If you are like me and have boys, taking them into the salon for haircuts every cuple of weeks can get spendy. Here is a little tutorial on how I cut my boys hair. I am not a pro. This is how I do it to save some money.
This is the Faux-hawk style.
Here's what you will need:
*Clippers w/ a size 3/8 or 3 attatachment
*Shears
I got mine for aroud $14 on Amazon. They have some that are more, and some that are less. Any decent pair will work.
*Comb
Start by seperating the hair. Part it into 2 sections, leave the top alone for now.
The hair should normally part here. Follow that line all the way around the head.
Step 1.
Using your clippers with your size 3 attatchment, remove hair in an upward stroke. When you get to the top, pull the clippers towards you. This will help your blending. Leave a small amount around the top hair. You can see from the picture that I only leave about an inch. Do this all the way around the head to the other side.
Step 2.
With no attatchement, go around the ears, around the neck and the base of the head. This should leave a nice crisp line. Do Not go above where the natural hair line is. This will give your child the old man look, as I like to call it.
Step 3.
Time for the top. Wet hair. Using a comb and your shears, comb hair upwards. Fan hair out and cut off desired amount. I leave enough to style the hair, about 2-3 inches. Start by grabbing a small section of hair, cut, and then grab another section. Use your first cut as your guide to keep the hair even. Work from the back of the head to the front.
After you have cut all of the hair this way, comb it mowhawk style and trim any pieces that you missed.
Step 4.
The bangs. Comb the hair foward down flat. Cut the bangs to desired length. I usually cut, comb up, and cut again. Take a little off at a time, stand hair up. If it's too long, cut some more. While cutting the bangs shape them to your child's natural hairline around the face.
Step 5.
Time to blend.
Right now, if you were to leave this, you would see a definate line where you used your clippers and where you cut on the top. This line I refer to as the "DING DING! YOUR MOM CUT YOUR HAIR!"
Take your haircut to the next step. As you comb the sides down you will see where the hair is quite a bit longer than the hair you used your clippers on. Flip your comb upside down, comb up and pull the comb out. Using your clippers with no attatchment, run the clippers along the comb where the hair is sticking out.
This is the fastest and easiest way to blend. If you are a newbie and are a little intimidated by this blending technique, then you can also use a size 2 attatchment on your clippers and go around the sides.
The comb method will leave you with a nice clean blend. If you are confident enough to do it this way I highly suggest it. Go all the way around the head on the sides. Continue to comb down and see where there are problem areas that need to be blended better.
Step 6.
This is the final step!
Comb over the hair at a natural part to one side. You can see in the top picture how the hair is not nicely faded. To fix this, start close to the forehead, grab a small section of hair and pull it back at an angle towards you. Now you can see where there is a long piece and a short piece where you just blended in your sides. Using your shears, cut the long piece off. Do this in small sections all the way towards the back of the head. Then repeat on the other side by combing the hair the opposite way, and following the same steps.
Here's the end result:
Again, I am not a professional. This is just how I cut my boys hair to help save me about $100 a month.
Please only use these instructions for the same reasons. :)
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