- Helgi Barber
Hair Cutting Techniques
Updated: May 19, 2020

Hair Cutting Techniques:
Bottom-up:
1) 6 mm.
2) 0 mm.
3) Blade(o).
4) 3 mm(o).
5) 1,5 mm(o).
6) 1,5 mm(c).
Top to bottom:
1) 6 mm.
2) 4.5 mm(o).
3) 3 mm(o).
4) 1,5 mm(o).
5) 0 mm.
Top to bottom:
a good bone structure is needed;
focus on a hair clipping blade;
for hair at an angle of 30 to 60 degrees
deviation from the vertical;
high contrast and depth;
maximum guide control.
Bottom-up:
low contrast;
minimal guide control;
any form of head;
any angle of hair.
How To Work With a Hair Clipper:
Over comb – with the help of a comb;
Freehand – trimming the area with a hair clipper.
Up and down - performed with the movement of the forearm from the elbow with a static position of the shoulder.
Flick out(flick motion) - performed with the movement of the bone with the static position of the forearm and the shoulder.