Universal Haircut (using your head as the ruler)

The ruler as a ruler: cut the hair to two inches.
Your head as the ruler: cut the hair to a square shape long enough to bend and lay down but short enough to stand up, too. How many inches is that? I don't know.

[@SiggEye]

Always apprecaite your vids. I've started gaining a lot of confidence cutting hair now, mainly due to these :)

[@mr100k4]

You’ve helped me grow as a barber so much thank you

[@asafhagbi3638]

You are amazing teacher, thanks for all that and that you are keeping uploading more and more 👍

[@Gimmeartpleasure]

Big like on that one, thank you so much 🙏🏽🤙🏽💗

[@parkermmyers]

Feels like a natural extension of "good hair doesn't come from a jar". Great content as always. For my hair, which has some natural wave and a bit of curl, is there a way to get the piece-y, jagged look while still maintaining the curliness of the hair? My gut says no - the tension and straight pull are what make the hair separate like that, but I just wanted to see if you had any advice. I find that I can either blow-dry it straight and get this look, or I can leave it wavy but I don't get the separation and "lived-in" look that you do so well. Thank you for any insight you can spare!

[@andrewdoeshair]

Try blow drying it with as little tension as possible. Slap and wiggle the hair around with high heat and low power and no brush. You might also try a diffuser- I don’t have a lot of experience with those but they will allow your hair to stay about as wavy/curly as it gets

[@parkermmyers]

@@andrewdoeshair This is great insight, thank you. When you style wavy hair, do you just tend to let it air dry? Or coach it along with a blow-dryer gently?

[@MattyB3]

Andrew... Great Work and very inspirational.... Just on your website and saw that you're currently out of the ADH Wet. Will that be in stock soon. Would love to order the combo to try out for my Salon. Thank you. Best. Matthew

[@andrewdoeshair]

Thank you! Hoping to have wet back in stock next week or the week after. We’ve had some manufacturing hiccups (supply chain issues, inconsistent lead times, switching to new jar maker, etc) but I’m pretty sure we’ve finally ironed them all out with this upcoming batch- hopefully this is the last time we ever sell out.

[@MattyB3]

@@andrewdoeshair thank you for getting back to me. I am hoping that we will be able to bring in.ADH Products into our salon for retail. Looking forward to testing it out.!!!

[@ineedgaming7162]

What would you name this haircut I go to Supercuts

[@jeanetteernsberger4782]

2.5 inches to 3,usually

[@robertocartagena7776]

Where are you located? I need a haircut from you

[@GaganJain2508]

Hi, how do I ask my barber to give me this hair cut? They generally ask me the hair inches on the front and sides. Thanks for the information as always :)

[@andrewdoeshair]

This is a complicated situation because there are large swaths of the industry who prefer to be told lengths then they just execute, but large portions who see choosing a length as a part of their expertise in order to arrive at the desired outcome on any given head. So if a barber says “how long do you want the top” and you say “just long enough to bend and lay back but not so long that it can’t also stand straight up” you might get a blank stare or you might get a haircut that does what you want. I see the consultation as a massively important part of my job, and if someone tells me a length I immediately ask them “what do you want to see your hair DO at that length?” But that’s because years ago I realized that my understanding of that is something of value to the right kind of clients. So I don’t know, I’d try explaining how you want the hair to act and if he can’t nail that then you might need to try a new barber. That always sounds harsh, but I’ll say the same thing to my clients- if nothing you say to me (or your barber) seems to get you the cut you want then you’re in the wrong chair.

[@atlasphere]

goals. still chasing this haircut for 40 years and getting it only 12% of the time

[@M.R.K.thebarber]

My hair works best with clawing and playing with it by hand along with the blow dryer. It’s my favorite personal look. Otherwise I look like a mob boss or 1980s james bond…but I do prefer shaken not stirred.

[@grunntalll]

i didnt get the part about cutting the top, Could you explain it to me? Youre saying youre using the head as a ruler but then its just cutting a straight line correct? so its a just a straight line no matter the shape right? so how is it using the head as a ruler on the top part? Thank you

[@catalystcomet]

He goes into it in more detail in this video I think. kzbin.info/www/bejne/faWUh3ysap1sbposi=Sok_GDCMAxR71Cpa

[@andrewdoeshair]

What I mean by “your head is the ruler” is that the length (or to be very specific, the distance between A, the cutting line, and B, the scalp) isn’t determined by a ruler but A is determined by the haircut shape and B is unique to your head, so while A is the same from head to head, B is going to be unique for each head, and therefore the distance between A and B isn’t something I can prescribe, it’s completely dependent on the shape of the individual head. Like if you were to ask “how long is this haircut?” It’s like asking “how much string will I need to tie a knot?” It’s dependent on the specific application.

[@grunntalll]

@@andrewdoeshair yes! got it, thank you. By the way, last question. On the sides, youre using the head as well as a ruler. Do you check for the correct angle and the beginning of the sides(nearest the face) and then you use that same angle for the entire side or do you check the angle a new for each comb of hairs you cut? what i mean is, the head (mine for sure) seems change angles several times (at least two) on one and the same side. Meaning, nearer the face(before/beginning of the ear) its more round like and egg and towards the end (above and behind the ear) it gets way more flat and squareish. do you treat all these angles differently or do you take the first one and stick with it until youve hit the whole side? Thanks again!

[@andrewdoeshair]

@@grunntalll it’s sort of a muscle memory thing, where without consciously doing so I feel the head each time I pick up a new section and kind of index the cutting angle off of that. At the same time, though, as I grab each new section I also grab some of the previous section, and where I actually cut is either exactly where the previous cut was made, or exactly where the new cut would need to be to compensate for a change in the head shape, or at times splitting the difference between the two. I do this sort of process out loud on a video I put up about dealing with a flat head, where I alter the cutting angle around the head to compensate for any deviations I can identify beforehand.

[@grunntalll]

@@andrewdoeshair gotcha!

[@grunntalll]

does this cut work for very curly hair ?

[@andrewdoeshair]

Yes

[@grunntalll]

@@andrewdoeshair awesome thanks, do you often round out the corners ? And when do you usually need to ? On very square heads ?

[@andrewdoeshair]

@@grunntalllthat all depends on a few smaller factors weighed against each other. Mostly the squared corners cause the hair to act nicely. On most heads the square corners serve to allow troublesome hairs enough length to bend, and if they lay down today then they’ll lay down until your next cut, so you can skip the awkward phase between cuts. But if sticking out is the goal or if the client likes frequent visits, I’ll mow the corners down.

[@yorgohoebeke]

Does this work with receding hair line ?:)

[@andrewdoeshair]

Yes and no. There’s a small trick I like to do for uneven hairlines (see here kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3zRf4amnLCBqJIsi=xS5Z-d7mN5n7VZ35 ) which conceals the unevenness a bit but limits how many ways the hair can be styled.

[@yorgohoebeke]

@@andrewdoeshair Thank you I will check it out!

[@yorgohoebeke]

@@andrewdoeshair Just watched the first few minutes of the video and it turns out that's kinda the haircut I got yesterday/what my hairdresser recommended :) ! I usually would go for a side split and a more traditional & serious look, but I like the casual nature of the California crop !!

[@parkerwarner7840]

Tell me why this with a skin taper is all i do now hahaha