A Man’s Guide to

GREAT HAIRSTEP-BY-STEP

Patrick Kalle - Artistic Director

Wallace Barlow - Executive Barber

Joost Mulleman - Executive Barber

Maurice Den Exter - Executive Barber

It has to do with loyalty, reliability, and respect. These exist between a man and the barber who cuts his hair—stylist, hair guy, guru.

A man entrusts his barber to tend the facial nethers with a purposeful rhythm—efficient and deliberate—knowing what’s right, and carefully attending to the business at hand, often without comment. His knowledge and advice as steady and reliable as his craft. A man’s hair is a partnership—the right person—indispensable.

Introducing the team of barbering professionals behind The Esquire Grooming Collection—master trained barbers and barber shop owners chosen for their decades of experience, global insights, and particular deftness at all things grooming.

Masters of the latest barbering trends and techniques from around the world, they spearhead the innovation behind styling and grooming technology so that we—both barber and everyday man—remain at our best. With confidence.

And now, a carefully curated step-by-step guide to six important looks—short, long, and anywhere in-between.

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MAN AT HIS BEST

1 Start in the middle lower nape using

The Esquire Classic Dual Comb. Hold

the comb horizontally with The Esquire

Classic Professional Clipper to create a

taper fade.

Continue the clipper-over-comb tech-

nique until you reach the occipital bone.

Repeat the clipper-over-comb technique

on both back sides.

Continue with The Esquire Classic Profes-

sional Clipper connecting the sides to the

nape area.

Detail and outline with The

Esquire Five Piece Trimmer.

The CONSERVATIVE a step-by-step guide

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6 Use the scissor-over-comb technique,

connecting sides to top. Repeat the same

technique on the other side, blending the

sides to the top.

Create guideline from the highest point

of the head to the crown area. Using

horizontal sections, connect the rest of

the top following a traveling guideline.

Dry and style hair with The Esquire

Brush Dryer.

Apply The Esquire Clay and achieve

the finished look.

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DIRECTIONS

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SHORT LENGTH

Create a horseshoe parting at the

crown area.

Take a parting from the highest point of

the head to the highest point of the ear

and determine your length by positioning

your finger horizontally.

Use your traveling guide over the crown

to create uniform layering.

The lower part of the crown is

projected vertically and cut using

the palm-to-palm technique.

Create a stationary guide at

the crown.

Use the stationary guide to connect

the interior part and crosscheck.

The PREPSTER a step-by-step guide

Cut the sides and back with the

scissor-over-comb technique.

Remove the length, create and blend, then

detail the perimeter. Connect the nape with

the sides moving The Esquire Classic Straight

Comb horizontally through the hair.

Cut the perimeter line using The Esquire

Five Piece Trimmer with the detailing blade

attachment for lining and designing.

Utilize The Esquire Brush Dryer to style

the hair.

Take a small amount of The Esquire Forming

Cream and rub on your palms and fingers.

Apply and style as desired.

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DIRECTIONS

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SHORT LENGTH

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Create a horseshoe parting around the

widest part of the head by using The

Esquire Classic Dual Comb. Use fingers

to establish the base line.

Start underneath the perimeter ridge to

establish the guideline from the side to

the top area, utilizing The Esquire Classic

Professional Clipper. Continue the same

way to connect to the center of the nape.

Starting at the sides, connect the perim-

eter to the guideline using The Classic

Professional Clipper with a closed blade

to create a fade.

Working from the front toward the back,

use the clipper-over-comb technique

to remove the weight line. At the nape

area, continue with the same technique to

remove the weight line.

Place guard 3mm on The Classic Profes-

sional Clipper for desired length. Opening

the blade on the clipper will give maxi-

mum length. Closing the blade will deliver

shorter length to decrease the weight

line. Remove the guard and proceed with

the same technique.

The POMPADOURa step-by-step guide

Blend the guideline with the

scissor-over- comb, or the

clipper-over-comb technique.

Cut vertically from the highest point

of the head toward the front perimeter in

a graduating length.

Take the guide length from the middle and

connect horizontal.

At the side part, utilize clipper-over-comb

technique to connect the side and the top

length .

Remove any undesired weight.

Utilize The Esquire Grooming Spray

prior to using The Esquire Brush Dryer.

Complete by working The Esquire Pomade

through the hair and style as desired.

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DIRECTIONS

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SHORT LENGTH

Create a horseshoe parting by using The

Esquire Classic Straight Comb to separate

the side from the top area, and use the

scissor-over-comb technique on the

sides, maintaining the cadence (keeping

everything in line).

Connect the nape area with the side

length. Detail the outline perimeter using

The Esquire Five Piece Trimmer with the

detailing blade stainless steel attachment.

Continue detailing the perimeter on the

side as needed with The Classic Profes-

sional Clipper.

Take a middle parting at the highest

point of the head and cut a guideline

to the front by positioning your

fingers horizontally.

Connect the horizontal center guide

from the highest point of the head to

the crown area.

The TEXTURED CUTa step-by-step guide

Connect the center guide to the sides

following your traveling guide line.

Confirm the desired length.

Determine the length and texture for the

perimeter utilizing the point cutting tech-

nique. Connect the sides and the back

with vertical sections using a traveling

guideline.

Distribute the hair sideways and cut

using slicing technique to create texture.

Apply The Esquire Conditioner at the

nape and sides.

Use a razor to clean up the neckline.

Apply The Esquire Thickening Cream

throughout the hair and utilize The

Esquire Brush Dryer to style.

Finish the look with The Esquire Shaper.

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DIRECTIONS

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SHORT LENGTH

Create a horseshoe parting at the top of

the head following the partial ridge. Next,

create a guideline in the center back hold-

ing the hair at a 90 degree angle.

Cut the hair following a traveling guide

from the center back to behind the ear.

Repeat on the other side and back by

keeping your hands palm-to-palm.

Connect the temple area to the

guideline behind the ear to create

increasing length.

The LOOSE WAVESa step-by-step guide

Connect the top middle part to the

length below the crown area to create a

stationary guide. Cut using gradation for a

soft perimeter.

Using stationary guide from the crown,

connect to front perimeter.

Cut the perimeter at the sides and nape.

Detail the perimeter with The Esquire Five

Piece Trimmer.

Apply The Esquire Texture Gel for hold.

Finish styling/drying hair with The Esquire

Brush Dryer.

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MEDIUM LENGTH

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Section hair into a ponytail at the crown

area and clip hair out of the way.

Using The Esquire Trimmer with the

Esquire Grooming Combs, blend the

perimeter around nape and sides.

Cut desired length using vertical sections

through the sides and horizontal sections

through the top.

The MAN BUNa step-by-step guide

Distribute The Esquire Thickening Cream

throughout the hair.

Comb the hair smooth and create a top

bun at the crown area.

Secure with a bobby pin and we won’t tell.

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LONG LENGTH

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