Haircutting Ch 11

Precision haircutting involves being precise in your haircut and ______.

• applying a systematic plan

• connecting haircut lines

• establishing a cutting line

• frequently sharpening your haircutting shears

Each of the following is a reason cosmetologists should study and have a thorough understanding of haircutting EXCEPT:

• Knowing the fundamentals of haircutting allows a cosmetologist to understand advanced haircutting techniques.

• Haircutting is the basic foundational skill upon which all cosmetology services are built.

• Providing clients with an easy-to-style and maintain haircut will make them happy and have them return for future services.

• Understanding haircutting helps a cosmetologist create or duplicate a haircut from a photo.

Answer explanation

Feedback: Cosmetologists should study and have a thorough understanding of haircutting to understand haircutting techniques, make clients happy, and duplicate haircuts.

When a cosmetologist combs hair away from its natural falling position before cutting in order to increase a hair design's length, the cosmetologist is using _______.

• finger angles

• haircut sections

• elevation

• overdirection

Select the best definition for finger angle.

• the degree at which a subsection of hair is held from the head when cutting

• the line a hair subsection forms that determines the length the hair will be cut

• the angle stylists hold their fingers when cutting the line that creates the end shape of the hair

• the line at which stylists hold the hair that divides the hair at the scalp into small working areas

Answer explanation

Feedback: The finger angle is the angle at which the fingers are held when cutting the line that creates the end shape.

Draw a horizontal line

A stylist is discussing a new hairstyle with a client who describes a style that must use layers. In order to create the layered style, what type of guideline should the stylist use?

• stationary guide

• traveling guide

• perimeter guide

• interior guide

Which type of haircut section separates the head at the parietal ridge to below the crown.

• pivoting section

• radial section

• horseshoe section

• profile section

Draw a vertical line

Which of the following best describes the growth pattern?

• the direction in which the hair curls and moves

• the texture of the hair as it grows

• the direction in which the hair grows from the scalp

• the length to which the hair grows without being cut

Answer explanation

Feedback: The direction in which the hair grows from the scalp is referred to as the growth pattern.

In the context of haircutting, the density of the hair determines __________.

• the direction the hair grows from the scalp

• whether the hair is fine, medium, or coarse

• the size and number of subsections needed to complete a haircut

• the amount of movement in the hair