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Elevation creates graduation and layers, and is usually described in this.
What is degrees?
This is the elevation, or degrees, contained in a blunt or one-length haircut.
What is 0?
When the hair is elevated to this, you are building weight in a haircut.
What is below 90 degrees?
This hair type requires less elevation and should be left a bit longer when cutting because of shrinkage as it dries.
What is curly hair?
This occurs when the hair contracts or lifts through the action of moisture loss or drying.
What is shrinkage?
The angle at which the fingers are held when cutting the line that creates the shape is referred to as this.
What is cutting line?
This, also known as a guide, is a subsection of hair that determines the length the hair will be cut, and is usually the first section cut when creating a shape.
What is guideline?
This guideline is used in a blunt, one-length haircut, or used in overdirection to create a length or weight increase.
What is stationary?
This guideline involves a small slice of a previous subsection that is moved to the next position and becomes the new guideline.
What is traveling guide?
This technique should be used to create a length increase in the design of graduated and layered haircuts.
What is overdirection?
If you want hair to be longer toward the front on a layered haircut, overdirect the sections to a stationary guide here.
What is back of the ears?
This is a conversation between you and your client when you find out what the client is looking for, offer suggestions and professional advice, and come to a joint decision about the most suitable haircut.
What is client consultation?
You can begin to make decisions about the best haircut for a client by analyzing this about him or her.
What is face shape?
This of a client is how he or she looks from the side and can be best viewed by pulling the hair away from the face and up and away from the neck.
What is profile?
If hair shrinks when it dries, you will need to cut wet hair like this than the desired length.
What is 1/4 - 1/2 inch longer?
This is the direction in which hair grows from the scalp and is also called the natural falling position.
What is growth pattern?
Cowlicks and whorls are examples of this and will affect where the hair ends up once it is dry, especially in the nape.
What are growth patterns?
You should use this degree of tension when cutting hair with strong growth patterns, or around the ears, to compensate for the hair being pushed up when it dries.
What is minimum?
This is the number of individual hair strands on 1 square inch of scalp and is usually described as thin, medium or thick.
What is density?
This is based on the thickness or diameter of each hair strand, usually classified as coarse, medium and fine.
What is texture?
This description is most accurate of fine, thin hair.
What is needs weight and is limp?
This, or the amount of movement in the hair strand, varies from client to client, as well as within the same head of hair.
What is wave pattern?
These shears, also known as scissors, are mainly used to cut blunt or straight lines in hair, to slide cut, point cut, or to implement other texturizing techniques.
What is haircutting?
This type of shear is used mainly to remove bulk from the hair and is often referred to as a thinning shear, tapering shear, or notching shear.
What is texturizing?
These shears are designed to remove more hair, and have larger teeth set farther apart.
What is notching shears?