she just wants the hair instead of going straight out Like this like she usually does she always has to grow the hair out long all she ever wants though She wants a cute little Bob, but she can't have that because God gave her so much hair So what we did was we did a really quick little haircut Where I did what I call pleating and I did two Disconnections so one in the basement and the one when I call the main floor And I just folded over cut it and laid it down and then laid the disconnection over the top of that And what that does is it compresses that big hair of life ponytail from here to there and then to there So really what I did was I took that ponytail and then just cut it off by two-thirds almost So when she goes and brushes it out or when she styles it or or dries it It's gonna dry in two-thirds last time and then through the roof I did a really quick little technique which we used to call volumetrics and we bring it over the top And I show you three different ways to cut it, but we do like a quick little increased layer that goes from short to long It's a super easy haircut and you can use it tomorrow, you know behind the chair Yeah, and that's the thing guys. I've seen the comments over and over again. You want to see Haircut for thick hair. So this is the one hope you guys enjoy it. We're gonna get started the step by step. Here we go So it's important to start with the foundation of this haircut So I'm gonna cut this all in a one-e because really the the whole haircut has to do with the interior of the hair So when we usually cut the foundation we usually cut with our fingers You know holding the hair and we see a line like that We see the top of our fingers and that gives us that straight line when in reality if you use a comb You can see what it's truly straight You see that the green comb is straight and horizontal where the black comb is actually Diagonal and it's going to give us make it long on the right hand side as opposed to the left hand side So it'll be a crooked haircut. So let's just go ahead and bring our comb straight down With very little tension and I'm gonna use a seven inch scissor to maintain balance and make sure that I'm cutting a nice straight line And if you notice that when I'm cutting I'm doing kind of a sewing machine effect So I'm inserting the scissor and then pulling out as I cut and the reason why is it is a Japanese scissor So Japanese scissors are meant to push hair away from the blade So if you pull back just slightly you'll be able to maintain a nice even cut and pull all that hair back into your cutting line So just working right over the ear making sure there's no tension on that length So now we're gonna start we're gonna separate the hair from the front to the back and at indentation And then I'm gonna go down into what I call the basement or some people call the the Oxypital or the nape and for now I'm just gonna section that that front out by braiding it really quickly just to keep it nice and orderly and tidy and My hands move really fast when I braid you should try and see if you can move your hands that fast as well So now I'm in my basement sectioning all the rest of the hair away And I'm gonna take a profile parting And what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna take a profile parting and I'm gonna lift that hair straight up Now tell me is it you and me forever o o o or is it just a hit and run so right up against that scalp? Straight up against that scalp. I'm looking for the length. There's my length guide right there. So that is the length I can cut everything else out Legally, so there I'm gonna cut that length or the that width out So when I drop it if I take a cross section of hair I'll see that I get a mirror representation of the nape since the nape curves in like that It'll curve out like that in the back giving us width but getting rid of all of that weight in that basement So I'm gonna do it again on the side. I'm gonna cut it square Again straight up now.  That is a Paula Abdul reference and Cut gonna pass the duchy upon the left hand side and cut the other side Elbow up to give me my protractor or my angle and Cut now this is very very important You need to braid out your disconnection that disconnection must be braided because you do not want it to touch Anything else on that hair you do not want it to get involved in any of the other Floors of your hair cut because you will cut a major hole that is unrepairable So let's go ahead and cut it to our main floor. So I'm sectioning out that roof And I'm sectioning the main floor leaving the main floor down and you can see that I'm just clipping out of the way that whole top of the head. Some people call it above parietal Combing making sure everything is nice and tidy Giving it a little twirl and a clip I'm gonna go back into that main floor. So she has a whole lot of hair. So I'm gonna put a second pleat in I'm gonna start at Profile again, and if you look I'm really cutting so that's what I cut my length All I'm doing is keeping my hand as if I'm shifting that hair straight up to cut my length just high So I'm taking a a horizontal parting, but I'm holding it vertical There's my length guide the same length guide that I had from down below.  So square layers of square graduation if you will straight up again Looking for my guide and cut straight up now. Tell me is it you and me forever and cut So now I'm gonna go ahead and braid that main floor out of the way Just because I do not want that to get involved on any other part of the haircut Now through the front I want to maintain a little bit of weight through the front So when I plead it I'm gonna plead it back towards the upper left-hand side So I'm gonna try and pull away from what I want to keep. I'm looking for the length guide again The same thing I did on the side and cut so I want to keep the weight there So I'm just going to pull away from what I want to keep so I want to pull away from that hair right in front Of the chin. I'm then going to braid that hair out of the way And I use a braid because that secures it a lot safer than just a clip So it's like safe hair cutting and Cut the other side and then braid. I like to use precautionary tactics So now through the roof what we're gonna do is I'm going to section hair back where her part was where I originally had her part And I'm going to clip Those clips out of the way and I took a little clue right in the front of her hair That's gonna give me where her shortest hair piece is or the shortest layer is going to be I'm gonna pull the hair up over the top of the head all the way over Right against that scalp and I'm going to utilize the scalp or the skull to give me the curve of her layers Because we are gonna cut like an increased layer now. There you are. I'm going to increase it from short to long There it could be a a flat layer or I can do a What is it a decreased layer as well So coming over to the other side now one thing that you want to remember is that what you do on The other side that's going to be the shortest layer on your other side when it goes back home So where you cut it when I'm cutting the hair from the right hand side and I pull it over to the left Where I cut it it's going to hit on the same spot on the right hand side Combing it out and we're gonna see a really nice little face frame right underneath her chin right where I want it to be And do the same thing on the opposite side You can see my clips Protecting my hair so I don't get any of that hair involved because I don't want you know to cut a hole There's my little clue and come straight down I'm gonna increase it from short to long and cut come up over the top in the back as well catch a little bit from what I previously cut and Cut and in reality there you have it. That is essentially a 12 section Increased layered haircut and there it is cross section You can see that round and that round of that shape is coming from the round of the skull I have a really hard time cutting round shapes But if you use the shape of the skull you'll get a nice round shape and there is the pleats working There are two huge holes in the haircut that are very scary So don't have your your model do handstands with this haircut But when her hair comes back you can see all of that hair lay right over the top So now let's go ahead and blow dry the hair using an ergo brush For my buddy Robert, and I'm just gonna smooth it out quickly with an ergo brush or with a brush I Like to spray my hairspray like a dry hairspray on the brush as I work Because I feel like if you work hairspray in you don't spray it on You get the memory of the hairspray without any of the crunch Just working that spray in Making sure it gets nice and hot So it smooths all of our ends and I will all of the little fly aways You know you want to treat hair almost like shrink wrap if you if you heat it up to get it in place And then you let it cool down.  I'm not just randomly personalizing I'm trying to recolor the hair So I was pointing out where the dark spots are you want to hit the dark spots and make it lighter like the light spots So you're actually recoloring the hair as a hair cutter So there you have it dark light Dark You're not going to hit the light spots You're only going to make the dark spots like the light spots and I'm going to do a little technique I like to call slap cutting I don't know the real name for it If you know the real name for it if you could just write it on a piece of paper and throw it away for me That would be great, but we're just going to slide that the scissors in As I pull it out from the hair the gravity shuts my blade not my actual fingers So the gravity does all the work and my wrist does all the work my thumb doesn't move at all So work all the way to the front really, you know lightening that texture up There you have it dark and then light and I could go in and do a deep parallel point cut But that hair wants to bend over to the side So it's a lot easier to do this little slap cutting technique for us and there you have it again That's the technique right there It's very important to grow a really long beard while cutting as well I mean that will make you if you don't have a long beard You need to get a neck tattoo that'll make you a better haircutter as well So I'm just gonna go right around the back You see where I want to texture My elbows are up that's giving me my cutting angle your cutting angle angle doesn't come from your wrist Your cutting angle comes from your elbow your elbow becomes a protractor You always want to have that elbow up or or tilted because that's going to give you that straight line You just see me like adjusting my angle to cut it now I'm gonna do a little technique that I like to call whittling and I'm just gonna leave my scissors in one spot I'm gonna pull the hair into my scissor, so I'm not you finding a guide anymore I'm pulling the hair into the scissor I'm keeping the scissor in one position and I'm just pulling all that hair into it And so the scissor itself becomes its got its own guide And I just open and close it in that one angle the higher I hold that scissor the more graduation I'm gonna have or eventually I'll get to layers So I want to actually kind of etch out like a really cool little line there By keeping my scissors at that almost 45 degree angle.  There you have it a Quick little increased layered haircut. I hope you liked it All right guys So if you liked that cut make sure you hit the subscribe button below Also, don't forget to go to Ryan's channel hairdressing according to me and subscribe there as well The link is in the description, but here's the cut make sure you share this video with all of your hairdresser friends out there and Also, you're on Instagram, right? I'm on Instagram is Ryan underscore teal Like the color and all of his pictures are sideways. Go check it out. Just like me Thanks for watching. We'll see you on the next video That's hilarious Oh funny stuff Ryan funny stuff I think it would have been really funny if we could have like talked over the top of it almost like Mystery science theater the whole time. I actually I had that same thought the whole time and it would only work with you though Like like I can't I can't have a different guest and really make that work, but with you uh, I love watching the chat just people like Blowing up and laughing and it's fun because that never happens. So, uh, very cool. Very cool So, uh, there were a couple questions, uh throughout the chat. Let me see if I can Uh, so Nicole asked where I gotta go. Yeah. Yeah, go ahead.  Yeah, I wear the same exact outfit every day like I literally I have 40 of the same t-shirt I have five of the same pair of jeans same shoes. I don't I look the same every day So, yes, okay, because I haven't put pants on since since I've been quarantined So I'm sitting here like in my underwear talking to everybody that all your fans are I feel so weird that I should go put Pants on so let's go ahead and talk about it Yeah, I'm sure they're fine Wait, did you see did you see that? It was like good morning America or something and they had the guy come on and he's literally giving like the news And you can see the white of his leg Like he has a suit jacket Is a suit jacket and then a white leg just hanging out They didn't crop it right. Yeah, that's awesome. So, um, she says uh, Nicole's asking. Where else do you do education? Uh, I do education everywhere pretty much. I mean, I could come to your salon This last year I um, I kind of made a pretty brash generalization Uh on social media earlier the uh, actually really early this year where I personally wasn't going I didn't want I don't want to charge for education anymore I love your whole idea with free salon education And so my whole thing now is I'm trying really hard not to have to to charge anybody that if I go into their Salons or whatever.  Um, just because I don't I don't feel like I want to I don't want to Charge for education where I'd rather charge a manufacturer for sponsorships as opposed to charging it, you know, so what I'm To really answer the question, um I could do it in your salon. I could do it anywhere across the country and and I haven't done anything since the quarantine, but um, yeah, I I do it pretty much anywhere I feel like um That's a good conversation to get into a little bit because I have obviously, um Basically spend every day trying to figure out how to not charge hairdressers and how to charge manufacturers and and I think we grew up in the same kind of World in the industry of like we went out and did free classes for salons But then manufacturers paid us to do that and then there's a point when they manufacturers kind of stopped doing that Um, and I think that it's a tricky world now because now we got this influencer thing where manufacturers do pay uh People that have an audience, but at the same time You know, it's still a weird thing because you have really talented educators like yourself That you have a pretty good following actually at this point like, uh, you know You have a dedicated core audience, but a lot of people there's talented Uh educators out there that don't have an audience and manufacturers won't pay them But they'll pay somebody that has a huge audience that isn't great at teaching and you know, we've talked about that before and I don't want to you know, neither of us want to get into a conversation of like This guy's not good and this guy's good, but um, you know, it's it's a talent and a skill and you saw it through that video Talented educators can make great videos because You've been in the class and you've made those references to the music to the songs to all that stuff You know, so like when I got into making videos It wasn't hard because I already knew all the questions people were asking without them asking them You know, and you've exactly how many classes did you teach over the last couple years? like Uh last year last year I talked I taught 500 classes last year But the year before that was my record.  I love it though. It's it's it's it's my first it's my first love, you know And I would rather I would rather go without eating to teach You know, like I I should I should hold up like a little sign like a hub on the side of the red We'll teach for food, you know, right Yeah, that's cool. And that's something good for uh salons to understand like you are willing you're out there Um, has anything changed on your so that was a couple years ago Is your youtube the same now? Is it the same name? And it's it's changed. Um, I believe what is my youtube now? It's uh Well, you've got to get awesome or hairdresser. I think It's awesome or hairdresser because because I have a whole like facebook group. That's uh Awesome, my hairdressers unite unite and take over and then I have um every day I put up my how to be a more awesome or hairdresser Which is really just like self-help that I've gotten coming Tell people the things I'm working through and then you know, people say they like them But really it's just my own like therapy. I think well, and it's actually really fun to watch because um I was talking to andrew does hair the other day and I said, you know, there's two youtube channels that I actually that are hairdressers that I watch And one of them is him and one of them is you because I love like I love You know me and my wife we sit down and I try to catch up like youtube is my tv so like At night I sit down and I look at all the people that I subscribe to and I kind of just catch up on their content And you're always on you always pop up on there and me and christina are like, you know What's ryan up to how's he doing? You know and we can really tell like how you're how you're doing through through that and uh If i'm in an angry mood I say a lot of cosplay But yeah, it's it's you know what and that was one of the things that I saw in the chat a lot is that you just seem like a real A real guy and and that's that's what I like about you when the way you put yourself out there Is that you are I mean you're it's it's a true thing Um woody's asking woody is asking uh, does the braid hold the section better? What do you think about that? Yeah, it it does. I like to hold the braid for a couple of reasons. We both have the same mentor You talked to him not too long ago, uh or not maybe not mentor But um, you know robert chroming taught me a lot but one thing that he also taught me too was You know while sectioning you should have everything look pretty and braids really make it look pretty But also it's a very utilitarian thing as well because I don't want to inadvertently grab any hair You know and sometimes that clip isn't holding it firm enough So if I braid it just a little bit it really locks it down for me So it's kind of two fold one is utilitarian and one just makes it look pretty Yeah, I like that Uh, and that's totally the truth, you know, we did we did kind of have that inspiration Um a lot of sections a lot of sections were braided or put up with a chopstick or those kind of things instead of a clip Um, so I do think it goes into like when we teach things we do that. Um, all right terrific Let's see some brenda said won't try to visualize. I'm guessing she's talking about your pants. Um Hey, I don't I don't play I don't want to visualize anything Uh, ryan it ryan is hilarious. All right, cool. So I think we got pretty much You know, um all the questions Sure, how do they get away from watching ryan? He is so cool. Yeah go back and watch him. So Hey, go back to watching. Yeah So if you guys want, uh I would definitely go follow ryan. Um Awesome, our hairdressers find it on uh youtube and instagram your instagram Used to everything used to be sideways now.  I know you've been doing these like happy hour things. How's that going? Yeah, I love it. I love it. You know, it's uh, What happened was I've been invited to so many like zoom meetings since this quarantine By manufacturers and they're like, oh, let's do this You know zoom meeting and then it just becomes a sales pitch the entire time. It's so i'm like I don't want to do sales pitch. I don't have anything. I'm selling at all right now I would rather just have a happy hour just hang out with a few people. So, um, I've been doing it through my awesome hairdressers anybody can join that um Like if you do shameless self promotion, I'll I'll boot you off the the group but aside from that It's mainly just a support group for a bunch of hairdressers You know if you're a beauty school student or a hairdresser, the only thing is you have to be a hairdresser Um, and then every Friday night about happy hour we get together and for an hour and a half I do I host a zoom meeting and we sit around and drink and lately we've been putting together. Um, we've been putting together COVID inspired um cocktails So like I made like a COVID teeny the other day, which was um, like campari Orange juice ice vermouth and uh dry gin It was it was actually really quite nice, but you know somebody else like crushed up like cough drops and and you know made You know simple syrup out of it. I'm like, that's brilliant. So, you know Last week we had I think 20 something people on there and I we do it every Friday and actually everybody's like We want to do it after The quarantine's over. We'll probably move it to a Monday then because people are just really enjoying just hanging out not and not You know letting your hair down essentially and you can cuss you can talk about, you know You can talk about things that may be not politically correct or or politically correct within our industry Like, you know, we can talk trash about manufacturers if we want to I try and keep them pretty like, you know I don't really get into bash talking so much anymore I mean, I can with the rest of them. I just try not to um, right But uh people are loving it and they're you know, asking if we can do it multiple times a week I'm like, I really don't want to do it the one time a week. But once I get on I love it So everybody wants to come they're more than welcome to join. It's every Friday uh two o'clock Pacific two three four five o'clock eastern Okay. All right. So you start early Yeah Well, you should you should come on it too sometime matter if you're not busy you should come on I have to yeah, I should we should definitely come on there because we've actually been um So one of the local bars in you went to triumph. I think with me maybe but um, yeah, I loved it One of the bartenders from triumph.  Yeah, he tells stories and it's actually grown They just did a write-up about it on uh, you know in the local, you know news facebook thing. So It's uh, it's pretty cool And it's it's just fun that like out of this whole thing and we were talking about it Like this industry is going to be better than than it was Coming out of this for sure and you know, and it's just because people are are able to Have had time to think I mean that's like the biggest thing for me Like I've had time to like really adjust my priorities and what is important and do I really care how many manufacturers are on this thing or like do I really care? um, like I went from like growing trying to grow my instagram like crazy I was pumping out content and I wasn't even enjoying Pumping it out because a lot of it was just recycled stuff and I just kept putting it but the numbers Don't grow if you don't pump it out, right? And like I've gotten to the point where I'm I'm literally losing followers on instagram but I just don't care because I I I know the core people like the people that watch this show and the people like I want to get back to that That community, you know, and I I think that we're just Everybody's gonna come out of this with a different head a different mindset. Um, and I know we were talking about that as well Yeah, I think that you know, um We're gonna look back on this in 10 years now. I think that this is all you know, I mean if The tragedy is horrible. I mean like like, you know one person dying from it. It doesn't matter how many people die That's horrible. I don't even want to get into that discussion. Yeah, that's all right But I think that what's gonna happen is 10 10 months from now We're gonna look back and you know, maybe we'll be sitting at a bar me and you or like, you know At a dinner party or whatnot discussing all the things that came from this time period and you know and and new relationships or relationships that that died Um, there's gonna be new apps that come out. You know, there's gonna be new apps that come out There's gonna be great art. There's gonna be great music things gonna be great, you know Hair dresses, you know within our industry. I mean education is gonna change exponentially and you know, we may never pay for education again Or you know, it may stay the same but you know something something is gonna come different and I think that um hands-on education is going to take Five minutes later. What's up guys a little bit of technical difficulties. So I apologize for that I still have ryan on here. We got everything back up and running. Hopefully you guys can find the link On youtube. I'm gonna splice this all back together and put the show as one later on Computer crashed. I don't know what happened, but We think ryan was saying something uh that was Um top secret top secret material uh and that's true of me. That's not ryan. Hang on I thought i'm just seeing the devil I don't even like one of me that much. All right, here we go ryan's coming back All right now all right guys so Um, I want to continue the conversation just talking about uh Hopefully you kind of know where you were uh, I did see lin say something about she doesn't like any of this process And I would like to say that none of us like this process like we don't like we don't like being stuck um You know and and I was saying to uh, andra's hair On the last episode like I feel very grateful that I have this to be kind of a consistency like This show has kind of saved my sanity a little bit Just being able to do something Monday through friday and and get up for something and go to work And I'm well aware that a lot of hairdressers don't have that outlet um But we're creative people and I think that you know if we've used this time Which some of us are getting back to a normal a little bit But if we've used this time to grow ourselves and to really sit back and think and to retrain our minds and all that stuff I really think That's what we're talking about from a 10 year standpoint. So you were saying like 10 years from now We could be sitting together, you know and talking about this time Yeah, yeah, I think not even 10 years. I'm thinking 10 months I I think I think that um, we're gonna see it rather quickly like even like next year I think that we're gonna see it and and um, I don't like what's going on either. I mean I've been I've been managed I've been managing to keep pretty busy most of the time as well But like for instance yesterday, I stood in my kitchen for maybe 15 minutes staring out the window Trying to decide if I wanted to start day drinking or not I mean, I I couldn't make the decision because it's like, do I want to do this again?  Do I want to play fallout? You know, do I want to go try some creative and and it's it's I will just like put my face against the window because I don't Want to go outside sometimes, you know, I mean like there's nothing to do and it's driving me crazy So I feel the same way on the other hand I did take a lot of this time. Oh, well, I was talking about education before but I'll also talk about what I You know other things that I've been doing but you know educational wise I feel that I don't know if It fell off before I Finished talking about this, but I'm talking about how I think that hands-on education is going to become super valuable because I think that all these manufacturers Are spending so much time giving away free education online I think that When hands-on education comes to your town, you're going to really be Uh Thankful for it. So you can actually you know get together and hang out with people almost like a like the homeschool kid almost like You know when we all get together, we're just going to want to like hang out so much and like it's going to be crazy, you know I totally agree. That's actually that's a such a good point when you look at like the future of hair shows and all that That we kind of talked about all all of them got canceled, but um the fact is for for quite a while I don't think we're going to have big gatherings of people So, um, you know the intimate 10 person Uh education hands-on is going to be a big deal. I think and more often I also think that the big ones are going to come back big time I I think that if they were to take a chance because I know that Premier's talking about having Orlando this year in august and I think that ibs is as well um If they were to take a chance and if people did you know feel like comfortable enough to go back out I think it's going to be more Attended than ever because we all miss each other, you know, hairdressers are pack animals and we all want to hang out with each other You know that that I feel like, you know, people are going to want to hang out. I know I do more than ever Yeah, that's a good call and i'm afraid that i'm going to have I'm afraid that i'm going to have ptsd when I do finally get out and hang out with people And I won't know what to talk about. Yeah, right. Yeah, it's true. You know, yeah um One thing that I've been talking about with a lot of people though is is, you know, I feel like If there are our salons or or business owners and when I'm talking business owners, I even talk, um, you know employees Uh can be their own business really But I think that you know people should should be and should have been rebranding themselves 100 percent this entire time and And focusing on branding themselves. So when they get back behind the chair, they'll be able to um They'll be beasts, you know, they can completely rewrite their brand right now because they've been quiet You know, or if they did put something out they put out very small amounts They could be you know, they could rebrand and and just take off, you know Yeah, and a lot of people are are afraid of of getting on social media because they feel like it's You know, it's too hard. There's it's too much work or any of that kind of stuff You're right. Social media is work. Social media is a full-time job But you have to do it You know, and it's it's free Compared to one, you know, we we both open businesses back way back in the day And in order to get the same kind of advertising, you have to take out newspaper ads, which was expensive Yeah, you know It was really expensive. I mean we based everything on word of mouth because we didn't have the money to put, uh You know, it's new paper ads and all that stuff and we opened in 2008 and that was like the uh You know the worst that we were in the recession at that point So it was like remember when they were doing car clunkers for whatever it was like cash for clunkers Yeah, five grand for any car that there was well, like we were doing like cuts for you know, whatever like we were doing 50 off hair cuts You know like just giving things away because it was such a bad time. So um, you know, this this is gonna be at least Whenever everybody's starting to go back to work a little bit I know we aren't because we're in a different phase of this whole thing But it's good that our clients are starting to get back to work because then when they You know, they'll have financially be more set when we're ready to go You know what I mean, which is kind of a good way to look at hadn't even thought about that's a great way of looking at it Because I've been sitting here just pissed off that they're not letting hairdressers You know back to work because all literally all my friends were off work I hadn't even thought of that it's actually a really good idea that our clients are going back So they have money to spend with us. That's a great idea. Yeah, I didn't really think Until then That's a good thing about That's a good thing about just talking, you know, all of a sudden you're like, wow, that sounded pretty good. All right That is That's how it works, you know, so all right cool. Uh, let's see. Is there anything else? I'm new to the industry and I'm finding your videos so useful. Oh, thank you. Uh, sometimes I shouldn't read until I read Um I sit by the pool haven't done that in years Uh, yeah Hair school classes have been canceled. I'm going insane. It's horrible. I'm just thankful for all the online tutorials and videos Which I learned from yeah Let's see I think that's good.  I think that that's awesome. I think that you know, um People you know doing demos of haircuts and all that kind of stuff I think it's keeping people, you know, busy so they don't go insane and you know I think it's inspiring a lot of people that are watching the haircut But what I also love as well is all of the You know chats like like what you're doing right now with with you know, woke up this way and talking to people and You know, I think that when you get motivation and when you get, you know Skill training skill training shouldn't only come from this Yeah, I feel like skill training should also come from this and I think you're spending some time with that and and I I really appreciate it and I I Think that there's a lot more people that need to focus on maybe not just hair cutting but also on the chat or or the personal Experience training essentially for sure. Yeah, I totally agree with that Not not enough people watch things like, um, you know, we're going through this with our son right now he's into lacrosse and You know He's 12 but he says I want to be a professional lacrosse player and he's really into it practices every day but we say to him, you know like Just shooting a ball doesn't get you to be a professional You have to study like he so things that he doesn't I mean he actually likes it But like he'll sit down and and go through like film, you know And I think as hairdressers like there's a lot of things you can take from different things and I played sports growing up But like and I know you're not a sports guy necessarily. I've seen that on facebook, but A lot of things like as as you grow up like you You know, there's parts of a job that maybe aren't the glamorous part of it But it's so important to take advantage of like right now. Just really studying Why certain people are successful like I look at different people's Instagrams or I look at you know different hair cutters and like well How did they create that little piece? Like if I have trouble behind the ear behind the ear and that bob like I'll study and watch Where are their hands? Like how are their hands positioned? What is the elevation during that? Why did they get a better line than I get and like I just Completely try to break down that little aspect of it and that's where I think a lot of people need to get more into that Stuff and listen And and be a part of a conversation like be in the chat talking and asking questions about things because that's the only way you learn Definitely definitely I see so you said your son's it you said your son's into lacrosse Yeah, yeah, what one of my old clients is my one of my old clients was a professional lacrosse player up in Canada by the medallus E luik I think was his name and and they actually Just retired his jersey like two years ago. That's awesome. That's so cool It's it's uh, I love lacrosse like it's if you guys um Like I make a lacrosse instagram for our son like me and my wife. We do it Uh together as well and it's a full-time job like he posts a video every day And he's he's been growing and he's that like almost a thousand followers and he posts his workouts every day And you know, he has teams from all over the country that send him private messages and players and like It it's all part of it. You know what I mean? Like It's the future like people if people are going to see you, you know, you got to see those workouts and And they're already seeing him at 12 years old. So You know when he's 18, you know, you don't know but like Again, it's part of the world. Yeah And that translates to beauty school students So I mean beauty school students like like calling me and asking me, you know, how do I become successful or how do I whatever I mean do exactly what your son's doing right now and post your workouts post your hair workout Yep, and then you know, I mean that's exactly what he's like. Yeah, we post his workout and then we tag every single um professional training company team like Uh, you tag all of the people. So if you translate that into hair You tag all your favorite hairdressers the salon that you want to work at the um, you know Because then that makes people aware of you and we talked about it that for a long time Like if you want us if you want to work in a specific salon and you can't get an interview with them If you tag them every day with work That you're doing and it's beautiful Like there's no way that even if it's not beautiful, but the just the fact that you're doing it consistently every day I would I would hire somebody in a heartbeat if that's what they were doing every day You know exactly me too. Yeah, so you can you can teach how to do hair Like that's not you could teach anybody to do hair, but you can't teach somebody to want it, you know, and that's like exactly exactly so All right, ryan. Well, dude Thanks for going through the crash with me. I appreciate that and I will always go through a crash with you, man And I just want to know I need to know this so i'm live every day if I need you I'm gonna text you and this link will get you through to me all the time So you could just come on live whenever you want Okay, okay I'm trying to build a team of like, um, do I need ryan teal's opinion right now? I'm just gonna text him and like get you on here Exactly All right, cool, and and you're great at pulling up a signal, which is the those are the key people i'm trying to find I need personality and and tech ability All right, man. Well, thanks. Thanks so much. Everybody appreciates it. They're very you know, they're they're happy to see So go follow ryan teal ryan. Do a happy hour with me. Yeah, for sure. That'd be fun. I can't wait I'll do it right around the kitchen table It'll be fun. Okay, cool There is some classic now. That's okay. Tell amy. I said hi. I will for sure. All right See you guys. All right, dude. We'll see you All right guys. I'm back. All right, so we're gonna continue on with the show I don't even know how long this show has been at this point because We had the crash, but I don't think it's been too too crazy. I know it's a little more chatter than normal, but um This is about a hangout for us guys and learning and just having fun enjoying these days so um The next video that we're gonna get into is a we're gonna have kind of an undercut theme for a couple haircuts I got three haircuts left. Um, also if you want to see something post it in the chat as well And then we dropped off in our numbers. So we had record numbers on friday We were killing it today until the crash now. We're real low on number. So let's get some people in here Share this show If you can hit share on whatever social platform you're on facebook or youtube Just hit the share button and share it to whatever social platform is your favorite or tag a friend It's just a hairdresser tag them. So get them over here. Uh, we're gonna do this haircut This is a great, uh haircut for thick thick hair. So this is my client Amy. She's got super thick hair We do an undercut on her. She's already got one. So we just clean that up and then we go in do some layering with a razor I think you guys are gonna like it. Uh, so let's get started with the video. Here it is Thanks for watching. All right guys. So this is my model for the day. This is Amy what we're going to do on her hair She's got really really thick hair. Um, she also has a shaved underneath Which i'm going to show you guys in a second. That is not something I did It's something that she does even on her own So what I wanted to do is just clean that up But I also like the fact that she has that because it does take out a lot of weight from the underneath I probably wouldn't go up as high as it is But because it's already there, uh, it is what it is So for the sectioning I create a horseshoe section all the way around parietal ridge Back around a little bit lower on the crown and the reason I go a little bit lower is because I'm going to cut layers underneath this U shape or this horseshoe shape on the top I'm going to cut those layers and then the rest of the hair is going to hang over top of it So we're going to be creating a disconnection and my goal with that is to make sure that I have that hair that falls over it So I don't have short layers everywhere. So right there. You can see I kind of exposed that underneath section That again, she doesn't go to a salon to get that done. They just kind of shave it up So I wouldn't go quite as high up on the occipital bone But that's just my personal preference and it actually does work pretty well for her hair I'm using the andis envy. Uh, this is a cordless clipper.  I'm not really trying to do anything fancy underneath here I just want it to look nice.  So it gives a nice slip to the hair It helps keep the hair protected when using it for razor cutting So the thing I like about the twist is you'll see i'm not carving into the hair I slide through it so I pick where I want to cut and I bring everything straight out from the head and I'm working In basically pie shaped sections all the way around the underneath of the hair Starting at the mid shaft and working my way to the end sliding that razor down What that's going to do is remove weight for me But keep her length if you're afraid of cutting into your guest's length Then what I would do is just drop that length out and then do your slide cutting For me, I keep the length right at the tip of my finger. So I know exactly where it's at I'm going to continue these pie shaped sections Around the head to the right as well. The only difference is now my fingers are pointing down And we've talked about this in many videos, but as I work to the right hand side of the head You never want to comb your guide into the new hair So I'm always combing the new hair towards the guideline So on the left hand side, I comb the hair towards the middle and then on the right hand side I'm still combing the hair towards the middle. So I make a shift in my hand position Which keeps me consistent keeps my sectioning there and my guideline there as well So just working my way all the way to the front hairline and then Sliding from mid shaft to the ends keeping the length, but removing the weight Now this is a pretty simple haircut because all I'm going to do is drop down one half of that U shape And I'm going to do the same thing sliding What I wanted to do here was over direct everything to the very front create a stationary guide Create layering around the face, but then pushing that weight to the back So what we did was we created the layers underneath we took out a ton of weight But now I'm pushing that hair over top of it So at the back of the U shape if you think about it, that's going to be the longest point The shortest point is right in the front of the face So we're creating layers and then the longest point is falling over top of those layers that we created in the back also What you'll notice about this technique is we're creating a fringe and using the donald scott twist It has one side of it cuts 100 which is the side i'm using right now And then what I do is I go through at the very end and I use the 25 percent You can see it right there 25 cutting side Which takes out 25 of the hair to just remove some bulk So I comb it around the face 25 Carve it a little bit below the mid shaft and just work my way through it and that lightens it up So it's not so heavy now. I'm going to go in with the uh broccato conditioning mousse. It's cloud nine um I i'm a mousse. I really love mousse So i'm always on the search for my favorite mousse This one I love because it's really fluffy and thick feeling, but it doesn't feel heavy on the hair It's conditioning. Um, it helps repair the hair as well Um, so nice nice thick mousse and then also the root fix It's a root lifter mousse that I spray right at the base Because i'm going to go in and do a round brush blow dry. I wanted to build up some volume The blow dryer i'm choosing today. This is the manerva blow dryer I've been given away on the podcast quite a bit So if you guys listen to our podcast live on wednesday nights, you have a chance to win One of these blow dryers from manerva. This thing is super powerful. So I go in I do a power blow dry And now i'm going to section off the mohawk section of the hair And start in with my ergo round brush This is the number 43 brush So, um, it's not the largest one that we have it's a little bit. It's more like a medium size I like using that because it gives me a little more volume People think that the bigger the round brush the bigger the volume, but it's actually the complete opposite Um, the so I like to use a medium brush when i'm looking for some volume in the hair Notice how when i'm blow drying I work that section back and forth I also use the nozzle on the blow dryer To keep the hair nice and smooth and I allow it to pass over the hair to keep that cuticle down Shiny hair is when the cuticle is laying down.  Um And i'm going to section it i'm blow drying round brushing back off of the face Um until I get to the midpoint of the head And then i'm going to round brush everything forward to create extra volume So you can see we're still doing that. They call it the truck and trailer method. I guess Just working that blow dryer up against the brush and now i'm blow drying forward Which is going to give me maximum volume right around the front of her head I didn't need maximum volume in the very back of the head because of the fact that she's got so much Thick hair back there, but she likes to wear her hair kind of tossed to either side in the front That's why we cut it to almost appear like we're going to cut it for a center parting But I wanted to keep it more symmetrical because she likes to toss it back and forth on both sides Now to finish it up. This is that vibra straight iron. This is the giveaway that we're doing So if you want to win this iron, it is an inch and a half Iron that vibrates as you smooth that you can curl with it smooth straight and do whatever you want Um the vibration separates the hair as it goes through so it really allows you to not have as many passes over the hair So it creates less damage This one has two separate settings. So it's really good. It's a good consumer based iron They also have a professional version as well. Then we're going to finish it off with the brocato maximum hold hair spray Um, this is basically one of those sprays that will stop a bird in flight. We used to say Um, it's super firm hold So I just spray it a little bit just to hold it in place And you can see all those layers all the movement that we created in this cut It looks nice and light But also still thick and full As well, it's much easier for her to manage. Check out the bottom where that shave part is. It's nice and airy It's got a nice textured look to it. So hope you like it. Let me know in the comments below. Thanks for All right, so, uh, let me I'm coming back Yeah All right, guys, so I hope you guys enjoyed that Uh technique I did hear some people in the chat. So everybody see it seems like they love it Shiny hair very cool. Uh, one person said my clients wouldn't do this. I think it was lin Uh, so lin, this is what I would say to you Not everybody's going to do an undercut for sure. So what you could do is transform that undercut uh from being Uh shaved to just working on that underneath So like ryan was saying in his video the basement part, um Going through and maybe just thin it out quite a bit underneath As opposed to trying to thin the top. So, uh, taking out a lot of that density a lot of that weight or layering That underneath and then allowing a disconnected top to come over so that you're not cutting Tons and tons of layers in the hair to remove weight. You're cutting layers for movement And that's like the biggest difference for me is to make sure that you know, I'm not just layering hair to remove anything Um, I want to layer the hair to actually benefit my client. So, um In amy's case, she's got so much hair I'd have to do so many layers if I didn't do the undercut the undercut takes away half of her hair And she loves it now if I had an older client that didn't want to do that Didn't want an undercut maybe wears her hair up all the time Then what I would do is I would go in uh, take from occipital bone down and just run some uh, texturizing scissors through it layer it And then allow that top and just cut the from occipital bone up Into its own haircut and have the underneath kind of just be there and and skinny it out. So Hope that makes sense to you guys. Um Somebody's asking I can't pronounce the name, but uh, do you ship your tools to the middle east? I don't uh, we don't ship to the middle east. We only ship Right now in the u.s. And that's because we sell Mizetani scissors and there's a weird thing with Um, only being able to sell to the u.s. Even though we're a worldwide company But if you're in the middle east, you can get our app, which is free and you can download it There's education on there. There's a community on there I'm actually going back and forth in between these videos with the developer Because we're about to launch the new update, which i'm really excited about for you guys That includes notifications and different things a different Set up a layout to the app that looks a little more familiar to you guys So super super excited for you guys to see that update, but right now I want to keep this Flow going hit the share button. I've got another video for you guys This is another undercut and then we're going to do one without an undercut, but this is a bob. It's an undercut bob super cool end result very sleek So I think you guys will like it. I understand it won't work on every one of your clients But just take the technique for what it is Um and try to place it Into something that you would do in the salon. So here it is undercut bob Here we go All right guys, so we're going to start off this video like every video We're going to start off by sectioning the haircut sectioning is the most important part now It's really important with this haircut because of the fact that we're going to do an undercut An undercut is basically removing density from the cut So taking away a lot of the hair but allowing the top of the hair to fall over it Which basically gives you a lighter feel to the haircut more pc feel Especially with thick dense hair So this is a really cool cut for somebody with a thicker to medium density hair if they have fine hair I wouldn't do this haircut on them. So what we're going to do is we're going to start off doing clipper over comb The reason I chose clipper over comb is because first off I just want to get the bulk out of the way So I'm going to use my ys park 209 comb This is a great comb for clipper over comb because it's nice and wide So and it's got a smooth surface. So it's easy to glide over The comb with the clipper. So I just hold the hair into my hand and I cut it at around the length that I'm looking for It's not necessarily this isn't the final cut. I'm just getting the bulk out of the way and then working my way through You could also use a guard in this, but I want to leave it a little bit longer Um, I don't like to go shaving the bottom of the hair because my goal is really just to have a nice kind of push off So that it gives a little height to the rest of the haircut So if you think about it, if I leave a little bit of density throughout the bottom and in the nape area When the top hair falls over it pushes it out a little bit gives it some more volume So I go through clipper over comb clean it up nice get all the lengths very similar And then I'll go through and do my detailing on the edges.  This is for a couple reasons I'm using a mannequin the hair tends to stick straight out from the head So this could be a similar situation that you guys are in but I like to go through and just Blow dry it use the heat of the blow dryer to lay down the hair get it nice and polished Then I go through and I clean up the edges using my scissor. I'm using the misatani type k scissor This is one of my favorites We have on freesaloneducation.com for purchase You can check that out as well But I like this scissor out of five and a half inch because it gives me a nice strong blade But this scissor is very very soft So if you love a soft feel to the haircut when you're cutting hair then this is definitely the scissor for you So you can see nice not too short but short enough now. I'm going to comb everything back to me and go center part Directly down across the top and then down center back And I'm going to separate this into four quadrants. We're going to make this haircut very simple So the hardest part is that undercut and make sure that your sectioning is the right way But now what I'm going to do is go through just braiding off each section or each panel The reason I like to braid it is because it just looks better than a clip It also keeps the hair in the direction that I want it to be for the rest of the haircut So sometimes when you twist everything up in a zulu knot just it takes away some of the timing So just braiding it keeping it in the direction. I have everything comb the direction I'm going to have it later. So it's just quicker work So now I comb everything down hold it flat with my fingers This will start my guideline, but also give me zero elevation So a lot of people would pinch it in their fingers at that point What that's going to do is give you that flip because it's going to cut shorter hair It's going to give it a slight bit of elevation. So you're not going to get a strong line on the base So keeping everything tight to the neck Allows you to have pure zero elevation On the bottom So now I'm going to work a backhand technique the thing I like about this technique As opposed to holding it in my fingers and cutting it at my finger Is that it really allows me to see the lengths that I'm cutting So I go past the guide and then I visualize where I want that line to be and I cut it in So tends to work on this type of cut where there's not a lot of density I probably wouldn't do that same technique if this was a full bob haircut But when you have a light density, it's a really cool technique just to create a line in there So you can see I do the same thing on the sides creating a little bit of an angle So it drops a little bit in the front following that jaw line Now this side is where you're going to see the benefits of this backhand technique Because I want to match up this side with the left side. They're symmetrical It's parted in the center. So you want to have the same length So I find that visual point I go past my guide where my guide would be And I cut the hair exactly where I want it to match up with the opposite side So it takes a little getting used to definitely practice it But it's a cool technique to to add into your toolbox like we talk about in other videos So now we're using brocado mousse. I'm going to put that through the hair I work it through with the brush and then we're going to do a flat wrap technique Just to soften the hair get it into a natural fall get it nice and smooth You can see the shine starting to develop on the hair really that comes from the air passing over the cuticle Laying that cuticle down and just creating that reflection of the light So we go back and forth polishing the hair and and working that flat wrap technique I'm using the ergo paddle brush. It's got great tension. It's really soft on your guests So pulls the hair nice and tight gives you that tension creates the shine So just a really great tool now. I'm going to go in finish it off with the brocado vibra straight iron So the great thing about this technique is that there's not a lot of density left in the hair So ironing it's pretty simple. You don't have to work through the back nape.  I want to add a little bit of texture to it But I also want to polish the outer perimeter. That's what we're doing now still using the type k Just smoothing out the front there a little bit more But using the type k the point of the scissor to go across the perimeter cut it That line that I want and now I'm going to go through doing the tease cutting technique the trick to this technique is it's a half open half closed So you're not actually closing the scissor down on the hair You're just pinching the hair into the mid shaft of the scissor. So of the blade So really just uh pulling the hair into the middle of the blade half cutting as you push in Teasing the hair in that way and then that'll give you your cut So you don't want to close all the way you just want to give it a nice soft teased cut feel gives it that separation and texture I'm going to break it down and go a little bit slower here in one second. So Same thing. I'm grabbing hair pulling it straight out from the head. No over direction We're not trying to change the shape of the haircut if I over direct the hair I would shift the weight so half closed Hat and then open half closed and open and just holding the hair straight out from the head Creating a light feel to the layering that we're creating Elevation is nice and high you can see that I hold it high up in the air And I let my guideline fall out So I let the outer perimeter fall out because you don't want to cut into the outer perimeter Once that falls out then I start the uh tease cutting technique throughout All right, so we're going to finish off the cut with this product that joyco sent me It's called hair shake and the cool thing about this product when you shake it It sounds like it's a spray paint can but then when you spray it out It comes out feeling like you think it's a liquid and then by the time it hits the hair It turns into a powder form So it gives you this really cool texture that I think is unique to a lot of different products out there It's got a really great smell to it. So just a really cool way to finish off a textured haircut So next time guys next video. I'm going to color this haircut So let me know what you think this is the color technique that we're going to do We're going to create more of a root Yep All right, so what did you guys think? uh another undercut I really dig that one um because it just creates such a sleek effect So, uh, it seems like you guys in the chat like it. I want to keep this thing flowing I got one more haircut for you guys for the show today. Uh, I want to keep everybody online So just stay there share this uh video share this live stream with your friends Here is the cut. It's a layered haircut on long hair Hope you enjoy the technique here We can start off the haircut on the left hand side if your guest parts on the opposite side Then you're going to start there and mimic what i'm doing But you want to start off where your guest parts their hair That's the key thing in this haircut now if you have trouble getting through long hair This is our ergo Polishing paddle brush the cool thing about it You can see through the teeth when you hold it vertically And then when you hold it horizontally the teeth are a little more scattered What that does is when you're holding the brush vertically It's going to have wider teeth So it's easier to detangle the hair and then you can switch it to a more of a horizontal hold of the brush That's going to give you more tension and help you polish out the hair So there's two uses for one brush and you want to make sure you're using it the right way because if the hair is Kind of tangled up and you hold the brush horizontally. You might get the brush stuck in the hair It's going to do a lot more pulling so that's just a cool little tip for you guys Check your paddle brush. See if it's like that. If not, if you're looking for a new paddle brush We definitely have that one on free salon education. So we're going to start by parting the hair We have the the part on the left hand side Then what I did was I took from mid crown over to the temple area and sectioned off an asymmetrical triangle on the heavy side of the head Now I create another triangle from a mid crown Down to behind the ear and I do the same thing on the opposite side We're going to start by cutting a baseline To start the structure of the haircut. So what I want to do is create a nice solid line To use as my beginning guideline and to also clean up the bottom of the hair before I started We're going to be going through with concave layering. What that's going to do is help collapse the head shape We're going to work with pie shape sections throughout the back So everything's going to go to the previous section. We're going to have a traveling guide Which is a little bit harder because anytime you're moving your guide Throughout the haircut. It just it's harder to stay consistent So just make sure you're really focused on every move that you make is Is happening the same exact way and you have a really strong guideline coming through in the haircut So we're working concave in the back. We're collapsing the shape We're removing a maximum amount of weight in the back Which is why this haircut is so great for high density hair So all i'm doing is taking those pie shape sections Bring the hair to the previous looking for my strong guide in the back and how I started the haircut I took a vertical section and I just grabbed my guide from the very bottom So I lifted the hair Found that guide and I think what a lot of people do when they're cutting concave in the back Especially working around this way is they don't follow their guide so much.  Those are also going to be available I'll be posting those up on fsc social app so you can download them save them to your phone if you want to Kind of refer back to the head sheets. I'm trying to do that with all of these cuts so that you guys can Download them and have them with you Even if you can't watch the video Throughout the day. So one thing I want you to take notice of is the body position that I'm in So I'm standing on the right hand side of the guest Key thing to make sure when you're cutting concave so that your elbow doesn't get in the way your elbow should be Away from the head.  I like to keep my elbow closer to my body I think anytime you lift your elbow too much. You lose that consistency in your line That's a personal preference. Some people love to kick their elbow up And create a straight line with their hand and their elbow But for me, I like to just keep my arms as low as possible Throughout the haircut to keep that consistency. All right. So now what I'm going to do is go through I let down the sides I'm going to go through and cut a nice blunt line on the bottom and then check my balance Now the balance is going to be a little bit off And you need to know that as you're cutting it because I have an asymmetrical section still sectioned away on the top So the one side that's not sectioned off is going to be longer in the front than the side that is sectioned off So that's good It's a really important thing to remember because a lot of people go in and just start cutting to balance that right away And you need to know so what I like to do is check it from the back If you look at it from the back, you can see the balance to the shape And then you don't go in and cut things that you shouldn't and mess up the entire haircut So now we're going to work through the sides still creating Almost a concave layer. This is pretty much at 100 degrees at this point So we're definitely removing a ton of weight from the side of the head creating those seamless layers Anything above 90 degrees is going to be seamless. You're not really going to see any weight lines in the haircut So I wanted to have that nice and light feel on the weaker side of the haircut Have those nice light layers, but leave a little bit of extra length On the side so that you still keep that density So we're going to work through everything's coming back to the previous still a traveling guide in this haircut Still keeping that finger angle the same and working through you notice right there I took up too much hair couldn't see the guide so I make my adjustment And I re comb it you want to make sure as you're working through a haircut If you ever lose your guide if you're talking too much or whatever you're doing You lose that guide then just re comb Don't cut until you find it because you're you're just doing yourself harm if you go that route So we're working through the back now Into the other side same thing so you can see my elbow is away from the head Working those kind of concave layers in the back And just working my way through the big thing that I've changed now Is that I'm combing the hair away from my body towards my guide talk about it in every haircut I'm going to talk about it every haircut I ever teach is that you want to Comb the new hair towards the guide so you're not pushing the guide from where it lives If you move your guide too much, then it diffuses the guide and you can't see it And you end up with the haircut that you didn't want So just as you're working through make sure you really focus on your combing combing is what makes a professional haircutter More than just the scissor or the cutting or anything like that you want to make sure that you're combing the right way So over directing everything to the previous getting our guide from there work on our way through the side and Just finishing up this part So I can see that layering coming about Now I comb down the top portion and we're going to work with the round of the head to create these nice soft round layers I want to keep everything at 90 degrees at this point. So I'm following the head shape So if you look back at previous haircuts that we've done this is taking pieces from everything that we do So when you look at the 90 degree haircut that I did Maybe a month ago This is a piece of that. So following the head shape. So we created concave layers throughout the whole Kind of baseline area everything under the bridal ridge to collapse more of the head shape Because this is we're working with a denser Higher density of hair. So the thicker the hair the more weight you want to remove So we remove that from the side now. I'm going through creating soft layers at 90 degrees Not being as extreme with the layering and just connecting it that way. So it's combining This is a big thing that uh, I I want to really drive home with everyone is that every haircut that you see me doing You shouldn't be doing them exactly the way that I do it Every guest's hair is different. Every guest's hair has a different Density every guest's hair is a different texture and formation. You should not be copying Exactly what I'm doing with the haircut take each thing and add it to every haircut So all 50 of these vlog videos that we've done are all different haircuts, but they're done for a purpose So make sure that you grab pieces from every single one and create your own feel to every haircut that matches your guest So that is the end of the haircut we worked our way through still a traveling guide and you can see how That shape of the haircut really falls nice You could wear this curly. You could wear it straight. It's a great haircut for pretty much medium to high density hair And now we're going to go through we got our brocato mousse and I'm going to blow it dry So I work the product through the ends. Um, it's pretty exciting We actually have that product available on freeslaw and education now and I go through with the brush vertically Which we talked about at the beginning To detangle the hair and really work that product through I want to get the product on every bit of the hair Now I go through and use my hands to blow dry the hair.  So I love ergo brushes Um, we've had them on this site for a while I don't show off round brushes enough and you guys have been requesting it So, um, I'm going to go through I sectioned off the top a horseshoe shape With a chopstick and then I just worked the outer edges with two round brushes. So, um, I do one round brush heated up Work that section really polish it out and let the brush set and cool in there And then as soon as I work my next section, I leave the brush in there and then I clip away the previous So just working those two brushes through if you want to have 10 brushes, that's cool too. You could do that Um, but two brushes kind of working through and then I use pin curl clips to hold the hair together Now this is a quick blow dry. This is more of a salon friendly blow dry. Um Not super polished, but it's definitely I'm creating as much volume as possible and going through there and just Again, it's more of a salon reality kind of thing. So working my way through Switching those brushes off twisting the hair. So when I take the hair out of the brush, I retwist it up and pin it away with the pin curl clip and Just sections it away nice The reason you want to pin it away and let that brush kind of cool in there Is because when you heat up the hair it it allows it It kind of breaks down the bonds allows it to get very flexible and then as it cools everything hardens back up So that's how you get that shape to really last all day Um, so you're going to get more longevity out of your blow dry And then when you're working through with different working sprays and your hands and all of that You don't lose the shape of the blow dry. So I'm working my way through the top now We've worked our way through the sides same thing on the top What