Basic Terminology 1
Basic Terminology 2
Hair Analysis
Cutting Tools
Positioning
Test Your Visual Skills
100
A thin, continuous mark used as a guide.
What is a line?
100
The haircut's outer line.
What is the perimeter guideline?
100
The number of individual hair strands on 1 square inch of the scalp.
What is density?
100
Cutting shears cut these types of lines in hair; also called straight lines.
What are blunt lines?
100
The pressure applied when combing and holding a subsection.
What is tension?
100
Horizontal lines are often used to ____ weight in a haircut.
What is build?
200
The working area that the hair is separated into prior to cutting.
What is a section?
200
The haircut's inner or internal line.
What is the interior guideline?
200
Also called natural fall or natural falling position, this is the direction the hair grows from the scalp.
What is growth pattern?
200
A gauge that determines the hardness of the metal shears are made of.
What is Rockwell Hardness?
200
This hand position helps prevent back strain when cutting.
What is cutting palm-to-palm?
200
Name the line that is present in this haircut.
What is a horizontal line?
300
A hair subsection that determines the length the hair is cut.
What is a guide?
300
A guideline is described as either ____ or ____, where it either moves, or does not move.
What are stationary and traveling guidelines?
300
Defined as fine, medium, or coarse, this is based on each hair strand's diameter.
What is texture?
300
There are 2 ways that shears are often made. Name both.
What are casting and forging?
300
You must do 3 things when cutting hair. Name one of these 3 things.
What is center your weight, stand with your knees slightly bent, or work in front of your section?
300
Layers are often used in haircutting to do these 2 things.
What is remove weight and add texture/movement.
400
This is created when the space between two lines intersects at a given point.
What is an angle?
400
This occurs when you comb the hair away from its natural falling position, rather than straight out from the head.
What is overdirection?
400
The amount of movement in a hair strand.
What is wave/curl pattern?
400
This type of shear provides ergonomically correct hand and arm positioning and gives a natural range of motion.
What are swivel shears?
400
Cutting over the fingers is often used when cutting these in a haircut.
What are uniform or increasing layers?
400
Name the haircut.
What is a graduated haircut?
500
A technique that uses diagonal lines to create angles when cutting hair ends with a slight increase or decrease in length?
What is beveling?
500
Also known as projection, this is the degree at which a section of hair is held from the head.
What is elevation?
500
There are 3 areas of the head where we often see strong growth patterns. Name these 3 locations.
What are the hairline, crown, and fringe?
500
When holding shears correctly, the ring fingerhold should rest between the first and second knuckles, leaving the pinky finger to rest comfortably on this part of the shear.
What is the finger tang?
500
The hand position that is used when cutting a blunt haircut or a graduated haircut.
What is cutting below the fingers?
500
The primary haircut shown is a _____.
What is a 0-degree, blunt haircut?
600
The finger angle is the angle at which fingers are held when cutting the line that creates the end shape. There are 4 additional names - name one.
What is cutting line, cutting position, cutting angle, or finger position?
600
The purpose of overdirection is to _____ length
What is increase or maintain?
600
Wave/curl pattern can be classified using numbers and letters, and often range between ____ and ____.
What is 1a and 4c?
600
When holding shears correctly, the thumb hold should rest at or slightly over this area of the thumb.
What is the cuticle?
600
A gradual progression of lengths from longest to shortest that are cut to a fixed guideline.
What is graduation?
600
The photos you see are 2 different types of layers. Name each type of layered haircut.
What are a 180-degree, long-layered haircut (brunette) and a 90-degree, uniform layered haircut (blonde)?