Tried it, now I'm praying the lockdown lasts another month.

"barbers hate him"

I came because the COVID-19 situation caused barbershop to be closed, so I have to learn how to cut my own hair

Well I buggered that up completely! Got a nice smooth 0.5 all over now LOL

I tried this out on my half dead grandad. Gave him a reverse fade down from his bald head. Looks great. He seems to like it too, his teeth have been smiling all night at me down the hall from the glass next his bed. Cheers mate.

Tried to cut my own hair today. My brain and hands got so confused when using two mirrors.

This is by far thee best & most easiest precise tutorial hands down on KZfaq. I fade my own hair & ive watched hundreds & I mean hundreds of these videos. This is by far the best by a country mile. God knows why people go to the barbers for a fade. Once you learn to be self sufficient it saves you sheds of money. I hold the mirror in one hand & hold clipper in the other

Damn good job! Every Monday??? Impressive. I spent 24 years in the Army, deployed with 24th MEU in Somalia if I recall. Never felt safer with the Marines on the perimeter.... I am 54 and am tired of wasting time waiting for a a haircut, and to pay a crap load more than 10 bucks! Thanks...I will give it a try and see how it goes. Thank you for your service! Many of us out here truly appreciate it....

Why is this one a better and more amateur friendly tutorial than all the professional barber ones. Cheers.

Ive been cutting my own hair for 30+ years... this is a well explained tutorial for the fade.

It starts at 2:30 for all the high speed individuals.

So I just attempted this and thought I'd give a report of the experience. Viewers should know, going into this, that It isn't easy. The vlogger has been doing this on a weekly basis for years, so don't expect things to go as smoothly as seen here on your first one or two tries. It will be particularly difficult if your hair is on the long side for the first cut: the hair will tend to overhang the borders you're creating and will make it harder to see what you're doing. Fortunately, hair grows back and if you didn't do a great job on your first attempt, chances are your skills will improve in the haircuts that follow.

I've been fading my own hair since I was in the military.If you learn how you will never have to wait in line at a barber shop again plus you save yourself a lot of money also.While everyone I know is either sporting a hat or having their hair woofing , I'm sporting a nice , clean fade 👍

I put a rubberband around my face to make an even line.

OMG!!!! I just butchered my son's hair. I should have watched your video first. Thank you for your service in the US Marines!!!! Loved your video.

You make putting in that 1st line look easy! As you demonstrate the key is to keep it low and give yourself plenty of room. The mistake newbies (and myself) make is putting the initial line too high then suddenly you're up on the dome. Great vid

I haven't paid for a haircut since 2013. Used a similar haircutting video like this one on KZfaq and never looked back haha free haircuts for life!!!

Veteran of ARMY here, this tutorial really helped me out mate. Nie that I'm a civi, I figure I'd learn to cut own hair. Your video is top notch and easy to follow in basically 5 easy steps

good fade i cut and faded my own hair friday night and it came out just as good as a barber and i feel so happy i dont have to waste $$$ $30 $35 every time for a haircut or wait in stupid line and such, now i can cut my hair get a fresh fade every week or every 2 weeks witout wasting $$$ can be fly fresh all the time !!!

This is the most clear instruction I’ve seen.

great video, helped me and my wife cut my hair. for me it wasnt about saving money, but rather saving time and having to deal with people. thanks!

This is probably THE best way to show someone new how to cut their own hair (in a fade). Sometimes I come back and watch just to admire the quality.

I was a military barber for 20 years. There are military barbers who are not the best at regs. Part of the reason a man comes to the barbershop is for the haircut but the other reasonnis to relax and chill out a little.

I've watched like 10 videos on how to do this and this one was the best fade with the easiest instructions. Great job👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

At 1st I was like man that sucks. But by the time you got to the last step it was nice. I wish you could cut my hair. Great job. I'm still scared to try it myself. What the he'll it's only hair. It will grow back. Thanks

Man, you did better than most Barbers!!!

Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video. This is the second I’ve used it to cut my husband’s hair. It is now saved for future references lol.

Thanks for your service, and hair cutting tips Marine! Very informative.

I just wanted to say a huge thank you for taking the time to share how to cut your own hair. I took it slow and followed your guidance from start to finish and ended up with a great haircut my first time during this COVID-19 pandemic. I watched many other videos, and yours is by far the best, thank you!

