These lines have a slanting or sloping direction
What are diagonal?
A texturing technique performed on the hair ends using the tips of the shears to create a broken edge
What is point cutting?
This hair type can bounce back well with average shrinkage and recoil
What is medium?
These combs are used mainly to detangle & are ideal for textured or relaxed hair
What are wide-tooth combs?
This section if taken from ear to ear and divides the head from front to back
What is a radial?
These lines are described in terms of up and down and remove weight
What is vertical lines?
When hairstylist combs hair away from its natural falling position rather than straight from head to increase designs length
What is overdirection?
Haircut is achieved by cutting the hair with elevation or overdirection; the hair is cut usually at 90 degrees
What is a layered cut?
This enables a hairstylist to hold the comb and the shears at the same time
What is palming the shears?
This section divides the head in two sections and facilitates subsectioning
What is a profile
This guideline moves with you as you progress through the haircut and is used when creating layered haircuts
What is traveling ?
This determines the size and number of subsections needed to complete a haircut
What is density
This guideline is the haircuts inner or internal line
What is interior?
They are used to primarily to remove bulk from the hair
What are texturizing shears?
The line dividing the hair at the scalp
What is a part/parting?
Technique using diagonal lines to create angles by cutting hair ends with a slight increase or decrease in length
What is beveling?
Bases on each strand's diameter & is usually classified as fine, medium, or coarse
What is texture
The degree at which the subsection of hair is lifted from head when cutting
What is elevation?
This comb is used for most haircutting procedures, can be 6-8 inches long and have fine teeth at one end and wider at the other
What is a styling or cutting comb?
Refers to the working area that the hair is separated into before cutting
What is a section?
These lines are parallel to the floor, build weight, and direct the eye from one side to the other
What is horizontal line?
Method of layering hair in which the fingers and shears glide along the edge of hair to remove length
What is slide cutting?
This guideline is the haircuts outer line
What is a perimeter?
These combs are used mainly to section and subsection the hair
What is a tail comb?
A hair subsection that determines the length of the hair will be cut at
What is a guideline?