Summer Mohawk

Last summer I thought it would be fun to take, now 3 year old Tommie's long locks and instead of going straight for a summer butch give him a mohawk for a bit first.  

He loved it.  His siblings loved it.  

So, fast forward to this summer, where Tommie has been asking for his mohawk back.

Alrighty kiddo, here comes your mohawk!

Summer Mohawk How-to

(For regular haircuts skip to step 2.)

1. Using a comb to make straight line parts, gather the hair in the middle of the head into a couple of ponytails--gathering and lifting the mohawk-to-be out of the way.  I don't go all the way to the neck with the mohawk, but stop a few inches up instead...that bottom hair doesn't mohawk well.

2. Cut all hair that is not in a ponytail using clippers.  In this case I used a #3 clipper attachment.  Work carefully around the ponytails, trying not to catch any hair you don't mean to.  Go over the hair with the clippers a couple of times to insure you don't have any long hairred straglers.

3. Using the ear attachment, clip/clean-up right around ears.

4. Clean-up and create a straight line at the neck, by using the clippers--no attachment--on lowest setting. Holding clippers upside down, start by placing clippers at desired hairline and 'shaving' down the neck towards shoulders, going down as far as there are stray hairs.  Make sense? ;)

5. When your finished cutting it should look something like this.  Ponytails down the middle an. a clean cut all around.

6. Take the ponytails out.

7. Style using mousse, fiber gum, hairspray, gel--whatever you've got--and a little hairdryer action to hold in place.

Note:  The above how-to can be used for regular hair cuts too, just cut all the hair instead of leaving a mohawk.