Haircutting Flash Cards

Haircutting

Flash Cards

CHAPTER 16

Multiple Choice

Parting the haircut in the opposite way from which you cut it in order to check for precision of line and shape.

• cross-checking

• subsectioning

• sectioning

• guideline

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Also known as projection or lifting; the degree at which a subsection of hair is held, or lifted, from the head when cutting.

• elevation

• section

• subsection

• cross-checking

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Section of hair, located either at the perimeter or the interior of the cut, which determines the length the hair will be cut. Usually the first section that is cut to create a shape.

• guideline

• section

• subsection

• cross-check

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Guideline that is inside the haircut rather than on the perimeter.

• interior guideline

• traveling guideline

• stationary guideline

• perimeter guideline

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Outer line of a hairstyle.

• perimeter

• interior

• front

• back

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Smaller sections within a larger section of hair, used to maintain control of the hair while cutting.

• subsections

• sections

• partings

• traveling guide

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To divide the hair by parting into uniform working areas for control. During haircutting, the working areas of the hair. Working in smaller sections gives better control.

• section

• subsection

• stationary guide

• traveling guide

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Inner or internal part.

• interior

• perimeter

• back

• front

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Angle at which the fingers are held when cutting, and, ultimately, the line that is cut; also know as finger angle, finger position, cutting position, or cutting angle.

• cutting line

• layers

• pivoting

• traveling guide

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Space between two lines or surfaces that intersect at a given point.

• angle

• line

• overdirection

• reference points

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Thin, continuous mark used as a guide; can be straight or curved, horizontal, vertical, or diagonal.

• line

• angle

• section

• reference points

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Line dividing the hair at the scalp, separating one section of hair from another, creating subsections.

• part/parting

• section

• subsection

• line

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Guideline that does not move.

• stationary guide

• traveling guide

• interior guide

• angle

Multiple Choice

Visual line in the haircut where the ends of the hair hang together.

• weight line

• section

• parting

• guideline

Multiple Choice

Guideline that moves as the haircutting progresses, used often when creating layers or graduation.

• stationary guideline

• traveling guideline

• perimeter guideline

• section

Multiple Choice

Points on the head that mark where the surface of the head changes or the behavior of the hair changes, such as ears, jawline, occipital bone, apex, and so on; used to establish design lines that are proportionate.

• reference points

• front

• back

• fringe area

Multiple Choice

Back part of the neck; the hair below the occipital bone.

• crown

• nape

• parietal ridge

• back

Multiple Choice

Area of the head between the apex and back of the parietal ridge.

• crown

• apex

• front

• back

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Points on the head that signal a change in the shape of the head, from flat to round or vice versa.

• four corners

• parietal ridge

• reference points

• crown

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Bone that protrudes at the base of the skull.

• occipital bone

• parietal ridge

• nape

• crown

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Widest area of the head, usually starting at the temples and ending at the bottom of the crown.

• parietal ridge

• occipital bone

• nape

• apex

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Highest point on the top of the head.

• apex

• crown

• parietal ridge

• occipital bone

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Direction in which the hair grows from the scalp; also referred to as natural fall or natural falling position.

• growth pattern

• hairline

• head form

• reference points

Multiple Choice

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

• hairline

• growth pattern

• perimeter

• layers

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The shape of the head, which greatly affects the way the hair falls and behaves.

• head form

• growth pattern

• four corners

• interior

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When hair contracts or lifts through the action of moisture loss or drying.

• shrinkage

• elevation

• texturizing

• tension

Multiple Choice

Amount of pressure applied when combing and holding a section, created by stretching or pulling the section.

• tension

• texturizing

• shrinkage

• moisture

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A type of diagonal line that creates movement away from the face.

• diagonal back

• diagonal forward

• distribution

• guideline

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A type of diagonal line that creates movement toward the face.

• diagonal forward

• diagonal back

• distribution

• guideline

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Elevation that occurs when a section is lifted above 0 degrees.

• graduation

• cutting line

• angle

• blunt haircut

Multiple Choice

Combing a section away from its natural falling position, rather than straight out from the head, toward a guideline; used to create increasing lengths in the interior or perimeter.

• overdirection

• cutting line

• traveling guideline

• perimeter guideline

Multiple Choice

Rotates from a central point; also referred to as pie shape sections, used for layering and graduating.

• pivoting

• stationary

• traveling

• horseshoe

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Create movement and volume in the hair by releasing weight.

• layers

• angle

• cutting line

• overdirecting

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Haircut in which all hair comes to one hanging level, forming a weight line or area; hair is cut with no elevation or overdirection.

• blunt haircut

• graduated haircut

• layered haircut

• long-layered haircut

Multiple Choice

Slow or immediate buildup of weight; an effect or haircut that results from cutting the hair with tension, low to medium elevation, or overdirection.

• blunt haircut

• graduated haircut

• layered haircut

• long-layered haircut

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Effects achieved by cutting the hair with elevation or overdirection; the hair is cut at higher elevations, usually 90 degrees or above, which removes weight.

• blunt haircut

• graduated haircut

• layered haircut

• long layered haircut

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Haircut in which the hair is cut at a 180-degree elevation and then overdirected to maintain length and weight at the perimeter.

• blunt haircut

• graduated haircut

• layered haircut

• long layered haircut

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Hair is elevated to 90 degrees from the scalp and cut at the same length.

• graduated haircut

• blunt haircut

• uniform layered haircut

• long layered haircut