How to Talk to Your Barber | Art of Manliness
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- Learn how to talk to your barber so you get the haircut you want. Thanks to Hudson Hawk Barbershop in Springfield, MO for their help on this video.
Video by Andrew Edwards (www.andrew-edwa...)
Editing by Jordan Crowder (www.jordancrowd...)
Oh... I thought this was a video to cover the awkward silences as the barber asks me about my day
That would be greately needed.
Me too! I guess we have to head over to the "how to make small talk" video.
37Beers just tell him what you did that day lol
Adrian Memalla On a side note, I commented on this video having buzzed my own hair for the past year...
Me too 😂😂😂😂
I remember when I said this to my barber:
*“So.. What do you do for a living?”*
„Are you often here?“
😂
LMAO!!
😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂🤣
I love when your barber asks: "As usual?" and he gives you an haircut youve never had before.
...
Hahaha
That's what was happening to me, luckily i don't give a shit about my hair!
Me: goes to a NEW barbershop
Barber: what cut?
Me: The usual.
Oh god
Yep lmfao
Probably mistook you for that other dude
Barber: is that good?
Me: yeh it's cool
Goes outside
Me: MADAFAKAAAAAA
Pakistani i feel ya
That was me last time, dont want to go through that again, wow
Lmao I always hated the walk from the chair to the car after a bad haircut.
Dude this happened to me last time! It was a new dude and he looked like he knew what he was doing but when it was my turn he completely forgotten that I asked for a 3 on the top not a 2. I didn't notice right away as I needed to take my classes off but when I did I just took the L as it was too late to do anything.
@@looseygoosey1349 what the heck. I got a haircut today, asked the haircut lady to leave the bangs at the front of my hair and do 1 inch on all. What does she do? SHE GIVES ME A FREAKING BUZZ CUT!!
"just fuck my shit up mate"
Nigga I got you
+Vengeance627 Barber be like: ''Say no more!''
+Vengeance627 My barber does that no matter what i tell him
Vengeance627 I gotchu fam
Club Foreign then u need a new barber
i say cut off an inch and i walk out half bald
DeedleDee bruh your profile pic made me fall out of my chair
Jake Eames Exactly.
i said just cut a little bit, he left a LITTLE BIT of hair on my head :))
well you should grow your hair out longer than 1 inch then.
Ricky Anderson lmao
I've been a barber for almost 40 years and moved into a town that hadn't had a barber in about 20 years and they were all going to beauty shops. None of the men knew what to ask for and all of them were afraid of being misunderstood. I've done well.
Never had more respect for a random man in the comment section
"I would like a haircut please"
Barber = "Say no more"
*shaves your head
*cuts off one hair*
barber: ok i think were good
Ha.ha.ha....ha.
Or as I, an intellectual would say,
*I would like 2500 haircuts*
"I'm going for this one look i-"
Barber- "Say no more"
Still waiting on "How to be a person" tutorial
Randage lol funniest comment I seen on TH-cam 😂😂😂
XDDD
i wish i had a big titter goth gf
Randage have confidence
1. Stop supporting a dead team
Barber: "so what do you think?"
Me: "looks perfect!"
Also me: *it will grow back fast before anyone notices it right?*
That is exactly what I said to my barber day before yesterday.
@@royashu horaay that makes the two of us =D
Relatable asf
This why I never get haircut on Sundays anymore
@@beserk7752 lmao same i always get a haircut on fridays or during a holiday
They always take too much off the top....
charles kozlowski i can see that from your profile picture
They damn near took his scalp!
charles kozlowski then ask for none of the top
Always
Lol ur pfp
The biggest regrets of my life are my haircuts !
I envy you
Rex me too, mostly because I go in high af
Rex, wait till you're married.
Me too. I always murder the people who cut my hair. They didn't deserve it.
Rex that's a Jim Morrisson quote right?
I need a friend like this guy to just take with me everywhere I go
Step 1: Bring a picture
That should do it.
