Also difficult to convince a round head client to get a longer more square cut lol. But yes agree with you. I have clients I gave up on trying to stress this fact. You need big hair for your big head. But nope they want the Bart n Ernie look
You're right, some of this I do know intuitively! But you also gave me so much more to consider with head shape and the shape I should aim to create for my clients. I've been cutting hair for 1.5 years and your 'slip up' at the end was pretty funny. haha I agree though, if that's important to the client and they're not interested in being my practice head then they should go to my boss that has been cutting for a decade. I would say the majority of my clients are focused on their haircut being low maintenance and easy to style, but the reason they come to me is in the details they don't know I'm putting into the cut. Now you've got my brain firing about how these concepts can add more value that my clients may not understand but will appreciate.
this is an awesome video. I've heard about head shapes vaguely, but never fully understood them. this video perfectly explains all about head shapes, and even better, what I can/should do as a barber to produce the best haircuts to fit the clients head. So so helpful thank you so much!
Thank you. You’re the man I’ve needed all these years. Whenever I walk into a salon and ask them about the best cut for my face shape they look at me like I’m neurotic…then they give me the standard high fade and I walk out looking like a tree trunk with eyes.
Right!!!!! My dad was a hair designer and knew this, so I took it for granted. He passed away going on 17 years now and I have not found anyone else that can help a girl out!!
Sick video, always great content. Thank you for this. I hope its not to much to ask, by chance can you share where to get those head cut-outs for the whiteboards? I do some educational things as well and would really like to get some of those instead of constantly having to draw them on the white board. Especially when the lesson get people involved. Thanks again and keep up the great work.
Live how you explain things. I’ve been coming across a football head shape lately. Where it is very long. From nose to back of head. What head shape is this?
By the way, is. it possible that my parietal ridge varies in height on the side of my head? when i feel my head it seems like the ridge starts pretty low near the face and goes really high up the further back i go... sort of like this: "/" Not as extreme obviously but not that far off. Have you ever encountered this Andrew? 90% of the shorter haircuts ive gotten from hairdressers have been unflattering in my opinion. So i've been trying to learn to cut my own hair. Buzz cuts dont suit me either, ive even tried it 3 times. i wonder if it has to do with this uneven ridge. Given the shape of my ridge my head is more rounded near my temples and way more square further back. I also have curly hair. The most satisfied ive been and the most compliments ive ever gotten on my hair was a short mohawk with 3cm on top and zero on the sides that i did myself. Even my overly critical grandma loved it haha. As soon as the sides grew in again it looked terrible (probably because of a little recession at the temples). so the upkeep was on a weekly basis. After two weeks trying to keep the sides on zero i cut too high and it looked terrible so i shaved it all.
Finally! A detailed video on head shape, how is this the only good video on the topic? It’s arguably the most important aspect of a haircut but no one talks about it…
Based on what you are saying then is it safe to assume with a round shape head with a low ridge you cannot really do a skin fade because you do not have the room to go from skin to a number two before you reach the ridge you simply run out of space
I still dont get my head shape, my temples are hollow, meaning that my cheeckbones and jaw are wider, forehead is narrow and my head widens after the hollow temples, what should i do? Long hair?
I have very thick course hair and I'm looking to grow it out but I need to find good product that will help it relax more to lay flatter so I can keep the length and not lose it to the burt and erny effect
Apparantly I have an 'Oblong' shaped face, with a bit of a widow's peek, I don't think it's receeding, it's been like that as long as I can remember. I've never found a cut that i love before. Does anyone have some advice?
Either wet it down then break it into slim sections to be pulled tight/straight and cut to shape, or else straighten it before cutting it. I have two somewhat recent videos showing both of these processes if you go look at my channel. Thanks
I’ve had clients with this. What I do is a technically crooked haircut that compensates for the shape of the head- leave it longer on the less prominent side so that the silhouette in the end is uniform on both sides. Actually most people don’t have perfectly even head shapes, it’s very common for the parietal ridge to be higher on one side- in that case you sort of split the difference and just make sure there’s good composition (whether aiming for symmetry or not). Like if a tree is growing off of a crooked trunk and you trim the branches shorter on one side to create a better sense of balance.
Karen haircut… lol I saw one at Costco trying to go back wards and in middle of crosswalk. Everyone is honking and telling her to move. While she wanted to go back wards for a parking. Instead of going around. She still thought she was right and swearing as she finally moved forward.
@@andrewdoeshair nightmare in terms of the way you explain those things, why do you think it matters to know about high testosterone levels and the resulting squareness of some men's face shape... I thought it'd be about face shapes and how to choose a suitable haircut according to the features... but I was quick to be disappointed, verbosity at its worst.
@@billys9704 my apologies. It seems you missed the first minute where I explained that this was going to be a very wordy video (specifically noted at 0:50) and not a quick simple list of reference haircuts. My background before I decided to try putting stuff on RU-vid was speaking at trade shows and seminars where I was expected to fill 15-60 minutes (often more) completely breaking down and scrutinizing specific topics around haircutting and because of that I’m aware that I over explain things- the way I see it is that it’s been appreciated by the few who want an over-explanation. I suppose it doesn’t translate well to the RU-vid format when people just want a brief question and answer without the deeper dive. Check out blumaan, he keeps these kinds of topics much more brief and more practical for the layman.
@@andrewdoeshair i don't enjoy watching blumaan's videos but thanks for the friendly advice, if you could only make the same video but more organized and refined, it'd be much enjoyable to watch and actually understand 😉
Aghhhh, you heard me even hesitate and almost correct myself 😳 it sounds harsh, but what I meant is that the sort of eye for suitability, while naturally baked in from day one for some people, usually takes a very long time to develop. I’d wager it’s probably a fruit of mastery, which is said to be achieved after 10,000 hours of deliberate practice (that’s five years of about 40 hours per week). I think it’s just one of those things that can be understood from studying but becomes an asset only after the understanding has been applied repeatedly.
@@andrewdoeshair also, I spent a bunch of time watching your videos last night and it definitely provides a lot of good info and stuff to think about. I’ll be trying to use some of it this week for sure 🤙🏻
@@nicholascarraro5520 he definitely didn’t mean it to discourage us, time is a more general thing and my understanding of hair has skyrocketed since I made this comment. A lot of it has to do with how out of your way you are willing to go to learn. I’ve seen people who have been cutting for over ten years do some of the worst haircuts I’ve ever seen and occasionally people who really chase it get good really fast.
