Handling Styling Conundrums Chapter 21: Cleaning Up Your Act Sanitizers versus Disinfectants Treating Your Haircutting Space Disinfecting Towels and Capes Disinfecting Combs and Brushes Cleaning and Disinfecting Scissors Sanitizing and Disinfecting Trimmers and Clippers Sanitizing and Disinfecting Sundries Scalp Encounters of the Third Kind How to Spot a Clean or Dirty Stylist and Salon

      10  Part 6: The Part of Tens Chapter 22: Ten Slices of Advice on Cutting Kids’ Hair Good Timing Secure Seating Curbing Curiosity Covering Up Brushing Up Spiking the Waters Banishing Tears Getting a Grip Entertaining Ensuring a Good Time Chapter 23: Ten Hair Fails and Fixes Embracing the Good Times Multitasking with Scissors Playing by the Rules Going Overbold Disorderly Cutting Conduct Taking a Leave of Absence Keeping It Straight Reaching the Breaking Point Exceeding Hair Capabilities Conquering Curl Rebellions Chapter 24: Ten Bits of Advice for Thinning Hair Understanding How You Can Help Those Dealing with Hair Loss Communicating with Care Terms of Concealment Techniques for Hiding Hair Loss Haircutting Tips for Pattern Baldness Haircutting Tips for Diffuse Hair Thinning Styling Tips for Male Hair Loss Styling Tips for Female Hair Loss Styling Aids and Thickening Hair Products Seeing Neither Hide nor Hair

      11  Index

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      List of Tables

      1 Chapter 2TABLE 2-1 Tools and Supplies You Need for Home HaircuttingTABLE 2-2 Combs to Cut ByTABLE 2-3 Clips and Their Jobs

      2 Chapter 3TABLE 3-1 Seven Face Shapes

      3 Chapter 4TABLE 4-1 Hair Typing Chart

      4 Chapter 8TABLE 8-1 Clipper Guide Numbers and Cutting Lengths

      5 Chapter 14TABLE 14-1 Perimeter End Shapes

      6 Chapter 19TABLE 19-1 Brush Types and Their Unique Roles When Heat-Styling HairTABLE 19-2 Temperature Guidelines for Different Hair Textures

      7 Chapter 20TABLE 20-1 Styling Problems Solved

      List of Illustrations

      1 Chapter 2FIGURE 2-1: Haircutting scissors range from $20 to $1,200 or more, depending on...FIGURE 2-2: Nothing blurs scissor marks — those pesky lines that show where you...FIGURE 2-3: Trimmers versus clippers.

      2 Chapter 4FIGURE 4-1: Hair typing. FIGURE 4-2: This young person has double cowlicks and double the trouble when t...FIGURE 4-3: Whenever possible, integrate a strong cowlick into your cutting des...

      3 Chapter 5FIGURE 5-1: Key anatomical features of the head. FIGURE 5-2: Locating key points of the head shape should be done before every h...FIGURE 5-3: The four corners of the head help to guide many aspects of individu...FIGURE 5-4: There may be six degrees of separation, but these are the five main...FIGURE 5-5: Haircutting angles determine the shape of each haircutting section....FIGURE 5-6: When you are cutting a straight-across perimeter on one-length hair...FIGURE 5-7: When you are cutting a rounded or oval perimeter on one-length hair...FIGURE 5-8: A stable or stationary guide. FIGURE 5-9: A traveling guide moves as the haircut progresses to keep your desi...

      4 Chapter 6FIGURE 6-1: Divide the hair into four sections. FIGURE 6-2: Curved sectioning more accurately follows the spherical shape of th...FIGURE 6-3: When creating a five-section parting, make sure that the top sectio...FIGURE 6-4: A seven-section parting is the most common sectioning pattern used ...FIGURE 6-5: This alternative seven-section parting separates the front hairline...

      5 Chapter 7FIGURE 7-1: A beveled one-length hairstyle is achieved by cutting graduated end...FIGURE 7-2: