Taper Long Trim

The taper long trim is a versatile, practical men’s haircut that combines a longer, relaxed top with a precise, low-set taper. This course demonstrates how to create a cohesive shape on fine but dense hair, offering a variety of styling options—from a loose slicked-back look, through a middle part, to a controlled pompadour. It’s a versatile cut that meets the needs of clients seeking a modern yet easy-to-style everyday hairstyle.

Miłosz Mikołajczak guides you through the entire process, emphasizing the conscious shaping of the hair with scissors before the clippers even touch it. You’ll see how a thoughtful division of the head into panels and working with diagonal sections create the foundation, with the taper serving merely as the finishing touch. The course teaches you to think of a hairstyle as a whole, where scissor and clipper work complement each other, rather than merely existing side by side.

In this course, you'll learn:

• Creating a square section at the top of the head (box cut) – why this style offers the client more styling options than the classic horseshoe cut
• Creating a triangular shape at the back of the head to visually fill out a flat nape and add volume to the hairstyle in a key area
• Work on diagonal sections and the layering technique, which allows you to control the volume on the sides and blend them seamlessly into the back
• The complete process of creating a taper using the "inward technique"—starting from the shortest length and gradually working up to longer lengths
• Using thinning shears not for texturizing, but for softening the transition between the work done with scissors and the clippers
• A step-by-step guide to the final styling—from pre-styling, to building volume with a brush and blow dryer, to setting the look with a lightweight product for natural movement

After this course, you’ll begin to approach long trim haircuts in a more methodical way, consciously tailoring the shape to the client’s head shape. You’ll learn to create hairstyles that not only look great right after leaving the salon, but that the client can style themselves in many different ways at home—which guarantees they’ll come back for more.