How to spike a mohawk: putting up a mohawk into a fan

I felt like I needed to make yet anther video, just finish off with 3 videos of me putting me up my hair.
Music by Chaser:
"Kids These Days"
"No Hope"
So if you're too lazy to watch the whole video, I guess I'll go over a few things here.
The hairspray I use is Aquanet: megahold 3. I used Manic Panic "Pillarbox Red" hair dye. The shampoo is Neutrogena Clean Volume.
uhm, I've had 2 mohawks over the past 3 years. the first one I had for 16 months, and the second one(this one) I had for 5 months. When I cut my first one it was 9 inches, and the second one was 8 inches in this video.

[@atylerbrown7535]

I watch this every time I am missing my Mohawk really want to cut it back soon. Getting this right was the most fun and this was the video that taught me to do it properly.

[@downupon]

This dude's channel is literally American highschool in 2005

[@Makeshiftmotorsports]

Lancur spot on, haha

[@Makeshiftmotorsports]

American high school in 2007, haha. Its such a time capsule

[@downupon]

i assume lmao

[@ftceghionowam5814]

Don’t associate this cool shit with america🤮🤮🤮you make me want to kill myself🤮🤮🤮

[@joebezmen8778]

Hahahaaaa wooooord I was in 10th grade!!!!!

[@danielespinal7044]

And all of a sudden you got up and you see that a netflix series is inspired by your hairstyle 🦅

[@rmch1996]

I hate when my arms start getting tired half way through but, I can't stop

[@Maroon138]

Just cut my hair into a mohawk last night and thanks to your video it looks really sick, Thanks bro! It gave me the guts to finally do it, now i'm the only one on campus with one haha

[@radcliffemcavoyeur5556]

THANK YOU!!! My brother has severe carpal tunnel in his hands and loves his hair to be spiked up like this but he can't get it right without my help and even then sometimes it doesn't stand up. This technique is freaking perfect. So thank you so much. I didn't even think of blow drying it while I styled it.

[@MrSister127]

i've been growing my hair for over a year, its almost a foot long, next friday im getting a haircut you have just inspired me to get a mohawk, thank you

[@Makeshiftmotorsports]

yeah. I went to a barber shop when I got my second one cut. And some lady at a salon did my first one. If you own a trimmer and have someone with dexterous hands, I recommend u do do that, but if you need to pay someone to do it, try a barbershop or a salon

[@Makeshiftmotorsports]

I've alternated between special effects and Manic Panic. I tend to use Manic Panic when Special Effects is not available. Also, Walgreens has a brand called "Splat", I used that on my brother's hair and it turned out really well, for like $7 you get everything you need (gloves, bleach, dye)

[@Makeshiftmotorsports]

I've done liberty spikes a few times, it just wanst really my thing. I liked the fan better.

[@Makeshiftmotorsports]

15 minutes overall. 10 minutes on a good day. play around with different hairsprays and see which works best for you. Just look for things like "mega hold" "ice" and stuff like that.

[@CoyoteBongwater]

Your first one where ur hair was orange helped me so much! I've been experimenting with my hawk for a while, and i find its easy to rat it up first before applying spray. I hold it up with the comb like you do, but i use a brush and brush downward, then group it back and apply spray. This helps the final product almost guarantee no gaps.

[@melon7559]

Just wanna say thank you, I needed reference on how to draw an unspiked mowhawk.

[@cybersaiyan2003]

thanks man, this video helped a lot, my hair is a foot tall and i looked up other "how-to" videos and yours was the simplest, thanks again

[@bringthelight2421]

Im doing this for my daughter on her crazy hair day. Love it man

[@Makeshiftmotorsports]

"No Hope" and "Kids These Days" by Chaser Go check out their myspace, find their music on itunes

[@Makeshiftmotorsports]

yeah man, I saw them at warped tour twice, one time they let me and my friends hang out in their tent to get out of the sun, so we sold some merch for them for like 2 hours. then the next time at warped tour my buddy's backpack got destroyed and so they let us put all our stuff over by their setup so it wouldnt get jacked. They're definitely the most personal band I've met, they've really done a lot to make a connection with their fans

[@sham-zt9jm]

If you're talking about chaser yeah they were coming through florida and were gonna stay at my parents house back in 2006 I was just a baby I'm 13 now but 14 in August just got my 1st mohawk and this video helped so much

[@pamrhodes529]

Thank you for this video. I have 3 boys and was having trouble with the Mohawks.❤🤘

[@sonofashepherd6668]

sometimes come back to this vid for nostalgia sakes lmao, learned how to put my Mohawk up back in my teens. Man how time goes by,, hope you’re doing well bro

[@cha0ssidy]

Well done, it looks good!

