Haircutting
Misc
Haircutting
Guides and cuts
Cutting tools
100

The basic foundation skill upon which all other hair design is built

What is haircutting

100

The widest area of the head

What is the parietal ridge

100

What degree removes weight

What is a 90 degree cut or higher

100

Cutting line

What is the angle at which the fingers are held when cutting

100

What are texturizing shears used for?

To remove bulk

200

Another name for the Bang

What is the Fringe

200

The highest point on top of the head

What is the Apex

200

Parting the hair in the opposite way that you cut

What is cross checking

200

Guideline

Is a subsection of hair that determines the length the hair will be cut.

200

Another name for texturizing shears are

What are thinning shears

300

The two basic lines in haircutting

What are straight and curved

300

The area between the apex and the back of the parietal ridge.

What is the Crown

300

The process of removing excess bulk without shortening length

What is texturizing

300

Traveling guideline

What is the movable guideline. It moves as the haircut progresses

300

Mainly used when creating a short haircut, short tapers, fades and fkat tops

What are clippers
400

Beveling is also known as

What is Stacking

400

When using shears, where should your thumb be

What is the hole of the moving blade

400

Thinning the hair to graduated lengths using shears. AKA Effilating

What is slithering

400

Uniform layer haircut

What is a 90 degree cut

400

Smaller version of clippers, used to trim necklines and around ears.

What are trimmers

500

What is another name for Elevation

What is Projection or Lifting

500

Where should the ring finger be when cutting hair

What is the hole of the non-moving blade

500

What determines the size and number of the subsections needed to complete a cut?

What is hair density

500

The process of removing excess bulk without shortening the length

What is texturizing.

500

Allows you to cut very close to the scalp. Can use to create a flat top or square shape

What is clipper over comb

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