Hair and Scalp
The outermost layer of the hair shaft.
What is the Cuticle?
The simplest form of matter that cannot be broken down without loss of identity?
What is an Element?
Shapes the hair into an "S" pattern through the use of fingers, combs, lotion or gel.
What are finger waves?
Surfaces on the head where it changes, such as the parietal ridge, the occipital bone, and the jawline.
What are reference points?
An end wrap technique where one paper is used and folded in half over the ends of the hair.
What is a Bookend Wrap?
The small, involuntary muscle at the base of the hair follicle.
What is the Arrector Pili muscle?
Chemically combining two or more atoms.
What is a molecule?
the stationary foundation of a curl, closest to the scalp.
What is the Base?
A thin, continuous mark, can be curved or straight, and used as a guide while cutting hair.
What is a line?
A conditioner that has an acidic pH, restores the hair's natural pH, and is used after a hydroxide relaxer.
What is Normalizing Lotion?
Hair pigment that ranges from red to yellow and blond.
What is Pheomelanin?
The rapid oxidation of a substance, accompanied by the production of heat and light.
What is Combustion?
The placement of a roller when the least amount of volume is desired.
What is Off-base?
The visual line in a haircut where the ends hang together.
The layer of the hair below the cuticle and is responsible for the strength and elasticity of the hair.
What is the Cortex?
The units of structure that build protein and are joined together end to end like pop beads.
What are Amino Acids?
Mutually soluble liquids that can be mixed together to form a clear solution.
What is Miscible?
The most widely used hair styling product.
What is Hairspray?
A guideline that includes a small subsection from the previous section that is moved to the next subsection and becomes the new guideline.
What is a traveling guideline?
The common name for a sodium hydroxide relaxer.
Three types of side bonds that link amino acids together.
What are Hydrogen bonds, Salt bonds, and Disulfide bonds?
Being capable of combining with or attracting water.
What is Hydrophilic?
Two rows of pin curls, each row rolled in opposite directions, usually on the side of the head.
What are Skip Waves?
A tension in your shears that causes the hair to fold instead of cut.
What is loose tension?
The active ingredient or reducing agent in an alkaline permanent wave.
What is Ammonium Thioglycolate?