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42 | July/August 2016 The Importance of a Good Haircut Sitting nearby is a soldier who found Savages aer he picked up a flyer for the barbershop at language school. While his stylist cuts, instead of a plain black haircutting cape draped around him, he wears a white cape with images of mustaches, mirrors, keys, brushes, binoculars, shaving brushes, top hats, pocket watches, pipes, a wooden trunk and a bar of soap around his shoulders. "I get a haircut every other week now," the soldier says. "I always get a medium fade on the side. I like to keep it short. I have curly hair, so if it gets too long...I'd rather just keep it short." e stylist uses her first three fingers to show me how you can determine where a fade might fall on a man's head. She places her index finger above his ear. "is would be a low fade." She places her middle finger just above her index. "is is usually a medium fade. It's the most famous." Finally, she places her third finger above his ear and refers to it as "a high fade." Back at Jasmaine's station by the window, she cuts John's hair. John is a soldier who learned about Savages from Facebook. "ere's so many barbershops around here. When I came here—it's something differ- ent—it finally fits me," he said. Today, John has decided to do an undercut with a low fade. While Jasmaine uses her comb and clippers for the hair on the sides of John's head, she reminds me there are cer- tain factors that can determine a good haircut. e size and shape of someone's head. Face shape can be an influence. So can a specific kind of hair. "Texture is everything," Sutton adds. "Curly hair won't slick." Sutton says that some men come in with a picture of a haircut that they want, but it won't fit the hair they've got. "We're honest. We always want to give them something that fits them." John adds, "I feel a little OCD about my hair." e way Jasmaine smiles, she already knows that. She looks at me. "I have rulers on my combs," she says, showing me. John tends to thinks that female stylists care more about haircuts and styling, while men want to hustle you out of the chair. Jasmaine reaches for her shears for John's hair on top. "Most barbers will use clippers all the way around and even on top," she stated, "but as cosmetologists, we get more experience with scissors." She holds onto some of his hair, "If I can grab it with my hands, I'll use scissors. I have better control of what I'm cutting. It gives it more of that natural look." Jasmaine grew up watching her uncle work in a barbershop. When she was six-years old and coloring near his station, she remembered being fascinated with the way a man could come in scruffy and "busted," but once her uncle had cut his hair, she couldn't believe it was the same man who got up and walked out. She continues to experience the same disbelief with her clients even today. "ey come in and look scruffy and once you turn them around in the chair and their whole facial expression changes, that transition, it's exciting." When she interviewed at Savages more than a year ago, instead of an interview, Nelly asked if Jasmaine brought her clippers with her and asked if she wanted to cut some hair. "I was nervous. I was so scared. But I didn't stop cutting. I think I did 27 haircuts that day." Now, Jasmaine said, "Some guys walk in and I've already cut their hair in my head." Tickets online at www.cfrt.org or call 910-323-4233 ON STAGE @ PRESENTS wILlIaM ShaKeSPeARe's SEPT 8 - OCT 2, 2016 MAY 11 - MAY 28, 2017 APR 6 - APR 23, 2017 MAR 2 - MAR 19, 2017 JAN 9 - FEB 12, 2017 OCT 27 - NOV 13, 2016 Get 8 Issues per year of CityView delivered to your door for ONLY $24 CALL TODAY 910.423.6500 or visit us at www.CityViewNC.com

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