Apricot Asian style makeover.. Head trim

So we've worked on the rest of this little overgrown girl. We set her into an Asian style trim. And now I'm going to set her head in. I've never groomed this dog before, so we've got... I don't think she's been groomed for a long, long time, because she keeps a poodle trim usually, so she's got a lot of hair on her. She had no poodle shape on her at all. She was that overgrown. A big mess, but the secret weapon was to the rescue. So, first things first. I'm going to take the same guard comb that I did on her body, which was a half inch, and I'm going to clean up her throat area. So let's... Pulling up the throat. Good girl, good girl. I know puppy, I know. Easy, easy, easy. Good girl. I wanted to clean up that throat latch area, so that it makes the muzzle really pop, and it really... Ah, it's nicer, cleaner looking. Easy sweetie, easy. You're a wake up mom, aren't you? So if I was doing like a mushroom head style, or something like that, I'd want to be careful on where this line is, because that could potentially go into that big mushroom head style, but I took it up a bit farther, because I'm not doing that kind of style. Just to be on the fast side, I'm going to use my clipper to clean her eyes, if she's a good girl. I have no idea, because I've never groomed you before. Come here baby. Good girl. So I'm just lightly pressing it, no scooping. Good. From the side, I don't have a whole lot of hair gone in there. I really don't want to ruin the effect, right? Now, because her head's been chopped at, and it is actually kind of thin, I don't have a whole lot of options. Look at your face for a second here. And her ears have been hacked at too, so just let me think for a minute. We are going to cut your brow in a little bit, so I'm using curves, I'm actually using Vatsumi Super Curves. I'm just going to cut in that brow a little bit, so I can see what I'm working with. Easy, easy, easy. I'm kind of limited by what the hair is that's there, so start setting in a shape. So normally, if she had a lot of hair on that top outer edge of her ears, I think I would actually leave some underneath to kind of fill in and help support it. But because this has been trimmed so much, I am going to try and instead blend it and do maybe a short hairstyle. So I am going to remove this hair in front of the ear. Hey, you're listening. You're listening for your mommy. Good girl, Penny. Good girl. So again, I'm just locking in a shape. We will get to the actual finishing, cleaning it up a little bit later. No, no, no. Easy, easy, easy. Sweetie. Okay, we are going to go close that window. Hang on. Okay, window's closed. Hopefully that'll be a little bit less distracting for her. I'm going to set in her face, so that I kind of know what I'm dealing with, even though she's a little bit see-for-it. So looking at her face, I'm going to shorten up this muzzle. Look straight at the camera, sweetie. Good girl. I think she's either been home-trimmed on the top of her nose or she probably might not even grow that in. So I am going to scissor that to kind of blend it in because she doesn't really grow anything much there. It looks quite threadbare. Good girl. You'll get the hang of it, sweetie. Right here, I'm just cleaning up this area right here that's sitting behind the muzzle underneath the eyes. Again, not shaving it short not taking it too drastically short but I just want to at an angle layer this in here. Not only does it clean it up and make it easier maintenance but it also will make that muzzle pop. I would consider this more of an Asian fusion, where it's not really extreme or anything like that. It's nothing fancy, but it is cute and it is different. Maybe her mom will let me grow her into something unique, eh? What have you got for non-existent ears here? Sorry, you guys can't see what I'm doing. Yeah, there's really not much there. So, it's okay. It's not for you. Not for you, guaranteed. I'm thinking I'm just going to soften the edges of this because I really want to grow her ears out, but I actually don't know. Part of me wants to go extreme and clip them off and put a bling on it. She's got a really cute, tiny little ear in there. Her ear is literally to there. It would be stinking cute. Maybe I'll do it. Cut the hair off because I'm not sure what I want to do yet. I don't think I want to clip it really much. I just want to make it look cute. So, easy pumpkin. She's a quick to work with, eh? And now we have a noisy, busy street and no music, eh? So, I left this hair back here because I didn't know what I was going to do with it. I'm just making this up as I go. So, I don't like a real extreme change to neck unless you're doing a mushroom head or