When I was in, I loved the barbers outside Lejeune. Speedy, nice fade, no small talk, and only $7 each Sunday. If I had a barber like that where I live, I'd no problem. But, the barbers here take way too long to cut, want to small talk, charge 13-15$ and still mess it up. Been cutting my own for years, but never skin tight. Followed this a few weeks ago and I think it would pass inspection.

By far this is the easiest tutorial on how to do a fade haircut. Thanks for sharing, man. Well done!

This was great, it will help a lot for my friend who cuts her hubby's hair!

I got a lot of compliments on my fade at work and I followed your video. Thanks devil dog!

I'm here because I had too many Corona 's 🍺, So just to be safe I cut my dogs hair first to test it out. And now my dog looks AWESOME !!! 🐶👍😜

I've tried it one year ago because I wanted buzz cut and I'm doing myself a cut since then. I've saved so much money! Thanks man for easy tutorial! Greeting from Poland!:)

Excellent fade. Been cutting my own hair for about 25 years now and I have an adjustable hight mirror on a pole that makes things much easier.

I have been cutting my hair since early in quarantine and have played it somewhat safe (doing a 1 on the sides and 2 on top; 1.5 to blend). While I have been getting better I paid this video another visit and decided to do a bald fade. I followed these instructions exactly and it turned out pretty damn good. Thanks for the video! The best video for this kind of fade I've seen and that's been a lot. The others are either too technical or just plain garbage. Thanks again!!

I gave myself a haircut yesterday. I tried doing the guideline but it came out crooked for me. I said "screw it" and took off the guard of the clipper and gave myself an induction haircut (for those who don't know, it's the haircut that's given to the plebes in the Naval Academy), which is the easiest military haircut of them all --no fades, no tapers, no nothing to worry about--just shave off all the hair and follow the contour of the scalp. I'll wait 3 weeks for my hair to grow back, and I'll try giving myself a haircut as in the video. I just wanna see if I can master the fade.

1:39 it’s a good skill because you can cut ur buddies hair for $ or exchange a buzz for a buzz

What a great haircut man. Thanks for posting his video 😊💈

Actually im very picky on how my barber does my fades,"he is not all that" most of the time i tell him one thing and he does another " as in does my fade way too high up" and i dont like when he constantly does that, my old barber for years did awesome fades but moved far with his family so i just ordered a wahl senior and wahl shaver and will be doing my own fades watching all these videos, this video is not too complicated and that fade came out spot on, i will come back to this video for my fades.

A good demonstration. For people who don’t have as much experience you can always start at the top with the biggest guards and work down. That way you won’t put in any lines that you need to get out.

Barbers: "we're going to make a fortune when the lockdown relaxes." Everybody else: "no more going to the barber for me, cutting hair is easier than we thought."

that visual guide with the hand how far the baseline you should cut was really helpful

QUITE impressed by your eye-hand coordination. Well done.

I'm a barber and I think this video is great. Realy clean cut

Thanks. Simplest video I’ve found well explained. Gonna try this with beard clippers 👍🏻

I just yolo'd this without the proper mirror set up for the back and it turned out pretty decent. Thanks for the video

This is by far the very best video for a self hair cut that I have found on YT. It works for me, followed Tim's instructions to the letter and achieved success. Thank you Sir. Only thing I couldn't do was to secure a Wahl clipper, Amazon was out of stock ("unavailable"), so I bought a clipper/trimmer set on Amazon from Andis, model# PM-1/PM-4. $48.99 plus shipping and they work just fine. They too are now "unavailable" as was the Wahl. Guess I'm not the only one that can't live without my H & T every three weeks.

Thank you so much, I have been looking for years for a video like this

Thanks for your service Tim.

Great job, man. Creating that temporary 'band' between the bottom section and the upper part of the head seems brilliant. It appears that you faded up into the band from the bottom shaved section using a guard shorter than the length of hair in the band but longer than the shaved part of the head, and faded the band into the upper part of the head using a guard longer than the length of hair in the band but shorter than the hair on the top part of the head. Please let me know in case I'm not understanding that correctly because fading the into both the bottom and top of the band is the biggest take home message of your haircut demonstration for me. Other videos show barbers doing haircuts and switching many guards back and forth but they don't explain much about what they are doing or why they are doing it. I think they forget what it's like to be a complete beginner. Unless I'm not understanding it correctly, you have made it very straightforward. Also, thank you for your service!

Semper Fi Brother. Good job. Retired Barber now, enjoying life.

You make it look so easy. You look like you have really good hair so that probably helps!

