ELEMENTS OF DESIGN
DESIGN PRINCIPLES
FACE SHAPES
SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
MISC.
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4 LINES USED IN DESIGN

HORIZONTAL, VERTICAL, DIAGONAL, CURVED

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CREATES SYMMETRY

BALANCE

100

CONSIDERED THE IDEAL FACE SHAPE, 1 1/2 TIMES LONGER THAN ITS WIDTH ACROSS THE BROW

OVAL

100

THIS TYPE OF FOREHEAD NEEDS OUTWARDLY DIRECTED BANGS.

RECEDING FOREHEAD

100

FORM A MIRROR IMAGE OF EACH OTHER

SYMMETRICAL BALANCE

200

FORM

THE MASS OR GENERAL OUTLINE OF A HAIRSTYLE

200

PROPORTION

COMPARATIVE RELATIONSHIP OF ONE THING TO ANOTHER

200

THE OBJECTIVE TO THIS FACE SHAPE IS TO CREATE THE ILLUSION OF WIDTH AT THE FOREHEAD.

TRIANGULAR OR PEAR SHAPED

200

CLOSE-SET EYES

CREATE WIDTH, SLIGHT LIGHTENING OF HAIR AT CORNER OF EYE.

200

CONTRASTING LINES

HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL LINES, MEET AT 90% ANGLE, HARD EDGE

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THE AREA SURROUNDING THE FORM

SPACE

300

CAN BE FAST OR SLOW

RHYTHM

300

STYLING CHOICE FOR A SQUARE FACIAL TYPE

CREATE VOLUME IN THE AREA BETWEEN THE TEMPLES AND JAW BY ADDING WIDTH ACROSS THE BROW

300

THIS PARTING GIVES HEIGHT TO A ROUND FACE

DIAGONAL

300

REPEATING LINES, STRAIGHT OR CURVED

PARALLEL LINES

400

DIRECTIONAL WAVE PATTERNS IN THE HAIR

DESIGN TEXTURE

400

DRAWS THE EYE FIRST

EMPHASIS

400

ILLUSION OF LENGTH TO THE FACE WILL MAKE THIS FACE TYPE APPEAR SLIMMER

ROUND

400

DO THIS TO CAMOUFLAGE A LARGE CHIN 

HAIR SHOULD BE LONGER OR SHORTER THAN THE CHIN LINE.

400

DEFINITE FORWARD OR BACKWARD MOVEMENT

DIRECTIONAL LINES

500

USED TO DEFINE TEXTURE AND LINE IN A DESIGN, VISUALLY AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY

HAIRCOLOR

500

THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THE ART PRINCIPLES

HARMONY

500

THE 3 TYPES OF PROFILES 

STRAIGHT, CONVEX, CONCAVE
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WHAT IS THE SPECIAL CONSIDERATION FOR CLIENTS WHO WEAR GLASSES

THE ARMS OF THE GLASSES CAN CAUSE THE HAIR AT THE EARS TO STICK OUT.

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