Advanced cutting techniques

Channelling
Serrating
Slicing
Twist cutting

Do you know how to cut angles, make outline shapes and do layering? When you cut a piece of hair, do you know how that piece of hair is going to fall?

When you learn about cutting techniques, you should already have this sort of basic knowledge of how to cut hair and understand how a cut affects the way the hair will fall.

You can then learn how to give a finished hair cut more texture and make it softer and more flexible by reducing the hair internally. The technique you use to achieve this will depend on the result you require. In this section, we look at what techniques you can use.

Remember, once you know all the basic rules about cutting hair, you can start to break them and then you can become more creative.