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Hot take: The fade on my regular, Mark, went from patchy to perfect in about six months.
He used to rush the blend and I'd leave with a line you could see from across the shop. Then he started coming in an hour early on Tuesdays just to practice on mannequin heads with his new Wahl Cordless Magic Clips. The difference is night and day, no more harsh lines at all. What finally made your blending click like that, was it just the reps or did you watch a specific tutorial?
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veramiller9d ago
Oh man, the reps for sure. My guy went through the same thing (he got obsessed with those YouTube videos from this barber in Philly). It's like a lightbulb went off, the blend just got so much softer.
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hannah_fox9d ago
That "lightbulb went off" moment is so real. I read a piece once about how our hands just need time to learn the muscle memory, no matter how much we understand the theory. It's like @veramiller said, the reps make all the difference. You can watch a hundred videos, but the blend only gets softer when you've put in the time. It's frustrating but also kind of nice to know it's a normal part of the process for everyone.
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