Black guy hair cuts

[D StaXX]

I feel you. I'm no where near where I'd like to be but I'm comfortable applying the clippers to my head now.

I cut my hair every week. I’ll post up a picture tomorrow after I’m through. I’ve been doing it on my own for roughly the past 10 years so I think I’m pretty straight with my methods.

You lit. If only I had started practicing sooner.
My boy in the vid I posted started cutting his/our hair in HS about 10 years ago too. If only I had followed in his footsteps.

 

[megagraphitti]

Yo.

I think I look better with long hair, but as bad as this soudns, I get tired of having to pick/comb it out so much. I had the top around clipper guard 5-6, with the sides starting around 4mm and usually fading down to anything from 3.0 to 0.4mm (depended on my mood, I guess). I think I'm gonna rock with the Cormega/Nas fade for now, minus the part. I'm somewhat confident in cutting my hair after doing it for a while, but Iunno if I can do the parts without ruining everything.

 

[carpediem404]

Felt the same way about my hair and maintenance so I went the French braid route out here looking like Pretty Boy Flacko with temp fade on the side.

 

[carpediem404]

Felt the same way about my hair and maintenance so I went the French braid route out here looking like Pretty Boy Flacko with temp fade on the side.

 

[fluid hips]

It’s been a few years now for me but after the first year or so I feel like I’ve stagnated.

Dexterity and familiarity only go so far, feel like I’m missing on technique.

My cuts don’t look bad but I feet like a trained eye could obviously tell it’s a self cut.

You're only as good as your tools. Get you the right tools b

 

[fluid hips]

Don't know how some of yall pay for cuts unless your hair grows slowly. Gave my self a fade less than a week ago and my ish grew back already

 

[Blake P]

Don't know how some of yall pay for cuts unless your hair grows slowly. Gave my self a fade less than a week ago and my ish grew back already

I used to cut mine every week back when I cared more, but now it’s more like a full cut every 3 weeks with neck and shape up weekly.

 

[northoaklandfc]

You're only as good as your tools. Get you the right tools b

That's nonsense bro, quality tools accentuate skill, they are never a substitute.

It's not my Andis fault that I'm not as skilled as my barber.

 

[P C H]

Get on Finasteride for my youngish thinning bros

 

[tay1]

I wouldn't go recommending that all willy nilly

 

[P C H]

Works wonders. Got it prescribed by my doc and have had no side effects to it.

 

[cucumbercool]

I just tried putting the Jamaican black caster oil in my head after I got out the shower and it felt very sticky when I was rubbing it into my hair it's supposed to be like that? That's how you use it correct?

it says it's for daily use. i usually put it on before i leave the house. it's naturally thick and that's normal. i rub it into my palms and rub all into my hair. the excess i put into my mustache and brows.

 

[fluid hips]

This video was how I learned to fade. I use my wahl seniors with the lever closed to start instead of the 1 guard though

 

[ggarvinxx3]

This video was how I learned to fade. I use my wahl seniors with the lever closed to start instead of the 1 guard though

I think that's more for the "modern man" hair cut thread

 

[Blake P]

I think that's more for the "modern man" hair cut thread

Same rules apply regardless of skin color and hair texture as long as the blend is right.

 

[Thierry Henry]

Gonna hit my barber today, haven't seen him since a few days before Christmas.

Don't know if I should go with this cut, or is it already played out? I have the same curly hair texture, but if my sides get trimmed too low my ears point out.

 

[spacedoodoo]

^ still a clean cut.

feel like it's way too cold to rock it with a fade, at least where I live.

 

[adobecs4]

Yeah nothing wrong with that cut. My beard is pure struggle, but if I didn't have the Dak hairline, I'd go for it.

 

[a blinkin]

Don't know how some of yall pay for cuts unless your hair grows slowly. Gave my self a fade less than a week ago and my ish grew back already

Yep. That’s the downside to rocking a fade. The cut lasts 4 days, max, before my hair starts to noticeably grow back. That’s the promary reason I’ve had to resort to cutting my hair once a week.

As far as the machine discussion, you need good clippers. Period. I don’t believe you can become skilled without the proper equipment. As for me, I use Andis Masters, Andis Fade Masters, and the Andis T outliner.

Lately I’ve been considered buying one of the modified T outliners from eBay that I’ve heard a few barbers swear by.

 

[d nice]

I got my cut yesterday and chose to go with a two dark up top with a fade all around. Got the beard to tie it all together.

 

[fluid hips]

Bout to shave myself with a straight razor for the first time. Pray for me

 

[tay1]

Bout to shave myself with a straight razor for the first time. Pray for me

You will definitely knick yourself a good amount of times. It takes a while getting used to the grip

 

[Blake P]

Praying your neck doesn’t end up looking like the back of a nestle crunch bar!

 

[adobecs4]

Bruh hasn't posted in a minute. RIP.

 

[sooperhooper]

I've had a low cut my whole life. Might let it get kinda thick and try something new.