2024 | Haircutting Chapter 11

Haircutting technique using diagonal lines by cutting hair ends with a slight increase or decrease in length

• Elevation

• Texturizing

• Notching

• Beveling

Also known as a one-length haircut; haircut in which all the hair comes to one hanging level, forming a weight line or area; hair is cut with no elevation or overdirection.

• Blunt haircut

• Layered haircut

• Elevation

• Slide cutting

Haircutting technique done by placing the still blade into the hair and resting it on the scalp, and then moving the shears through the hair while opening and partially closing the shears.

• Notching

• Slicing

• Effilating

• Carving

shears made by pouring molten steel into a mold

• Forged shears

• Layers

• Cutting line

• Cast shears

Haircutting technique similar to scissor-over-comb, except that the clippers move side to side across the comb rather than bottom to top.

• Clipper over comb

• Slicing

• Slide cutting

• Shear over comb

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

• Texturizing

• Notching

• Overdirection

• Cross-checking

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

• Cutting line

• weight line

• guideline

• finger angle

A type of diagonal line that crates movement away from the face

• Slicing

• Uniform layers

• Diagonal forward

• Diagonal back

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

• Diagonal back

• Horizontal

• Diagonal forward

• Tension

Where and how hair is moved over the head

• Overdirection

• Tension

• Distribution

• Elevation