Braiding and Hair Extensions 1
Hairstyling that uses no chemicals or dyes, and does not alter the natural curl or coil pattern of the hair
What is natural hairstyling?
The type of hair at the top of the line
What is European hair?
The area of the hair where you begin detangling
What is the ends?
Defined as an artificial covering for the head consisting of a network of interwoven hair
What is a wig?
A method of attaching hair extensions, hair wefts or single strands are attached with an adhesive or bonding agent
What is the bonding method?
Used to deeply hydrate, moisturize, and condition the hair with water vapor
What is a steamer?
Wigs constructed with an elasticized, mesh-fiber base to which the hair is attached
What are cap wigs?
The best way to understand the needs of the client and provide him or her with the correct braiding services
What is a client consultation?
Another name for turned hair
What is Remi hair?
The hair is double-strand twisted or coil twisted and wrapped around itself to make a knot
What is bantu knot or Nubian knot?
The technique used for a visible braid?
What is underhand technique?
The name of wigs that men wore in eighteenth-century men wore wigs to indicate that they were in the army or navy, or engaged in the practice of law
What are perukes?
Comb that is excellent for design parting
What is a tail comb?
Hairstylists general goal when cutting a wig
What is make the hair look more realistic?
Machine-made wigs from human or artificial hair
What are capless wigs?
The gold standard for hair extensions
What is human hair?
A head-shaped form, usually made of canvas-covered cork or Styrofoam, on which the wig is secured for fitting, coloring, and sometimes styling
What is a block?
Clips that can be used to separate hair into large or small sections
What are butterfly clips?
Long strips of hair with a threaded edge
What are wefts?
An interlocking method that instantly locks any textured hair whether straight, relaxed, wavy, curly, and coily or highly textured using a special tool to achieve the single lock
What are sisterlocks?
Signified through different styles of braiding
What is a person's social status?
A sewing technique used with a curved needle and thread to sew on a weft of hair to a braided cornrow track
What is the lock stitch method?
A manufactured, synthetic fiber of excellent quality, that is made in a wide variety of types, with different names, colors, and textures
What is Kanekalon?
The best test to gauge how realistic the wig looks
What is the wind test?
A hairpiece that has openings in the base, through which the client’s own hair is pulled to blend with the (natural or synthetic) hair of the hairpiece
What is an integration hairpiece?