Haircutting Fundamentals
To eliminate any guesswork about the desired haircut or style, its best to perform this.
What is client consultation?
This attachment controls how much hair the clippers leave behind.
What is the clipper guard/attachment comb?
Known as the generally recognized facial shape. (state test question)
What is oval?
It is the widest section of the head, starting at temples and ending just below the crown. (state test question)
What is the parietal ridge?
What are cutting on top of fingers, cutting below the fingers, and cutting palm-to-palm?
This determines the natural direction the hair grows.
What is the growth pattern?
This clipper position removes the most hair.
What is the closed blade?
What you imagine a haircut will look like before the actual procedure.
What is envisioning?
Bone that protrudes at the base of the skull. (state test question)
What is occipital bone?
Cutting technique that the comb is used to put the hair in a position to be cut and acts similarly to holding a section of hair between the fingers.
What is shear-over-comb?
The removal of excess bulk from the hair is called?
What is thinning?
This clipper technique blends different lengths together.
What is clipper-over-comb?
What is oval, round, inverted triangle, square, pear-shaped, oblong, and diamond?
Is the action of gradually increasing the length of the hair from one point on the head to another without any lines of demarcation such as gaps or steps. (state test question)
What is taper/tapering?
When using the shear-over-comb technique, the hair is placed in position for cutting by this movement.
What is rolling the comb out?
What is natural?
This tool is commonly used to clean up the neckline and around the ears.
What are trimmers/edgers?
This face shape needs to be visually shortened and its angularity softened.
What is oblong?
The three types of straight lines used in haircutting.
What are horizontal, vertical, and diagonal?
Type of shave that involves shaving the sides of the neck and across the nape with a razor.
This helps determine which haircut best suits the client.
This technique creates a smooth transition from very short hair to longer hair.
What is a fade?
Profile that has a prominent forehead and chin. (state test question)
What is concave profile?
Known as the outer permitter line of the haircut. (state test question)
What is design line?
This line is the heaviest perimeter area of a 0 elevation or 45-degree cut.
What is weight line?