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I was recently interviewed by the Artist, Icons and Entrepreneurs Podcast which took a Deep-Dive into my 50-Year Career as a Hairdresser and Hairdressing Instructor and one of the questions in the interview was “David, can you tell us why you came up with this New Haircutting System and why you thin...

I’m So Appreciative!….

Once again, I recently received a wonderful comment from a hairdresser who is presently going through my Haircutting Course at VelascoHaircuttingSystem.com…

There are two interesting points to this message that Sandra sent to me the other day that I would like to address sep...

I was recently asked by the creator of the very successful, Facebook Hairdressing Forum "Hairdressing Advice, Tips & Education" for my "Best Tip" for their Hairdressing Holiday Daily Tip Advent Calendar.

The topic I chose was “The Importance of Having Good Mentors” as you journey through your caree...

When I first created the Velasco Haircutting System, it never dawned on me that Barbers would be interested in taking my Online Haircutting Course, so you can imagine my surprise when a good friend of mine who has been a Master Barber for decades told me that he wanted to take my course.

Gus Barros...

Last Sunday I received this Wonderful Testimonial below from a former client of mine named Kim who used to come to my Doylestown Salon in 1996.

As you can read for yourself, she recently found me online and felt the need to reach out to me after almost 30 years of getting a haircut from me to let m...

My First Time

In 1976, at the young age of 20, for the first time in my life, I was given the opportunity to teach Haircutting at a major International Hairdressing Event… (You thought I was going to say something else didn’t you :)

I was very fortunate in that I first met my “Haircutting Mentors”...

The main reason I wanted to create my Haircutting Course at VelascoHaircuttingSystem.com was not to boost my own ego or add another notch on my belt.

But instead, it’s intended to help those of you who have enter the Beauty Industry only to discover that what you learned in Cosmetology School was r...

Recently, I have had quite a few people emailing me asking how many mannequin heads will they need to complete my Haircutting Course and what specific haircuts will they learn in the course… in this post, I will answer that question.

First off, I just want to say that the Haircutting Course is a ve...

Once again this morning, I woke up to a Wonderful Comment from one of the participants taking my Haircutting Course

As Tammy says in her comment above, she’s already an experienced, qualified hairdresser for many years, but she’s taking my haircutting course as a refresher before she re-enters the ...

Learning to Cut Hair is like Learning a Musical Instrument….It takes Practice, Practice, Practice…

A Famous Musician was once asked “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?” and he answered: Practice, Practice, Practice…

It’s No Secret that to get good a playing any musical instrument it takes a lot of p...

Bangs, Bangs and more Bangs…

On almost a daily basis I read on the different hairdresser forums where hairdressers are completely lost and frustrated when it comes to Cutting Bangs.

Just the other day this hairdresser posted “Can somebody please tell me exactly how to cut Curtain Bangs?… I’ve watc...

I Teach Total Immersion Learning…

In my Haircutting Course at VelascoHaircuttingSystem.com your education does not end with just the cutting of mannequin heads like most haircutting class do.

I like to teach what I call Total Immersion Learning. What that means is that in order for you to really u...