Vocab Flashcards
Mastoid process
Divide front and back of head
Occipital bone
Affects how the client
Profile will look and affects what technique to use
Over direction
Directing hair away from its natural fall
Elevation
Lifting hair away from natural fall
Tension
Amount of stress put on hair
Three types of tension
Fingers, comb, on skin
Fingers, comb, on skin are all tensions… How much?
Fingers most
Through the comb moderate
On the skin least
Square
Can start anywhere
Cancel out roundness
Builds corners
Triangle
Shorter in back
Longer in front
Start in back
Round
Short in front
Long in back
Start in front
Vertical section
Perpendicular to floor
Removes weight
Horizontal section
Parallel to floor builds weight
Diagonal
Gives direction
Diffuser
80% dry
Natural texture
Leafing
80% mid shaft
Wrapping
Root 50%
Beveling
100% dry ends
layers
the removal of weight, created by holding the hair out from the head at a 90* angle or higher. This technique controls movement and texture of the hair
crosschecking
used to check a haircut for balance and accuracy
texturizing
which is sometimes referred to as thinning, involves cutting shorter lengths within the form to reduce bulk and create support, closeness, fullness, mobility and visual texture in the hair cut without shorting the length or removing weight
natural fal
natural position hair assumes due to gravity
concave lines
curve inward, like the inside of a sphere