Thanks for the guide. Just finished and it looks just as good as you could get from sports clips. Using the mirrors was trickier than I thought but take your time and it works out.

Best tutorial I’ve seen so far

Thank you Dave Mustaine 🤘🏻

Huge money saver. Great job!

Anyone else doing this in quarantine rn?

Best self hair cut yet my friend 🏆

Thank you very much bro, you helped me a lot.Again thanks so much from Turkey.

Best tutorial so far to do it at home the other that "teach you" have all this fancy machines you keep it simple

This is really helpful, simple, and straightforward. Helped me get over the fear of messing my hair up. Never know until you try, wish me luck.

I remember doing this in the barracks. I always loved having three mirrors. Made it soo much easier to cut my own hair

This was one of the best self haircut tutorial tnx man... From Philippines

Hello I’m in cadets and we need short. I was looking and this hair cut was really interesting so I looked for a video and this is what I found. This video is awesome and so use full. This is so good I shared it with my army friends keep up the good work

Just tried this, I’m now bald and rocking a hat for the next 3-4 months

Perfect, Bro!!! I wish you can cut my hair like this!!!

Just did this. Mom absolutely loves it! Haha

thank you for your service i like the hair cut i like mine that way

Wanted to give 100 thumbs...but I've got only two😂😂😂 .... Thanks a lot

Excellent job! Thanks for sharing!

Thank you for your service! Great tutorial. Semper Fi

wonderful my friend, thanks a lot. I'm 20 bucks wealthier!

Awesome tutorial, I just bought the Wahl Color Pro Clipper set recently, so excited to give this a go. I like your cut measurements, but may try a 1 on the sides and back and taper up from there, and maybe later try the closer skin fade layer-pattern.

Hey I know this video was 2 years ago 😂, but just wanted to say thanks, this helped me for my JROTC high school JPA inspection.

Semper Fi! Great fade. After I got out of the Corps I went to Barber School on the GI Bill, had my own shop until I retired. Originally from NJ, but now living in Sunny Florida, I can't find a good Barber around here. So I cut my own hair, I give myself a Bald Fade, I love short hair. Just want to comment on the way you cut your own hair, you do an excellent job, and the steps you take are exactly what I do, really good for not going to Barber School. As we always say, "Adapt and Overcome", we can do anything if we put our minds to it. Haircuts are not cheap, even on Base. I was paying $20 here with the tip, so I'm saving a lot of bucks, and I don't have to come home and recut my hair to fix what they didn't do. Take care enjoy the Corps, I loved it. I'm taking it easy now, I'm a Vietnam Vet, 100% disabled and enjoying life. God Bless.

Thanks to you I have the confidence to try this out 🙏. I can afford a haircut but it's gotten ridiculous. I pay $40 for beard and cut without tip. My hair grows back so fast

😂😂Everybody watching those “how to cut your own hair” because of corona😂😂

this was really helpful, thsnks Tim!

This is such a great video. Thank you sir

Nice! Thank you for your service

This is a really cool video and so helpful during the current COVID-19 lockdown. Thanks for the top tips and guidance 👏

Amazingly good work. Thanks.

Thank you for your service sir and great video too.

Great video. Thanks to you, I've saved soooo much money.

nice video, i've been doing my own but more basic than that. next time ill copy these steps

thanks for the advice bro cheers from England !

My clippers are on the way! We’re on lockdown for another month at least, so I figure there’s plenty of time for any disastrous mistakes to grow out. And I have plenty of hats.

I also have red hair. I like the hair cut you have before you started cutting it. My hair is getting a little shaggy now. When Ohio opens back up on May 1st, I will ask my barber to cut it like in the beginning of your video. Thanks for serving!

This was super helpful. Thanks a lot

Nice video. Saving this for when my hair gets a bit longer. I need clippers with the open/close lever.

I learnt this during lock down.....& one tip would give is to use an elastic band on your head for the first cut (guide line cut :-) .....helps alot.....from one Brit soldier to another......Cheers! this vid has saved me a few quid !

Thanks brother. This helped out a bunch

great effort mr gassman thank you although it does me no good literally but in some way it might helpful to others....so that's what life is about..

Looks amazing!

Best barracks cut I think I've ever seen

Awesome vid! could you Make a video showing how to cut top?

Lol things we do in the military to save a dime, I still cut my own hair the same way since .....that fade is perfect .

Great video Brother, with all this craziness over Covid-19 I’m certain this will be very popular!