10+ How To Do A Skin Fade. To fade hair, you'll need to invest in the proper cutting and styling tools. The fade is one of the trickiest and most delicate haircuts out there, so trying to do your own skin fade at home is definitely not for the faint of heart.
How do you know how short to go on the sides and the back?
This refers to how high the fade goes up on the head. Blend down to the beard. If you want a skin fade, you can set your clippers to 0, or use a razor blade to carefully shave off the part right above the ears. I use the fading down method which means i start at the top and work my way down.