The Easiest Mid Fade System: Techniques They Don't Teach in Barber School | POV Tutorial

Guys welcome back to the channel we are bringing back the never late again framework here with my boy Jonathan We're gonna get him right. So look, let's take a look here now with his haircut. We're gonna hit the wave cut We're gonna have like a nice clean mid fade clean up the beard and then we're also gonna go ahead and give him a nice Lineup, you could see we're gonna go over today how to tackle it with a with a widow's peak, right? So it's a universal haircutting system I use this on straight hair curly hair wavy hair all the way across the board and it helps keep me on time It takes away stress from the job. So we'll get right into it So like with any haircut guys, you already know the most important thing is to get the hair combed out if the hair is is Unmaintained if it's just not combed out Well, the haircut is not gonna come out smooth. You want to have the hair laying down in its most natural position So get your favorite comb start working your way through pay attention to the crown as well guys You want to make sure that you can determine at what point does the the pattern of his hair start to spiral out of? So you can see that natural light point at the very back there. That is the origination point of his wave pattern So we're gonna be going through and combing it out Now when it comes to trimming it down you also want to go according to the growth pattern so you can see that's why here I'm actually starting with my number two guard just to play it safe And we're starting at the crown area and working our way outwards, right? So that means that and it's always with the grain So if the hair grows forward we cut it forward if it grows to the left We cut it to the left if it grows downwards we cut it downwards But this is really what you want to do to make sure that you are preserving the waves. You're preserving the curl pattern Especially when you're cutting black hair, you're cutting a wavy hair with a tight curl pattern, right? Anything that's gonna wave up. You're always gonna want to cut it down with the grain So I actually ended up switching down here to a 1.5 The the two wasn't taking it dark enough to where my client wanted it or it was leaving too dark Compared to what my client wanted. So we switched it up to a 1.5 and we're gonna be going all the way with the grain Pretty much anywhere all the way throughout the hair and this is gonna be important to do first guys I like to set the top length first so that way as we're setting our fade work in we're working our way up into a finished product and What's interesting about this too guys is you see we're going through and establishing everything here at the 1.5 length because that matches what my Client wants but you notice how there's some lighter spots. There's some darker spots so actually what I'm gonna do now is switch over to the one guard which is one level lower and With this we can attack the darker spots, especially when it comes to the hair that's bundled up right there on the hairline So any darker spots you'll see I'm attacking the darker spots with the lighter guard So that way we can work to blend all that in So now when it comes to the fading portion of the never late again framework guys I'm a big fan of starting the haircuts with the clipper all the way closed Now this is going to serve as my bald line And a lot of you guys have learned from youtubers over time And I did too that you need to start your bald fades with the clipper all the way closed Now the problem that this poses is that the clipper all the way closed is gonna give you a very precise bald line And that's not the issue, but the problem is it's almost too precise It's actually so sharp that it gets really difficult to fade that line out at the end of the haircut And I'm gonna be showing you as this haircut progresses why it's been more beneficial and efficient for me to start my bald lines With the clipper all the way closed instead of using the trimmer It's one of the biggest mindset shifts that has helped me so much and the same concept applies to the secondary guideline Not being with the clipper open with no guard, but actually putting the half guard on the clipper Closing the lever and running a parallel line all the way around and in being gracious with the space, too I'll give it a whole inch if I need to I Really just need to make sure that it's done with the half guard all the way closed because it also creates a softer Easier to fade out guideline than it would if I were to go in with no guard at all lever open again I'm not saying that that is a false step or a wrong step to do I am saying that it is a more challenging step to do I'm gonna teach you how to do things Efficiently simply you can go into every single haircut with the same level of confidence This is the system that gets me there now as far as debulking goes I am gonna use the one-and-a-half guard, right? this is a very universal guard and if I can use this guard to float my way up and off the head and And when I say that pay attention to the motion here You see how I have pressure at the bottom and I float my way up and off the head My mission is to not give my client a fresh guideline with this. My mission is to Softly blend my way up into the darkness that we've already established at the very top of his head I like this one-and-a-half guard because it's really a universal guard man Like the thing is when it's all the way open I feel like it leaves the hair dark enough that it can blend into Just about any length that I have up on top if you've seen my other haircuts where I do this same system on straight hair I've been able to do the same with the one-and-a-half open blend my way up into lengthy hair And then I can follow up with this one-and-a-half guard all the way closed and basically repeat the same motion But I'm just working my way a little tiny bit lower than where I just was Because now when the one-and-a-half guard is closed it starts to lighten up in the process a little bit more It starts to lighten up the hair to where it's gonna be easier to fade out the next guideline Now if you're familiar at all with the never late again framework, you'll know I'm not gonna reach for the one guard here I'm actually gonna completely bypass the one guard because think about it the one-and-a-half guard closed already covered the one guard open and Now what we're using the half guard all the way open already covers What the one guard with the lever closed would have covered? So if you think about it Think about it from an efficiency mindset. You really don't need to use that one guard You can actually skip past it and just work your way here in some more of an efficient fade process So notice here in the back now, obviously, you know with when you do curly hair You're gonna do with the green and against the green but notice here how you know Floating my way up into that you see pressure at the bottom floating my way up and off the head Y'all see how the half guard open blends really well into the one-and-a-half guard closed Leave a comment down below if you've never thought about how you can actually use like math and like the measurements that are on the clipper guards themselves to understand which guards are Necessary to use and which guards are totally possible to skip, you know when I started thinking about that It's like dude It really is really not necessary using extra guards like using the one guard or even using like a four or three or two There's nothing wrong with it But I do look at it kind of like training wheels, right? And once you learn how these guard systems work, you can skip a guard here and there and really save yourself some time So you can save more time for detailing and perfecting rather than just trying to get through your basic haircutting system Now in the beginning of this haircut I told you guys that the clipper all the way closed was gonna be the easiest line to fade out Especially when you compare it to putting in the bald line with the trimmers So the reason that that is is because now I can take the exact same tool that I used to put the guideline in With and I can use it to remove the line with So I can return to clipper all the way closed and I can break through that guideline there I can just soften up the line a good bit doesn't have to be anything crazy Just soften it up a little bit But now that it's time to fade my way higher into the next level of the fade now since I'm going higher I need to go longer So I'll hit that lever at the first notch Just click it open a little bit and I'll repeat this process over and over again at the first click push it open a little bit second clip Push it up a little bit, you know And then just over and over again keep on repeating that motion and you can see here now when the clipper is all the way Open I've lightened up my pressure You can see I really have that clipper tilted up and off the head up with a nice soft touch and it's starting to blend Really nice into the frame into the foundation that we've already set using the never late again framework So let's watch this come together the haircut all these steps are are designed in a way that's going to maximize your efficiency and Give you more time to perfect in detail towards the end of the haircut So let's watch these next couple parts of the guideline as we raise it. Let's watch how we blend it All right, you're gonna see over here now It's time to go a little higher click it open one more notch go a little higher Time to go higher click it open another notch and we keep doing that over and over and over again That's why we set the lines of how we do But leave a comment down below too while we're here during this part of the fade I'd like for you to let me know what you think about balding out The very you see all that extra leftover hair at the very bottom Do you like doing that in the beginning of the haircut? Do you like doing that at the end of the haircut? I know it's one of those things that is super polarizing either you love it or you hate it, but I Definitely have a reason for being for leaving it. It's not just you know for clicks or whatever for me It's strategy why I leave the bulk of the very bottom why I leave that for the end So leave a comment down below what your thoughts are about it Or if you have an idea as to why you think I may be doing it Leave a comment down below and I'll get into it shortly Now a lot of us know that this haircut and this hair texture in particular is not the easiest to work with you see how sometimes you kind of have that that area in between like where the half is and where the no guard is that's very difficult to attack and Get to blend smooth perfectly. This is where I like to keep a special guard handy nearby Now you can get this type of half guard that it may be like your old classic wall half guard that has the short stubby But in this case I like using the style craft the the one that comes in their dubs set a lot of their clippers come with it But I like it because it has the round tooth of the of the half guard, but it also has the magnets It's gonna grip it really nice onto your clipper But this is called the tiger claw method guys And it's honestly one of my best-kept secrets when it comes to cutting and blending out this area right here I actually have the clipper all the way closed right here and Just going downwards with the grain I think they call it the tiger claw method because imagine like like the tiger the claw of the tiger is kind of scratching at Their head, right? I learned that from game changers channel way back in the day Let me know in the comments if you guys are game changer fans if y'all remember watching his videos But I kind of picked up this concept watching his channel, so I can't take full credit for it, but Doing this something about it. Just kind of helps Catch all these little hairs that need to be trained and laid down Doing this over and over and over again if you're nervous about it try it on just the first notch You know like one click open and kind of see how it starts to work But once you get it once you get the hang of it You're gonna notice like it's it's totally worth just going straight for the clipper close and laying all this down But it's perfect for blending out that extra area that needs extra detail and extra love Typically between like that half open and the no guard all the way open it works really really well for me. It works wonders Just look at how nice that blend is sitting now You know just with a small tweak like that So before we get into the fun part right before we get into the lineup before we get into debulking all the hair on the Side and the back of the head we're gonna go ahead and knock out this beard blend Because again part of efficiency is like I have this clipper in my hand I may as well just go ahead and do everything that I need to with it while I have this clipper in my hand so, you know the same way how We were opening the notch little by little as we worked our way up I kind of do the reverse, you know as I'm doing the beard I might start all the way open You know chip away at the hairs that I need to freehand away the hairs and then as I work my way higher You kind of work your way close instead of slowly opening it. You kind of slowly close it because the thing about it It's almost like a reverse fade. So notice how I freehand the shape with the clipper all the way open and Then as you see here, we'll flip the clipper over and I'll start it all the way open Barely, just chipping away at a few hairs chipping away at the dark spots little by little Closing my way just a tiny little bit more you see I'm there now I can close the clipper a little bit because it's time to go shorter as we go higher So it's literally the reverse process of the fade that we did on on the head, but Guys, you're gonna notice too in the description like all of these I know some of you guys are like, how do I do this system on straight hair? How do I do this system on curly hair on wavy hair these different styles? I made a free school group for you guys that if you join it, I'm gonna be Categorizing every single haircut tutorial that I've ever done so you can get in there You can have discussions with the community make your posts and stuff like that with problems that you're having so I can help you more tailored But yeah, it's a free school group man. Check out the description down below So you're gonna find this in the curly hair classroom, right? So I think that'll be fun I wanted to put together something so we can all kind of just interact a little bit more intimately Y'all see so yeah, definitely check that out man, I would love to see you guys there that's Honestly, if you want like feedback on your type of haircuts I would encourage you guys to Get your videos get your post like post them up in there and and then as I as I have time I'll be helping you guys out there So the lineup guys, remember how I told you about the widows peak kill that first Knock that widows peak out you're gonna see here and I'm doing my best to work with the camera, too You know, you'll see a glitch a couple times here But um, just knock it out first man that the same applies when I tell you guys that it's a good idea to Start your way in the middle and work your way off to one corner return to the middle work your way to the other corner It is the easiest way to get a lineup done It takes one long job If you start all the way in the left corner, and then you work your way all the way to the right corner It really breaks it down into two simpler jobs You get your middle point and now all we have to do is focus on the middle to this corner Half the job is done. Now. You can return your way to the other side. You're gonna see I flip them around here I can return to that middle point and now I could focus on this middle point to the other side Right, and then after that you're gonna see that we can go ahead and make the adjustments that we need to So Yeah, it's pretty cool man. Um, you'll see it come together here and how we Balance out the two sides. I got a great trick for that too that a lot of people don't think about But yeah guys check out that school group I was telling you all about man I think we can really build something dope. I can probably do more interactive courses there and stuff like that This is the trick right here when you have the client in front of you Tilt his head once it looks good while you're looking at him straight on Tilt his head downwards and you can see this curve You see that that kind of u-shape make sure that it looks good when you're looking straight at him But if you're not sure double check it man Tilt his head downwards towards you to make sure that the u-shape is is is looking nice and even if it looks wonky at all Then you'll know that there is it's easier to see where you messed up in a lineup if that u-shape is not perfectly smooth there Something that'll be dope for you. But see that's the kind of stuff that we can dive deeper in When it comes to that school group man, so if you're having problems take your pictures post them up in the community I'll do my best to give you guys feedback on that and just help you guys grow. I mean, so look here This is the fun part right now The reason why notice here you see that that band of blend that I have sitting there for me personally I have a very ADHD kind of like scatterbrained It's hard for me to focus on doing that band of transition if I start off with no hair at the very bottom So personally if I leave that hair at the bottom It lets me just focus on that transitional area from bald to light to dark and I could just focus all 100% of my effort on that area there Then I can follow up and go ahead and bald the thing out You know, I mean, but if I were to do it too early now I have to focus on the whole head at once that from the very top of his head all the way down to the nape of His neck and that's just too much for my brain to handle at once. So again, I Break things down Efficiently stress-free an easy-to-follow system that you guys can apply on every single haircut So I would love to see you guys in the school group join You know and and when you have problems post the pictures and videos post them up in school We can all talk with each other it is a community that is built around efficiency a group of barbers who is Dedicated to being on time and just stop running behind And that's why I call it the NLA community that never late again community. It's all of us barbers there, man We're just ready to be more efficient, you know, so I'm looking forward to seeing you guys there I'm excited for what the future holds with it But yeah guys, I'll see y'all in the next video. Thank you so much for supporting