Haircutting Final 2024

Front

Cutting with the points of the shears to create texture in the hair ends

Back

notching or point cutting

Front

This shape has a stacked area around the exterior and is cut at low-to-medium elevation

Back

graduated

Front

Graduated effect achieved by cutting the hair with elevation or overdirection

Back

layering

Front

Section of hair that determines the length the hair will be cut

Back

guideline

Front

Level at which a blunt cut falls; where the ends of the hair hang together

Back

weight line

Front

Line dividing the hair to create subsections

Back

parting

Front

How tightly the hair is pulled before cutting

Back

tension

Front

Hair that grows at the outermost perimeter along the face, around the ears, and on the neck

Back

hairline

Front

Cutting the hair to one length; all hair hangs to one level, forming a weight line

Back

blunt cut

Front

Divisions of the hair made before cutting

Back

sections