Absolutely spot on! I left a barber shop 14yrs ago to open my own salon with my Wife who is a ladies stylist. I started an appointment only system, & went from 25min haircuts to 45min haircuts. The difference for me was outstanding, I enjoyed my work more, gave a better service, my clients were happy as they relaxed more & knew with an appointment they were not waiting around like they did in a walk-in barbers. I love now, that I can take a break when I want, also I take more time off than I did when I worked in a barbers, as with an appointment, I just don’t book any1 in if I want a day or week off. I still work around 47hrs a week, but I’m more relaxed with it,which has a knock affect on my clients, because if I’m happy they are happy!
I have been a stylist for over 25 Yrs and I learn something new ALL THE DAMN TIME! You are such a voice of reason and common sense. I found you on insta watching a live a while back doing this rad razor short cut. I realized the way you describe your style of cutting and the terminology you use is they way I’ve felt about my work for years. Just didn’t know how to describe my cutting style. Anyhoo... you are cool and I appreciate your smart common sense approach to this biz. 🙏🏻✌🏻
You are and have been one of my biggest mentors in this industry, even though we haven’t met personally. Thanks you for all your advice and chit chats man, i appreciate you!! I agree with everything u mentioned
Your first point really is 90% of barbers in my area. I feel like most barbers set their ceilings very low when it comes to technique and adaptation. Very well put man, thank you for making this, I hope it’s well received and inspires more to see the bigger picture.
@Evan Edwin thanks for your reply. I found the site through google and I'm trying it out now. Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
A lot of young barbers need to see this. I feel Instagram has a lot to do with it. I'm not hating on Instagram, but there's an imbalance of education like this compared to tight fades with hair fibre line ups.....
I feel this so much, finding a barbershop that does clean fade and know how to layer the top and style it well is damn near impossible. It’s to the point where I just learned how to cut the top of my own hair and get a fade from my barber 😅😭
Specializing in one skill set such as fading is possible, but limiting. I believe being a generalist from the start is the better way. You can specialize in any skillset after that, but you will still have a sound foundation of all skills that will allow yow to adapt your specialization to suit the current style trends. Someone who just does one “specialty” will be out of luck when that “speciality” loses focus in current trends. Your best statement was about judging haircuts as professional or as a client. In the end it will be the client who judges you as he deals with his haircut on a day to day basis. Great video, Andrew! Thanks Max
Bravo, Andrew! You are 150% correct on our industry, and like you, I am guilty of some of these things. Keep up with the great content. With the whole pandemic happening around us, we have a lot of growing to do!
Spot on, good Sir, Spot on. Everything you said describes all the "barber shops" here in Oxnard, Ca. Sorry but I need to put them all on blast, so very sad, so much ego and no humility.
So, I can pretty much appreciate every single point you make. I also appreciate the format, without music, editing, and all that bs. I am very much a hairstylist, that started and still does barbering.
I have to say that this is one of the most TRUTHFUL vids I’ve watched in a while. I do most services my salon offers both on men and woman. I’ve been a stylist/colorist for 20 years and believe me I am still learning new things and I LOVE IT! I will never say I’m a master of something because true artists never feel like that which makes them push to excel everyday. I feel like everyone in the hair industry should watch the Vidal Sassoon movie. You can learn so much about life as well as cutting and styling hair on men or woman. Cut the hair the way it grows and u are limitless to what u can do. Anyway I enjoy what u have to put into this business Andrew. Keep it up!
100% agree with all what you just said. I was always super worried about the time then I realized detalles are more important, thx You Andrew hope to see you some day in Barcelona.
