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Feature - Learn the Foundations of Men's Hairdressing

Text / Images by Jamie Harrison // Published Friday 7 January 2011
 
Men’s hair is a growing market and understanding a few essential barbering techniques and men’s styles will enable your salon to cash in on the increasing number of men who are visiting salons rather than barbers.

Men’s hairdressing uses different shapes and techniques than women’s hairdressing, and understanding those differences will mean that you can extend your repertoire and increase your turnover. MyHairDressers.com will, over the coming year, increase the number of men’s haircuts you can learn, but we already have several that will give you a solid grounding in essential barbering techniques, that you can then apply and adapt to your male clients.  

To fully understand the essence of barbering we recommend you begin with the two haircuts from Dale Ted Watkins - The Psychobilly, a 50’s quiff based shape and the Basic Men’s Layer, suitable for mid-length men’s hair. Apart from the awesome cutting techniques he uses, Dale explains the reasoning behind the haircuts, such as how to incorporate corners and apply a masculine shape to haircuts specifically for men and how to tailor the hair to the clients individual style. 

After you’ve enjoyed those two haircuts, then Stacey Broughton’s Short Flat Graduation offers a different take on the quiff and can easily be adapted for different looks. The Graduated Step, also by Stacey, is a modern look that easily suits the younger, funkier client. Stacey also brings classic tailored barbering up to date with The Laurence, and teaches you how to use classic men’s hairdressing tools such as clippers and thinning shears.  

Finally Stacey’s Mid-length Basic Layer brings some rock star glamour to men’s hair as Stacey shows you how longer hair on men remains masculine as long as you get the right shape.

So armed with a deeper understanding of the rules of men’s hairdressing and barbering, you can take the skills and techniques, and adapt them to your own clients needs and ensure that you’re male clients have hair as good as the girls!

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