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- Hey everyone, Kayley here.
Today, I am answering one of my most asked questions,
how do I get my haircut.
And I thought, instead of just telling you,
I would show you, so I'm bringing in my friend Nadirah,
who's also been my hairstylist
for about three or four years now.
I love the way that she does haircuts,
and so I thought I would have her show you
all the ins and outs of my haircut as we go.
And this is just to help you know what to ask for
when you go into your hairstylist.
So let's get into it.
(gentle music)
And everyone, this is Nadirah,
my very favorite hairstylist/haircutter of all time.
So you guys are always asking
what I ask for the hairstylist,
so Nadirah, you've cut my hair about a 50 bazillion times.
What we talked about the first time,
forever ago at this point, we talked about the length,
you tell me how much hair I have to lose
because I've waited too long to get my haircut.
- Every time. - Every single time.
And then the things that I was definitely asking for
earlier on was that I wanted long layers.
I didn't want them short enough
that they mess with my braids or anything,
but I wanted some movement.
I wanna keep my hair looking as full as possible.
And then I like soft face framing.
I've definitely had a case before
and I think you even saw this when I first came in
where people gave me face framing that was like chunky
and--
- I've heard people say it looks like a bob
and then a long haircut when that happens.
- Yeah, yeah, I know.
- And that's what we don't wanna do.
- Absolutely.
So that's what we typically go for.
So how would you describe the haircut
that you typically do on me?
- Basically, you hit the nail on the head,
you wanna keep the layers long because you're doing braids
and it's so sad when you see someone
who's got these beautiful braids
and they just get thinner and thinner towards the ends,
and so you wanna keep your layers as long as possible
if you're gonna be doing a lot of braiding.
But it also helps to have those layers in there
just for curling or movement,
just to give it some depth and dimension.
- Yeah.
- And like you said, it's really important
to keep fullness on the ends.
That density on the ends
is what makes long hair look healthy.
Like the moment it starts to get
kind of like what you have going on right now,
a little bit see through,
that's when hair starts to look not as healthy,
not as thick, and just kind of sad sometimes.
And I think with long hair,
when you're looking in the mirror,
like this is the most important hair, right here,
because this is what you see.
So this is your length.
A lot of people don't see what's going on
in the back of their head,
so I think it's really important
to do that really light face frame
and not cut into your hair
so that you can still have that thickness
and length and density in the ends,
in the front of the hair.
- Okay, so we're gonna leave some weight.
We're gonna do some long layers and face framing.
You ready to wet all this down and cut it?
- I'm so ready.
- Oh wait, how much are we, we're cutting a lot, aren't we?
Guys, this is sad. (Nadirah laughs)
- We're gonna take off at least two inches,
maybe two and a half.
- It's okay.
It's okay because wispy ends aren't really hair anyway.
That's what I have to tell myself.
- It's so much better to have long hair that looks healthy
than hanging on to that length that's just sad and thin.
No one wants those scraggly ends.
- It's true, the scraggly ends ruin the whole thing.
- And honestly, when your hair is this long,
cutting off two inches, it's still gonna be long.
- Thank you. That makes me feel better.
Okay, I think I'm ready.
Let's cut the hair.
- Okay.
All right, so we're going to begin the haircut.
I've gone ahead and sectioned everything out
and the first thing I'm gonna do is establish our length.
We've already discussed how much we're gonna take off
and that's basically two inches
of those sad, see through ends
that we've got going on here.
Sorry. (both laughing)
Another thing to talk
about with your hairdresser before you get your haircut
is what shape you like the perimeter.
Some people like to have a V shape in the back
or they like it straight across.
For Kayley, I normally do just a soft U shape,
so it's straight in the center
and then curves up slightly toward the corners.
(gentle music)
So we can already see a big difference
just from cutting that off
by looking at how much fuller
and thicker Kayley's ends look.
You don't have all of that see through,
raggedy ends anymore.
It looks nice and thick and full,
which is exactly what we're going for.
- [Kayley] Yay. (both laughing)
- So now that we've established our perimeter
and reestablish some weight in Kayley's ends,
now we're gonna start with those long layers.
So the layering pattern that I'm gonna be using
on Kayley's hair is more of a rounded layering pattern.
You don't have to know what this means,
but your hairdresser will.
Basically, rounded layers are gonna help
make your hair look thicker and fuller,
but if you already have a ton of hair,
then maybe you wanna get flat or square layers.
That's actually gonna help reduce the look of thicker hair.
So for thick hair that you want to make look smaller,
ask for square or flat layers
and for finer hair that you want to look fuller,
make sure you ask for rounded layers.
(gentle music)
So that's gonna be the basic layering pattern
that I'm gonna do everywhere in the back
and you can see at the top of her head,
that's the shortest layer, right here,
and it's only about maybe five-ish inches shorter
than the length,
so the layers are really all down throughout here,
so that's gonna keep everything nice and full,
but still allows some movement.
