How to Cut a Low Fade with Sid Sottung

Published 30th Jan 2024 by Josie Jackson

Sid Sottung, Education Director of Sid Sottung Academy, shares how to achieve a classic and elegant low fade...
  1. After cleansing the hair with a cleansing conditioner, start the haircut using a clipper over comb technique.Create your perimeter shape with your trimmer.
  2. Using your clipper, create the baseline of your low fade.
  3. Start with a 1.5 attachment comb, then work with a down grading technique to blend your cut.
  4. Proceed with your 1⁄2′′ attachment comb.
  5. Continue to blend with an open blade setting.
  6. Refine the fade with your trimmer and your foil.
  7. Finish your completed style using the KMS MoistRepair Revival Creme to add body and give a tamed finish.

If you're looking for more useful step-by-steps on Modern Barber, why not check out How to Cut a Taper with Dean Gleeson?
Josie Jackson

Josie Jackson

Published 30th Jan 2024

Josie supports the team with content for the print magazine, website and social media channels at HJ. Having grown up in a salon environment (thanks to her hairdresser mum) and even working as a Saturday girl before getting her degree in English Literature, Josie feels right at home in the industry. Although she’s experimented with a few creative colour looks in the past, she always comes back to blonde, and loves all things hydrating and bond building.

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