I see you on the fade stuff and knowledge stuff Andrew. Well put. Yessss increase quality and add value! I have always questioned lowering my prices, so instead I have realized adding value and being on top of my service experience is better for me instead when I need to increase my income. Also, I have learned my limitations the hard way with my energy level. Been doing it since 2007 and last year I really felt it- HARD. Watching this video makes me feel good about my business decisions even with all this COVID stuff going on. People have become too hyper focused on what they feel or think just in general lol. Side note- I am particular about addressing the cowlick glad you mentioned that. I think anyone who watches this and has true inner humility and isn’t puffed up with their own self suited pride can learn a lot from this. Of course, everyone has the free will to think and do whatever they want. But when it comes to the issue you present I like how it was put and here is how my mind took it- Things I want to avoid: getting influenced by others who have an arrogant viewpoint of their craft, (stay in your lane if that’s what you wanna do but don’t say you’re a world traveler if you’ve only become a local guide on google maps for your State and actually haven’t been to another continent) and always continue to look at the bigger picture in the hair industry. It’s always bigger than you think. ESPECIALLY if you think the big picture is meant to be a self portrait.
Freaken love your videos man you put so much into them I appreciate your efforts and all these nuggets you keep dropping for us new stylist , hands down my fave hairstyling channel I'm subscribed to. Love you man, take care
I went to cosmo school to get licensed, I wanted to go to barber school but no barber schools around but I had to get my foot in the door somehow. I’m glad I did it expanded my mind on hair. I’ve been in the barbershop a year. You are speaking nothing but truth. There are so much egos in the barber side of the business. I can do scissor cuts some but not all and I always get thrown them.
currently moving to a shop more focused on shear work and styling. first two years of barbering, line ups and fades. time to get out of my comfort zone! I want to be a beast
Couldn't agree more I've been a barber for only 2 years and the people telling me they are the best only knew how to fade, I've switched to hairdressing with the full intention of being a men's stylist for these reasons!!
Hey, I don't have a relevant response on this, since I'm not a barber, but here are some video ideas you could use (or perhaps, answer now haha) Covid gave me the perfect excuse to grow my hair out, since I always gave up at that stage where it was too short to just fall back, but too long to use my limited styles in my repertoire. Now, I could just excuse my unruly hair as not having access to the barber. 1. Anyway, I'd love to get your perspective on blowdrying longer hair. Your video about damage mentioned that you should be fine with blowdrying short hair, but you didn't go into detail about longer hair. Should I just try to limit blowdrying to once a week or so? 2. I'd love to see a guide from you about growing your hair out in general. 3. Should I leave my hairproduct in for multiple days? For short hair, I can easily wash it with water and shampoo everyday. But in the interest of not damaging my hair from washing and blowdrying it too much, it makes sense to leave in product for multiple days. Any products you'd recomend? Because my hair feels gunky if i leave in product for a few days. 4. a video about terms you use would be nice. for example, when you say thick hair, do you mean each individual strand is thick, or just an above average haircount/area? stuff like that. That's about it, love your content, keep up the good work
When it come t being a barber fading is essential BUTTTTT also knowing how to use the shears it’s something else and you’re correct bc I’ve been though many barbers who are GREAT at fading but when it comes to shears they suck or I’ll see barbers good with the shears but suck at fading I think if you’re working with hair you should know it all sanitary too ! All around knowledge
It's crazy I'm watching this and I work in a different industry. Automotive to be exact but the same rules apply most business/industries. I learned a lot from this video 🙏🏻
First one absolutely,third one absolutely,2 we agree about speed of the cuts.I just increased time of my cuts from 30 to 45 minutes and I am enjoying much more but we completely disagree in a numbers of hours spent in the shop.If you are building your business you need to be in the shop,if you wanna increase quality of the work you need to be in the shop,if you are owner you need to lead by example first which means you need to be in the shop.All of the SM promotion doesnt mean anything if you dont have base in spending time in the shop Otherwise these videos lately are great.Keep them coming. Really good stuff.And please dont pull punches.This edition of Andrew make me think
I reference 10,000 hours in this video, and that refers to a well known rule that it takes 10,000 hours of deliberate practice to master something (google “10,000 hour rule”). Before a barber hits that mark, yes, work 15 hours a day and take every haircut you can. But once you’re a master then (as discussed in the video) more hours doesn’t equal growth anymore, because of the limitation at how many hours you can work in a day, and even if you’re a freak who can work 24 hours in a day, there’s still THAT limit that you can’t add a 25th hour to the day. I think the key thing is that tipping point where doing another haircut won’t make you better at it, but doing one less haircut (not overworking yourself) WILL mean you do better work.
