Taper Fade

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.

Taper fade. Classic tapered looks tend to have longer buzzed hair around the ears and down to the back. It is essentially longer than a fade as it leaves more hair on the sides creating a less radical and more sophisticated look. Dont know the difference between a Fade or a Taper.

Here it isSub to my Barber Channel. 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. Never know how to ask for your haircuts.

That being said Taper Fade Barbershop was started. A fade is a taper that gradually takes the hair down to the skin so that it looks like the hairline on the sides and back of your head fades away before it reaches the natural hairline. Basically a fade is a really short taper.

See our Complete Style Guide for Taper Fade Haircuts. A fade cut is essentially a normal taper haircut with a very short taper. Hence all fades are tapers but not all tapers are fades.

The best way to explain how it works is to look at each of these two elements individually. The taper and the fade. Also as Veteran it allows me to provide a service to our Military First Responders and my Puerto Rican brethren that are looking for an opportunity to flourish in the barber industry.

But fades go really short often revealing the skin on the side of your head. 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.