Reference Points
What is the Occipital Bone
The hair lies on the head shape in this area. You can find this area by by parting the hair at the parietal ridge, and continuing all the way around the head.
What is the top?
A thin continuous mark used as a guide. Could be referred to as horizontal, vertical, or diagonal...
What is a line?
The working area that the hair is separated into prior to cutting.
What is a section?
This is created when the space between two lines or surfaces intersects at a given point.
What is an angle?
Highest point on the top of the head; located by placing a comb flat on top of the head- "highest point of the head"
These areas include all the hair from the back of the ear forward, below the parietal ridge.
What are the sides?
A line between horizontal and vertical and has a slanting or sloping direction.
What is a diagonal line?
This type of section is also referred to as "pie shaped sections"; rotates from a central point and is used in layering and graduation, also helpful when cutting whorls or cowlicks.
What is a pivoting section?
What two sectioning types are used to create a basic 4-section needed for a zero degree, or one length haircut?
What are profile and radial sections?
What is the parietal ridge
What is the crown?
This type of line is parallel to the horizon. It directs the eye from one side to another.
What is a horizontal line?
This type of section is taken from temple to temple, and separates the head at the parietal ridge to below the crown. Used with layering or short hair cuts.
What is the Horseshoe section?
Good haircuts begin with an understanding of the shape of the head, referred to as.....?
What is head form or head shape?
The location of these areas signals a change in the shape of the head from flat to round and vice versa; this change in the surface can have a significant effect on the outcome of a haircut. Found two ways, placing two diagonal lines crossing the apex of the head or placing two combs flat against the sides and back, and then locating the back corner at the point where the two combs meet.
What are the four corners
By making a parting, or drawing a line from the apex to the back of the ear, you can separate the hair that naturally falls in this area. Everything that falls from this parting forward is considered the....
What is the front?
This type of line is usually described in terms of up and down, and is perpendicular to the horizon.
What is a vertical line?
This type of section is taken from ear to ear and divides the head from front to back starting behind the apex in the crown.
What is a Radial section?
Hair responds ........ on various areas of the head depending on the length and the cutting technique used.
What is differently?
Demonstrate how to find all the reference points of the head.
Occipital Bone, Parietal Ridge, Apex, Four Corners
This area is at the back part of the neck, and consists of the hair below the occipital bone.
What is the nape?
This is a technique that uses diagonal lines to create angles by cutting the ends of the hair with a slight increase or decrease in length.
What is beveling or stacking?
This type of section starts at center forehead and continues to center nape. Divides the head into two sections (a right side and a left side)
What is a profile section?
An understanding of head shape and reference points will help you in what ways?
1) Finding balance in your design (both sides of haircut turn out the same)
2) Developing the ability to create the same haircut consistently.
3) Showing where and when it is necessary to change technique to make up for irregularities in the head form. (such as a flat crown)