Barber Vocabulary Ch. 15; Men's Haircutting And Styling

Front 1

angle

Back 1

the space between two lines or surfaces that intersect at a given point; in haircutting, the hair is held away from the head to create an angle of elevation

Front 2

arching technique

Back 2

method used to cut around the ears and down the sides of the neck

Front 3

blow-dry styling

Back 3

one-step operation for drying and styling the hair

Front 4

clipper-over-comb

Back 4

cutting over a comb with the clippers

Front 5

crest

Back 5

widest area of the head, also known as the parietal ridge, temporal region, hatband, or horseshoe

Front 6

cutting above the fingers

Back 6

method of holding the hair section between the fingers so that cutting can be performed on the outside of the fingers; used with horizontal or vertical 90-degree projections of hair

Front 7

cutting below the fingers

Back 7

method of holding the hair secion between the fingers so that cutting can be performed on the inside of the fingers; used in 0- and 45-degree elevation cutting

Front 8

design line

Back 8

usually the perimeter line of the haircut

Front 9

diagonal

Back 9

lines positioned between horizontal and vertical lines

Front 10

elevation

Back 10

angle or degree at which a subsection of hair is held, or elevated, from the head when cutting; also referred to as projection

Front 11

envisioning

Back 11

the process of visualizing a procedure or finished haircut style

Front 12

facial shape

Back 12

oval, round, inverted triangular, square, oblong, diamond, and pear-shaped

Front 13

finger waving

Back 13

the process of shaping and directing the hair into a pattern of "S"-shaped waves through the use of the fingers, combs, and waving lotion

Front 14

fingers-and-shear

Back 14

technique used to cut hair by holding the hair into a position to be cut

Front 15

freehand clipper cutting

Back 15

generally interpreted to mean that guards are not used in the cutting process

Front 16

freehand slicing

Back 16

method of removing bulk from a hair section with the shears

Front 17

guide

Back 17

section of hair, located at either the perimeter or the interior of the cut, that determines the length the hair will be cut; also referred to as a guideline; usually the first section that is cut to create a shape

Front 18

hairlocking

Back 18

the process that occurs when coily hair is allowed to develop in its natural state without the use of combs, heat, or chemicals

Front 19

horizontal

Back 19

lines parallel to the horizon

Front 20

layers

Back 20

graduated effect achieved by cutting the hair with elevation or over-direction; the hair is cut at higher elevations, usually 90 degrees or above, which removes weight

Front 21

outlining

Back 21

finish work of a haircut with shears, trimmers, or razor

Front 22

over-direction

Back 22

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

Front 23

parietal ridge

Back 23

widest area of the head, also known as the crest, hatband, horseshoe, or temporal region

Front 24

parting

Back 24

a line dividing the hair of the scalp that separates on section of hair from another or creates subsections; a subsection from a larger section of hair

Front 25

projection

Back 25

angle or elevation that hair is held from head for cutting

Front 26

razor-over-comb

Back 26

texturizing technique in which the comb and the razor are used on the surface of the hair

Front 27

razor rotation

Back 27

texturizing technique similar to razor-over-comb, done with a small circular motions

Front 28

reference points

Back 28

points on the head that mark where the surface of the head changes or the behavior of the hair changes, such as ears, jaw line, occipital bone, apex, etc.; used to establish design lines that are proportionate

Front 29

rolling the comb out

Back 29

a method used to put the hair into position for cutting by combing into the hair with the teeth of the comb in an upward direction

Front 30

shear-over-comb

Back 30

haircutting technique in which the hair is held in place with the comb while the shears are used to remove the lengths

Front 31

shear-point tapering

Back 31

haircutting technique used to thin out difficult areas in the haircut, such as dips and hollows

Front 32

stationary guide

Back 32

guideline that does not move, but all other hair is brought to it for cutting

Front 33

tapered

Back 33

haircuts in which there is an even blend from very short at the hairline to longer lengths as you move up the head; "to taper" is to narrow progressively at one end

Front 34

tension

Back 34

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

Front 35

texturizing

Back 35

removing excess bulk without shortening the length; changing the appearance or behavior of hair, through specific haircutting techniques, using shears, thinning shears, clippers, or a razor

Front 36

thinning

Back 36

removing bulk from the hair

Front 37

traveling guide

Back 37

guideline that moves as the haircutting progresses, used when creating layers or graduation; also referred to as moving or movable guidelines

Front 38

vertical

Back 38

lines that are straight up and down

Front 39

weight line

Back 39

a visual "line" in the haircut, where the ends of the hair hand together; the line of maximum length within the weight area; heaviest perimeter area of a 0-degree (one-length) or 45-degree (graduated) cut