HAIR
LINES
TOOLS
HAIRCUT
HAIR AND SAFETY
100

This hair is most resillient and strong and can bounce back and recoil if its healthy

What is coarse hair?

100

This guideline is the haircuts outer line

What is a perimeter?

100

In properly fitted shears, it is where your pinky should rest

What is the finger tang?

100

This haircut is an immediate or slow buildup of weight caused by cutting the hair with tension, low to medium elevation, or overdirection

What is a graduated cut?

100
You maintain this when you keep your body weight centered and firm

What is proper body posture and position?

200

A haircuts graduated shape would be suggested for hair that has this type of texture and this density

What is Medium and Thin?

200

This guideline does not move and all other sections are combed to this guideline and cut at the same angle and length

What is stationary guide?

200

With this tool, the ends are cut at an angle and the line is not blunt

What is a razor?

200

This is NOT considered a hand position for cutting hair

What is shear over comb?

200

When cutting vertical/diagonal line, this is the best way to maintain control of subsection, especially regarding elevation and overdirection

What is cutting palm to palm?

300

The amount of movement in the hair strand

What is curl or wave pattern?

300

These lines are parallel to the floor, build weight, and direct the eye from one side to the other

What is horizontal?

300

This tool isnt properly fitted if the thumb hole rests up to or over your knuckle

What is a shear?

300

Angle at which the fingers are held when cutting the line that creates the end shape

What is finger angle?

300

Taking special care not to accidently cut the clients skin when cutting around the ears is considered a ___ in a haircutting service

What is a safety measure?

400

This type of hair can bounce back well with average shrinkage and recoil

What is medium hair?

400

This guideline is the haircuts inner or internal line

What is interior? 

400

A gauge for measuring the hardness of metal 

What is Rockwell Hardness?

400

All the hair comes to one hanging level, forming a weight line

What is a blunt cut?

400

The pressure applied when combing and holding a subsection of hair and is created by stretching or pulling the subsection 

What is tension?

500

Too much tension, heat, or manipulation can affect its ability to bounce back/recoil in this type of hair

What is fine?

500

The direction the hair grows from the scalp

What is growth pattern?

500

Its important for a shear to have this to make a clean cut and not fray or damage the hair ends

What is a sharp edge?

500

Haircut achieved by cutting hair with elevation or over-direction; the hair is cut at higher elevations usually 90 degrees

What is layered?

500

This shape is NOT a type of bangs/fringe

What is a diamond?

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