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haircutting test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why is a proper fit important when using shears? | Ensures maximum performance, comfort and control. |
| How often should you disinfect your shears? | daily |
| What is the main use of texturizing shears? | To remove bulk from the hair |
| Which type of texturizing shears has 26-30 teeth and is universally used? | Thinning |
| What is the benefit of palming the shears? | Allows you to hold comb and shears at once |
| What benefits using a razor for a haircut? | Gives a softer appearance than a shears |
| What is tension and how are minimum and maximum tension achieved? | Tension is the pressure applied when combing and holding a subsection of hair. Minimum tension is combing without pulling. Maximum tension is coming while slightly pulling the hair. |
| How is a trimmer used? | Used to clean the neckline and around the ears |
| Why should you be cautious when cutting short layers in thin hair? | Layers remove weight making the hair appear thinner |
| What does graduation do? | It’s a gradual progression of lengthened buildup of weight. |
| Which technique is best for short taper cuts? | Shears over comb |
| Which hair type is not recommended for razor cuts? | Curly hair |
| How do you locate bang area? | Falls no wider than the outer corners of the eye |
| What’s slide cutting? | Method of sliding the scissors down the hair as opposed to open and closing the scissors |
| When should you avoid cutting bangs? | When strong cowlicks are present or low hairlines |
| What is another name for effilating? | Notching and slithering |
| What is carving? | its running the scissors over the hair while slightly opening and closing |
| Which texturizing cutting technique works well on curly hair? | Free hand |
| Describe point cutting? | Done on the hair ends to soften a blunt edge using scissor tips |
| What's the difference between razor over comb and comb rotation? | Over comb softens weight lines and taper the nape area while rotation is circular motion that gives direction to the hair cut |
| What does a clipper lever do? | A clipper lever adjusts the distance between the fixed comb guard and the moving blade. |
| What is the large guard vs. the small guard going to do as far as cutting the hair? | A large guard is going to keep the most hair on the head and a small guard is going to cut the hair close to the head. |
| When you open the lever all the way the 1 1/2 guard becomes what? | They become each other, so 1 ½ becomes 2” cut. Its giving and taking a ½” |
| When the lever is closed the 2 guard becomes what? | If it has the 2” guard on it but the level is closed it’s the same as the 1 ½”. Its giving and taking a ½” |
| Why is knowing the information in the 2 previous questions important? | It’s making the transitions smoother and cleaner without having to switch guards back and forth. It doesn’t create lines. |
| Describe how the lever was used to help the barber not leave any lines in the haircut? | It helps him transition cleanly without putting a guard on and off. He can go up the hair cut gradually adding length without stopping, it’s just a flick of the lever. |
| What does the term crispy refer to? | Sharp edges |
| What is a T-outliner, and what is different about it from a regular outliner? | a T-outliner is an outliner that has 2 curved edges that stick out like a T which enables easy handling, a regular trimmer does not its flat on the sides. |
| Why is a T-outliner an important tool to have? | It helps guide you like your using a pencil to draw |
| How should you hold a trimmer? | Nice and loose, three fingers in the front and the thumb in the back and your wrist loose like drawing with a pencil. Not stiff and uncomfortable. |
| How do you outline a forehead or cheek? | Pointer finger bent and placed on the forehead/cheek which helps with leverage and stability of your trimmer so you're not floating in the air unstable and shaky. Same concept as a protractor, was the word he was searching for. |
| How do you use a trimmer to trim a mustache and edge a beard? | Use the back of your hand and place on the forehead/cheek for stability when working upside down as well. |
| Does it make a difference if you are right or left handed when using a trimmer? | To an extent because when working on the non dominant side you don’t have as much leverage to use the finger/back hand on the face so you’ll have to freestyle work or possibly use the tip of the pointer placed on the cheek. |
| What is created when 2 line surfaces intersect at a given point? | diagonal |
| The lines found in a haircut are? | Horizontal, vertical and diagonal |
| The 2 types of Diagonal lines are? | Diagonal forward and back |
| what are the two basic lines in haircutting and what do they do? | curved, creates a softer edge and straight, creates a hard edge. |
| what is the difference of elevation and graduation? | elevation is the degree at which a section of hair is held when cutting and graduation is the elevation that occurs when a section is lifted above 0 degrees |
| how can you find the apex? | found by placing a comb flat on the head, the comb will rest on that highest point |
| how can you find the parietal ridge? | found by placing a comb flat on the side of the head, its found where the head starts to curve away from the comb. |
| how do you find the occipital bone? | simply feel the back of the skull or place a comb flat against the nape and find where the comb leaves the head. |
| where can you find the four corners? | placing two combs flat against the side and back, and then locating the back corner at the point where the two combs meet. |
| what are forged shears? | made by process of working metal to a finished shape by hammering or pressing |
| what are cast shears? | made by a process whereby molten steel is poured into a mold |
| what is a cutting line? | the angle at which the fingers are held when cutting the line that creates the end shape. |
| what is a stationary guideline? | guideline that DOES NOT MOVE |
| what is a traveling guideline? | also known as moveable guideline, MOVES as haircut progresses |
| what are the 4 most important characteristics in a hair analysis? | growth patters texture density elasticity |
| what is overdirection? | combing a section away from it natural falling position, toward a guideline; used to create increasing length in the interior or perimeter. build weight |
| what is the best cutting edge? | convex edge, gives smoothest cut and is the sharpest edge. |
| what is an opposing grip? | force the thumb underneath the ring finger and can create stress and pressure on the nerves and tendons of the hand |
| what is an offset grip? | Moves the thumb forward, so it is resting below the ring and middle finger |
| what is an crane grip? | Thumb grip under the index finger which is how your hand is when relaxed |
| what are the different types of texturizing? | pointcutting, notching, free-hand notching, effilating, slicing, and carving |
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