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Free Your Hair - haircare glossary Category: Health and Medicine > Haircare Date & country: 31/01/2017, USA Words: 31

Uniform layering
When hair from each layer is exactly the same length. It can be true for any length hair. If the angle of elevation that the hair is held when cutting is consistent throughout the haircut, it will be uniformly layered. A pixie cut is a good example of short uniform layered hair.

Undercut
when the hair underneath is cut much shorter than the rest. Seen on skater dudes in the 90’s. Be still my heart!

Topsy
tail When you make a ponytail, then reach through the middle of the base of it and pull the ends through.

Thin hair and thick hair
refers to the amount of strands on the head.

Texturizing/Taking weight out
Removing bulk from the hair in a way that works with the natural texture of the hair. This can be done using different techniques, on any hair texture. It has a slimming and elongating effect on the overall ‘do. It’s great for making room in curly hair for curls to move more freely, and fabulous for softening shorter haircuts. It can be used to make a ‘do edgier.

Subsection
the small section within a bigger section of hair that you are working within. Subsectioning is key in keeping track of the hair that you have already cut and the hair that still needs cutting. Very important!

Shear over comb
see post.

scissor cutting
A technique that removes length and bulk at the same time. Generally done on dry hair, best for thick heavy hair.

Sectioning
dividing the hair up into reasonable sections to work within to keep things organized so you don’t get lost in hair!

Point cut
Cutting little bites into the ends of the hair to soften the lines.

Radially
Working out from a certain point, around in a circular motion. For example, Using the ear as the center point, making partings that radiate out like the spokes of a wheel.

Safety blanket
The little detail of a haircut that makes a person feel secure. For many, it’s length around the face. For some, its hair covering the hairline of their neck. For some, its bangs NO shorter than a certain length. For some its hair OVER the ears ( does that mean cut over the ears, or hanging over the ears?!) For some its volume at the crown. When the safety blanket is cut wrong, a person can feel very unattractive, insecure, and mad at their hairdresser for not listening to their hair insecurities.

Panels
coloring all the hair within a geomitrically shaped parted off area.

Pixie
A hairstyle that involves cutting all the hair to the same uniform length around the head, usually 1 - 2 inches of length, and texturized to give it a piecy look. Think Michelle Williams, or the Rosemary’s Baby haircut.

Impulse cut
When you cut your hair out of shear boredom, restlessness, desperation, drunken

Nape
Where the base of the neck meets the hairline

Natural fall
The way the hair falls about the head naturally.

Nopoo
cleansing your hair without shampoo.

Ombre
the french word for shaded. Going from dark to light. In hair, it’s dark at the roots to lighter at the ends.

Fine hair and coarse hair
refers to the thickness of the actual individual strand of hair.

Focal point
where your eyes is drawn to within a specific form.

Graduation
the gradual change from short to long.

Hair rat
When you collect all the hair from your brush over time and rat it into a big ball and use it as a form or base for big hairstyles!

Dropout
The hair that drops out at the nape of the neck after you have cut length off. A Shlob always has a dropout when you take the ponytail down. I usually point

Elevation
The angle that you hold the hair out from the head while cutting, determines level of graduation.

Disconnected
Pieces of hair that are not included in the overall structure of the cut and are left out to hang longer than the rest. It is a fun way to created drama, softness, and texture, especially in shorter cuts.

Crown
The back of the head

Design line
The lines that we cut hair along in a haircut to achieve a particular look. It is where we old the hair as we cut it. A movable design line moves around the head, like in our men’s and short womans’s haircuts. A stationary design line does not move, for example if we are doing a blunt bob, we are pulling all the hair to the same place to cut it. The ponytail cut is an excellent example of a stationary design line, as it brings all the hair on the head to one place to cut it.

ACV
apple cider vinegar

Criss
cross pinning. Criss crossing bobby pins along a parting. This pinning technique is great when working with either super thick hair or very fine hair, because it creates a bit of a grid for other pins to grip to.

Crosscheck
Going back through a section after you have already cut it, to check and make sure you got it all.