Nah I brought a picture to a barber (a picture of ME with my hair cut PERFECTLY), and this barber still managed to fuck it up.
True, had the same exact deal, had a picture of myself and after I got one of the stooges to cut my hair, it resulted in the worst hair cut ever!
I had 2.5" hair in the picture and I ended up with half a inch...
Also, if you find a barber that gets your hair right, marry him and never cheat!(clientele wise ofc)
Marko Kostich
Yuri yup same here . I'm never going back to that barber shop again
If your barbers got the juice then that’ll work anybody else and it’s a no go 🙅♂️
4:57 AM in Germany. Time to learn how to talk to your barber.
Yep
+Erdinc Akay (Crankr) Same here. Ich wollte demnächst auch zum Friseur gehen, aber ich hab keine Ahnung was ich sagen soll. Ich hab bisher einfach immer nur gesagt "kürzer bitte".
+ThaMobstarr Und danach hat man sich und den Friseur verflucht. :D
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haha genau :D
+Erdinc Akay (Crankr) Lol same here! 5 AM now in Malaysia
If I knew exacty which cut to get or how much to take off, I'd be cutting my own hair.
micomator you can't expect the person doing your hair to read your mind. find a picture on Google at least of a haircut you'd like.
Courtney Love Cant we just go there and say ma dude wat haircut u think suit me the most cuz mah skull is so fked up i see no hair cut that suits me
Wrath try growing it out then chances are you’re just getting a military haircut, try keeping it at like a 2 3 or 4 on the sides and just grow out the top
@@wrathfullys That's really more of a salonist's job. Many men feel uncomfortable going to a salon, however, due to gender associations.
Generally a good rule to follow is a salon for the top, and a barber for the face. Salons handle women more and are thus much better at hair and fitting styles to faces, whereas the male-dominated barber is, obviously, going to be less experienced with complicated hairdos but will handle facial hair like an absolute unit.
Jason Kelly bro this makes sense considering I always go to hair Cuttery for my haircuts and women tend to do me good 🙌
I thought this video was going to be about making small talk with your barber as they cut your hair. Still found this video useful though!
hahaha wow.
sandrewmail Life hack: by sticking any sharp object in your eyes will lead to blindness , meaning no awkward stares
@sandrewmail
I'm exactly like you
Oddly enough, my barber's name is Jesus lol.
I pretend to sleep to evade that
That barbers beard is amazing
1. Have some knowledge about the clippers and their numbers. (Search it up and they show u with pictures )
2. Bring a picture . A visual actually helps a lot
3. Be honest with your barber . It’s ok to be picky because it’s your hair and u want it a certain way
4. It’s just hair. It grows back within a week and if ppl hate who cares 👍🏽
But i want to look handsome and have many girlfriends
@@kevinc.cucumber3697 down bad mf
@@kevinc.cucumber3697 we all do kevin cucumber, we all do.
Barber:does bad haircut
Me: It’s great
that's me every time 🤣😂😅🤔😰😢😭
So true so true. Except I can't tell if it's the haircut that looks bad or if its me
Barber: does bad haircut
Also barber: is that good?
Me: yea it's good
Me going outside: he f#$king cut too much on the side
@@johnnyfrankenstein0123 they can cut them , not grow them back . They cant do shit when they cut too much
I love my barber because he doesn't let you ask for a specific haircut. He doesn't ask or listen to instruction. He's been a barber for 60-70 years and he doesn't give a shit what you think. You sit down, he walks a few circles around you while scratching his chin, he cuts your hair, and you look great every time. If you ask for something he will not listen, and I've seen him kick people out for demanding a certain cut. It's great, I love it.
So your barber is 70+ years old? No thanks
***** He is better and faster than anyone you'll find around.
Yikes, what a horrible barber
kewkiez7 If by horrible, you mean vastly superior barber, I agree.
The fuck lol I change my style from bald fade to a number 1 face on top and a half guard tapered lol. No mower I pay you don't choose what I want
Barber: How is it?
