Methodology

Partings & sections




Meth
 

•    HORSESHOE                                                         recession to recession including crown  
•    PROFILE                                                                 centre forehead to centre nape
•    HORIZONTAL                                                       parallel to the horizontal
•    DIAGONAL FORWARD                                      angles forward towards the face
•    DIAGONAL BACK                                               angles backwards away from face
•    RADIAL                                                                  crown to hairline
•    PIVOTING                                                              rotating from the pivotal point


Distribution of direction and fall

•    NATURAL FALL                                                  where the hair falls naturally
•    OVER DIRECTED                                                 beyond natural fall
•    ‘T’ TO THE PARTING                                          perpendicular to the parting
•    90 deg                                                                      perpendicular to the head                                                               


Elevation describes the how the hair is
Held In relation to scalp

•    Flat in the comb                                                no elevation
•    1 fingers depth                                                 deph of a finger
•    45 deg                                                               midway between 90 deg     
•    90 deg                                                               perpendicular to the head


CUT  describes the line being cut

•    SQAURE                                                             horizontal line
•    VISUEL                                                               freehand & visual
•    PARALLEL                                                         parallel to the parting
•    ROUND                                                               following head shape












CENTRE FORWARD                                    Iinline with the nose
NAPE                                                               lowest point at the back of thr head
HAIRLINE                                                      the perimeter of hair growth
GROWTH PATTERN                                     direction of hair growth                                    
CROWN                                                          centre of the swirl growth pattern
TOP CROWN                                                  front of the growth pattern                                                 
LOWER CROWN                                           beneath the growth pattern
OCCIPITAL                                                    the pertruding bone at the back of head
PROFILE SHAPE                                           the side view of the head
RECESSION                                                   curved area at the temples
HIGH RECESSION                                        the highest point where the shape begins to curve
MID    RECESSION                                       mid point between low & high
LOW   RECESSION                                       lowest point just above the temple


PARTINGS

PROFILE                                                        from the centre to the nape
RADIAL                                                         from the top of the crown behind the ears both sides
HORIZONTAL                                               parallel to the ground
VERTICAL                                                     perpendicular to the ground
DIAGONAIL BACK                                     slanted line away from the front of the head
DIAGONAL ACROSS                                  slanted line travelling across a sub section
V- PARTING                                                  resembling a V shape
W-PARTING                                                  resembling a W shape
ZIG ZAG                                                         continious criss cross
CRECENT                                                      a curved shape
PIVOT                                                             rotating from a central point
PARALLEL                                                     a line running in line with another




TECHNICAL SECTIONS

SQUARE
DIAMOND
TRIANGLUR
HORSE SHOE                                                a curve running from temple to temple including crown
HALO                                                              circular including the crown area

WEAVES                                                        method of garthering hair by strands as in weaving
NATURAL WEAVE                                      7-10 strands of hair
TEXTURED WEAVE                                     4-6 strands
PALCEMENT WEAVE                                  2-3 strands
SLICE                                                              a clean slice of hair taken horizontally or verticaly