Points of Head
The widest area of the head, starting at the temples and ending at the bottom of the crown.
What is the Parietal Ridge?
The working Area that the hair is separated into prior to cutting.
What is a section?
Shears are made by a process whereby molten steel is poured into a mold.
What are cast shears?
Known as a one-length haircut.
What is a blunt cut?
Cutting technique that gives a softer appearance than a shear cut.
What is razor cutting?
The bone that protrudes at the base of the skull.
What is the occipital bone?
These are parallel from the floor and relative to the horizon.
What are horizontal lines?
Gives your pinky an additional contact point is the nerves and tendons in the pinky and hand are less stressed and pressured is relieved, allowing you to relax your grip so you can hold the shear more comfortably.
What is a finger tang?
A slow or immediate build up of weight; this is caused by cutting the hair with tension, low to medium elevation, or overdirection.
What is a graduated cut?
What is slide cutting?
The highest point on the top of the head, that can be located by placing a comb flat on the top of the head.
What is the Apex?
Creates movement toward the face.
What are diagonal forward lines?
Adds increased blending.
What are texturizing shears?
An effect achieved by cutting the hair with elevation or overdirection.
What is a layered cut?
A technique where you hold the hair in place with the comb while using the tips of the shears to remove length.
What is the scissor-over-comb technique?
Located one of two ways: One by placing two combs flat against the side and back, and the locating the back corner at the point where the two combs meet?
What is the four corners?
Divides the head in two sections from the center forehead to center nape.
What is profile sectioning?
Part of the blade that actually does the cutting.
What is the cutting edge?
Creates movement and volume in the hair by releasing weight.
What are layers?
A technique performed on the ends of the hair using the tips, or points, of the shears to create a broken edge.
What is point cutting?
Marks where the surface of the head changes, such as the ears, jawline, occipital bone, or apex, used to establish design lines.
What are reference points?
A section that is taken from ear to ear and divides the head from front to back starting behind the apex in the crown.
Shears made by a process of working metal to a finished shape by hammering or pressing.
What are forged shears?
Hair is cut at a 90-degree elevation and then overdirected to maintain length and weight at the perimeter.
What is a long-layered cut?
The process of thinning the hair to graduated lengths with shears.
What is effilating?