How to Cut a Low Fade with Sid Sottung

How to Cut a Low Fade with Sid Sottung

Sid Sottung, Education Director of Sid Sottung Academy, shares how to achieve a classic and elegant low fade…

Before

How to Cut a Low Fade with Sid Sottung

 

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

    After

    How to Cut a Low Fade with Sid Sottung

     

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