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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10 11 12
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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10 11 12
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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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DIRECTIONS
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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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