Fade Haircut Simulator
Low, mid, high, skin or taper. Get the height wrong and you live with it for three weeks - compare them side by side on your own head instead.
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Used for your render, and only you can see it.
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Try it yourself
Pick a face and a look. Then do it with your own selfie.
Textured fade Keeping a textured fade
- Back in the chair every 3 to 4 weeks.
- Spritz salt spray through damp hair.
- Wash 3 to 4 times a week.
Edgar Keeping a edgar
- Back in the chair every 2 to 3 weeks.
- Dry the fringe forward while it is still damp.
- Wash 3 to 4 times a week.
Modern mullet Keeping a modern mullet
- Back in the chair every 6 to 8 weeks.
- Salt spray through the whole head while damp.
- Wash 2 to 3 times a week.
Perm Keeping a perm
- Back in the chair every 8 to 10 weeks.
- Work curl cream through soaking-wet hair.
- Wash 2 to 3 times a week.
Buzz cut Keeping a buzz cut
- Trim every 6-8 weeks to hold the shape.
- Condition mid-length to tip, never the roots.
- Heat protectant before any hot tool.
Curtains Keeping a curtains
- Back in the chair every 6 to 8 weeks.
- Spray salt spray through wet hair.
- Wash 3 to 4 times a week.
Crew cut Keeping a crew cut
- Back in the chair every 4 to 5 weeks.
- Rub a small amount of clay through dry hair.
- Wash 3 to 4 times a week.
Ivy league Keeping a ivy league
- Back in the chair every 4 to 5 weeks.
- Part it damp, on the side it already falls.
- Wash 3 to 4 times a week.
Disconnected crop Keeping a disconnected crop
- Back in the chair every 3 to 4 weeks.
- Salt spray, then dry the top forward.
- Wash 3 to 4 times a week.
Low taper blowout Keeping a low taper blowout
- Back in the chair every 2 to 3 weeks.
- Salt spray at the roots while wet.
- Wash 3 to 4 times a week.
Platinum Keeping a platinum
- Back in the chair every 4 to 6 weeks.
- Purple shampoo once a week, no more.
- Wash 1 to 2 times a week.
Jet black Keeping a jet black
- Back in the chair every 6 to 8 weeks.
- Colour-safe shampoo, cold rinse.
- Wash 2 to 3 times a week.
Ash brown Keeping a ash brown
- Back in the chair every 6 to 8 weeks.
- Colour-safe shampoo, cool rinse.
- Wash 2 to 3 times a week.
Restored Keeping a restored
- Back in the chair every 4 to 5 weeks.
- Dry the front forward rather than back.
- Wash 3 to 4 times a week.
Buzz Keeping a buzz
- Back in the chair every 2 to 3 weeks.
- Rinse it in the shower.
- Wash 4 to 7 times a week.
Silver Keeping a silver
- Back in the chair every 8 to 10 weeks.
- Purple shampoo weekly to stop it yellowing.
- Wash 2 to 3 times a week.
Darker Keeping a darker
- Trim every 6-8 weeks to hold the shape.
- Condition mid-length to tip, never the roots.
- Heat protectant before any hot tool.
Shaved Keeping a shaved
- Back in the chair every 1 to 2 weeks.
- Shave with the grain, not against it.
- Wash 5 to 7 times a week.
Curtain bangs Keeping a curtain bangs
- Back in the chair every 4 to 5 weeks.
- Dry the fringe first, while the rest is still wet.
- Wash 2 to 3 times a week.
Butterfly Keeping a butterfly
- Back in the chair every 8 to 10 weeks.
- Dry the short layers up and away from the face.
- Wash 2 to 3 times a week.
Wolf cut Keeping a wolf cut
- Back in the chair every 8 to 10 weeks.
- Mousse through soaking-wet hair.
- Wash 2 to 3 times a week.
Italian bob Keeping a italian bob
- Back in the chair every 6 to 8 weeks.
- Rough-dry to eighty per cent first.
- Wash 2 to 3 times a week.
Blunt bob Keeping a blunt bob
- Back in the chair every 6 to 8 weeks.
- Heat protectant through damp hair, ends first.
- Wash 2 to 3 times a week.
Long layers Keeping a long layers
- Back in the chair every 10 to 12 weeks.
- Rough-dry with your head upside down for root lift.
- Wash 2 to 3 times a week.
Balayage Keeping a balayage
- Back in the chair every 12 to 16 weeks.
- Colour-safe shampoo, cool water.
- Wash 2 to 3 times a week.
Pixie Keeping a pixie
- Back in the chair every 4 to 6 weeks.
- Rough-dry it in every direction at once.
- Wash 3 to 4 times a week.
French bob Keeping a french bob
- Back in the chair every 8 to 10 weeks.
- Rough-dry it with your fingers, no brush.
- Wash 2 to 3 times a week.
Bouncy layers Keeping a bouncy layers
- Back in the chair every 8 to 10 weeks.
- Mousse at the roots, then dry upside down.
- Wash 2 to 3 times a week.
Hollywood waves Keeping a hollywood waves
- Back in the chair every 10 to 12 weeks.
- Wand every section in the same direction, away from the face.
- Wash 2 to 3 times a week.
Blonde Keeping a blonde
- Back in the chair every 6 to 8 weeks.
- Purple shampoo weekly to hold the tone.
- Wash 2 to 3 times a week.
Money piece Keeping a money piece
- Back in the chair every 8 to 10 weeks.
- Purple shampoo on the front pieces only.
- Wash 2 to 3 times a week.
Copper Keeping a copper
- Back in the chair every 4 to 6 weeks.
- Colour-depositing conditioner every wash.
- Wash 1 to 2 times a week.
Box braids Keeping a box braids
- Back in the chair every 6 to 8 weeks.
- Oil the scalp twice a week, along the parts.
Boho knotless Keeping a boho knotless
- Back in the chair every 5 to 7 weeks.
- Oil the scalp, mist the loose curls.
Afro Keeping a afro
- Back in the chair every 6 to 8 weeks.
- Leave-in on soaking-wet hair, section by section.
- Wash 1 to 2 times a week.
Knotless honey Keeping a knotless honey
- Trim every 6-8 weeks to hold the shape.
- Condition mid-length to tip, never the roots.
- Heat protectant before any hot tool.
Copper Keeping a copper
- Back in the chair every 4 to 6 weeks.
- Colour-depositing conditioner every wash.
- Wash 1 to 2 times a week.
Blonde Keeping a blonde
- Back in the chair every 6 to 8 weeks.
- Purple shampoo weekly to hold the tone.
- Wash 2 to 3 times a week.
Silk press Keeping a silk press
- Back in the chair every 2 to 3 weeks.
- Wrap it in a silk scarf every single night.
Braided bob Keeping a braided bob
- Back in the chair every 5 to 7 weeks.
- Oil the scalp along the parts.
Bantu knots Keeping a bantu knots
- Back in the chair every 2 to 3 weeks.
- Part into clean sections on damp hair.
- Wash 1 times a week.
Every after is this tool's own render of a demo face, pre-generated for speed - nothing on this page renders live.
Upload your own selfie
One photo. Twenty seconds.
Drag it here, or pick one below.
JPG, PNG or HEIC up to 12MB
Photo ready
Used for your render, and only you can see it.
Fade Haircut Simulator results
Twelve of the most-asked-for cuts and colours. Try any of them on your own face.
Mid taper fade Fades Try this on me 
Drop fade Fades Try this on me Grade-two buzz Short Try this on me Crew cut Short Try this on me Curtains Medium Try this on me Platinum blond Colour Try this on me These six are a slice of the atlas, each one rendered on our demo faces with this tool. There are 120+ in it.
Three steps
How it works
If you can take a selfie, you can do this.
- 01 Your selfie
Add your photo
One front-facing selfie, hair visible. That's the whole setup.
- 02120+ looks
Pick a look
120+ cuts, colours and styles, all on that same photo.
- 03 Your result
Take it to your barber
Save the result and show it, instead of describing a cut and hoping.
Getting the fade height right the first time
Fade height
Low above the ear, mid at the temple, high near the corner of the forehead, plus a drop fade that curves down behind it.
Skin or taper
A skin fade runs to bare scalp with a zero. A taper keeps a grade one at the edge - softer, and it grows out less obviously.
Above the fade
Pair any height with a textured crop, a crew cut, curtains, a slick back or a grade-two buzz. The top is half the haircut.
Neckline finish
A fade ends at the neck one of two ways: tapered away to nothing or blocked off square. Decide before the clippers come out - it changes how the cut grows back.
Questions about the fade Haircut Simulator
Straight answers, no hedging.
Yes. Your face, your skin tone and the lighting from your photo stay exactly as they were, and only the hair changes. A high fade in particular narrows how your head reads from the front, so seeing it on your own bone structure rather than a model's is the entire point.
Low, mid, high, drop and taper, plus a skin fade taken down to the scalp. Put two or three next to each other. The difference between a mid and a high is about an inch of guard line, and it changes the haircut completely.
It is used to create your render and kept in your library, where only you can see it. Our privacy policy sets out each step, including which providers handle it.
That is what it is for. Save the render, bring it in, and say the height out loud as well: low, mid or high, skin or taper. A picture plus the right two words gets you far closer than a photo of a stranger with different hair.
It is a reference image, not a template. Real fades depend on your density, your growth pattern and the shape of the back of your head, and a barber blends by eye as they go. Expect the finished cut to be close in shape rather than identical to the render.
Yes. Choose what sits above the fade - textured crop, crew cut, curtains, a grade-two buzz. The fade is the frame; what you keep on top is the haircut, and the render shows the two together.
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So look first.
One selfie, twenty seconds, and you'll know. No card, no account for your first render, no regret in the mirror on the way home.