Me: It’s good. (while fake smiling with teary eyes)
"Dad?"
"Yes?"
"Can you come with me to the barber and tell him to do the same style he did last month?"
How to get the haircut you want without even talking:
Step 1. Take out your phone
Step 2. Find a picture of someone with the style you want, show it to the barber
Step 3. ??!?
Step 4. Done
exactly. After that close your eyes and take a nice nap while getting your hair cut.
x50 i did that and she fucked it up so bad
+Master that's why you don't go to a female barber they suck and fuck up your hair
You're right
i did that. and the barber fucked up sooo mfn bad. the nigga tried to combine the Cristiano Ronaldo's hairstyle but with the sides fully bald. ugh
New video!
Could have used this years ago when I had hair.
love your last point!! Barbers are skilled in hair and skin and can make great suggestions that flatter your head shape, texture, and amount of hair.
Great post!
I just started going to a barber who knows what they're doing which means their prices and cut qualities are higher than "good clips". I'm am ecstatic about finding this place and my barber. However, I'm not the most knowledgeable on tipping. Should I tip, and is it more akin to the 15-20% while dining, or is it smaller/larger? What is an appropriate tip?
John Fischer I tip 20 percent
Thanks Dan Ogburn and *****. I appreciate your help.
“Short back and sides, just a little off the top please mate”
The barber - *removes your scalp*
We don't have barbers in Germany, just hair stylists, mostly women. They do what they think is best anyway, and that's usually crap.
Amber57499 poor you(
Amber57499 everyone walking with undercuts, right?
There were heaps in Cologne and Bremen when i was there. Look for the Moroccan/Turkish barbers that charge around 10eu per cut. They do a good job
My hair stylist doesn't really understand what a modern hairstyle is so now I lowkey have the "let me speak to your manager" haircut.. I'm 13..
There are a lot of regular barbers, you just have to search a little and not go into the biggest shop on the main street.
I always tell my barber to give me the same haircut, yet I have walked out with a different one everytime.
Why tf has this happens to me my entire life.
My barbers don't speak English
XAdamskioX i feel you
being an english speaking I don't go to a barber unless they speak english.
I grew up going to a non-English barber but now I want to go to an English speaker barber, but I can't because I have no idea how to properly describe a haircut in English. Normally I just say cut the sides short and cut the top by half but now that I'm older I feel I'm leaving out too much detail. My normal barbers just cut whatever they think I mean so every time I go my haircut looks slightly different. They also won't cut the sides flat, so my head is like an upside down egg
I know I’m late but Jesus find another barber. Should be pretty of them.
@@invalidname.pleasetryagain122 All you need to do is have a picture of the side, front and back of the style you want
give me the SSJ2 gohan fam
Oooooooohhh.
I gotchu bro would you like a senzu bean with that?
Say no more
say no more
Asked for the Saiyan, gave me the Namekian.
So now I'm over here looking like Android.19
my mom takes me to her hair salon
fuck my life...
Does she pay? you life is great.
***** Where I live it costs about as much as 23 loaves of bread :) (or much much more, depending on the haircut) Yay Norway ...
I go to a hair salon because they do good work. Have an open mind and just tell them what you want, a girl hair dresser can give just as good of a hair cut as a guy barber.
Noah Torres I just cut my own hair :) I usually do 4" fringe, 2.5" on the back side of the top, then a 1/4in - 3/8in fade on the back/sides. Actually really easy after a little practice, haven't had one mistake yet and it looks a lot better than paying $40 for someone who doesn't know exactly what you want.
Garrett Neal that's really cool, hair-stylists always fuck up my hair, how do you cut it yourself without being able to see your back hair relative to your hand in the mirror
Me: I'd like this haircut
Barber: does something different
Me: it's perfect thanks
Inner me: I will inflict a terrible curse upon you and your firstborn
This so friggin' relatable😂😂😂
🤣🤣
I just sit and say "The usual", Been doing it for about three years now and aways worked out for me. First time I got there I just showed a johnny cash pic and they nailed it.
