Haircutting For Dummies
Hungry Minds Inc,U.S. (Verlag)
978-0-7645-5428-5 (ISBN)
Do you want to cut and style your family's hair, but don't know where to begin? This easy-to-follow guide shows you how to get salon- or barbershop-quality results on all types of hair - long, short, straight, curly, or kinky. You'll discover how to care for your tools and maintain a haircut while you trim big dollars off your budget.
J. Elaine Spear is a Contributing Editor for the magazines DaySpa, Today's Image, Beauty Store Business, and Salon News. She owned and operated a multimillion-dollar salon and day spa for 15 years.
Introduction 1
About This Book 1
Conventions Used in This Book 2
Foolish Assumptions 2
How This Book is Organized 3
Part I: Spreading Your Farrah Fawcett-Like Wings 3
Part II: Cutting to the Chase 3
Part III: Getting Snippy 4
Part IV: Letting the Scissors Fly with Advanced Haircutting Techniques 4
Part V: Keeping the Cooties Away 4
Part VI: The Part of Tens 4
Icons Used in This Book 4
Where to Go from Here 5
Part I: Spreading Your Farrah Fawcett-Like Wings 7
Chapter 1: Setting Up Shop: Career Stylists and Kitchen Beauticians 9
Discovering Your Inner Artist: Do You Have What It Takes? 10
Getting Your Goods Together 10
Cutting Up in Your Kitchen 11
Contorting to cut your own hair 12
Chopping your children’s hair 12
Clipping a companion’s hair 13
Making Someone Else’s Hair Your Business 13
Getting licensed 13
Being bitten by the beauty-school bug 14
Chapter 2: Strapping On Your Tool Belt 17
Running with These is a No-No 18
Playing it straight 20
Making beveled eggs and blades 21
Caving into convex blades 21
Finding a special blade 22
Caring for your scissors 23
Combing It Over 24
Styling comb 25
Wide-tooth comb 25
Detangling comb 26
Rattail comb 26
Pintail comb 26
Countless other combs 26
Brushing It Off 27
Bristling at all the patterns 27
Adding some style 28
Calling All Trimmers 30
Assessing an Assortment of Other Items 30
Chapter 3: Brushing Up Before You Begin 33
Getting Acquainted 33
Dwelling on the past 34
Evaluating the present 34
Getting personal 35
Figuring out face shapes 35
Playing show and tell 37
Doing Some Prep Work 37
Preparing your hair 38
Giving the perfect shampoo 38
Detangling like a pro 40
Choosing a wet or dry medium 40
Cutting to the Basics 41
Earning your degrees 41
Checking with reference points 43
Guiding the cut 45
Putting the Basics to Work 49
Making a bang 49
Being blunt 55
Sweeping through beveled cuts 56
Commencing to graduated ends 59
Loosening up with long-layered cuts 61
Sticking with short-layered cuts 64
Figuring Out What’s Next 66
Part II: Cutting to the Chase 67
Chapter 4: Talking About Texture 69
Mistaking a Hair’s Identity 69
Going with the Flow 70
Feeling fine 70
Coaxing the coarse 71
Playing Texture Detective 72
Joining the Hair Movement 73
Taming the Cowlick 75
Chapter 5: Tipping the Stylist: You 77
Blowing Them Away with Your Drying Technique 78
Sectioning the hair 79
Releasing water 79
Working with tension 80
Revving Up the Va-va-va Volume 80
Taking it up a notch 81
Taking it down a notch 82
Curling (It’s More than a Winter Olympics Sport) 83
Being thrifty 84
Harnessing the heat 84
Keeping your directions straight 85
Ironing It Out 88
Handling Styling Conundrums 90
Chapter 6: Ending is Just the Beginning 93
Starting at the Bottom 94
Exterminating the rats 94
Avoiding a single snip 94
Embracing the end; curbing the yen for speed 95
Pointing the way 96
Taking Part 96
Five-part sectioning 97
Four-part sectioning 98
Custom sectioning 100
Shaping Up in the End 101
Shooting straight 101
Rounding off 102
Cutting a gem: Diamond ends 104
Finishing Up at the Bottom 106
Chapter 7: Maintaining Your Professional Cut 107
Examining Your Cut with a Fine-Tooth Comb 108
Brevity is the Soul of Wit, Not Bangs 109
Freeing your fringe 109
Going down 110
Shortening full bangs 110
Trimming triangular bangs 112
Getting dirty with a compact bang trim 114
Taking a Little Off the Top 115
Earning your graduated layering diploma 115
Trimming with a traveling guide 116
Moving Forward 118
Cutting Side to Side 119
Refreshing short layers 119
Tipping long layers 120
Part III: Getting Snippy 121
Chapter 8: Getting Snippy with Women’s Short Styles 123
Establishing a Short List of Ground Rules 123
Cutting It Short and Sweet 125
Drawing Out a Lively Look 130
Getting Down to Business with a Classic Cut 134
Chapter 9: Getting Snippy with Women’s Mid-length Styles 137
Creating a Masterpiece: Mid-length Blunt Cut 137
Knowing the style 138
Cutting on the fringe: Mid-length blunt cut with triangular bangs 140
Getting framed: Mid-length blunt cut with framing 142
