The label corresponsends with the side you are cutting. The right taper is for your right side and left taper for the left.
Source: I cut my own hair
Each works for both sides, you just have to change from front-to-back to back-to-front.
A good couple passes each way and I like to taper from the ear to my forehead and over my neck too.
I started doing it with the pandemic and now I can't bring myself to pay a barber again.
Totally. A single haircut costs the same as a cordless clipper set…
So when I'm looking in the mirror at myself, I use the right taper on my right side? Thank you so much! I've been doing this for years but I don't know why that has always been confusing for me....
Think of it from the perspective of a person cutting your hair, they'd use the right guard on your right side regardless of a mirror being in the equation.
I just don't use them, but the shorter part goes towards your ear.
I use both tappers, and go front to back, and then back to front with the low side towards the ear. This gets me most stray hairs with only a few remaining to trim after.
I've been cutting my own for years, never considered using a taper guard. Hmm.
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