+Caio Augusto If it ain't broke...
Bullshit
@@oz_jones don't fix it
Beast mode Legend after 3 years someone finally finished the sentence
This guy
Thank you for giving these tips. Last haircut I had completely unevenly cut the above the ear fade. I told my regular stylist it was an important cut as I’m going to vacation in Palm Springs. I wear glasses, so if this isn’t done well, the hair sticks out from the frames. She’s always had a problem with this. Before she worked on the ears, she had someone come in wanting to buy gift certificates so she rushed my cut and was a 1/4 inch difference on the ears! I was self-conscious about it the whole vacation. I will never go back to her again.
There is your problem, stylist. Find a righteous barber and you won't be sorry.
While this generally works, one of the worst haircuts I've ever had involved me giving my usual description (3 on top, 1 1/2 on the sides, long taper, blocked in the back). I got no taper at all and a ragged neckline. So, step #0, especially if you get a clipper cut, is to find someone whose hair looks good and ask where he gets it cut.
Barber: How are you
Me: Im good, how are you
Barber: Im good
Literally how it goes
I know that feel lmao
I just recently had to learn these tips by myself as I kept getting haircuts that were not what i wanted. Thank you for the video and I'm sure you'll help tons of other men out there!
“The art of anxiety”
I've had lots of bad hair cuts from barbers/hairstylist. I found many of them to be in a hurry and they don't care if you like your haircut or not. I learned to just cut my own hair and now I'm happy 100% of the time.
+felix thecat Yep, same here. For me a trip to the barber is a trip of disappointment and self loathing. Now I know it's my fault that I 'm bad at explaining the barber about the cut I want, but for me, cutting my hair myself is much easier now.
+felix thecat yep
“Cut a little at the top”
“Say no more”
*shave off my entire scalp*
“How you like it”
“Wow best haircut I ever got, thanks man”
My barber always asks me something. And when I try to explain him what I want, we both realize that he does not understand English good enough 😂
"poor communication is partly to blame"
I ask for a little off my head
He proceeds to give me a buzz cut
this is all so correct. I'm currently at barber college and work with actual customers and many situations involve where the client doesn't know what they want or what the differences are between certain styles. But, it's not their fault.
Here's how my haircuts look if I try an new one
1st cut: Alright, not bad but not great.
2nd cut: He's passed the learning curve and its looking good
3rd and beyond: Perfect.
Excellent. I've never really been happy with any haircut for the last 30 years, until the last one. The barber knew her craft. Now I'll be able to talk her language.
Wow... I always wanted to find a barber shop around me that was a little old school like you guys recommend, as it is easier to just go to a Sportsclip or something like that. But now that I have found a barber shop (I Have yet to visit) I know exactly how to tell the guy what I would like. I have never heard any tips given like this before. Thank you guys for posting this and for helping a young lad like me communicate better with my barber.
The BEST haircut I ever had was from a barbershop on the Viale de Lavoro in Ciampino, a quite close suburb of Rome. All communication was done using hand gestures! He didn't speak English and my Italian sucked then.
I like this channel. It basically covers the basics of everything.
+Moon For a generation that grew up without fathers.
+Brandon Wills In the feels
+Brandon Wills
They grew up with boys and not men.
Brandon Wills You mean for the 110% of black people
@@BrandonTWills Welp, some had fathers, it's just that, that certain father had a toxic ego so he insults his son because his son doesn't do what he wants him to do.
Too bad my face is disgusting so it makes it impossible to judge whether or not I have a good haircut because everything looks bad on me
sad life ur living there
Yeah
ForwardToNowhere feels
Ask your barber for a cast iron frying pan to the face.
Me irl
We touched on this a few months ago. Good to know we're on the same page!
- Cheers
Beeeeffff
@@purpledon4527 seriously 😆
Art of Passive Aggressive Comments
When I started watching these videos I was amazed to see how good they are! Congrats on a great channel!
