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The working area of the hair that is separated prior to cutting. That helps the stylist maintain control of the hair throughout the haircut.
What is a section?
Mainly used to cut blunt or straight lines in hair, to slide cut or point cut.
What are haircutting shears?
Used mainly to remove bulk from the hair and is often referred to as a thinning shear, tapering shear, or notching shear.
What is a texturizing shear?
The elevation angle used in a blunt or one-length cut.
What is 0 degrees?
Area of the head located between the apex and the back of the parietal ridge.
What is the crown?
Hair that grows below the parietal ridge, or crest, hangs because of what?
What is gravity?
When parting the hair from the apex to the back of the ear, you can locate the ___ of the head. Which consists of all the hair that falls naturally behind the ear.
What is the back?
Where should the thumb hole of your shear rest when fitted properly?
What is the cuticle area of the thumb?
Shears that are designed to remove more hair, with larger teeth set farther apart.
What are notching sheers?
What type of hair requires less elevation and typically shrinks a little more as it dries?
What is curly hair?
Bone that protrudes at the base of the skull.
What is the Occipital Bone?
The three types of straight lines in haircutting.
What is horizontal, vertical, and diagonal?
The triangular section of the head that begins at the apex and ends at the front corners?
What is the bang area? (Fringe Area)
Comb used mainly to detangle the hair.
What is a wide tooth comb?
Which type of shear adds increased blending?
What is a texturizing shear?
Elevations below this angle will build weight within a haircut.
What is below 90 degrees?
The two front corners represent the widest part of the what?
What is the bang area?
A subsection of hair that determines the length the hair will be cut.
What is a guideline?
The line dividing the hair at the scalp, separating one section from another.
What is a parting?
Comb used for close tapers on the nape and sides, and when using scissor over comb techniques.
What is a barber comb?
Measurement based on the thickness or diameter of each hair strand.
What is hair texture?
The angle at which the fingers are held when cutting the line that creates the shape.
What is the cutting line?
The highest point on the top of the head.
What is the apex?
Guideline used in blunt, one length haircut or used in over direction to create a length increase.
What is a stationary guideline?
What is created when the space between two lines or surfaces intersects at a given point?
What is an angle?
Tension in your shears that is too ___ will cause your shears to fold the hair.
What is loose?
Hand position that is used most often when cutting uniform or increasing layers.
What is cutting over fingers?
Haircut where all of the hair comes to a single hanging level forming a weight line.
What is a blunt cut?
The widest part of the head, starting at the temples and ending at the bottom of the crown.
What is the parietal ridge?
How the client looks from their side is referred to as their ____.
What is their profile?
The number of individual hair strands on one square inch of scalp.
What is hair density?
This refers to the method of gauging the hardness of the steel of an individual shear in order to ensure that it maintains a sharp edge for an extended period of time.
What is the Rockwell Hardness?
Technique used to check a haircut for precision of line and shape.
What is cross checking?
Elevation creates graduation and layers and usually is described in what measurement?
What is degrees?
The area at the back part of the neck that consists of the hair below the occipital bone?
What is the nape?
The direction in which hair grows from the scalp and is also called natural fall.
What is growth pattern?
What type of haircutting lines are parallel to the floor and relative to the horizon?
What are horizontal lines?
What three countries are primarily responsible for manufacturing the steel used for making professional shears?
What is Japan, Germany, and the United States?
The visual line in the haircut where the ends of the hair hang together.
What is the weight line?
Also known as projection or lifting, this is the degree at which a subsection of hair is held from the head when cutting.
What is elevation?
What can be accomplished by understanding the head shape and reference points?
Balance within a design.
When making decisions on what the best haircut for a client would be, start by analyzing the client's ___.
What is their face shape?
Haircutting lines perpendicular to the horizon, used to remove weight and layer the hair.
What are vertical lines?
Tool that cuts the hair by using two moving blades held in place by a metal plate with teeth.
What are clippers?
What is the best way to maintain control of the subsection when cutting with a vertical or diagonal cutting line?
What is palm to palm?
If you want hair to be longer toward the front on a layered haircut, overdirect the sections to a stationary guide at the _____.
What is the back of the ears?
The location of the four corners signals a change in what?
What is head shape?
The process of removing excess bulk without shortening hair length.
What is texturizing?
These lines lie between the horizontal and vertical and help blend long layers into short layers to create fullness.
What are diagonal lines?
What is convex?
This tool is not recommended to be used on curly hair because it weakens the cuticle and causes the hair to frizz.
What is a razor?
This cutting technique involves using diagonal lines to create angles by cutting the ends of the hair with a slight increase or decrease in length.
What is beveling?
Precision haircutting involves being precise in your haircut and ________.
Applying a systematic plan.
The amount of pressure applied when combing or holding a subsection during a haircut.
What is Tension?
A thin, continuous mark, curved or straight, used as a guide while cutting hair.
What is a line?
This reduces strain on the index finger and thumb while cutting the hair.
What is palming the shears?
A basic haircut, cut at a 90 degree elevation and then overdirected to maintain length and weight at the perimeter.
What is a long layered cut?
If curly hair shrinks when it dries you will need to cut wet hair ___ to ___ _____ than the desired length.
What is 1/4 to 1/2 inch longer?
Surfaces on the head where the head changes.
What are reference points?
Which type of hair is typically limp and needs weight?
What is fine, thin hair?
What guideline involves a small slice of a previous subsection that is moved to the next position and becomes the new guideline?
What is a traveling guide?
Which shear manufacturing process is best for ensuring shear durability, ease of adjustment or repair, and highest quality?
What is a solely forged shear?
The amount of movement in the hair strand, varies from client to client as well as within the same head of hair and is referred to as the ___.
What is the wave pattern?
When cutting hair with strong growth patterns or cutting hair around the ears you should use which amount of tension to compensate for the hair being pushed up when it dries?
What is minimum tension?
A general rule of thumb when cutting hair is to stand or sit directly in front of the area you are cutting, and to keep your body weight ___.
What is centered?
Haircuts that generally have less weight than graduated haircuts.
What are Layered haircuts?
What is an important element in creating a strong foundation and consistency in haircutting?
What is the use of angles?
What is the ideal Rockwell Hardness of a shear?
What is 56-57?
This method involves cutting or layering the hair in such a way that the fingers and shears glide along the edge of the hair to remove length?
What is slide cutting?
Process of thinning the hair to graduated lengths with shears, also known as slithering.
What is Effilating?
When locating the bang area it is important to work with the natural ____ to see where and how hair is moved over the head.
What is natural distribution?
Another version of point cutting that is more aggressive and leaves a chunkier effect.
What is notching?
When using the slicing technique to remove weight and add movement through the lengths of the hair, the shears should never be completely ___.
What is closed?
Coarse hair sticking out when cut too short is an example of the role _____ plays in the behavior of hair.
Texture
This technique should be used to create a length increase in the design.
What is overdirection?
What technique allows you to cut hair very close to the scalp and create a flat top or square shape?
What is clipper over comb?
Cowlicks and whorls that effect where the hair will end up once its dry are examples of what?
What are growth patterns?
What angle should your shears be opened to when cleaning and lubricating to remove the hair.
What is a 90 degree angle?