Chapter 11 Haircutting Test

Cutting hair with elevation or overdirection; hair is cut at higher elevations, usually 90 degrees or above: removes weight.

• layered haircut

• long-layered haircut

• line

• layers

Create movement and volume in hair by releasing weight

• lines

• taper

• layers

• diagonal layers

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

• layers

• line

• layered haircut

• tension

Hair is cut at a 90-degree elevation, then overdirected to maintain length and weight at perimeter.

• stationary guideline

• layers

• long-layered haircut

• traveling guideline

Guideline that does not move.

• weight line

• line

• taper

• stationary guideline

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

• subsections

• sections

• uniform layer

• tension

Haircutting effect in which there is an even blend form very short at the hairline ot longer lengths as you move up the head: to taper os to narrow progressively at on end.

• taper

• texturizing

• thinning

• weight line

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

• tension

• pressure

• texturizing

• weight line

Haircutting technique designed to remove excess bulk without shortening the length

• texturizing

• taper

• weight line

• texture

Also known as movable guideline

• guideline

• stationary guideline

• traveling guideline

• perimeter