Lines, Sections and Angles
Hair Analysis
Hair Cutting Shears
4 Basic Haircuts and Clippercutting
Texturizing and Bangs
100

The two basic lines used in hair cutting are ______
and _______.

What are straight and curved

100

The _______ is the direction the hair grows
from the scalp, also referred to as natural fall or
natural falling position.

What is growth pattern.

100

All professional haircutting shears are made of _____.

What is steel.

100

What are the 4 basic haircuts?

What are blunt cut, graduated, long layered, uniform

100

How do you locate the bang area?

What is by placing a comb on the top of
the head so that the middle of the comb is balanced on the apex. The spot where the comb leaves the head in front of the apex is where the bang area begins.

200

These types of lines create one-length and low-elevation haircuts and add weight.

What are horizontal lines

200

Wave and curl patterns can be categorized into letters
and numbers from ____ to _____.

What is 1A- 4C

200

Professional shears are either _____ or _____.

What is cast or forged.

200

In this haircut there is a visible build-up of weight.

What is the graduated haircut.

200

Texturizing can be done with ________,
________, or _________.

What is cutting shears, thinning shears or a razor.

300

This type of parting separates the head at the parietal ridge to below the crown, providing you with control when layering or graduating the hair.

What is a horseshoe section.

300

The ______, _______, and _____ are the areas where
we often find strong growth patterns.

What are the hairline, crown and fringe.

300

If the tension is too loose, your shears will do what?

What is fold the hair.

300

This type of haircut can be created with a traveling guide, a stationary guide, or both

What is a layered haircut.

300

____________ creates very short tapers and
allows you to cut from an extremely short length to
longer lengths.

What is shear-over-comb.

400

The two guideline types are ______ and _________.

What are stationary and traveling.

400

DAILY DOUBLE

The density of the hair determines what factors when completing a haircut?


What is the size and number of subsections.

400

Fitting the shears correctly to your hand entails four
components:

What are: 

Fitting the ring finger, fitting the thumb,

relaxing your grip, correct finger position and alignment.

400

When using the clipper-over-comb technique, the comb’s ______ determines the length.

What is angle.

400

What it another name for effilating?



What is slithering.

500

The ________ guideline is the haircut’s outer line, and
the _______ guideline is the cut’s inner or internal line.

What is the perimeter and interior.

500

Name the four characteristics that determine the behaviour of hair?

 What are Growth pattern, Density, Texture, Wave and Curl Pattern

500

Texturing shears are sometimes referred to as ______ shears, _____ shears, or _______shears.

What is thinning, tapering and notching

500

                           *DAILY DOUBLE*

When cutting a ______, be aware of the ______, sometimes called the danger zone, because
this is where irregular growth patterns are most
often found.



What is blunt cut and crown area.




500

What are six basic techniques for texturizing with shears?

What are point cutting, notching, free hand notching, effilating, slicing, and carving.