@@andrewdoeshair that's fair. Basically to summarize your point its quality over quantity once you get to certain level. I red about 10000 hours rule in Outliers.Great book.
In our journey we will always learn, the Question is, is our brain open to learn something new? Are we INTERESTED TO KNOW SOMETHING NEW? Do we put dedication on what we do? Money always come but is about us on building our skills to make our profession and our time paid better for what we offer. I saw so many 10 15 min. Haircut places I call them Barber pimps ✌🏻✌🏻 Liked the video good on you to put it out there.
I agree with everything you said 100% There are so many people out there that think they know it all, but infact they don't know what they don't know aka unconscious incompetence.
I wish I was your guest on this topic. Once I started just "hair jamming" with clients instead of trying to technically get good at everything, my clientele n prices grew. I labb you Kuya
You made some really great points in this. If you want to gain some faith in the barber industry changing for the better, I recommend checking out Philosophy of the Barber podcast 😉💈(at least in northern New England)
OMG thank you SOO much for this video!! For my entire life I've had to compromise with one of two scenarios. I could go get a illest fade with the sharpest of line ups, but then the top of my hair would go untouched (per my request), thus unmaintained and unruly longer hair. Which to be completely honest isn't as bad if your juuussttt starting to grow out your hair, in attempts to achieve a undercut, quiff or disconnected pomp. Or I go with the salon stylist where they'd cut my longer hair into a quiff, pomp or undercut so well that I'd literally use 1/2 of product and save 30-45m in damaging the f**k outta my hair with blow dryers and flat irons, thus spending less in hair masks, keratin treatments and every type of essential oil known to man in attempts to salvage my scarecrow straw hair. Not to mention the gay comments from the barbers or double speak of the stylist because one would see me as too "papi shampoo" or too ghetto to understand what I'm asking for. And the seldom times when the Gods took pity on me and granted me chimera barber/stylist, im paying 60$ plus tip (which is almost always 10/15$) which comes to roughly 70/75$ total. Thinking that maybe if I tip well they'd treat me with an ounce of respect, lol WRONG-O !! Mind you, I live in NYC where you'd think that this wouldn't even be an issue. Wrong again, unfortunately I have to deal with self hating closeted barbers who will make fun of you the entire time your in their chair but are quick to slip you their number trying to smash later on, which can be hot but it's really just demeaning. Or the bougie stuck up cunt who treats you like a leper, who granted are easier to handle but then comes the (are you fucking kidding me moment) of "hey so do you have any weed you could sell me or whatever designer drug she's ingesting to maintain her perpetual look of malnourishment with a dash of ( I'll blow you for the other half of your twix bar). Because fades = drug dealer, duhh. Very sorry for the rant.
Love your content Andrew and saw you on Matt's channel. Great shit brother! It's amazing how many musicians cut hair! PS, you're WAY too hard on yourself, you have cool hair! Subbed🤙
@andrewdoeshair Great video, the environment and demographic of the Barber plays a huge part in all three points you made. Educators, shop culture and lack of diversity creates the fade and line up shops. Also, the Barber must have a desire for versatility behind the chair. Question: what inspired you to put yourself in both the cosmo and barbering worlds?
Barbers make barbers look bad.. enough with the barber battles and all that crap . All barbers need to raise their prices and stop selling themselves short! Coming from a barber..
Because your trying to grow I'll let you know this. Your first point went on way to long. Just repeating the same thing over no over. That's not hate it was just annoying n want Me to turn it off.
Absolutely spot on!
I left a barber shop 14yrs ago to open my own salon with my Wife who is a ladies stylist.
I started an appointment only system, & went from 25min haircuts to 45min haircuts.
The difference for me was outstanding, I enjoyed my work more, gave a better service, my clients were happy as they relaxed more & knew with an appointment they were not waiting around like they did in a walk-in barbers.
I love now, that I can take a break when I want, also I take more time off than I did when I worked in a barbers, as with an appointment, I just don’t book any1 in if I want a day or week off.
I still work around 47hrs a week, but I’m more relaxed with it,which has a knock affect on my clients, because if I’m happy they are happy!
