Meet The Comb Institute’s Enhanced Haircutting System supported by science and technology uses a

patented tool and applies a discipline-based curriculum. The Comb integrates our P.A.C.E. concept – Precision, Accuracy, Consistency Every-time - with training that helps our students to learn how to cut hair fast and with confidence in their knowledge and skills. 

So what is “fast” and what do we compare your education to?

Good questions. 

We cannot compare our “fast” with Supercuts’ “fast”. I mean with Supercuts’s training, it’s one week of videos and one week in their “academy” practicing before hey are on the floor cutting customer’s hair. That is fast, but realistically, you cannot learn a lot of skills in two weeks and it is hard to develop confidence in your ability when you are asked to start cutting hair on live customers two weeks.

The other side of the coin? 

Assistant programs consider two – three years to learn haircutting as “fast”. Today, Assistant programs with training are practically non-existent due to the cost. With salons under pressure because of laws like AB5 that eliminate commission hairstylists and COVID lockdowns in California and elsewhere, assistants find themselves in the same place after 3 or 4 years and no closer to earning a chair. Most leave the industry out of frustration and not being able to earn a living. 

So, there are two kinds of “fast”. The fast that puts a hairstylist lacking knowledge and understanding on the floor with little confidence, or the “fast” which results in most assistants leaving the industry never having attained their goals. 

The Comb “fast”means teaching our students how to perform the seven basic industry haircuts in about seven weeks. In another seven weeks, they learn styling and texturizing and other finishing techniques, with an introduction to Shears Mechanics. 

Did you know there are fourteen distinct ways to hold and handle shears while doing a haircut? 

In about 3 to 4 months, our students get behind the chair with confidence in what they learned and with a solid foundation of knowledge and skills. How do we do it -, teach in such a way that students learn fast?

We do it with our patented tool, The Comb and with a curriculum that instills confidence based on discipline and consistency. 

Anyone who takes The Comb training will learn to confidently cut hair with P.A.C.E. and with a foundation upon which to build a successful career. As a private institute, we make our program available to anyone with an interest in the field and at any stage – novice, student, apprentice and journeyman.

So for those starting out who believe a career in beauty is in their future no matter your age or educational background, how do we recommend you start? Perhaps in a cosmetology school or beauty academy, or a junior college cosmo program where you earn school credits?

You may be surprised to learn the answer when you read our next blog. If you'd like more information about working with The Comb please contact us here.