{"id":10,"date":"2026-10-03T00:07:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T12:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-fadecraft\/skin-fade-taper-or-crew-cut-how-to-ask-your-barber\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T00:07:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T00:07:35","slug":"skin-fade-taper-or-crew-cut-how-to-ask-your-barber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-fadecraft\/skin-fade-taper-or-crew-cut-how-to-ask-your-barber\/","title":{"rendered":"Skin fade, taper or crew cut: how to ask your barber"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barbers use a lot of shorthand. Knowing a few terms, and bringing a photo, makes it much easier to get the cut you have in mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Common short cuts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Skin fade:<\/strong> the sides blend from bare skin at the bottom to longer hair higher up. It can be low, mid or high, depending on where the fade starts.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Taper:<\/strong> a softer version where only the sideburns and neckline go very short. It grows out more gently than a fade.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Crew cut:<\/strong> short on the sides, a little longer on top, often pushed forward or to the side.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Textured crop:<\/strong> short on the sides with a choppy, textured top and a short fringe.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Buzz cut:<\/strong> one length all over with the clippers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Words that help<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tell your barber how short you want the sides, for example a number on the clipper guard if you know it.<\/li>\n\n<li>Say how you style it in the morning and how much time you spend on it.<\/li>\n\n<li>Mention anything you did not like about your last cut.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bring a photo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A photo of the front and the side of a cut you like is the quickest way to agree on a style. Your barber will tell you honestly how it will work with your hair type, your crown and your hairline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The names can be confusing. A plain-English guide to common short cuts and the words that help your barber give you exactly what you want.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":23,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-fadecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-fadecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-fadecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-fadecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-fadecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-fadecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions\/42"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-fadecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-fadecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-fadecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-fadecraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}