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Principles of Haircutting
Haircutting Tools
Basic Haircuts
Other Cutting Techniques
Misc.
100
Points on the head that mark where the surface of the head changes. These points are used to establish lines.
What are reference points?
100
An implement that is used to create clean lines around the perimeter of a short taper?
What is an edger?
100
Also known as a low elevation cut.
What is a zero degree cut?
100
Cutting the hair straight across the strand where the lengths of the hair all come to one hanging level, forming a weight line.
What is blunt cutting?
100
Section of the hair that determines the length the hair will be cut.
What is the guide?
200
Widest area of the head
What is the parietal ridge?
200
An implement mainly used to remove bulk from the hair.
What are thinning shears?
200
Also known as a high elevation haircut.
What is a 90 degree haircut?
200
Cutting with the points of the shears to create texture in the hair ends.
What is notching or point cutting?
200
How tightly the hair is pulled when cutting.
What is tension?
300
The highest point on the head
What is the apex?
300
The highest point on the head
What is the apex?
300
Also known as 180 degree elevation cut.
What is a long layer cut?
300
This will reduce strain on the index finger and thumb while combing out the hair.
What palming the shears?
300
Direction in which the hair grows from the scalp.
What is growth pattern?
400
The bone that protrudes at the base of the skull.
What is the occipital bone?
400
An implement used to create very short tapers quickly.
What are clippers?
400
Graduated shape, or wedge, has a stacked area around the exterior and is cut at low to medium elevations.
What is a graduated cut?
400
To ensure even results in the finished haircut, always maintain an even amount of this.
What is moisture?
400
triangular section of the hair that begins at the apex and ends at the front corners.
What is fringe?
500
A technique that uses diagonal lines to create angles by cutting the ends of the hair with a slight increase or decrease of length.
What is beveling or stacking?
500
A method of manufacturing shears whereby molten steel is poured into a mold and cooled.
What is casting?
500
Another name for a high elevation cut.
What is 90 degrees?
500
When hair is parted from the center of the forehead to the center of the nape and then parted from the crown to the ears.
What is four-section part?
500
Guide that creates the line seen around the perimeter of the cut.
What is an exterior guide?