Rant: my old boss swore by feathering clippers, cost me a client's trust
Back when I worked at a shop in Allentown, the owner, Ray, told me to always feather the clippers over the crown on any fade. Said it melts the line, no harsh edges. I did that for about two years, never thought twice. Then last month a guy sits down and asks for a skin fade, and I just did it on autopilot again. He looks in the mirror and says, "Man, you left it all fuzzy up top, that's not a fade." I didn't even realize what I was doing until he said it. So I fixed it with a trimmer, no guard, took off way more than he wanted. He wasn't mad, but he tipped less and hasn't rebooked. Has anyone else had some old rule that you just follow without thinking, and it backfires hard on a specific head shape? I'm still second guessing myself on dense hair cuts now.