Areas of the Head
Lines
Sections
Guidelines
Terms
100
Highest point on top of the head
What is Apex
100
Lines described in terms of up and down
What is Vertical Lines
100

The line dividing the hair at the scalp.

What is a Part or Parting

100
Guideline that does not move
What is Stationary Guideline
100

Number of individual hair strands on 1 square inch of scalp.

What is Density

200
Bone that protrudes at the base of the skull
What is Occipital Bone
200
Lines that are parallel to the floor
What is Horizontal Lines
200

hair parted into working areas

What is Sections

200

also known as a movable guideline

What is Traveling Guideline.

200

Classified as fine, medium, or coarse.

What is Texture.

300

Area between the apex and the back of the parietal ridge.

What is Crown.

300

Lines that create one-length and low-elevation haircuts and add weight

What is Horizontal.

300

A section that is taken from ear to ear and divides the head from front to back.

What is Radial Section.

300

Used when creating a layered or graduated cut.

What is a traveling guideline.

300

Referred to as natural fall or natural falling position

What is Growth Pattern

400
What step needs to be done while shears are in hand but not cutting
What is Palm the Shears
400
Haircut is short on side of the head and gets longer as the guide travels to the opposite side
What is A symmetrical
400
When cutting curly hair, what happens when hair goes wet to dry
What is Shrinkage
400
Lifting the angle of the hair while cutting
What is Elevation
400
Combing the hair away from its natural falling position before cutting
What is Overdirection
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