I will be teaching a live class April 13, 2026, at Salon 105 in Mahomet, Il at 9am. This will be my second official live class. I am super excited to bring my experience to a new group of stylists in the central Illinois region. Each class I teach gives me more confidence to continue on in my journey as an educator. I truly believe fades bring people together. Teaching the fundamentals of fading will help local stylists maintain the relationships they've built with their clients. As I often see clients that stop going to their usual stylists because they want to go for the fade look but stylists aren't typically proficient in clipper work. I'm here to bridge that gap and help them maintain relationships they've spent years building.

I sat down and made my first video with voice over! Please excuse my tone of voice, for those that know me personally, you know that's just me 😎. But in this video I briefly went over my steps on completing a high taper haircut. It will be posted under the classroom tab.

I cut hair for 5 years before I even considered myself to be a barber! I believe I held myself back by failing to identify with the craft. Identify and be who you want to be, today!

Take a look at it, if you have any further questions after you read through it, leave them in the comments!

Welcome to the new online barber academy! Bare with me as I am learning how to navigate this space in real time! This is something I have been plotting on for the last few years and it is long over due! The time is now and I'm locked in on delivering value and sharing my knowledge and support with the community. If you are new to the community, please share with us a little bit about yourself: Where you are from: What inspired your to pursue barbering: What will this industry do for you and your future: If life had no limitations, how would your life look: Im looking forward to meeting everyone! -- Malik D. Sr.