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Jeryl E. Spear. Haircutting For Dummies
Haircutting For Dummies® To view this book's Cheat Sheet, simply go to www.dummies.com and search for “Haircutting For Dummies Cheat Sheet” in the Search box. Table of Contents
List of Tables
List of Illustrations
Guide
Pages
Introduction
About This Book
Conventions Used in This Book
Foolish Assumptions
Icons Used in This Book
Beyond the Book
Where to Go from Here
Shopping, Talking, and Acting Like a Pro
Setting Up Shop: Kitchen Beauticians
Discovering Your Inner Artist: Do You Have What It Takes?
Setting the Scene
Cutting Up in Your Kitchen
Mane-taining your own hair
Chopping your children’s hair
Clipping a companion’s hair
Strapping On Your Tool Belt
Running with These Is a No-No
Selecting scissors
USING THE OLD PAIR
Playing it straight
Making beveled eggs and blades
Caving in to convex blades
Getting a handle on ergonomics
Seeking specialty scissors
Caring for your scissors
Calling All Trimmers
GETTING CLIPPER HAPPY
Short List: Tools and Supplies
Combing It Over
Feeling Secure
Practicing with Doll Heads
Beauty Show and Tell
Getting Acquainted
Being mindful of the past
Evaluating the present
Getting personal
Figuring Out Face Shapes
SOAPING UP YOUR FACE
Playing Show and Tell
I WANT MY HAIR TO LOOK LIKE THIS!
Typecasting Different Hair Personalities
Talking about Texture
Feeling fine
Striking a happy medium
Cozying up to coarse hair
What’s Your Type?
GIVING HAIR AID
In the Thick of It: Hair Density
Calming Cowlicks
NOT-SO-UPLIFTING HAIR
How to discover growth patterns
Working cowlicks to your advantage
Mastering Basic Techniques, Stat!
Understanding Head Shapes, Elevations, Angles, and Guides
Getting to Know the Four Pillars of Haircutting
Identifying Head Shapes and Points of Interest (a.k.a. Head Mapping)
The four corners of the head
Elevating Your Haircuts
Getting a Handle on Cutting Lines and Angles
Guiding the Cut
Horsing around: Using a stable guide
This hair is made for walking: Using a traveling guide
Parting Ways: Sectioning Hair for Successful Cuts
Four-Section Parting
Four-Section Spherical Parting
Five-Section Parting
Seven-Section Parting
Seven-Section Parting with Hairline Sections
Dressing Up the Ends
CHUCKY AND THE DOLL HEADS
Graduating with Honors
Taking It Up a Notch
Point Cutting Remarks
Any Way You Slide It
Cuddling Up to Clippers
Getting the Best Clippers for Your Needs
THE LITTLE CLIPPERS THAT COULD NOT
Cutting the cord
Bells and whistles
Guiding the cut
Clipping ABCs
Maintaining Your Machine
Getting Clipper Happy: Practicing Some Standard Techniques
The Boyish Taper Cut
Bald as a Billiard Ball: Clipper and razor balding cut
Maintaining Hair Moxie
Making Bangs and Frames
Tips for Creating Bangin’ Bangs
Starting Out with a Bang
Boho bangs
Layered bangs
THE SKINNY ON “BARELY THERE” BANGS
Sideswept bangs
FRINGE FAKERY
Curtain bangs
Eye-framing bangs
Curved bangs
Cutting Your Crowning Glory
Tipping the DIY Haircutter in You
Minding the golden rules of cutting your own hair
Examining the details of your existing cut
FESSING UP TO YOUR STYLIST WHEN YOU’VE FLUBBED YOUR HAIRCUT
Analyzing your current haircut
MIRRORING YOUR WORK
Diving into DIY Haircuts
Faux cut for straight or wavy hair
Dusting cut
Condensed Bob Chop
Getting Edgy cut
Layers and Lift cut
Perfecting Touch-Up Cuts
A Little Goes a Long Way
Cutting Back: Refresher Trims
Getting Down to Business cut
PICK-UP TIPS
Getting Down to Business cut for Type 4 hair
A Little off the Top and Sides trim
Tipping and Dusting trim
Getting Snippy
Getting Snippy and Clippy with Women’s Short Styles
Checking In Before You Begin
Life on the Short Side of the Street
Being Pixie Perfect cut
Keeping It Simple cut
Pulling the Plug cut
Getting Snippy with Women’s Mid-Length Styles
Checking in Before You Begin
Being in the Middle: Mid-Length Cuts
It’s a Frame-Up cut
Her Name Is Bob cut
The Tilted Lob Bob cut
Let It Slide cut
Part A: Basic haircut
Part B: Slide cutting
Part C: Curtain bangs
Part D: Haircut check
Getting Snippy with Women’s Long Styles
Preparing Thyself for Long Locks
Shape-Shifting Styles for Long Hair
Changing up a one-length cut
Being Single-Length and Loving It
Making a Clean Break
Slaying the Long Lived-In Layer cut
Part A: Cutting the perimeter of the hair