I've been going to the same barber for 20 years and haven't varied my style much but this is fascinating nevertheless. It's good to know in case I do decide to go for a change.
Great video! Growing up my dad always cut my hair the way he learned how to in the Army. So I never learned the terms. This helps a lot, thank you.
1940: how to talk to your barber
2019: flying cars
Thanks for this info. Choppy is what I've been wanting for literally YEARS, but didn't know how to get my point across. Now I know.
was expecting, how to make small talk with your barber...
Hugo Zaaijer lol me too
Hugo Zaaijer believe it or not the barber probably don't give a shit how your day was.
If you thought that then you must be a real idiot for clicking (let alone for thinking that)
Don't ask stupid questions and steer clear of cliches... Every stupid question (how long you been cutting hair? Did you catch all these fish? How long has the shop been here? Etc) that barber hears every single day. Along with clients cliches (there you go.. I feel ya.. it is what it is. Etc) and don't have the same conversation with him every time you go in..
Keep in mind, a barbershop is 90% bullshit... But if you feel him speeding up on your haircut as he's cutting your hair, it might be a good idea to shut up.
My social anxiety didn't know I needed this
I once went into a barber talk, apparently his sister died and he drank all night last day.
I was 12. I walked out shocked
I'm trans ftm and this was so helpful! I have like no clue about anything regarding men's hair so I'm glad to have an idea of what to say now when I come in.
Barber: "This good?"
Me: "Yeah"
*GOES OUTSIDE*
REEEEEEEEEEEE
*REEEEE INTENSIFIES*
I showed a picture of a hairstyle to my barber he just said ''You dont need that just shut up and stay still''. This is the best haircut i've ever had haha.
1980 : Omg we will have flying cars in the future!
2018 : How to talk to your barber
male cutting my 8 inch hair off tomorrow, super nervous. this video really helped my confidence. thanks :)
guy: *talks to barber*
also guy: _they call me a madman_
This video definitely helps I normally get the usual short back and sides but I never know how much I want off the top so I just say just a trim on the top I notice that every time I say this it can be completely different each time you just need to say what you want in detail
Fuck kinda taper was that
Yea that guy clearly isnt doing tapers that often
Last one is most important! Realy good Barber Knows what works and looks good!
Just watch the barber scene on "gran torino"
Francisco Ceja my thoughts exactly
Francisco Ceja Hahaha I was looking to see if anyone had commented this yet. Well said
How the hell are ya, you do wop dago
Going in a nice shop tomorrow for a cut definitely using these tips to actually discuss with my barber what I want to achieve and let him be creative too
Always been bad at the jargon... I walked in one day and said “just an 8 thank you” sure enough they just shaved my entire head
Now I'm gonna show this video to my barber
i legit showed my barber a 360 degree photo of the hairstyle i wanted, so he proceed to turn my phone off after acting like he looked at it lol.
Great Video! Got the best haircut of my life after learning all the terminology in this video.
Half the guys here entered because they wanted to know how to make small talk with your barber lmao
I tell my barber give me what you think would look good. Never disappointed.
Crazy to me how I show my barber the picture of the cut I want and he still manages to somehow butcher it
The all out best thing to say is "hello" or some other kind of greeting first. A lot of people walk in, and because they're fixed on what they need, just start asking or demanding things like; "how long before me", "do I have to wait", or "how much is it".
Where those questions are expected some kind of greeting first is awesomely appreciated when people walk in.
Think back to my last haircut? About 7 hours ago.
Oscar Navarro that haircut was two years ago
3 years now
I should've watched this the same day it came out! It was on my birthday as well!! But it is never too late for such tips! Thanks!!
I was thinking about switching to another barbershop (my current one is more of a cheap hair salon, where i had the same haircut for 10 years). The problem is: i don't have any idea what kind of haircut i want, or what kind of haircut will suit met. Another problem: the closest and most affordable real barbershop has turkish barbers, so i'm not even sure they speak my language, lol(last time i checked they didn't, instead they've got a boy-translator).
