Short Graduated Crop - How To (2)
Previous pageStep 12: Continue this process to the top of the section crossing over the diagonal lines.
Step 13: Now cross-check in the opposite direction.
Step 14: Repeat this process on the second side.
Step 15: Next, refine and blend through the perimeter with a scissor-over-comb technique.
Step 16: Next, work with the top section on the right-hand side. Take a diagonal section from the L-section to the underneath guideline in the side. Elevate and over-direct and cut from long to short, using the underneath as a guide and continuing the line.
Step 17: Repeat this process throughout this section, increasing the diagonal as you work towards the back and cutting from short to long, maintaining length in the top of the section. This initial process gives you the weight you require at the round of the head.
Step 18: The next process will allow you to blend the length of the L-shape with the right-hand side. Remove weight from the top by working with horizontal sections, elevating straight up and cutting from shorter to longer using a pointing technique.
Work first from the centre to the front, then from the centre to the crown. This will create a wrapping fringe across the top once the L-shape is brought down and refined.
Step 19: Please notice that when Stacey reaches the crown he pivots the section.
Step 20: Dry off the hair and refine, using freehand techniques.
Step 21: Next, bring down the L-shaped section and connect the back area of the section into the crown, working to a longer point towards the fringe.
Finish: The result is a short pixie cut with an elegant, weightless, graduated shape and a versatile sweeping fringe.
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See also:
How to cut a short graduated haircut
How to cut a short hairstyle with round graduation
How to cut a very short hairstyle with layers