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    Posted: December 27 2006 at 2:04am
Aight, I've been havin the hang of cuttin' my own hair wit the clippers because it's supa easy,BUT, my only prob. is gettin' a hang wit the trimmers. Right now I basically use'em to shave. How do I perfect the line-ups? (Another thing is, how do barbers shave off a "layer" of your sideburns to get'em pointed and fresh, and not all "bushy". Do trimmers have gaurds?) My style wit the sideburns is havin them curve into the point.
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I don't know if this helps, but yea thas what I mean when I say "curve into the point".
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u need a gaurd 4 da clippper..n juss trim da siderburns..if u wolfin u mite juss wanna taper...i line ma self up all da time..u juss need mirrors..make sure dere sationary tho...dun try holdin a mirror up n linin urslef up cuz dat wont work
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So you trim the sideburns with the clipper; then work wit the trimmers? do you get the "crisp" look when u line urself up?
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4 sure..u jss gotta get da rite length..try cuttin about a centimeter..i dunno how mant inches im canadian..around ur outlin all da way around ur head wit a #1 atg...den brush down in all directions n line it up..itll look crisp if u do it rite..post pics if u do it
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Its a hard job, but it takes alot of practice. To trim your sideburns just line them up, then use your regular clippers to trim them down.
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i need clippers.. so i can  line my self up.. i just use a razor if anything..
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I still need a guard if im "trimmin" the sideburns down a size? I cut my hair wit a #3ATG, what guard would I use to trim the sideburns?
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when u say taper or fade ur edges, we talkin bout like bringin the edges down to a lower guard length right? Cuz I did that once while wolfin n it made my edges hella clean. Definetly should use trimmers for edges, clippers cant get tight enough. N I also use the gillette fusion straight razor side, with the 1 tight blade. That thing the best investment i made in a min, no more cheap razors i used to try n do edges wit. I like straight razors for edges
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use a number 1..not da bare metal of da clipper use da smallest gaurd..it'll work nice i gauratee as long as u dun go too far onto ur head..dun trim 2 far juss around ur outline..da ting bout line ups is dat even is ya hair get messed up...if u line up is crisp ya hair gon look nice regardless..
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I see, i'll consider givin it a try soon. I don't even know how to make the "point".
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k lemme explain..wen u make a point..leave da top of da temple...take a bit away frum da natural outline progressively until ur at da bottom of ur sideburn and u gotta point!
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