Techniques
This is the name for removing bulk without removing length in the hair.
Texturizing
This is the primary reason to hold your shears properly.
Avoid ligament damage or muscle strain
This is the type of cut you are doing if you have 5 partings.
Uniform layered haircut
Palming your shears creates this advantage for the stylist.
Saving time by being able to switch from your comb to your shears easily
This is how often you should disinfect your shears.
After every client
This is the technique used where your fingers and shears glide along the edge to remove weight while cutting or layering hair.
Slide cutting
This is the most appropriate thing to point cut with.
Short blade shears
A haircut that is cut close (or short) at the bottom and on the sides, but gets longer as you go up the head is this type of haircut.
Basic clipper cut
The angle the stylist holds their fingers at while cutting hair, that influences the shape of the haircut is called this.
Finger angle
This is what happens if your shears have too loose of a tension.
Folds the hair
To create a softer perimeter in a haircut using a razor, you would use this technique.
Free hand slicing
This is what you do to center your weight while cutting. It also helps to avoid fatigue and injury.
Keep your knees slightly bent
When doing this type of haircut, begin by establishing a guideline on the back section and then cutting from the back center to the ears on both sides before cutting the sides.
Blunt cut
This is the best way to maintain control of your subsection while cutting vertically or diagonally.
Cut palm to palm
When cutting curly, textured hair, this is how you prevent cutting it too short.
Cut it dry
To create a short taper, that goes from extremely short in the back and sides to a longer length as you move up the sides, use this technique.
Shear over comb
This is the most appropriate thing to point cut with. To be safe when cutting hair, and lessen the chance of cutting yourself, these are the two things you should do
1.Cut below the fingers
2. Never cut past the second knuckle
When you are creating a layered style, this is the type of guide you need to use.
Traveling guide
While actually cutting, your NON-DOMINANT hand should be doing this.
Holding the hair section and comb
This is the direction the hair grows from the scalp or the natural falling position.
Growth pattern
This is the way that point cutting differs from effilating.
Point cutting uses the tips of the shears.
Effilating utilizes the blades of the shears.
This is how you know that you are holding your shears properly.
The thumb is in the grip of the moving blade.
To create a precision haircut, these are the two things you must do.
1. Be precise
2. Apply a systematic plan
Using angles to create shapes during haircutting is an important element in creating these two things.
1. Strong foundation
2. Consistency
Parting the hair opposite of what it was cut at the same elevation allows the cosmetologist to accomplish these 2 things.
1. Check the line
2. Check shape precision