What I do when I shave around the ears.

When i am shaving around the clients right ear i shave using a backhand stroke using my left hand to hold the ear down and stretch the skin. I do the same thing over the right ear except I use a freehand stroke always using the toe of the razor. Nobody taught me to do it this way it just felt more comfortable.

My "Barbers corner" introduction:

I started attending Michigan Barbers college in Detroit in January of this year and I should graduate in March of next year. I work on mainly African American hair so I am really starting to understand some of the more difficult skin and hair types.

I am not sure how it works at most schools but upon graduation we will be considered Barber-stylists and they claim that we will learn and be able to do everything a cosmetologist can and more with the exception of nails.