[@darklordofstuff]

just got aqua net spray today and I have to say this is the best one yet. it has the best veiw out of the first two. Thanks!

[@SquiddVicious]

last time they came to Reno, Mike made sure the show was all ages even though they would take a pay cut just so i could go see them again, then afterwards we went to hang out in downtown reno all night, right after the show me, mike and cameron went out to the Chaser tour van to listen to the new cd and it was AMAZING, i really liked the song with Jason DeVore from Authority Zero doing vocals

[@oneofakind1334]

It was someone else's question, but I'm glad they asked (TheClownRampage). I have attempted to used manic panic, and it never works for me. I tried blow drying once, but I only did that for a few minutes. Your hair is really nice in this video.

[@marilynesco]

out of all the mohawk vids ive seen yours is the one that helped me ...now i put up my hawk every weekend thanks!!=)

[@NekroSkag]

has anyone ever told you look kinda of like tom waits when he was young lol its a compliment. my friend loves you

[@luciferriver6729]

I'm glad I found this lol ive always wanted a Mohawk sense I was a lilltle girl and I finally am aloud years later

[@Makeshiftmotorsports]

Ah, I get what you're saying. I prefer to keep it pretty straight back there. That way it doesnt get caught on my collar or hood or something. Also, I don't have my mohawk anymore. I needed to have a job for a few months so I shaved it off back in April. Right now my hair is only an inch or so. But I'm planning on getting a mohawk again within a few months.

[@Makeshiftmotorsports]

"Kids These Days" and "No Hope" by Chaser find it on itunes, the songs are from a split record they did for Felony Records

[@notchieuwu]

im watching this, not for a mohawk but for the full head of hair version

[@Makeshiftmotorsports]

Yeah, Manic Panic isnt really my favorite dye. I've used a red and a blue from them and they didnt turn out as good as special effects

[@spacecat1974]

Special Effects dye holds up waaay better than Manic Panic. Better color selection too. But... Just wanted to say thanks for posting this. My son begged to get a mohawk and this video has been very helpful.

[@SnuggleLess]

I just got my hair cut for a mohawk and can't wait to put it up for the first time. This really helped, thanks. Sadly, I can only put i up on the weekends, school forbids 'upright' mohawks. :c

[@Makeshiftmotorsports]

@TheStoner33 I was pretty much the same way back in highschool, did my hair every day and got it down to a science, I'd be in and out of the bathroom in 5-15 minutes depending on how my morning was going

[@theshadow664]

Wow, absolutely fabulous mohawk, dude! Though I must say I also rather liked your hairstyle when it was floppy at the beginning.

[@Eshanty]

your hair looks nice and shiny and clean XD that's like the first thing I noticed XD

[@punkhorse8872]

i love my hair to much to shave it and get a mohawk. but iv always wanted one. look awsome dude, two thumbs up :) -Steph

[@Segadoway]

Try doing the one side of the hawk all the way along and leaving the other side, bits will fall down but leave them, then fix it up. it makes the fan so much easier and looks better.

[@Emmajen]

dude. lol you make it look so easy. that's a freakin' sweet mohawk :]

[@CloudyMao]

I like the roots on your hawk, looks good with the colour you've got.

[@CommanderBoppo]

your hair is amazing!!

[@Aznhunniebunnie16]

Thanks man, you really helped me a lot when my mohawk grew taller. But for the shortie mohawks out there, try using Gorilla snott. Fast drying, ultra sturdy and no crust and shit.

[@Makeshiftmotorsports]

@jesselakerr the more spikes you do, the easier it'll be. One time I did 4 spikes out of my whole mohawk and it was a pain to get up. I did a whole head of liberty spikes a few times and I found the more spikes (so the thinner u make them) the easier it is to put them up

[@DrinkHeroin]

Knox works pretty well too and you dont need as much like you would hairspray.

[@koolaid5684]

this just looks AWSOME!

[@Makeshiftmotorsports]

@TheClownRampage bleach your hair as light as possible. Afterwards, when you're doing the actual dye, if you have a semi permanent dye like Special Effects, Splat!, or Manic Panic, leave the dye in for as long as possible, comb it through your hair to get it everywhere and blowdry it to "bake" the color in. I normally would do about 2 hours total of leaving the dye in and blowdry for about 30 minutes immediately after I set the dye.

[@azraelbatosi]

if you have problems keepin it up for the whole day, you can keep the ends straight with got2bglued and got2b freeze spray is a good alternative for the aquanet

[@Makeshiftmotorsports]

most people just assume gel is the strongest product to use. But even though its strong, it is really heavy. So hairspray is a lot stronger for its weight.