I have been a stylist for over 25 Yrs and I learn something new ALL THE DAMN TIME! You are such a voice of reason and common sense. I found you on insta watching a live a while back doing this rad razor short cut. I realized the way you describe your style of cutting and the terminology you use is they way I’ve felt about my work for years. Just didn’t know how to describe my cutting style. Anyhoo... you are cool and I appreciate your smart common sense approach to this biz. 🙏🏻✌🏻
Big fan of this one 🙏🏾
You are and have been one of my biggest mentors in this industry, even though we haven’t met personally. Thanks you for all your advice and chit chats man, i appreciate you!! I agree with everything u mentioned
Your first point really is 90% of barbers in my area. I feel like most barbers set their ceilings very low when it comes to technique and adaptation. Very well put man, thank you for making this, I hope it’s well received and inspires more to see the bigger picture.
@Samuel Kevin Instablaster :)
@Evan Edwin thanks for your reply. I found the site through google and I'm trying it out now.
Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
@Evan Edwin It did the trick and I actually got access to my account again. Im so happy!
Thank you so much you saved my ass !
@Samuel Kevin glad I could help xD
A lot of young barbers need to see this. I feel Instagram has a lot to do with it. I'm not hating on Instagram, but there's an imbalance of education like this compared to tight fades with hair fibre line ups.....
I feel this so much, finding a barbershop that does clean fade and know how to layer the top and style it well is damn near impossible. It’s to the point where I just learned how to cut the top of my own hair and get a fade from my barber 😅😭
Specializing in one skill set such as fading is possible, but limiting. I believe being a generalist from the start is the better way. You can specialize in any skillset after that, but you will still have a sound foundation of all skills that will allow yow to adapt your specialization to suit the current style trends. Someone who just does one “specialty” will be out of luck when that “speciality” loses focus in current trends.
Your best statement was about judging haircuts as professional or as a client. In the end it will be the client who judges you as he deals with his haircut on a day to day basis.
Great video, Andrew! Thanks Max
Bravo, Andrew! You are 150% correct on our industry, and like you, I am guilty of some of these things. Keep up with the great content. With the whole pandemic happening around us, we have a lot of growing to do!
Simply the best! Love all your youtube videos friend. I'm glad I found you so early in my career.
Spot on, good Sir, Spot on. Everything you said describes all the "barber shops" here in Oxnard, Ca. Sorry but I need to put them all on blast, so very sad, so much ego and no humility.
So, I can pretty much appreciate every single point you make. I also appreciate the format, without music, editing, and all that bs. I am very much a hairstylist, that started and still does barbering.
I have to say that this is one of the most TRUTHFUL vids I’ve watched in a while. I do most services my salon offers both on men and woman. I’ve been a stylist/colorist for 20 years and believe me I am still learning new things and I LOVE IT! I will never say I’m a master of something because true artists never feel like that which makes them push to excel everyday. I feel like everyone in the hair industry should watch the Vidal Sassoon movie. You can learn so much about life as well as cutting and styling hair on men or woman. Cut the hair the way it grows and u are limitless to what u can do. Anyway I enjoy what u have to put into this business Andrew. Keep it up!
100% agree with all what you just said. I was always super worried about the time then I realized detalles are more important, thx You Andrew hope to see you some day in Barcelona.
I always find so much knowledge in your videos, hit the nail on the head with this one in many ways💪🏽. Thank you!
I see you on the fade stuff and knowledge stuff Andrew. Well put. Yessss increase quality and add value! I have always questioned lowering my prices, so instead I have realized adding value and being on top of my service experience is better for me instead when I need to increase my income. Also, I have learned my limitations the hard way with my energy level. Been doing it since 2007 and last year I really felt it- HARD. Watching this video makes me feel good about my business decisions even with all this COVID stuff going on. People have become too hyper focused on what they feel or think just in general lol. Side note- I am particular about addressing the cowlick glad you mentioned that. I think anyone who watches this and has true inner humility and isn’t puffed up with their own self suited pride can learn a lot from this. Of course, everyone has the free will to think and do whatever they want. But when it comes to the issue you present I like how it was put and here is how my mind took it- Things I want to avoid: getting influenced by others who have an arrogant viewpoint of their craft, (stay in your lane if that’s what you wanna do but don’t say you’re a world traveler if you’ve only become a local guide on google maps for your State and actually haven’t been to another continent) and always continue to look at the bigger picture in the hair industry. It’s always bigger than you think. ESPECIALLY if you think the big picture is meant to be a self portrait.