Part B: Cutting the top and sides of the hair
Part C: Cutting the hair at the back of the head
Part D: Cutting the front section
Part E: Notching and point cutting the ends
Part F: Checking the haircut
Getting Snippy with Men’s Styles
Cutting Corners and Other Barbering Techniques
Using the “over-comb” cutting technique
Absolute power tools
Parting the hard way
Finding Your Masculine Mojo
Tips for longer masculine styles
Negotiating a Standard Business cut
Buzz Skill clipper cut
Fading away
Kicking back with a Trendy Casual cut
Getting Snippy with Children’s Styles
Getting Practical with Your Pint-Sized Peeps
Girly Cue Cuts
Petite Chic cut
Lollipop Kids cut
Part A: Perimeter cut
Part B: Layering
BOBBING FOR KIDS CUT
Bountiful Curls cut
Getting into Boyish Styles
The Basic Boyish cut
Boys Next Door buzz cut
Making Your Haircuts Shine
Setting the Stage for Cuts and Styles: Caring for the Hair and Scalp
THE BEST OFFENSE IS A GOOD DEFENSE
Doing No Harm to the Hair
WILD AND WOOLY MOTORCYCLE RIDES
Avoiding the Overuse of Hair Products
POOL HAIR, DO CARE
Testing Hair Porosity
Perfecting Your Family’s Hair Care Routine
Avoiding common cleansing missteps
How often should you shampoo your hair?
TRAINING HAIR TO GO LONGER BETWEEN SHAMPOOS?
Caring for Dry and Oily Scalps
Special tips for dry scalp and hair
Special tips for oily scalp and hair
LIVING IN BALANCE: HAIR AND SCALP pH
Selecting Shampoos and Conditioners Based on Hair Types and Conditions
Sidling Up to the Bar
Getting Clean with Co-Washing
Leave-In Conditioners: Giving Hair Frequent Sips of Water and Moisture
Giving the Scalp a Scrub-a-Dub-Dub
Refreshing the Hair with Dry Shampoos and Conditioners
Dry shampoos: Sopping up sebum and uninvited debris
Dry conditioners: Replacing lost moisture and shine
How to dry shampoo and condition hair
Handling the Sticky Stuff
BE A HAIR CONSERVATIVE
Becoming a Styling Aid Connoisseur
Mousse is more than a dessert
Getting a grip on hair gels
Shimmying up the barber pole
Know when to hold ’em
Taking a hair powder
Smooth around the edges
Lunch is served: Nutritious oils and serums
Four Specialty Styling Aids for Coily Hair
Everything You Need to Know about Heat-Styling Tools
Brushing Up on Heat-Styling Brushes
Key brush types used for heat styling
Giving your brushes a checkup
Choosing the Best Blow-Dryer for You
Style-worthy blow-dryer features
Maintaining your blow-dryer
HOW TO PROPERLY STORE CORDED STYLING TOOLS
Choosing the Best Styling Irons for You
Types of curling irons and wands
Curling iron bells-and-whistles
Finding your perfect flat iron
Curling wands for trendy styles
Nifty, nonessential heat styling tools
Temperature Guidelines for Heat Styling
Styling Tips and Tricks
They Went That-a-Way: Directional Styling and Lift
Directing the style
Learning the base-ics
Taking it down a notch
Taking it up a notch
Blowing Them Away with Your Drying Techniques
Sectioning the hair
Working with tension
Seriously breathtaking blow-dry sets
Blow-dry setting techniques
Scrunch styling for movement and curl
Curling Irons: Spiraling in Control
Perfecting poppin’ curls
Curling wands: Creating loose and unstructured styles
Flattening the Curve: Straightening Irons
Becoming a smooth beauty operator
Curling hair with a flat iron
Flat-ironing ribbons and curls
Heat-Free Styling Tips
Plopping for curl perfection
Twirly curly finger styles
Curling super-fragile-istic hair
New-fashioned roller sets
Handling Styling Conundrums
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
THE ONLY GOOD LOUSE IS A DEAD LOUSE
How to Spot a Clean or Dirty Stylist and Salon
Is your stylist clean or dirty?
Is the salon clean or dirty?
The Part of Tens
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
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
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
Index. A
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D
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F
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J
K
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M
N
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P
Q
R
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About the Author
Dedication
Author's Acknowledgments
WILEY END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT
