How to Cut a Short Bob (2)

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7. Corroborate that both sides of the section are the same length. Do this accurately by pinching the hair on each side of the section between your thumb and forefinger.
 
Slide both hands down the length of the hair until you reach the end of the length. Both hands should be on an equal height. Use this technique continually throughout your cut to ensure that the lengths of the sides are equal.
 
  • Cut the weight line for a short bob
  • Short bob - Cut hair sections
  • How to ensure that the sides of a bob are equal
  • Sections for a short bob haircut

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8. Continue the above steps all the way up until you complete the whole back section of the model’s head. By now, you should only be left with the two sections on top of the model’s head.
 
9. Move towards the side of the model’s head. You should notice that the weight line is by now a solid length line at the back of the model’s head. This will be your guide concerning the length of the short bob’s side length as well.
 
10. Release the first of the top sections and comb the hair in a downwards direction. Note the distinctive difference in length between the front and the back section.
 
  • Cutting instruction for a short bob
  • Bob cut with a length difference between front and back
  • Draw a side section - Bob cut
  • Cut a jaw-line length bob

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11. Draw an inch wide section at the bottom of the side section, and clip the rest of the hair up again to keep it out of your working space. Note the distinctive difference in length between the solid back weight line and the longer hair at the side sections.
 
12. Use the weight line at the back of the head as a guide concerning the length of the side of the short bob. Note that the length of this cut is close to the jaw-line of the model.
 
13. Loosen the hair above the freshly cut section and separate another inch wide section. Clip the rest of the hair securely at the top of the head, and comb the longer hair flat over the scalp of the model. Use the weight line of the hair cut under this section, as well as the weight line at the back of the model’s head as a reference concerning the length of the hair.
 
  • Loosen hair above the freshly cut section
  • Form of a short bob
  • Side section of a short bob
  • Bob with hair curling in towards the jaw

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14. Note the form of the bob forming already. Always remember that it is extremely important to continuously corroborate the length and weight lines of the cut. The sooner you notice an anomaly regarding the length of the hair, the easier it is to correct it.
 
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