Yesss! All of that! Thanks for sharing, my friend
Freaken love your videos man you put so much into them I appreciate your efforts and all these nuggets you keep dropping for us new stylist , hands down my fave hairstyling channel I'm subscribed to. Love you man, take care
I went to cosmo school to get licensed, I wanted to go to barber school but no barber schools around but I had to get my foot in the door somehow. I’m glad I did it expanded my mind on hair. I’ve been in the barbershop a year. You are speaking nothing but truth. There are so much egos in the barber side of the business. I can do scissor cuts some but not all and I always get thrown them.
Andrew pulling no punches!!! I like that!
currently moving to a shop more focused on shear work and styling. first two years of barbering, line ups and fades. time to get out of my comfort zone! I want to be a beast
Couldn't agree more I've been a barber for only 2 years and the people telling me they are the best only knew how to fade, I've switched to hairdressing with the full intention of being a men's stylist for these reasons!!
Hey, I don't have a relevant response on this, since I'm not a barber, but here are some video ideas you could use (or perhaps, answer now haha)
Covid gave me the perfect excuse to grow my hair out, since I always gave up at that stage where it was too short to just fall back, but too long to use my limited styles in my repertoire. Now, I could just excuse my unruly hair as not having access to the barber.
1. Anyway, I'd love to get your perspective on blowdrying longer hair. Your video about damage mentioned that you should be fine with blowdrying short hair, but you didn't go into detail about longer hair. Should I just try to limit blowdrying to once a week or so?
2. I'd love to see a guide from you about growing your hair out in general.
3. Should I leave my hairproduct in for multiple days? For short hair, I can easily wash it with water and shampoo everyday. But in the interest of not damaging my hair from washing and blowdrying it too much, it makes sense to leave in product for multiple days. Any products you'd recomend? Because my hair feels gunky if i leave in product for a few days.
4. a video about terms you use would be nice. for example, when you say thick hair, do you mean each individual strand is thick, or just an above average haircount/area? stuff like that.
That's about it, love your content, keep up the good work
all i can say after listening to ur video is... THANK YOU SIR!
these are the first steps to get out of the comfort zone❤️💈
When it come t being a barber fading is essential BUTTTTT also knowing how to use the shears it’s something else and you’re correct bc I’ve been though many barbers who are GREAT at fading but when it comes to shears they suck or I’ll see barbers good with the shears but suck at fading I think if you’re working with hair you should know it all sanitary too ! All around knowledge
Amazing video Andrew! All of the things you mentioned are true in the barbering industry. Keep up the good work 👍
It's crazy I'm watching this and I work in a different industry. Automotive to be exact but the same rules apply most business/industries. I learned a lot from this video 🙏🏻
Love these videos that help us to stop and think more. 👌 thank you
This whole video.....IS GOOOOOLLLLLLD!!!!!
First one absolutely,third one absolutely,2 we agree about speed of the cuts.I just increased time of my cuts from 30 to 45 minutes and I am enjoying much more but we completely disagree in a numbers of hours spent in the shop.If you are building your business you need to be in the shop,if you wanna increase quality of the work you need to be in the shop,if you are owner you need to lead by example first which means you need to be in the shop.All of the SM promotion doesnt mean anything if you dont have base in spending time in the shop
Otherwise these videos lately are great.Keep them coming. Really good stuff.And please dont pull punches.This edition of Andrew make me think
I reference 10,000 hours in this video, and that refers to a well known rule that it takes 10,000 hours of deliberate practice to master something (google “10,000 hour rule”). Before a barber hits that mark, yes, work 15 hours a day and take every haircut you can. But once you’re a master then (as discussed in the video) more hours doesn’t equal growth anymore, because of the limitation at how many hours you can work in a day, and even if you’re a freak who can work 24 hours in a day, there’s still THAT limit that you can’t add a 25th hour to the day. I think the key thing is that tipping point where doing another haircut won’t make you better at it, but doing one less haircut (not overworking yourself) WILL mean you do better work.