[@honeybunnybadger]

damnnn... this makes me so excited to get my chelseahawk put up.

[@BreakingReaper]

elcuellorojo nice mohawk wish i had one as good as urs u ROCK!

[@shibuya58]

I have too mohawk but this video is awersome ;D I like this song ;D

[@Makeshiftmotorsports]

yes, if you want the color to be noticeable, bleach your hair beforehand (I recommend a few days in advance, the color doesnt seem to last as long when U dye immediately after bleach) The lighter you bleach your hair, the brighter and more vibrant the dye will be.

[@Segadoway]

I'm loving these vids man, do some more with little hawk editing tricks that you pick up when doing the hawk?

[@Makeshiftmotorsports]

yes, if you use eggwhites work really well as a hair gel. So does mayonaise (which is mainly egg whites). I wouldn't recommend it, it probably smells bad.

[@Makeshiftmotorsports]

haha, yeah. I actually did a version of that for halloween. I wore spartan armor, a cape, and a sword and had my mohawk up instead of a helmet :D

[@left9143]

the original hawk

[@Makeshiftmotorsports]

yep. What she said. You need to spray and blowdry every time after you touch your hair with a comb

[@Makeshiftmotorsports]

sick, thats a good length. If you want it to fan nicely and be easy to work with, give it a little trim, like take off half an inch, and keep trimming it every couple months to keep it the length that you want it to be.

[@Makeshiftmotorsports]

I used to do this every day, some days I would not shower from the previous day so it would stay up for a couple days in a row. I think the thick vs thin hair thing all depends on how wide your mohawk is. If you have thick hair, I'd cut the mohawk a little thinner, if you have thin hair you might need a little wider of a mohawk. If you are having problems you may need to swtich shampoos, stop using conditioner or try different hairsprays

[@Makeshiftmotorsports]

Thanks man. and yeah, chicken eggs, like breakfast. You take out the yolk (yellow part) and just use the clear stuff, it works like gel and gets hard as a rock (but I've heard it stinks like crazy)

[@smokeyandme9869]

The original Hawk

[@DevriNoxious]

haha whats funny is that i use all my patience and energy for the front of mine, so the back ends up all shitty. nice vid!

[@lilswell1]

DUDE I HAD A MOHAWK EXACTLY LIKE THAT BUT IT WAZ BRIGHT BRIGHT BRIGHT ASS RED IT LOOKED SICK ! NICE VIDEO ! Three stars

[@MayaTheBeeeeee]

It's pink! That's so brave! But it looks so awesome!

[@natemarchesi3472]

Khaleesi not brave just sick

[@scarypants13]

you gotta love a guy with a mohawk haha awsome hairr dude

[@Makeshiftmotorsports]

@BonkersBonker try cutting the mohawk thinner, like the width of it. I've found that a thinner mohawk is easier to put up but it doesn't look as full, but if you have thick hair you can probably cut it much thinner than mine and it'll be a lot easier to put up.

[@Depweeb]

Great songs and great hair style ^^

[@xbox360wisher]

comb it out in the back more when you blow dry it. You'll have less gaps. It always works with mine.

[@Makeshiftmotorsports]

try and put as much hairspray on the base as you can. Then pull it tight and run a comb through it and try and get as much hairspray inside the base as you can. Blowdry it as much as you can until its solid, then repeat until it stands up. Just make sure its completely dry before you add more hairspray

[@therockncups4751]

Bro now we Rock yeahhhhhhh Mohawk

[@therockncups4751]

Bro. Heck this guys on KZbin is Finny and play Rock music. @Hopefulness Music

[@jonnybgood-xj5bk]

That came out dope man, can't wait to do it on my hair

[@megalunalexi5601]

This is really cool! It turns out I have altogether too much hair, but I still enjoyed it! You keep bein' you!!

[@Makeshiftmotorsports]

@Thesaint411 it takes out any buildup or grease you have in your hair, it makes it really light and works with the hairspray well.

[@jessicaprusky2287]

Thank you so much my son was having issues with the back part of his hair stay up all the way!!!

[@Makeshiftmotorsports]

It took me about a year of trial and error before I finally could get my hair the way I wanted it.

[@Makeshiftmotorsports]

if its long enough to be in your face its long enough to be a decent mohawk, just make sure you cut the sides short enough to make having a mohawk noticeable.