something. So, I'm just going to slowly blend that in. Keep in mind when she perks her ears up you want to make sure that there's not a bunch of excess hair up there. I'll have to include the before picture because it's quite the mess. Bunch of hair. Get your head over here. So, is that you now? Oh, you're cute. Oh my goodness. You're going to be cute, I think. Your mama won't recognize you. I don't think she's ever had her in anything not traditional. I think she just honestly, I think she might be homegrown. Or get overgrown enough to get shaved or something. So, we'll see. She might hate it. If she hates it, I'll clip it off. it's fun to practice. Okay, let's make the other side match now. After I work on the other side, I'll try and clean all this up a little bit. Unless it looks a little bit too big still. Which is a problem I have. Too much hair and I care. And I'm not doing her chin because she's fussy. So, I'm afraid I am using it as a handle. Okay. Good girl. Oh, you're spunky as you are. You're spunky, aren't you? Oh, there's my finger rest. I'm going to go inside the table. I'm going to open the camera. I won't trust you. I always keep my fingers on the edge of the ear. I'm just going to pause it while I just Okay. Oh, you're fine, princess. I'm right here. So, I always put my fingers on the edge of the ear while I trim it. Just for old paranoid sake, never be in too much of a hurry that you can't be safe. And Now, I'm not looking at her straight, so I'm going to get you straight for a second so I can fix your other side of your head. You know, you're stinking cute. You're stinking cute now. Yeah. So, again, just layering the ear so that it's got a nice trimmed look without being choppy because she's not very curly on her ears. She's kind of straight. That's why it looks more choppy. And it was definitely hacked out, so I had lots of layers. Adjust again. Boy, you're too beautiful. Yeah. I'm going to have to change the music. Oops, sorry sweetie. Alright, I'm getting away from it. I'm going to have to trim underneath your chin so I can set the rest of it. Alright. First things first, I'm going to do your lip line. Now, I've got a finger underneath and on top because I don't trust her not to look. I really don't think she'll let me trim these. Oh no. What the woof, huh? What the woof are those? Girl, you're doing pretty good. I'm not used to all this fussing right now. Let's try and get you. Sorry guys. Oh my goodness princess. I can tell you've had your face shaped up and never trimmed. Come here. For this, because she's being so wiggly, I've actually got a finger on this side and a finger on this side and I'm right behind her little head neck joint bones where I can actually turn. She can't protest me too much but it's not uncomfortable. It's just a light hold because otherwise she protests, don't you? Good girl. I find you get lots of this stuff in here so you've got to comb it this way and that way and clean it up. I'm also going to want to check for flus because hair can hide in there too. I haven't done the layering in here. It's just a freezer, sweetie. Good girl. Very nice. Good girl. Let's have a look at you from the front. You're a little lumpy. Especially when you your one ear sticks up and it's pretty thinking cute. Oh, I hope your mom likes it. Probably won't. Nothing's here, sweetie. You're convinced because it's a busy Friday. I'm going to take that ear take off the little thing sticking out in the front edge and layer it. Easy way to do that was to take the ear up, fold it in half and you can see the stuff hanging out in front. I'm using blenders because I honestly can't predict which way she's going to leak. Distraction gone. You're doing very good, sweetie. Sorry. It's me reaching around. When I'm sitting back and looking I'm looking at shapes. I'm looking at this shape and is it overwhelming? Usually you want it by the edge of the eyes. I'm trying to decide if I want to take it in shorter or not. If I want more of a teddy bear-ish look. Sometimes that's just nitpicking because when they're walking around they're so cute. That's what I like to look for is evenness symmetrical expression, all that kind of stuff. Any areas that hairs can hide. Underneath your chin. Good girl. Good. Alright. There you have my cute little makeover girl. Penny. You're cute. She did pretty stinking good from her little makeover. She didn't have any more hair than you see at the bottom of her feet. I had to flare what I could. She also did have a grown out tail so I did something alternative. Back of the head. There is a bit of hair here. It's been blended in. She's a tiny little thing over there. Hey Panters. Meow meow meow. Good girl. You're not going to look at me are you?