Hit a snag blending a 3 month old fade on textured hair today

I was working on this kid's hair, 4C texture, and the fade line kept showing even after I tried my usual lever play with the Andis Masters. I finally put a little water on my comb while using the corner of my trimmer blade and it smoothed that line right out. Anyone else got a weird trick for blending stubborn lines on curly textures?

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gavinm8911d ago

Wait, are you saying water on the comb actually fixed the line, or just hid it for a minute? I've been cutting hair for over a decade and that usually just makes the hair clump together and look smooth until it dries, then the line is right back. My go-to for stubborn 4C fades is to hit that line with clipper open over comb first, then hit it with the trimmer at a sharp angle, not the corner flat. That corner trick you did might work on looser curls but for 4C it can dig in and create a bigger dip. Have you tried clipper-over-comb with the lever half open and the comb held tight? That's what gets me out of those lines on textured hair.

clark.iris10d ago

Honestly, I think the water thing is more of an optical illusion than a real fix. It flattens the hair just enough to fool you for a minute, but once it dries you're back where you started. The real trick nobody talks about is taking a detailer and going in with the grain first before you try any cross cutting, because that catches the hairs that are laying underneath that the clipper missed.