4. Layer the Front

When you layer the front, you are layering the hair in front of the ear-to-ear parting.

-Make sure that the ear-to-ear part remains clean. If necessary, clip the back to isolate it from the front.

-Now stand on the client’s left. You will be layering the hair on the right, and keeping the guide closest to you.

-Pick up the rectangular section that you just cut, and holdit at 90° from the center top.

-Use the comb to bring up a 1" subsection without changing the elevation of the original guide. The subsection is:

•  Parallel to the guide.

•  On the side away from you (the client’s right).

-Cut the subsection to the length of the guide, following the angle of the guide.

-Continue bringing up subsections in front of the ear-to-ear parting to the guide until no more hair on the right side reaches the guide. Make sure that the guide is always at 90° to the center of the head.The hair not reaching the guide falls away and remains perimeter weight.

-Stand on the client’s right and repeat for the left side.

5. Layer the Back

-Keep the ear-to-ear part in place.

-Continue the rectangular subsection into the back.

-Section out some of the guide hair from in front of the ear-to-ear parting to use as a guide in the back.

-Comb up the rectangular subsection into 90° from the top of the head.

-Cut a backward flowing angle from the guide. The cut rectangular subsection will act as the guide for layering the back.

-Standing on the side with the guide, continue bringing up rectangles of hair and cutting to the guide. Notice how the hair that doesn’t reach the guide falls away and becomes perimeter weight.

-Always standing on the guide side, layer the rest of the back section.

6. Check the Haircut by cross-checking