I'm doing is working from the part to the heavy side. So I'm working kind of like a diagonal forward Section all the way through same thing though with both brushes And then when I get to the very front part then I start brushing everything forward because if I'm working that brush forward It's going to give me more volume right in the front of the hair So this is all about creating those light layers taking out a lot of density in In a high density head of hair So you want to have more volume because what that's going to do is kind of bring those layers to life So over directing everything the opposite direction that she's going to wear it Finish it up with brocado medium hold hair spray then take out the pin curl clips Um, you can work your hands through the hair. You could see how Nice the curl is held in there And then I just kind of finish it up polish it with a curling iron It's a large barrel curling iron works really well. So I hope you guys like this cut. Definitely. Let me know in the comments Thank you so much for watching and there you go all right So what'd you guys think of that one? Uh, I love I love the end result of it. Um, that's definitely a salon friendly cut So if you guys were looking for that Then we hit it. So let me know what you guys think. Um Um Maybe I'll give this to my sam via mannequins preserve her length. That's a good one. It's a good call um All right, cool. Uh, looks like all of you guys liked it. Uh, how'd you enjoy the show? Let me know that did you like this show? Um, sorry for the technical difficulties in the middle of it. 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Welcome back to an extra special challenge video fishing freaks. Thanks for being here. Thanks for subscribing to the channel If you like what's going on here, you want to support make sure to share this video There's nothing to not like about today's video. It's tiny top waters. It's extra small line. It's tiny whippy rods It's competition father son. It's all goodness guys. So let's just roll right into it Any fishing day is to go find some fish Let's go get on them because we've been catching these smallmouth this week have been around islands backs of These pockets that have boulders. They have transition banks that have some pea gravel on them some fish are spawning Some are just feeding up, but the main thing is On these top waters, it's a lot of fun But you got to pause them for a little bit and they're kind of territorial to come up and smack it We're using these yamper rivers You basically can't do anything with a one pound smallmouth So a three pound smallmouth is going to be very interesting. You're going to catch bigger fish than I am Wow up until the last one. Oh, well, you only need that one. It's all about the one today I'm giving dad just a fair chance. Maybe everybody gets lucky one time in their lives Could be the key to winning or losing right here. This is a rod can't set the hook too well So looks have got to be sharp Playing on winning this sucker.   No, no, no, I'm not eating it again I thought about it for about a month and I don't want to do it again. I think dad's a little scared I think dad is scared.   So we got to come up with something different. What's something very Canadian? Geese here's what we're gonna do cold hard cash 50 bones. I need 50 dollars Because you're in your 50s. That's why we're doing 50. Or are you 60 now? I'm in my 50s It is Father's Day week and I just want to say happy Father's Day to dad before we get into serious competition And I kick your butt. I just want to say happy Father's Day. I'm glad we're here doing this. It's a good tradition It is a good tradition. Thank you.  Yeah, have you? I've been practicing my whole life I've been practicing since I was three Just for this moment It's kind of important with four pound test Got him. He's got me in the reeds Come on out of there. It's a little tiny one. The heck you talking about He's not tiny. He hasn't even grown a sack yet.  Well, look at these massive hooks.  No, it's not Well, you just get sifted got one. Yep. Come to papa Yeah, literally Yep. Yeah, come to daddy Come on now The problem here is it's another little one. It's yeah, he's a little but They're not easy to get in with these rods. Can he do it? Always got the line on the side of the boat. It's got his line all twisted. This is where angling is key Yeah, you landed one. That's good You got to put it on the board. It might be a good 13 incher Is that your strategy? Just try to go for mediocrity Oh, gosh. Oh, that was a big in there Oh, he's gonna come back and smack it. Tell you what this fish right here is definitely gonna beat that one you got We'll see Time to measure up. Oh, yeah, I got a witness with you because Oh, I got mine He's 14. All right I didn't see it, but I'll I'll just trust you I got a little one. I'll take it though Come on now. Gotta have my first one. It's taking a long time. Oh, sure It's a strategy thing. I'm not just gonna Come up here and lip these suckers Okay, he moved into the lead He is going to be 13 and a half Yeah Got one under it.   Actually Maybe if I just oh my god, he's got it No Yeah No Yes Did you see how long it took him? Oh god, it's a big one It's a big one.  It's really the That's the hard part It's like how do you set the hook? Oh, I've got a swearly Maybe it's just sitting there. I'm not doing anything I came off couldn't get a hook set Keep talking had it down like charlie brad That is small Yeah, that's like Think he's a 15 Starting to get into those Nice juicy boulders There's like a certain depth when you see one you just know Oh, that's that's gonna have one be a lead changer Not sure What is it? What's the exact? 14 that sounds like a round up to me ate it like a champion No, he ain't gonna take the lead 13 and a half not gonna do it Had one chasing it. Oh, there's another one right there just saw him Oh, yeah, no, they're all biggings. Oh, he broke me off I had to try to set the hook. Oh, I still got the lure the lure's still there. I was like, I'm tired of Seeing these three pounders eat it and not catching them. I never saw you measure your fish And I know how you like to measure them.  Maverick a little smally just just like a 16 What do it's their jaw pressure? That's the problem. They get their chompers on it and then You can't penetrate the hook into it. Watch out This might be the one This could be the one Oh, that's a good one Don't jump. Don't do it Look at it.  That's a doozy Don't you jump. Come here, baby Four pound test This is a crucial moment. You ready for this? See what it is I think it's a 16 It's almost a 17 that is uh 16 and three quarters right there.  Oh gosh. I mean that wasn't a big one but on this stuff. Yeah on this it's like, oh man He just had to they just have to eat it. Oh, there's another one on it. Oh my gosh It's been a stiff competition The tables have turned on old LFD 16 and three quarter inches guys. Let me tell you that is not an easy fish to get in on that Yampa river at least a dozen bites good bites I know that are two and a half three pounders That I haven't been able to hook some have been upwards of four that I just cannot get the hook in them They shut their mouths down on it. And so there's that delicate balance. That's why it's a challenge Ultra light challenge. We got to put a time limit on this should we do it when whenever Ted Ted and drake and steve whenever they come over and times up The other thing that's super challenging is the wind The wind trying to throw these micro poppers or little hula poppers Is very difficult. We're going to aluminum boat trying to cast it I was more pumped when I caught that one than I was than any of other other ones here because I just enjoy beating you dad Well, it's good. You haven't beaten me yet Oh, no. Oh, yeah.  Come on, baby. Oh gosh Oh, no Oh, that's a good one. No I feel like I should be casting So I might need I might need Oh, I got one. I got one too Oh, yeah, we're doubled We're doubled.  Yes Yes Okay doubled up First of all, awesome that we both got that at the same time Micro poppers mine's definitely bigger. Yours is bigger They choked them too.  I know Did you see my jump jump jump? I mean, it's unbelievable. Okay, put it on the board. Let's see what it is 15.1 I'll give you 15 and a half. You got to pinch the tail That's a great fish It's not going to beat this one That's a 17 17 and a half On the micropops All right, we got to get a release on these guys Yep, dad. I don't think it's going to cut the mustard for you But hey, good job. Let's get back in there I think that might be the game winner right there though See you, baby I'm going to get one. They have to it's not over. That's right. They're by Not over. I thought mine was bigger, but yours was because you like to exaggerate a little bit I had boat shrinkage. You had boat shrinkage. That's right. It's not that I'm trying to tell a story It's I just think they're bigger goodness a prime looking spot. My goodness This is it. They're out here behind me. Just wave them off LFT LFT just got beat That's it. Oh That's it defeat. You were the the ending bail. In other words, when you spoke you were the ending bail We duked it out hard. I must uh pay homage And pay money. I guess that's right. Don't worry about the homage Where about that 50 bucks as a nice father son gesture at when my dad went to pay me I gave him the money right back. Why because he's my dad got me into fishing.  It was a huge fight on that tiny little rod. That's what made today so fun Such a great challenge. Let me know in the comments what you would want to see in another challenge video What type of tackle louvers, etc It could be anything guys. Let me know if you really dig the channel You want to support the lfg brand links will be at the end of this video and down in the description for all The shirts and hats and as always guys thanks for being with me out here in the wilderness. God bless you. Thanks for being here And I'll see you on the next video