Clinique
The space between two lines or surfaces that intersect at a given point.
What is the angle?
A section of hair that determines the length the hair will be cut.
What is a guideline?
This is the area between the apex and the back of the parietal ridge
What is the crown?
These shears are mainly used to remove bulk from the hair.
What are texturizing shears?
The area at the back part of the neck and consists
of the hair below the occipital bone.
What is the nape?
The bone that protrudes at the base of the skull is the occipital bone.
What is the occipital bone?
This tool is mainly used to section and subsection the hair.
What is a tail comb?
The angle at which the fingers are held when cutting the line that creates the end shape.
What is the cutting line?
This is the highest point on the top of the head. This area is easily located by placing a comb flat on the top of the head.
What is the apex?
These shears are mainly used to cut blunt or straight lines in hair.
What are haircutting shears?
This comb is mainly used for close tapers on the nape and sides when using the scissor- over-comb technique.
What is a barber comb?
Where the surface of the head changes, such as the ears, jawline, occipital bone, or apex.
What are reference points?
The direction in which the hair grows from the scalp, also referred to as natural fall or natural falling position.
What is the growth pattern?
This blade edge will give you the smoothest cut and is the sharpest edge possible
What is a full convex edge?
Two techniques using diagonal lines to create angles by cutting the ends of the hair with a slight increase or decrease in length.
What are beveling and stacking?
On average, you should be able to
go one year or longer between sharpening if you follow the ___________and adjustment directions.
What is oiling?
True or False?
When your shear is properly fitted, the thumb hole will rest at or slightly under the cuticle area of your thumb, but not up to or over the knuckle.
What is false?
When working, keep your body weight this way.
What is centered?
This is the widest area of the head, starting at the temples and ending at the bottom of the crown.
What is the parietal ridge?
This is the amount of pressure applied when combing and holding a subsection.
What is tension?
This haircut has a graduated effect achieved by cutting the hair with elevation or overdirection.
What is layered?
When cutting a blunt cut, be aware of the crown area, sometimes called the danger zone, because this is where these types of growth patterns are most often found.
What is irregular?
Using shears that are properly fitted to your hand allows the muscles and tendons of your hand and wrist to be as relaxed as possible and will help to protect you from long-term repetitive motion injuries, such as this and other musculoskeletal (MuS-kyuh- lo-SKEl-uh-tul) disorders.
What is carpal tunnel syndrome?
True or False?
Thin hair is not ideal for graduated hair cuts.
What is false?
The visual line in the haircut, where the ends of the hair hang together.
What is the weight line?