How To: Wolf Cut (Section, Layer, Texture)

Today we're going to be doing like a Chinese wolf cut style, a shorter version of a wolf cut on this straight Asian hair. So let's get right into it. First you start by sectioning. You call this the parietal ridge. So basically the recession point. Head separates from top to the side and you put one clip there. So you're kind of doing like a horseshoe downwards diagonal shape. Same thing on this side So basically like this and make sure everything's even. Right now, everything is too heavy, on this side. so we need to layer this into like a square layer in the back. On the sides, we want to keep it long, but we want to create some shape, so we're gonna do some graduations to build more weight. First, let's go on this side. So how we do it, first we get our initial guideline, diagonal sections, and then we're just gonna cut a little bit, like so. We're just gonna cut just a little bit. That's gonna be our initial guide. Go right behind that, find our previous guide, and go. And one more, find our previous guide. And as we go, we're going to over direct it, meaning we're going to, as we go back, the length is going to get longer and longer as we go. Okay, so if you see, we created more of a shape and had a little bit more texture and volume. So continue doing that until right behind the ear. Okay, here we go. We didn't go too much shorter, but if you see, it created more like that square-ish length that I wanted. Okay, so for the back, We're going to create square layers, so it'll be more like this. Right now, if you check it, it's like too long. It's longer here compared to here. So just for the under section, which is under the section, we're going to do some square layers. How? First, we're going to create a guide. So we're going to do a horizontal section like so. And then we're going to get a feather razor. We're going to create our first guide. We don't want it to go too short, but we don't want it too long either. So just add where the collar is, top of the collar of the cape. Just go downwards. So our first guide right there. It should be kind of in like a U shape. So it's longer in the middle, slightly longer in the middle and then get shorter as you go back. Now we're gonna increase the height of our section by a little bit. And now we're gonna go full, fully 90 degrees to the head. Okay, and then now you see the guide here. So what we do, we're gonna feather razor following our guideline there. Same thing here. You start to begin to see more movement and layers. So increase the section. One more time, okay. Then just, you don't want to be too precise with it because you want to add a lot of texture and movement, especially with Asian hair. So don't be too precise with it. Just kind of, it can be a bit messy with the cutting. Okay, so if you look from here, you can already see a bunch of movement in the middle areas here. And this one, we're gonna angle it a little bit downwards. Okay, not fully 90 degrees to the head, but a little bit downwards. And then you'll see our previous guide right under it. So right here, I'm just gonna cut it. Now we're gonna build the weight. Okay, looking good. This part here, a lot of people mess this part up. So what we're gonna do, we're first gonna go fully out and then we'll see our guide here. So we just go straight down. You see the edge here, make it a little bit softer. Okay, that's good. Same thing on this side, bring it straight out, straight out. Now we're gonna do the upper zone, so the hair's on top. So for here, especially for Asian hair, We don't want to do crazy layers for the upper zone. So all we're going to do is first we're going to comb everything downwards and then make our guide by connecting it to our under zone guide. Our last under zone guide. And then we're just going to use this to get rid of all that and connect it. Same thing here. Basically, I kind of cut it in like a U shape, okay? And then for the layers, I'm going to do a vertical section like so. And then I'm going to... Cut it. It's going to be like, kind of like this, like this. Go here. And this is our guide here. So we're going to do it from here and then we're going to slowly. Now, even while it's put you can see, you got that round shape here for the sides and the front. So first for the front, we're going to create our base length. So pull everything straight down and let's do it right at the top of his mouth area. Okay. And how are we going to do it? It's going to get longer as we get to the middle. So as we go connected to the sides, we're going to go a little bit shorter. Going shorter, raising backwards. It should create more like that feathery look. So it gets from long to short. Okay, Pull it back. See, now we got that long to short look. Okay, but now we need to add some more layers on the side. Now, same thing, take vertical sections and then cut just a little bit like so, okay. And then when we do the front, do you see the recession point here? We're just gonna create a nice triangle section and then we're not gonna cut anything above that. So this is our last section. Rinse and repeat on the other side. Okay, now we're gonna do the top. We put the guide here, right? So what we do, we lift it up and then we go all the way up and make sure it's straight. Okay, you're not on no angle. You go straight up and then you'll see the guide. Now you just point cut that. Go here and then follow the guide. Remember, it goes shorter on the sides. Same thing. Now we're gonna do vertical sections down the middle of the head. Now we're gonna go straight up. And this is our thing. So we just point cut straight upwards. You don't need to be perfect or anything. The messier, the better. Now do one more section here. Follow the previous guide. The last one here, straight up. And I'm going to cross check and do some more texturizing. Start from the back, point cut. Feels a little bit too heavy here still. So what I'm going to do, I'm going to go like that, point it up. And I'm going to do layering again. Just point cut that. Go up, add some more texturing layers. As you see. Same thing on the other side, okay. We're gonna first blow dry it with sea salt spray and then we're gonna add some more texture with thinning shears. So first while it's still damp, lift up the roots, spray some sea salt spray or texturizing spray in the roots, get on the sides, get in the back, massage it into the hair. The reason why you do it while it's wet is so that it distributes better, okay. Get your blow dryer, high heat, high speed. I mean, And then you're gonna blow dry. First from the back and you blow dry kind of everything upwards first. If you see already, just from the sea salt spray, you start getting that crazy textured volume-y look when you blow-dry upwards. Okay, on the sides, blow-dry backwards. Kind of like an upward diagonal motion. And then the front, first, the top and the front, you're gonna blow-dry everything kind of forward. Make sure it's parallel to the head, not perpendicular, parallel. Blow-dry everything forward, like so. Once it's fully dry, blow-dry everything backwards. And you put your hand on top, and then you're gonna If you see the back shape, we got that nice Asian like crazy shape, texture and shape. And this is from Sea Salt Spray too. Now we're going to start texturizing. So first, how we texturize, we're going to get through the sides first, get vertical sections. Okay. And now we're just going to go straight. One, two, three. Okay, comb it out. Same thing here. One, two, three. You gotta make sure my thinning shears doesn't have that many teeth. It's like in the medium zone. So it doesn't take out that much hair, but some people's shears take out too much hair. So be aware. I'm doing three, but some of you may have to do more. Some of you may have to do less. Three. And then the last section, go out to a recession point. And then here, one, two, three. As you see, got a lot lighter. And then for the top here, we're gonna do it in a angle, like so. Now we're gonna hairspray it. So far, we're gonna start from the back. The back, we're gonna spray it in the root, so lift it up, and as it's falling, we're gonna hairspray it. And it will create the nice, voluminous shape. Same thing here, same thing here. It stays like that. And the sides, we're gonna lift it up. Again, spray it as it falls. So spray it, and then let it go. Now for the details, we're gonna lift up a little bit, little part of the hair, and we're just gonna spray that, and then let it fall. Same thing in the back. Now for the front, we're just gonna lift it up. Little details, just bring little strands of hair forward. Now we cut the nice shape. And then for the sideburns, it kind of sticks out. So what we do, spray some hairspray on the fingers like that. And we're just gonna lay it down. Now this is how we get the Chinese wolf cut thing. As you see.