GUIDE/LINE
This guideline is the haircuts inner or internal line
What is interior?
This type of hair can bounce back well with average shrinkage and recoil
What is medium hair?
A method of layering the hair in which the fingers & shears glide along the edge of the hair to remove length
What is slide cutting?
These combs are used mainly to detangle and are ideal for textured or relaxed hair
What is wide-tooth comb?
A line dividing the hair at the scalp
What is part/parting?
Most common degrees in haircutting
What is 45 and 90?
These lines have a slanting or sloping direction
What is diagonal?
This is based on each hair strand's diameter and is usually classified as fine, medium or coarse
What is texture?
When stylist combs the hair away from its natural falling position, rather than straight out from the head to increase designs length
What is overdirection?
This comb is used for most haircutting procedures, can be 6-8 inches long & have fine teeth at one end and wider at the other
What is styling or cutting comb?
This section divides the head in two sections and facilitates subsectioning
What is profile?
The highest elevation in haircutting
What is 180?
These lines are described in terms of up and down and remove weight
What is vertical?
This determines the size and number of subsections needed to complete a haircut
What is density?
A texturizing technique performed on hair ends using the tips of the shears to create a broken edge
What is point cutting?
These are used primarily to remove bulk from the hair
What are texturizing shears?
This section is taken from ear to ear and divides the head from front to back
What is radial?
This haircut is an immediate or slow buildup of weight caused by cutting the hair w/tension, low-medium elevation or overdirection
What is graduated?
This guideline is the haircuts outer layer
What is perimeter?
The direction the hair grows from the scalp
What is growth pattern?
This is achieved by cutting hair w/elevation or overdirection; the hair is cut at higher elevations usually 90 degrees
What is layered?
These combs are used mainly to section and subsection the hair
What is tail comb?
The working area that hair is separated into before cutting
What is a section?
All the hair comes to one hanging level, forming a weight line
What is blunt?
These lines are parallel to the floor, build weight, and direct the eye from one side to the other
What is horizontal?
A haircut with graduated shape would be suggested for hair that has ___ texture and ____ density
What is medium and thin?
This enables the stylist to hold the comb and shears at the same time
What is palming the shears?
What is the finger tang?
The area used as a major reference point to determine where the nape begins
What is occipital?
The ends are cut at an angle and the line is not blunt when using this
What is a razor?
This guideline does not move and all other sections are combed to this guide and cut at the same angle and length
What is stationary?
Too much tension, heat or manipulation on this type of hair can affect its ability to bounce back or recoil
What is fine?
A technique using diagonal lines to create angles by cutting hair ends with a slight increase or decrease in length
What is beveling?
A comb primarily used for close tapers on the nape and sides when using shear over comb technique
A section that separates the head at the parietal ridge to below the crown and provides control when layering.
What is horseshoe?
Cutting the hair at 90 degrees will do this to the hair
What is builds weight?
This guideline moves with you as you progress through the haircut and is used when creating layered haircuts
What is traveling guide?
Pressure applied when combing and holding a subsection of hair and created by stretching or pulling the subsection
What is tension?
When cutting a vertical or diagonal line, this is the best way to maintain control of a subsection, especially regarding elevation and overdirection
What is palm to palm?
Ideal Rockwell hardness number for shears is __- or ___
What is 56 or 57?
This section rotates from a central point and is used in layering and graduation
What is pivoting?
Degree at which a subsection of hair is lifted from the head when cutting
What is elevation?
When cutting this type of hair, be sure to not use tension as the hair can really shrink when dry
What is curly?
The amount of movement in the hair strand
What is curl or wave pattern?
The process of removing excess bulk without shortening the length of the hair
What is texturizing?
Professional haircutting shears are made of
What is steel?
An area on the client you need to take special care when cutting their hair so you dont cut them.
What are ears?
The angle at which the fingers are held when cutting the line that creates the end shape
What is finger angle?
A hair subsection that determines the length the hair will be cut
What is guideline?
The most resilient and strong and can bounce back and recoil if it's healthy.
What is coarse?
To maintain proper body posture and position when working, keep your body weight ______
What is centered and firm?
A gauge for measuring the hardness of metal
What is Rockwell Hardness?
Refers to where and how the hair is moved over the head
What is distribution?
This hair is cut at 90 degrees and then overdirected to maintain length and weight at the perimeter
What is long-layered?