Taper Fade

In contrast to a low fade the taper fade happens much lower down on your neck.

Taper fade. Here it isSub to my Barber Channel. Never know how to ask for your haircuts. In this example the trim is short and neat on the top and the taper starts out on the sides towards the edge of the hairline ending close to the hairline in a bald skin fade.

It is essentially longer than a fade as it leaves more hair on the sides creating a less radical and more sophisticated look. -----In this video we will show how to cut A high taper fade-----FOR PROMO. A taper cut on the other hand is a cut whereby the length is reduced gradually and forms a gradient starting with longer hair on top.

But fades go really short often revealing the skin on the side of your head. The best way to explain how it works is to look at each of these two elements individually. A fade cut is essentially a normal taper haircut with a very short taper.

A taper fade usually starts out with hair that is about at eyebrow length or longer and leaves the individual with most of their hair when finished. See our Complete Style Guide for Taper Fade Haircuts. Basically a fade is a really short taper.

The taper fade is the closest haircut you can receive to a fade without cutting most of your hair off. A taper fade can go a long way to make what is considered a boring look into a trendy haircut. Like a taper with a fade your hair is at its longest toward the top of your head and gets progressively shorter toward the bottom.

That being said Taper Fade Barbershop was started. Classic tapered looks tend to have longer buzzed hair around the ears and down to the back. Hence all fades are tapers but not all tapers are fades.