REFERENCE POINTS
POINTS USED TO ESTABLISH DESIGN LINES
REFERENCE POINTS
ALL HAIRCUTS ARE MADE UP OF THESE.
LINES, SECTIONS, ANGLES
THE DEGREE AT WHICH A SUBSECTION OF HAIR IS HELD.
ELEVATION
A SUBSECTION THAT DETERMINES THE LENGTH THE HAIR WILL BE CUT, AND CAN BE LOCATED IN TWO PLACES
GUIDELINE
PERIMETER, INTERIOR
THIS GROWS AT THE OUTERMOST PERIMETER ALONG THE FACE, EARS, NECK
HAIRLINE
THE HIGHEST POINT ON THE TOP OF THE HEAD
APEX
THREE TYPES OF STRAIGHT LINES
VERTICAL, HORIZONTAL, DIAGONAL
ELEVATIONS CREATES THIS
GRADUATION
THIS GUIDE DOES NOT MOVE
STATIONARY
THE DIRECTION IN WHICH THE HAIR GROWS FROM THE SCALP, GIVE EXAMPLES
GROWTH PATTERNS,
COWLICKS, WHORLS
THE BONE THAT PROTRUDES AT THE BASE OF THE SKULL
OCCIPITAL BONE
USED FOR CONTROL WHEN CUTTING, PARTED IN TO AREAS CALLED
SECTIONS
HAPPENS WHEN HAIR IS ELEVATED BELOW 90 DEGREES
BUILDING WEIGHT
THIS GUIDE MOVES TO CREATE LAYERED CUTS
TRAVELING GUIDELINE
NUMBER OF HAIR PER SQUARE INCH ON THE HEAD, AND DESCRIBED AS WHAT...
HAIR DENSITY
THIN, MEDIUM, THICK
STARTING AT THE TEMPLES, ENDING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CROWN
PARIETAL RIDGE
AKA PIE SHAPE SECTIONS, ROTATES FROM A CENTRAL POINT
PIVOTING SECTION
CURLY HAIR DOES THIS WHEN DRIES AFTER A CUT
SHRINKS
THIS OCCURS WHEN HAIR IS COMBED AWAY FROM ITS NATURAL FALLING POSITION
OVERDIRECTION
DESCRIBED AS COARSE, MEDIUM, THICK
HAIR TEXTURE
CAN BE LOCATED IN ONE OF TWO WAYS
FOUR CORNERS
USES DIAGONAL LINES TO CREATE ANGELS BY CUTTING THE HAIR ENDS WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE, OR DECREASE.
BEVELING OR STACKING
THE ANGLE AT WHICH THE FINGERS ARE HELD WHEN CUTTING THE LINE THAT CREATES THE END SHAPE.
THE CUTTING LINE.
OVERDIRECTION IS USED TO CREATE WHAT TYPES OF CUTS.
GRADUATED, OR LAYERED CUTS, OR TO INCREASE LENGTH
WHAT IS THE AMOUNT OF MOVEMENT IN THE HAIR STRAND, VARRIES
WAVE PATTERN