What are you getting?
Most people know what they want their head to look like and not what it is called. This translates one into the other — then tells you who cuts it best and books them.
- Looks
- 6
- From
- $30
- Takes
- About a minute
What are you actually dealing with?
Short sides, sharp
The sides go down to skin and blend up into whatever length you keep on top. It is the cleanest possible finish and the most exact — a fade is either blended or it is not.
- Book
- The Fade
- Price
- $45 · 45 min
- How long it holds
- Looks its best for about two weeks, still sharp at three.
Also worth a look: Cut + Beard
Best hands for it
What it looks like
How short,
exactly?
Two things decide a fade and most people only know a word for one of them. Set both and we will draw it, then give you the sentence to say in the chair.
Diagram — proportions are stylised
How far up does it start?
How close at the bottom?
Say this in the chair
“A mid skin fade.”
Halfway between the ear and the temple. The default modern fade — enough contrast to read as deliberate from across a room.
Razored down to bare scalp at the lowest point. The cleanest possible finish and the least forgiving — there is nowhere for a mistake to hide.
- Book
- The Fade
- Price
- $45 · 45 min
- How long it holds
- Sharp for about two weeks.
Still deciding.
Book The Cut. It covers a consultation, a scissor-and-clipper cut, wash and finish, and it is the appointment most people need.
If your barber sees something else fits better once you are in the chair — a fade, more scissor work, beard included — they will say so and adjust it there. You will not be charged for the wrong thing because you guessed.
Read the roster. Each barber lists what they actually specialise in — skin fades, textured and coily hair, scissor work on longer hair, straight razor, kids — and their recent work sits on their page.
If you would rather not choose, book any chair. Everyone here can cut a good head of hair; the specialisms are about who is fastest at what you specifically want.
Almost certainly. Between the roster there is dedicated experience in coily and textured hair, long and curly hair cut entirely with scissors, fine hair, and greying hair that needs blending rather than dyeing.
If you have had a bad experience elsewhere, say so when you book. It tells the barber where to be careful.
Last call
You’re due.
Pick a service, pick a barber, pick a time. Two minutes now, three weeks of not thinking about your hair.