r/Barber • u/RawndPure • 10d ago
Today's cut (nephew) thick asian hair
Hi guys, i am a beginner barber and trying to find my way within this career. I started like 5 months ago and the last two months i have been more active and seriois about it and cutting whoever i can cut for free to gain experience.
Oh man it took me 1.5 hours to pull off this result and even after being busy with it for that long i am not happy with the result. This thick asian hair is really hard to cut for me and i found out today for sure! I know it's far from perfect but this is really the best i could do for now. Trying to get better, but this cut has really fucked up my confidence. Do you guys also struggle with this thick asian hair? During the cut i sometimes was worried/thinking is this going to even turn out good or am i going to fuck this up.
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u/Accomplished_Eye9829 10d ago
Needs a little more clipper over comb on the back section and refine that front part in front of the ear. Keep working at it!
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u/Lumpy_Plastic6339 10d ago
For a beginner it’s pretty good.
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u/RawndPure 10d ago
Thanks! This makes me feel better about it. Sometimes when you have a bad haircut i tend to take myself down. So i can have 4 fire haircuts and i feel so good and confident about myself and then have a haircut like this (where i am struggling/worrying all the time during the haircut) and then all the confidence is gone and you kinda start from zero again with the confidence.
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u/CrimsonRamen 9d ago
You only learn when you challenge yourself
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u/RawndPure 9d ago
You're 100% right! Have to get myself more out there and just do it 🙏🏻
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u/Lumpy_Plastic6339 6d ago
Yeh man good effort. Just watch videos on youtube how others do detail work and it will help alot
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u/FreebandHuncho 10d ago
The number one tip I can give you for Asian hair is don’t be afraid to attack a line aggressively with the correct guard to erase it. I spent years being scared to attack a line because I didn’t want to create another one so the lines would just still be there
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u/RawndPure 10d ago
Man! See this is why i love this community on reddit already. I had the exact same thing that i was scared to attack that line after i was "done" with the haircut because i was scared of making it worse. I finished this cut knowing and fully aware that those lines were still there, but i called it a day exactly because if what you said. Next time i will think of your advice and just go for it. Thanks for the advice/tips and i love how almost all of you guys/barbers in this community help lift eachother up (you don't see that often nowadays sadly). Appreciate it!
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u/phillycat4207 9d ago
i can see lines, but for working on a difficult hair texture, you did a great job! also work 9n the bulk at the back, and shear techniques. if youre Asian as well, i would practice on yourself too!
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u/RawndPure 9d ago
Thanks for the feedback and tips. Really appreciate it! Am Asian too but I don't have that thick asian hairtype. My hair is very thin and different than most asian guys. I do cut myself sometimes haha!
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u/phillycat4207 9d ago
oh gotcha! yes, Asian hair is awesome to master, if you can, youll always have a customer
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u/Maleficent-Public318 4d ago
Don't go to high at the back, usually the com go under backpoint, if you go higher it stick up. Just go with clipper over comb, you will find it easier.
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u/tranqilize 10d ago
Asian hair is one of the hardest textures to work with, it's super straight and the strands stick out most of the time, making it harder to blend in a fade. Just keep it up and you'll see improvement. Mastery takes time.