(gentle music)
- [Kayley] So I guess right now
we're just establishing the length on the side?
- Mm-hmm. - Cool.
- We're just connecting the side perimeter
to the back perimeter.
(gentle music)
- Moment of truth.
(Nadirah laughs)
- All right, we have symmetry.
- Yes. (both laughing)
- All right, so now that we have
our perimeter established on the sides,
now we need to blend
our layering in through the front as well.
(gentle music)
I love that, those diagonal sections
that create that perfect short to long flow.
- I can't see it, but I've just imagined.
- [Nadirah] It's there, and it's good.
- Okay.
- One of the things that I'm really careful about
when I'm cutting hair is to look at my client's hairline.
So Kayley's hairline moves back right here
before it goes down,
and it's a little bit thinner right here,
so what I wanna do is make sure
that I don't layer this portion of the hair.
I don't wanna bring it up with my top layers
because if I do that, what's gonna end up happening
is she's gonna have a thick piece in front
because her hairline moves forward right here,
and then there's gonna be a little hole right here.
So pay attention to your hairline as well
when you go to the hairdresser.
And if there's anything
that you think might need to be addressed,
bring it up with them so that they know what to do
and how to address it properly.
(gentle music)
All right, so I've connected these layers on this side
and everything below that parting,
this is gonna be trimmed
when we work in Kayley's face frame.
So if you think that I'm ignoring it right now,
I'm doing it intentionally.
(gentle music)
Okay, so all of our layering is done
and now what I think
is probably one of the most important things
aside from maintaining that length in the front
is the face frame.
So one of the things that I see
that happens to people all the time
is that that face frame ends up
being cut back into the haircut,
and you end up losing all of that length.
This is, we already said, that's so important.
So I think it's really, really important
to make sure that the face frame
stays very light and very soft.
So the first thing we wanna do
is find out where you part your hair.
So Kayley, you part your hair on this side, right?
- Yes. - Okay.
- Right about where you finger is actually.
- Perfect, see I remember. (Kayley laughs)
- It's like you've done this before.
- But you know what though?
Let me say something about that.
Sometimes clients will come in
and say, "Just do the same thing as last time,"
and especially if it's been five months since you've come,
we don't always remember.
We see a lot of clients everyday,
so maybe
just recap it for us.
We can figure it out, what it is,
just by looking through it,
but it will save a little bit of time if you just remind us.
- It's true.
I also think it's great if you tell your stylist
what you really liked,
so they can make sure to hit that note again.
- Absolutely.
And also what you don't like.
- Yeah.
- Because sometimes things need to be changed
and adjusted, and it's okay if you don't like everything.
It's not gonna hurt our feelings
if you want something to be adjusted the next time.
- Yeah, I think the most polite thing
you can do for your hairstylist is to be honest with them
because at the end of the day,
they can't give you what you want
if you're not helping them to find out what that is.
- [Nadirah] So we want this to be, what?
Like an inch-ish below the chin?
- Yeah, I like to leave some of these pieces out
when I do ponytails and stuff,
so enough that it doesn't look awkward when I do that.
- Okay. - Yeah.
There it goes.
- So you'll notice that the only area
that I'm really cutting as part of that face frame
is this area that is to the front of the temple.
So that means that all of these hair is not being touched.
She's still gonna keep that length
and this is gonna blend really, really softly into it.
(gentle music)
So you can see now, she's got these pieces
that are framing her face,
but then nothing has been taken away from this area.
And then all I'm gonna do just to make sure
that everything is connected and blended seamlessly
is just comb this down
and you can see there's just that little corner right there
and all we're gonna do is just soften up that corner.
(gentle music)
All right, so that completes the wet portion of the cut.
(hair dryer whooshing) (gentle music)
All right, so this is the end result.
We've got beautiful, long layers,
a really soft face frame.
The only thing I want to adjust right now
is I wanna add some texture in the ends
because right now, it looks like a fresh haircut,
which is great and it feels really healthy
and thick and full,
but it doesn't necessarily style as well
when it's too blunt on the ends.
Curling can be a little bit of a challenge.
It can look like clumpy or chunky towards the ends.
So what I like to do is just go in
and soften up those ends so that it doesn't look so fresh
and it looks a little bit lived-in.
(gentle music)
And there you have it.
This is Kayley's new haircut.
- Jazz hands.
(both laughing)
Okay, so that is my haircut
and it feels so much healthier.
- [Nadirah] It looks so much healthier.
- Thank you, Nadirah.
Thank you so, so much.
Guys, this girl's amazing.
Can you give them your info
if they wanna come get their haircut by you?
- Yes, absolutely.
If you're in the Los Angeles area,
I'm in the salon all the time.
Email me, please.
My email is Nadirah.Volpe@gmail.com
and I really hope to hear from you guys soon.
- And that's it for today.
I hope you enjoyed seeing how I get my haircuts
and thank you, Nadirah, for being here today.
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I'll see you then.
Mwah.
Byee.
(gentle music)