Hair Cutting Trimmer Razor, Hairdressing Styling Razor, Silver or Gold

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However, some companies offer sub-increments in between and may even have clips that allow for hair longer than an inch. The Remington’s lightweight (7½ ounces), palm-sized housing—coupled with rubberized grips—is the most comfortable of any we tried.

Almost all clipper kits come with at least one questionable accessory—like cheap scissors or a garbage-bag-quality cape—that seems great until you have to tuck it in a drawer or root through a pile of them to find what you want. The long side pieces and spiky layered short hair at the crown give this hairstyle unisex vibes that are cool and avant-garde.The versatility of cutting shears lies in their adaptability to a spectrum of cutting techniques, ranging from blunt cuts to layered styles. All clippers have a pair of stainless or carbon steel (or, at the high end, ceramic) blades with teeth; the bottom blade is fixed, and the top blade is connected directly to the motor and oscillates side to side to cut hair. Next comes the choice of the razor, some hair cutting razors have exposed blades while others have guarded ones. Since the hair at the top of your head is the most visible, make sure to use very light pressure and work slowly.

Clippers (even lower-end ones) can take a substantial amount of abuse, but just a single drop on a hard surface, such as a tiled bathroom floor, can instantly kill a motor or damage the housing enough to make the clipper a lost cause. In our Hanzo blog, we have talked several times about the various hair cutting techniques such as slice cutting, point-cutting and texturizing.

Like most cutting techniques there are some clients who the razor is ideal for, and some who it is best to avoid the razor cut. And thanks to a metal retaining clip on the back of the combs, they stay seated and straight on the blade better than any other set we tried. You will look like a badass, and no one will mess with you… such edgy razor haircuts are always an investment. Whether in the hands of seasoned professionals or skilled barbers, these shears play a pivotal role in fashioning hairstyles of unparalleled neatness and uniformity.

After dozens of real-world tests of 11 highly rated hair clippers—involving professional barbers and stylists, plus a panel of DIY-haircutting volunteers—we’ve determined that the Wahl Elite Pro High Performance Hair Clipper Kit is the best clipper for most at-home haircuts. Shear hair cutting is focused on precision, clean lines, and well-defined shapes, making it suitable for a wide range of haircut styles.

Our testing confirmed the Oster Fast Feed’s reputation: It’s comfortable to hold and maneuver, especially its taper lever, which you can adjust with a thumb. A taper lever is an advanced feature—a little doodad found on the side of a clipper that increases or decreases hair length more finely than you can get by switching combs or shifting the bottom blade forward or back.

Using very light pressure, move the razor in short, choppy motions from the middle down to the ends of your hair. This model also has a thick but pliable 8-foot cord and a powerful—but exceptionally quiet—motor, making it a solid choice for cutting kids’ hair. The varied blade lengths available cater to specific methods, granting hair artisans the finesse to tailor their approach to the desired outcome. So often we forget that as hairdressers we can use more than just scissors to achieve a certain look. This clipper comes with eight rigid-plastic, quality guide combs that seat securely (though they have fewer tips, slightly sharper in feel, than our main pick’s combs do).The hair length that a comb-less blade leaves depends on the clipper, though it’s often one-sixteenth of an inch; if the clipper has a taper lever (more on that in a minute), you can adjust that length. They’re currently working on a nonfiction book about the beauty industry, The House of Beauty, to be published by Norton. It doesn’t come with combs and is really purpose-built for precise, tight fades of the sort only a trained barber is capable of creating.