HOW-TO STEPS

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  Clip away the top section. Start on the right side. Using a clipper-over-comb technique, work to the center back; then continue to the hairline on the other side. Work with a 0-A blade and a clipper comb, hold the comb horizontally, scoop up all the hair and swipe the clipper over the spine of the comb to remove all the hair in the comb.

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  Continue working up to the parietal ridge in this manner, progressing behind the ear. Clipper-over-comb the back of the head using the previously cut hair as the guide. Complete the entire back segment.

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  At the hairline behind the ear, keep the comb parallel to the hairline and refine as you go. Continue until you reach the left-front hairline. Use the comb to help hold the ear down as you clip over the comb. Tighten the sideburn area.

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  Once all the hair has been removed, switch to a 1-A blade. With a scooping, heel-to-toe motion, start at the sideburn hairline and lightly cut short-to-long on top, keeping the clipper in constant motion.

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  At the back hairline and nape, scoop to just below the occipital bone. Do an over-the-ear taper up from the hairline, and use the corner of the clipper to clean around the ear.

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  Section from the crown to the front hairline. Beginning in back, hold the hair straight out and point-cut to the desired length. Work to the front hairline.

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  Create vertical/diagonal back sections off of the center section to blend the sides and point-cut the length. Continue to the front hairline, overdirecting each subsequent section. Complete the entire front panel on each side to just behind the recession.

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  Apply MITCH® Steady Grip and blow-dry the hair with a Paul Mitchell® 407 Styling Brush. Direct the hair forward using the nozzle and flat wrap the front hairline.

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  Once dry, detail the lengths with point-cutting and use a trimmer to define the hairline and around the ears.

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  Create definition in dry hair with a matte clay like Matterial by MITCH®.