How To Clipper Fade Hair

A man with a fade haircut.

How to Cutting your Hair to have a Fade Cut

Tapered, tight and never out of style, the Fade Cut is an easy haircut to do and easier to maintain. That'south why it has never faded from popularity.

What you will need:

Wahl clipper
Wahl trimmer
#two (1/four") guide comb zipper
#4 (i/ii") guide comb attachment

How to Practice a Fade Haircut Stride-by-Pace

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Dampen your hair with the spray bottle. Comb your hair down and then it is lying straight.
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Using your Wahl clipper, adhere the #2 guide comb (1/4"). Then brainstorm around the ears, moving towards the back of the caput using an upward rocking motion. To get a tighter taper around the ears, pull the skin taut while cutting.
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Once you've taken care of the sides and back of the head, put on the #iv guide rummage (i/2"). Focus on the acme of the caput using a forepart-to-back, rocking motion as you move the clipper across the tiptop of the caput.
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Detailing makes all the departure with the Fade haircut. Use the rocking movement or inverted clipper technique to get your pilus fade just right. And when information technology comes to the cowlick, brand sure you cut in the opposite direction of the growth.
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What to use

Elite Pro™ High Performance Hair Clipper Kit

Lithium Pro® Hair Clipper and Trimmer Kit

Deluxe Chrome Pro® Haircutting Kit with Trimmer

Color Pro® Hair Clipper Kit 79300-1001

Clip 'N Trim® Hair Clipper with Built-in Trimmer

Clip 'Due north Trim® Hair Clipper with Built-in Trimmer

Self-Cut Pro Corded Hair Clipper 79467

Cocky-Cut Pro Corded Hair Clipper 79467

Need help deciding what you need?

Having the right tool for the job tin make all the difference when it comes to calm haircutting.

Production Selectors

Additional Tips for Self Haircuts

Choosing the Right Guide Rummage

Selecting the right guide combs for to give yourself a fade haircut

Guide combs attach to the clipper and are designed to cut hair at a certain length. The smaller the number, the shorter the cutting. The larger the number, the longer the hair will exist. Remember, yous can always cut off more than pilus, just yous can't add pilus, so start off with a larger guide rummage if you're unsure.

Make Sure to Blend Your Hair

Man giving himself a fade haircut

The Upward Rocking Motion helps y'all blend different lengths of pilus in different sections of the caput to achieve a finished look. To do this, carefully pull the clipper away from the scalp in fluid strokes equally yous cut upwardly to blend the pilus from one length to the adjacent. Fine hair requires more blending as it tends to show unlike cut lengths more easily.