Principles of Hair Design
These lines are repeating lines in a hairstyle that can be straight or curved.
Parallel lines
This type of braid is a free-hanging braid & are also known as plaits.
Single braids
This is the top synthetic hair.
Kanekalon
This skin type is associated with having comedones, clogged pores in the center of the face and flakiness on the cheeks.
Combination
This is responsible for the color of your client's complexion & determines if the skin is seen as red, yellow, or neutral.
Undertone
This element of design is a hairstyle's mass or general outline.
Form
This is a board of fine, upright nails through which extensions are combed.
Hackle
This type of hair is the most realistic & highest quality of hair extensions.
Remy hair
This piece of equipment is used to exfoliate the skin's surface & brighten the complexion.
Ultrasonic spatula
This is the metal part of the brush that holds the brush intact & supports the bristle's strength.
Ferrule
Deciding which tools & techniques are needed to achieve your design is a part of this planning step.
Work the plan
This type of brush is best for stimulating the scalp & removing dirt & lint from locs.
Boar-bristle brush
These types of wigs are sewn in specific directions, offering no brushing or styling versatility.
Machine-made wigs
Also known as water-binging agents, these are ingredients in skin care masks that attract water.
Humectants
This type of skin has a reddish hue, can be sensitive, wind-burned or affected by rosacea.
Ruddy skin
This principle of hair design is the comparative relationship of one thing to another.
Proportion
This type of braid uses an overhand pick-up techinque.
Invisible braids
These hair pieces have openings in the base through which the client's own hair is pulled to help secure it & blend it for a natural look.
Integration hairpieces
This is an advanced exfoliation treatment involving a machine with a hand held device to loosen dead skin cells & polish the skin.
Microdermabrasion
This is the process of applying groups of individual eyelashes along the lash line.
This principle of hair design is also known as "focus". It is what draws the eye first.
Emphasis
This type of braiding is when the client's hair is cornrowed along with hair extensions & the finished look is mostly faux hair.
Tree braiding
This type of method use a special heat activated tool to attached the individual hair stands to the client's own hair.
Fusion Bonding
This form of electrotherapy is used when the treatment goal is to prepare the skin for extractions or assist in delivering targeted products to the skin.
Galvanic current
This type of powder is blended with binding agents to help it adhere to the skin.
Pressed powder