Milady Chapter 16 Vocab

Front 1

Angle

Back 1

Space between two lines or surfaces that's intersect at a given point

Front 2

Apex

Back 2

Highest point at the top of the head

Front 3

Beveling

Back 3

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

Front 4

Blunt haircut

Back 4

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

Front 5

Carving

Back 5

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

Front 6

Cast

Back 6

Method of manufacturing shears; a metal-forming process whereby molten steel is poured into a mold and, once the metal is cooled, takes on the shape of the mold

Front 7

Clipper over comb

Back 7

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

Front 8

Cross checking

Back 8

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

Front 9

Crown

Back 9

Area of the head between the apex and back of the parietal ridge

Front 10

Cutting line

Back 10

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

Front 11

Disturbution

Back 11

Where and how hair is moved over the head

Front 12

Elevation

Back 12

Also known as projection or "lifting"; angle or degree at which the a subsection of hair is held, or lifted, from the head when cutting

Front 13

Forged

Back 13

Process of working metal to a finished shape by hammering or pressing

Front 14

Four corners

Back 14

Points of the head that signal a change in the shape of the head, from flat to round or vise versa

Front 15

Free hand notching

Back 15

Haircutting technique on which pieces of hair are snipped out at random intervals

Front 16

Free hand slicing

Back 16

Haircutting technique used to release weight from the subsection, allowing the hair to move more freely

Front 17

Graduated haircut

Back 17

Graduated shape or wedge; an effect of haircut that results from cutting the hair with tension low to medium elevation, or overdirection

Front 18

Graduation

Back 18

Elevation occurs when a section is lifted above 0 degrees

Front 19

Growth pattern

Back 19

Direction in which the hair grows from the scalp; also referred to as natural fall or natural falling position

Front 20

Guideline

Back 20

Also known as "guide"; sections of the hair, located either at the perimeter or the interior of the cut, the determines the length the hair will be cut. Usually the first section that is cut to create shape

Front 21

Hair line

Back 21

Hair that grows at the outermost perimeter along the face, around the ears, and on the neck

Front 22

Head form

Back 22

Also known as "head shape"; shape of the head, which greatly affects the way hair falls and behaves

Front 23

Interior

Back 23

Inner or internal part

Front 24

Interior guideline

Back 24

Guideline that is inside the haircut rather than on the perimeter

Front 25

Layered haircut

Back 25

Graduated effect achieved by cutting the hair with elevation or overdirection, the hair is cut at higher elevations, usually 90 degrees or above, which removes weight

Front 26

Layers

Back 26

Create movement and volume in the hair that releasing weight

Front 27

Line

Back 27

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

Front 28

Long layered haircut

Back 28

Haircut in which the hair is cut at a 180-degree angle; the resulting shape has shorter layers at the top and increasingly longer layers toward the perimeter

Front 29

Nape

Back 29

Back part of the neck; hair below the occipital bone

Front 30

Notching

Back 30

Haircutting technique,a version of point cutting, in which the tips of the scissors are moved toward the hair ends rather than into them; created a chunkier effect

Front 31

Occipital bone

Back 31

Bone that protrudes at the base of the skull

Front 32

Overdirection

Back 32

Combing a section away from its natural falling position, rather than straight out from the head, toward the guideline; used to create increasing lengths in the interior or perimeter

Front 33

Palm to palm

Back 33

Cutting position in which the palms of both hands are facing each other

Front 34

Pariental ridge

Back 34

Widest area of the head , usually starting at the temples and ending at the bottom of the crown

Front 35

Part parting

Back 35

Line dividing the hair at the scalp, separating one section from the hair from another, creating subsections

Front 36

Perimeter

Back 36

Outer line of the hairstyle

Front 37

Point cutting

Back 37

Haircutting technique in which the tips of the shears are used to cut "points" into the ends of the hair

Front 38

Razor over comb

Back 38

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

Front 39

Razor rotation

Back 39

Texturizing technique similar razor-over-comb, done with small circular motions

Front 40

Reference point

Back 40

Points on the head that mark the surface of the head changes or the behavior of the hair changes, such as ears, jawline, occipital bone, apex, and so on; used to establish design lines that are proportionate

Front 41

Scissor over comb

Back 41

Also known as "shear-over-comb"; hair cutting technique in which the hair is held in place with the comb while the tips of the scissors are used to remove the lengths

Front 42

Sections

Back 42

To divide the hair by parting into uniform working areas for control

Front 43

Shrinkage

Back 43

When hair contracts or lifts through the action of moisture loss or drying

Front 44

Slicing

Back 44

Haircutting technique that removes bulk and adds movement through the lengths of the hair; the shears are not completely closed, and only the position of the blades near the pivot is used

Front 45

Slide cutting

Back 45

Method of cutting or thinning the hair in which the fingers and shears glide along the edge of the hair to remove length

Front 46

Slithering

Back 46

Also known as "effilating"; process of thinning the hair to graduated lengths with shears; cutting the hair with a sliding movement of the shears while keeping the blades partially opened

Front 47

Stationary guide

Back 47

Guideline that does not move

Front 48

Subsections

Back 48

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

Front 49

Taper

Back 49

Haircutting effect on which there is an even blend from very short at the hairline to longer lengths as u move up the head; to taper is to marrow progressively at one end

Front 50

Tension

Back 50

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

Front 51

Texturizing

Back 51

Haircutting technique designed to remove excess bulk without shortening the length; changing the appearance or behavior of the hair through specific hair cutting techniques using shears, thinning shears, or a razor

Front 52

Traveling guideline

Back 52

Also known as "movable guideline"; guideline that moves as the hair cutting progresses, used often when creating layers or graduation

Front 53

Uniform layer

Back 53

Hair is elevated to 90 degrees from the scalp and cut at the same length

Front 54

Weight line

Back 54

Visual line in the haircut where the ends or the hair hang together