REFERENCE POINTS
EARS, JAW LINE, OCCIPITAL BONE OR APEX
REFERENCE POINTS
TOP
locate the top by parting the hair at the parietal ridge, and continuing all the way around the head.
ALL HAIR CUTS ARE MADE UP OF THESE 3 THINGS.
LINES, SECTIONS, ANGLES
BEVELING OR STACKING
techniques using diagonal lines to create angles by cutting the ends of the hair with a slight increase or decrease in length
CREATED BY ELEVATION, USUALLY DESCRIBED IN DEGREEGS
GRADUATION
STARTING AT THE TEMPLES AND ENDING AT THE CROWN
PARIETAL RIDGE
THE AREA BETWEEN THE APEX AND THE BACK OF THE PARIETAL RIDGE
CROWN
A THIN, CONTINUOUS MARK USED AS A GUIDE.
LINE
For control during haircutting, the hair is parted into working areas
SECTIONS
CREATED WHEN HAIR IS ELEVATED BELOW 90 DEGREES
BUILDING WEIGHT
PLACE A COMB FLAT AGAINST THE NAPE, WHERE THE COMB LEAVES THE HEAD IS CALLED THE...
OCCIPITAL BONE
CONSISTS OF THE HAIR BELOW THE OCCIPITAL BONE
NAPE
THE WORKING AREA THE HAIR IS SEPARATED INTO PRIOR TO CUTTING.
SECTIONS
A LINE DIVIDING THE HAIR AT THE SCALP
PART/PARTINGS
CUTTING LINE (aka cutting position)
THE ANGLE AT WHICH THE FINGERS ARE HELD WHEN CUTTING THE LINE THAT CREATES THE END SHAPE
THE HIGHEST POINT ON THE HEAD
APEX
DRAW A LINE FROM THE APEX TO THE BACK OF THE EAR, CONSISTS OF ALL HAIR THAT FALLS NATURALLY BEHIND THE EAR.
BACK
IMPORTANT TO CREATE A STRONG FOUNDATION AND CONSISTENCY IN HAIRCUTTING, HOW SHAPES ARE CREATED
ANGLE
HORSESHOE, PIVOTING, PROFILE, RADIAL
4 TYPES OF SECTIONS USED IN HAIRCUTTING.
FOUR CORNERS
These may be located in one of two ways. One is by placing two combs flat against the side and back, and then locating the back corner at the point where the two combs meet. The second is by making two diagonal lines crossing the apex of the head, which then point directly to the front and back corners
AKA...FRINGE AREA
BANG
HORIZONTAL, VERTICAL, DIAGONAL
TYPES OF STRAIGHT LINES
ALSO KNOWN AS LIFTING OR PROJECTION, DEGREE AT WHICH THE HAIR IS HELD WHEN CUTTING
ELEVATION