Principles of Hair Design
Haircutting
Hairstyling
Chemical Texture Services
Haircoloring
100

Also known as the fringe area

What is Bang area

100

Also Known as one-length hair cut.

What is Blunt Haircut

100
Also known as sculptured curls.
What is Carved Curls.
100

Have a pH between 9.0 and 9.6.

What is Alkaline Waves

100
Also known as boosters, protinators, or accelerators.
What is Activators
200

The creation of unity in a design; holds all the elements of design together.

What is Harmony

200
Parting the haircut in the opposite way from which you cut it in order to check for precision of line and shape.
What is Cross-Checking
200
Curl placed completely off the base; allows for the greatest mobility.
What is Full-Stem Curl
200
Compounds made up of carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, and sulfur.
What is Amino Acids
200
Predominant tone of a color.
What is Base Color
300

Two halves of a style; form a mirror image of one another.

What is Symmetretrical Balance

300
Section of hair, located either at the perimeter or the interior of the cut, that determines the length the hair will be cut.
What is Guideline
300
Pin curls placed immediately behind or below a ridge to form a wave.
What is Ridge Curls
300
Have a pH between 4.5 and 7.0
What is True Acid Waves
300
Used to equalize porosity.
What is Fillers
400
Lines moving in a circular or semi-circular direction; used to soften a design.
What is Curved Line
400
Combing a section away from its natural falling position.
What is Overdirection
400
Implements made of quality steel that are used to curl hair.
What is Thermal Irons
400
Long Chains of amino acids joined together by peptide bonds
What is Polypeptide Chains
400
Color obtained by mixing equal parts of two primary colors.
What is Secondary Color
500
Repeating lines in a hairstyle; may be straight or curved.
What is Parallel Lines
500
Also known as effilating; process of thinning the hair to graduated lengths with shears.
What is Slithering
500
A process used to condition a new brass pressing comb so that it heats evenly.
What is Temper
500
Main Active Ingredient in true acid and acid-blanced waving lotions.
What is Glyceryl Monotioglycolate (GMGT)
500
Measures the concentration and strength of hydrogen peroxide.
What is Volume
M
e
n
u