Look online for haircuts for men with your hair type. If you like one, try it. Generally the rule of thumb is that if you have a wider head, you want to go short on the sides and longer on top to elongate the look of your head. If you have an already long head, you generally want a haircut that gives your head a wider appearance. You also have to consider your jaw line. If you have a super square jaw, and you get a super boxy hair cut, your head is going to be a square, so you should avoid haircuts the stand up in a boxy symmetrical way, unless you're going for a square look. Thats the gist of it
Thanks for the referral to this video after my comment in another one. I ended up getting my best haircut so far thanks to some of the tips in this video.
Does this mean I have to talk to myself?
you should do a video on how to pick the right barber
1/2" left on top
1/3" left on sides
square off the back
Done.
Edit: Not trying to sound rude here, just my hair grows thick, not long. There is nothing else I can do with it, doesn't matter if I go to a $55 barber, or a $20 barber, I get the same results, just the $55 one is run by a conservative zealot who likes to talk politics while holding a straight razor to my neck; the $20 one is usually a cute girl around my own age.
All the cute girls i've gone to do such a crappy job!
I tell this to my man all the time.Dont go get your haircut at those silly chain hair salons. The women in those shops are stupid females who couldnt do anything else with thier lives but, take the easy way out and go to cosmotology school. . and guess what? They all suck. Go to a man, a barber. Its worth spending the $30- $55 dollars. They know what thrye doing, and no a mans haircut from a mans perspective!
You've got a point. My city is full of lousy chain cuts. I need to find a veteran barber, I think I can deal with someone's "politics" long enough to get a good quality trim.
why are u payin that much money? who cuts hair for 55?!
20-30 dollars for a haircut, really...? the fuck do u ppl live
DrunkenCokeHead421
"Who cuts hair for $55?!" ...the mens barber shops who need the extra money to stay open and hope their "olde timey" feel (and by that I mean extreme conservatism) will help them keep the older men coming.
Though I will say that at said salons populated with women hair "stylists" I did get one bad haircut once. And by "bad" I mean she missed a spot on the back left of my neck. I just shaved it off when I got home.
But yeah my hair is so thick I can literally do NOTHING with it. Just "shorter". And once I get a job I'll buy my own set of sheers and just do it myself.
Short, to the point and informative.
I don't talk to barbers, unless they talk to me, I just want them to cut my hair and I'll be on my way.
@SniperX they met each other on Omegle, exchanged dick pics and decided to meet up for a hair cut.
love the fact that u included guys who are bolding. any suggestions for giys who are loosing their hair?
Niqqa make me look gud.
Lmao
number 1 should be find a barber that speaks fukin english
+busessuck1 XD so fucking true
FR
The barber in my town is deaf.
so true 😂😂
Nah, they charge too much.
Since i was born whenever I go to barber Shop and trust his expertise and never say a word
How to talk to your brother
Me:
Barber: ok
well needed video for some people who blame their hairdressers when they give vague interpretations of what they want
every time I had my haircut, I wish I could migrate to China...
Still wanna migrate to China in 2020....
The video all men waited for... Thank you for this amazing upload
Me : "I want the same cut as in Hitler youth"
Barber : "..."
Works for me, I just yell 'SEITENSCHEITEL!!!'
Im so thankful for this video. i just scheduled a pretty famous barber shop in the city i lived in and I have been stressing the correct way to ask them. This is great. subbed.
Lol that moment when you stress out on what to say the day b4 you get a haircut , is it me or am I the only 1 that thinks what to say perfectly at night
StaticGuides no xD
No one:
TH-cam: You wanna know how to talk to a barber?
What happens if all the barbers in your area are eastern europeans who don't speak very good english so despite everything you tell them they give you the same dead trim every time?
me and my barber talk about many subjects from cars to fishing lmao
I've been cutting my own hair for awhile now. every time I went to the barber I knew what I want and said and even showed pictures and only one times did I find a really cool old guy who knew what he was doing other then that I didnt see the point in spending money for something I can do myself