ROUND LAYER

LAYERED HAIR I GIVES THE ILLUSION OF LENGTH AND VOLUME USING LONG HAIR FOR THE ILLUSION OF LENGTH AND SHORT HAIR FOR VOLUME, AS AN EASY STYLE TO MANAGE. HAIR IS ARRANGED INTO LAYERS, WITH THE TOP LAYERS CUT SHORTER THAN THE LAYERS BENEATH.

STEP 1: SECTION THE PROFILE LINE

ENSURE THE HAIR IS EVENLY WET THROUGHOUT. SEPARATE THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE HEAD BY SECTIONING FROM THE APEX TO EACH MASTOID BONE. COMB THE FRONT TOWARDS THE FACE AND THE BACK TOWARDS THE OCCIPITAL BONE. NOW CREATE THE PROFILE LINE BY STANDING BEHIND THE CUSTOMER. USE THE TIP OF THE COMB AT 30 DEGREES TO SECTION OFF-CENTRE LEFT FROM THE APEX TO THE FRONT OF THE HAIRLINE. REPEAT THIS PROCESS TO OFF-CENTRE RIGHT. YOU SHOULD BE LEFT WITH A COMB WIDTH SECTION RUNNING THROUGHOUT THE CENTRE OF THE HEADTHIS IS THE PROFILE LINE.

STEP 2: CUT THE PROFILE LINE

STAND BEHIND THE CLIENT AND CREATE THE PROFILE LINE. THEN MOVE TO STANDING ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAD IN ORDER TO CUT FROM THE APEX TOWARDS THE FACE. RIGHT HANDED PEOPLE STAND ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CLIENT AND LEFT HANDERS STAND ON THE RIGHT. PINCH THE SECTION TO LIFT THE HAIR BEFORE YOU COMB SO YOU ENSURE YOU PICK HAIR ONLY FROM THE PROFILE LINE. COMB THE HAIR WITH TIGHT TENSION AND REST YOUR CUTTING BLADE ON YOUR FINGERS TO CREATE A CLEAN CUTTING LINE. THE PROFILE LINE WILL ALWAYS BE CUT SQUARE, EVEN DURING A ROUND LAYER. ONCE THE PROFILE LINE IS CUT, COMB THIS MIDDLE SECTION ONTO THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE SO THAT IT CAN BE USED AS YOUR GUIDE FOR THE REST OF THE HAIRCUT.

STEP 3: CUT THE FRONT RIGHT SECTION

STAND TO THE RIGHT OF THE CUSTOMER AND COMB THE HAIR DOWN. CREATE THE FIRST COMB WIDTH SECTION, STARTING FROM THE APEX AND MOVING TOWARDS THE FRONT. COMB THE REMAINDER OF THE HAIR TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE HEAD. MOVE TO THE BACK OF THE CLIENT AND PINCH TO PICK UP THE FIRST PART OF THE SECTION STARTING FROM THE TOP. COMB THE HAIR DIRECTLY STRAIGHT UP, WITH TIGHT AND EVEN TENSION. SUBTLY CURVE YOUR FINGERS TO MIMIC THE HEAD SHAPE WHICH WILL CREATE A BALANCED SHAPE. MAKE SURE TO KEEP AN EQUAL DISTANCE BETWEEN ALL POINTS OF FINGERS AND THE HEAD. CUT ALONG THE FINGERS, BETWEEN YOUR TIP AND KNUCKLE WITH TIGHT TENSION, FOLLOWING YOUR GUIDE FROM THER PROFILE INE. PINCH, COMB AND CUT THE HAIR AS YOU MOVE DOWN THE HEAD UNTIL YOU REACH THE HAIRLINE (ROUGHLY 5 SECTIONS).

COMB YOUR ORIGINAL PROFILE LINE OVER TO THE LEFT HAND SIDE. THIS WILL GIVE YOU A GUIDE TO FOLLOW AS YOU CUT THE HAIR. REPEAT THE STEPS FROM STEP THREE (PINCH, COMB AND CUT), WORKING IN SECTIONS FROM THE APEX TO THE FRONT HAIRLINE.

EXTEND THE ORIGINAL PROFILE LINE FROM THE CENTRE OF THE TOP OF THE HEAD DOWN THROUGH THE BACK OF THE HEAD AND NAPE OF THE NECK. THIS SHOULD BE A COMB'S WIDTH. MIRROR THE HEAD SHAPE WITH YOUR FINGERS WHEN YOU PULL THE HAIR OUT AT A STRAIGHT 90 DEGREE ANGLE FROM THE HEAD TO MAINTAIN AN EQUAL DISTANCE FROM THE SCALP. AFTER THE OCCIPITAL BONE, POINT YOUR FINGERS TO THE FLOOR AND CUT STRAIGHT DOWN.

USE THE PROFILE LINE TO CREATE THE FIRST SECTION STARTING FROM THE APEX DOWN THE CENTRE OF THE BACK OF THE HEAD. THE APEX IS THE PIVOTAL POINT FOR ALL SECTIONS AT THE BACK, AS THIS WILL CONTAIN THE TRUE GUIDE. WORK IN SECTIONS FROM THE CENTRE PROFILE AND MOVE OUT TO CONNECT THE SIDES IN PIZZA SHAPED SECTIONS. MAKE SURE WITH EVERY NEW SECTION YOU TAKE A SMALL STEP MOVING AWAY FROM THE PREVIOUSLY CUT SECTION. AS YOU CONTINUE AROUND THE HEAD, COMBINE EACH PREVIOUS SECTION WITH THE NEXT SECTION TO USE AS YOUR GUIDE. PINCH, COMB AND CUT EACH SECTION, MIRRORING THE HEAD SHAPE AND MAINTAINING EQUAL DISTANCE FROM THE SCALP.

REPEAT STEP 6 AS YOU SECTION THE PROFILE INTO THE BACK LEFT QUARTER OF THE HEAD. START YOUR FIRST SECTION TO THE IMMEDIATE LEFT OF THE PROFILE AND WORK OUT TO THE SIDES, REMEMBERING TO MOVE AROUND THE BACK OF THE HEAD. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO COMPLETE A ROUND SHAPE THROUGHOUT. THE POSITION THAT YOU PULL THE HAIR TO HAS AN AFFECT ON THE LENGTH. DIRECT THE HAIR STRAIGHT OUT AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE FROM THE HEAD SHAPE. IF THE SECTION YOU'RE CUTTING IS PULLED BACK OR FORWARD, THEN THE LENGTH WILL BE COMPROMISED. WE CALL THIS OVER-DIRECTION.