@@andrewdoeshair that's fair. Basically to summarize your point its quality over quantity once you get to certain level.
I red about 10000 hours rule in Outliers.Great book.
Love this! You hit the nail on the head!
In our journey we will always learn, the Question is, is our brain open to learn something new? Are we INTERESTED TO KNOW SOMETHING NEW? Do we put dedication on what we do?
Money always come but is about us on building our skills to make our profession and our time paid better for what we offer.
I saw so many 10 15 min. Haircut places I call them Barber pimps ✌🏻✌🏻
Liked the video good on you to put it out there.
I am a barber and couldn’t agree more with what you said 👏💯💯💯💯💯
I agree with everything you said 100% There are so many people out there that think they know it all, but infact they don't know what they don't know aka unconscious incompetence.
I wish I was your guest on this topic. Once I started just "hair jamming" with clients instead of trying to technically get good at everything, my clientele n prices grew. I labb you Kuya
Please be my guest sometime! After covid lockdowns are over, of course
You made some really great points in this. If you want to gain some faith in the barber industry changing for the better, I recommend checking out Philosophy of the Barber podcast 😉💈(at least in northern New England)
100% agree. Perfectly said.
this is so true ! thanks for this video and speaking up !
OMG thank you SOO much for this video!! For my entire life I've had to compromise with one of two scenarios. I could go get a illest fade with the sharpest of line ups, but then the top of my hair would go untouched (per my request), thus unmaintained and unruly longer hair. Which to be completely honest isn't as bad if your juuussttt starting to grow out your hair, in attempts to achieve a undercut, quiff or disconnected pomp. Or I go with the salon stylist where they'd cut my longer hair into a quiff, pomp or undercut so well that I'd literally use 1/2 of product and save 30-45m in damaging the f**k outta my hair with blow dryers and flat irons, thus spending less in hair masks, keratin treatments and every type of essential oil known to man in attempts to salvage my scarecrow straw hair. Not to mention the gay comments from the barbers or double speak of the stylist because one would see me as too "papi shampoo" or too ghetto to understand what I'm asking for. And the seldom times when the Gods took pity on me and granted me chimera barber/stylist, im paying 60$ plus tip (which is almost always 10/15$) which comes to roughly 70/75$ total. Thinking that maybe if I tip well they'd treat me with an ounce of respect, lol WRONG-O !! Mind you, I live in NYC where you'd think that this wouldn't even be an issue. Wrong again, unfortunately I have to deal with self hating closeted barbers who will make fun of you the entire time your in their chair but are quick to slip you their number trying to smash later on, which can be hot but it's really just demeaning. Or the bougie stuck up cunt who treats you like a leper, who granted are easier to handle but then comes the (are you fucking kidding me moment) of "hey so do you have any weed you could sell me or whatever designer drug she's ingesting to maintain her perpetual look of malnourishment with a dash of ( I'll blow you for the other half of your twix bar). Because fades = drug dealer, duhh. Very sorry for the rant.
Love your content Andrew and saw you on Matt's channel. Great shit brother! It's amazing how many musicians cut hair! PS, you're WAY too hard on yourself, you have cool hair! Subbed🤙
You’re a top guy, Andrew. Love your videos
Love the first 30 seconds so far 👌🏼
@andrewdoeshair
Great video, the environment and demographic of the Barber plays a huge part in all three points you made. Educators, shop culture and lack of diversity creates the fade and line up shops. Also, the Barber must have a desire for versatility behind the chair. Question: what inspired you to put yourself in both the cosmo and barbering worlds?
Take me to church Reverend Andrew!
Most Turkish barbers only know fade
100%
Barbers make barbers look bad.. enough with the barber battles and all that crap . All barbers need to raise their prices and stop selling themselves short! Coming from a barber..
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Because your trying to grow I'll let you know this. Your first point went on way to long. Just repeating the same thing over no over. That's not hate it was just annoying n want Me to turn it off.