FACIAL SHAPES
HEAD MARKINGS
Principals of Hair Design
PROFILE (and more)
LINES & RHYTHM
100

Narrow forehead, wide jaw and chin line

What is Triangle?

100

Protrudes at the base of the skull

What is the occipital bone?

100

Refers to designs unity

What is Harmony?

100

Generally flatters all hairstyles and has a very slight curvature

What is Straight profile?

100

Hair with tight curls

What is fast rhythm?

200

Wider at the center, has a round hairline and round chin

What is round?

200

The highest point on the top of the head

What is the Apex?

200

Relates to establishing equal or appropriate proportion to create symmetry

What is balance?

200

Receding forehead and chin: Style-keeping style close to head at nape & move hair forward in chin area is most flattering

What is convex?

200

Lines that help build height and length in a hair design

What is vertical?

300

Wide forehead and narrow chin line

What is a heart?

300
Area between apex and back of the parietal ridge

What is crown area?

300

Comparative relationship of one thing or another

What is proportion? 

300

This hair type reflects light better than other patterns

What is straight?

300

When balance is established, by two imaginary halves of hairstyle have equal or visual weight but are positioned unevenly 

What is Asymmetrical?
400

Dividing the face into 3 zones: forehead to brows, brows to end of nose, and end of nose to bottom of chin is a good way to determine this

What is facial shape?

400

Where the heads surface changes, such as ears, jawline, occipital bone and apex

What are reference points?


400

Refers to directional wave patterns or illusions of motion in the hair

What is design texture?

400

Can be complimented by softly styling the hair at the nape with an upward movement

What is concave?

400

Two types of diagonal lines used in hair design

What is forward and back?

500

1.5 times longer that its width across brow, has a forehead that marginally broader than chin but no areas visibly dominate others

What is Oval?

500

Heads widest area, starting at temples and ending at bottom of crown

What is the parietal ridge?

500

Creates the illusion of dimension or depth

What is alternating colors?

500

Includes objectives, goals and step by step planning developed my artists to mold their unique vision into a piece of art

What is design philosophy?

500

Regular pulsation of recurrent patterns of movement in a design

What is rhythm?

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