Layering It On 143
Chapter 10: Getting Snippy with Women’s Long Styles 147
Preparing Thyself for Long Locks 147
Being Single-Length and Loving It 148
Adding Decorative Details to a Blunt Cut 150
Doing a blunt haircut 151
Cutting triangular bangs 152
Adding subtle tapering 152
Graduating to Great Fanfare 153
Getting Framed Isn’t Always Bad: Framed Cut 157
Bevel haircut 158
Taper line 160
Framing a Long Cut 161
Chapter 11: Getting Snippy with Men’s Styles 167
Trimming the Light Fantastic 167
Scissors-over-comb technique 168
Going electric 169
Getting Down to a Standard Business Cut 169
Kicking Back with a Casual Men’s Haircut 174
Soft Rock: Short Cut 177
Hard Rock: Medium Cut 181
Retreating Hair 183
Chapter 12: Getting Snippy with Children’s Styles 185
Getting Practical with Your Pint-Sized Ones 185
Going for Some Girl Glam 186
Charting petite chic 187
Hopping on the Good Ship Lollipop 189
Bobbing for girls 193
Skating with little Dorothy 196
Bringing on the Boyish Style 200
Betting on the basic boy cut 200
Trying on a no-worries cut 203
Part IV: Letting the Scissors Fly with Advanced Haircutting Techniques 209
Chapter 13: Getting to the Point: Compact Cutting 211
Cutting to the Chase 212
Introducing a One-Snip Wonder: Bangs 214
Layering with Lightning Speed 215
Layering post haste 217
Keeping the length while incorporating layers 219
Introducing a Two-Snip Wonder: Disconnected Shape 221
Shooting Down Compact-Cut Conundrums 223
Chapter 14: Cuddling Up to Clippers 225
Getting the Buzz 225
Soft and Easy 227
Fading Away 229
Fixing a Flat Top 231
Chapter 15: Pulling the Plug: Disconnected Shapes 233
Mopping on Top 233
Contrasting Textures 237
Locking on Top 242
Chapter 16: Becoming a Free Spirit: Shattered Shapes 245
Kicking It Up a Notch 246
Doing It Deli Style: Sliced Hair 247
Making Tattered Look Good 248
Faking It No Longer: A Facade of Texture 250
Shattering the Whole Shebang 251
Getting Chunky 254
Part V: Keeping the Cooties Away 257
Chapter 17: Harnessing Hair Health 259
Living an Unfit Lifestyle 259
I Screen, You Screen, We All Screen for Hair Health 261
Normal, dry, damaged, or oily 264
Limp, frizzy, or just too full 265
Just plain dull 268
Treating Testy Hair 269
Pumping up the volume 269
Fighting the frizzies 270
Breaking down and splitting up 271
Livening up (yawn) dull hair 272
Unraveling the oily scalp and dry hair connection 273
Limiting the damage 274
Dealing with the chemical reaction 275
Stocking Up on Products 276
Chapter 18: Knowing the Sticky Stuff — and I Don’t Mean Hair Spray 279
Splitting Hairs: Anatomy 280
Charting growth 281
Viewing a day in the life of a hair 282
Losing It but Staying Sane 283
Male pattern baldness 284
Female pattern baldness 285
Alopecia aereata 285
Running through the three Rs 286
Chapter 19: Cleaning Up Your Act 287
Declaring War on Germs 287
Combing (and brushing) the area 288
Making a clean cut 289
Working on your working surfaces 290
Touching the Surface 291
Seborrheic dermatitis: Dandruff 292
Psoriasis 293
Communicating with Communicables 293
Pediculosis capitis: Head lice 294
Scabies 296
Tinea favosa: Honeycomb ringworm 297
Part VI: The Part of Tens 299
Chapter 20: Ten Slices of Advice on Cutting Kids’ Hair 301
Good Timing 302
Secure Seating 302
Covering Up 303
Brushing Up 303
Spiking the Waters 304
Banishing Tears 304
Cutting Control 305
Getting a Grip 305
Entertaining 305
Ensuring a Good Time 306
Chapter 21: Ten Ways to Keep What the Pros Created 307
Confessing to Your Stylist 307
Tracking Your Style 308
Getting Set Up 308
Good Timing 309
Using Common Sense 310
Beware of Blunt Cuts 310
Skipping Long Layers 310
Finer than Frog’s Hair 311
The Incredible Shrinking Hair 311
Following Through 311
Chapter 22: Ten Possible Career Paths 313
Full-Service Hairstylist 313
Hair Specialist 313
Esthetics, Makeup, or Nails Cosmetologist 314
Salon Owner 314
Editorial/Freelance Artist 314
Educator 315
Manufacturer/Distributor Representative 315
Corporate Executive 315
Industry Consultant 315
Public Relations 316
Index 317
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 2.10.2002 |
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| Verlagsort | Foster City |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 189 x 232 mm |
| Gewicht | 674 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Schönheit / Kosmetik |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7645-5428-X / 076455428X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7645-5428-5 / 9780764554285 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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