[@D4rkBl4de]

I just cut my sides and I have an 8 inch mohawk, pretty much same as yours actually except the tips are black. It's so hard to get it up and straight, mostly when you suck with hair. I use some hairspray and then a straightener though. Lots of holes in it, looks more like a liberty spikes than anything else. Gonna try your method see if it works better. X)

[@MatthiasHeijnsbroek]

do you need to do this every day, or can you keep it in your hair for a day of 2? great vid ;) keep going like this man ^^ Grtz

[@firunormal2]

He uses pillarbox red. Wash your hair as infrequent as possible, wash it with cold water, try not to use shampoo, if you have to use a colour restoring shampoo. Put conditioner in your hair every time your wash it.

[@jumboman232]

WOW your hair got HAPPY! LOL but srsly its awesome

[@XviEd619vX]

Thanks, that's how I do it every damn morning for school.

[@Makeshiftmotorsports]

yeah, manic panic doesnt work quite as well either. But I get my hairspray at Long's drugstores. I think now they are all becoming CVS drugstores. You can find it there for pretty cheap. Also, if you want to, you can find it at walmart. Most grocery stores also supply the hairspray.

[@Makeshiftmotorsports]

@magic9516 The songs are "No hope" and "kids these days" both by the band Chaser Its just regular old punk. If you want to be really technical about it, its Southern California Melodic Skatepunk.

[@Makeshiftmotorsports]

Spreading it out is creating gaps. And its all in your style of hawk. I like mine to be straight up from my forehead, some people lean theirs forward, some people even spread it out all the way untill it rests on their forhead and neck. Its all preference, I just prefer to keep it out of my face and collar

[@Makeshiftmotorsports]

yep. Also tribes down in South America and Brazil had mohawk like hairstyles. I think its funny how many people assume people consider themselves punks just because of their stripe of hair.

[@Makeshiftmotorsports]

punky color is pretty cool. I think I used that blue the very first time I dyed my hair. It lasted the longest out of any blue I'd used

[@tylerbrown5949]

Bro how do you get the gaps in your mohawk out its so annoying thanks

[@Makeshiftmotorsports]

You can see my technique at about 4:22 in the video. Once I have it all up, I go back and hit the section with some more hairspray so I can run a comb through it again. I pull a little hair from the thicker sections and hold it all together with the comb and blowdry it again.

[@tylerbrown5949]

Thanks so much helped alot!

[@walkingcorpse1224]

My hair unfortunately is too thick for that and it stands up on its own. Which means if I fuck up once, there is no going back unless I wanna start all over. So I just went with a thick wide mohawk. Now I don't get gaps at all anymore, but it's no longer a traditional punk styled mohawk anymore, idk what to call it. 😂 it's somewhere between a mohawk and a deathawk.

[@djdanger8773]

Tyler Brown get long hair

[@walkingcorpse1224]

DJ Danger Longer hair isn't gana help. More hair is gana help better.

[@JaedinnShannon]

Hey, dude you are so awesome.It's cool hair ❤

[@Makeshiftmotorsports]

@PancreaticExplosion That's what I thought, but I drove a small Honda Civic and I'm 6 feet tall. So with the mohawk I was over 6'9'' at one point. You just have to lean the seat back and scoot it up and find an adjustment to get it to work.

[@jsfnfbrcs]

Love the color :D

[@Makeshiftmotorsports]

@MilitiaMackMusic Stores like Hot Topic used to carry it. Last time I bought it I picked it up at a flea market for $5 a bottle, normally its like $15. You can probably find it on the internet, I heard amazon carries it.

[@333parkercharly]

Nice ! I watched this because I want to to liberty spikes for halloween, fingers crossed.

[@Ismaeligurke]

DAMN I LOVE MOHAWKS & PUNKS, THUMBS UP!

[@JanessaAsh]

awesome mohawk. i use pillarbox red too, i love the color. although i dont have a mohawk, but i absolutely love how it looks. besides, i wouldn't look very good with a mohawk.

[@mariemeeds3809]

Nicely done ❤

[@CoolY833]

thank you man! because of this video I have a mohawk :D

[@Makeshiftmotorsports]

The store I've seen it in was hot topic, but it has been a long time since they've had it. Your best bet would be to shop online for it. Shipping on 1 item sucks, so I'd get a few colors at once.

[@Makeshiftmotorsports]

Red was by far my favorite, Orange is fun, Blue was cool. I basically didnt like green. Everything else is pretty rad.

[@HelloMyNameIsAlex101]

I find a little melted soap works well when finished off with a hairspary overcoat...

[@Makeshiftmotorsports]

Cool, I always wanted to do turquoise but I could never find any good dye. and the first song is called "Kids These Days" by a band named Chaser. Check out the video description to get a link to their myspace.

[@Makeshiftmotorsports]

if you can't get hairspray to work, try looking into knox gelatin. I havent ever used it, but there are many online tutorials on how to use it