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Hair Design Certification

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Crimping irons are used to create interesting _______ wave patterns like zigzags.
proportionate
A single line
Unusual
Eyebrows to end of nose

2. When clients wears glasses - it will affect how you design the hair...
Around the ears
A single line of color
The illusion of more or less volume
Enhance positive features

3. The face profile with a receding forehead and chin is generally referred to as...
Form
A full beard and mustache
Slightly darker at the sides than top
Convex

4. Horizontal and vertical lines that meet at a 90-degree angle are called...
Create the illusion of width at the forehead
Contrasting lines
Proportion
Proportion

5. What are the five art princples import for hair design?
Proportion -balance -rhythum -emhasis -harmony
Oval face
Style hair away from the forehead
curved-line style

6. When opposite sides of the hair style are different lenght or have a different volume - it is known to have...
Asymmetrical balance
Concave
Oval
Rhythm

7. Lines poitioned between horizontal and vertical - used to emphasize or minmize facial features - are...
Overall outline of a hairstyle
Form
Diagonal lines
Harmony

8. A slight lighttening of the hair at the corner of the eye will give the illusion of width for...
close-set eyes
A lighter color
Space
1.5

9. Which type of lines will soften a design?
Less volume
symmetrical
Curved
A single line

10. Color can help define...
Texture and lines
Unity
side view
Enhance positive features

11. The face shape with a narrow forehead and wide jaw and chin line is considered to be...
Diagonal lines
Analyzing the whole person
Triangular
Emphasis

12. An important factor in being a good hair designer is...
A strong visual sense
Diagonal
Full and falls below the jaw
Chemicals

13. The use of repeating lines - whether straight or curved...
Diagonal
Around the ears
Curved
Creates more interest in the design

14. Once you have a strong foundation in both technique and styling skills - you can...
Create the illusion of width at the forehead
Take calculated risks
symmetrical
Extremely curly and mediun

15. When consulting with male client - recommend stles that are...
Flattering and appropriate
Unusual
Overall outline of a hairstyle
Proportion

16. In hairstyling - the area that surrounds the form is the...
Warm
emphasis
Full and falls below the jaw
Space

17. The use of curved lines in a hair design can be used to...
Above or below the chin line
Full and falls below the jaw
Unity
Soften a design

18. Curly and overly curly hair does not reflect much light and could be _______ to the touch.
Texture and lines
Inverted Triangle
A single line
Coarse

19. Lines that are parallel to the floor are called...
Contrasting lines
Texture and lines
Horizontal
Play up strengths and minimize weaknesses

20. In hair that is too long - separation can occur and reveal too much scalp if the hair is...
Rhythm
Curly and fine
Diagonal
Move forward

21. Through the use of color in design - you can create...
Create the illusion of width at the forehead
The illusion of more or less volume
Curl -fine
Extremely curly and mediun

22. The use of a side part helps to...
Emphasis
Harmony
Space
Develop height on top

23. Fine - straight hair creates a silhouette that is...
Contrasting lines
Creates more interest in the design
Proportion -balance -rhythum -emhasis -harmony
small and narrow

24. To offset or round out the features of a square facial shape - the aim would be to...
creat volume between the temples and jaw
Analyzing the whole person
Bang area
Above or below the chin line

25. The area surrounding the mass or general outline of a style is...
Enhance positive features
A single line of color
Wavy and coarse
Space

26. In hair design - with every movement - the relationship of form and what other design element chenge?
Play up strengths and minimize weaknesses
Chemicals
Contrasting lines
Space

27. The term space in hair design refers to...
Position and prominence of facial bones
Volume
Use bangs with no volume
A round head shape

28. When both sides of a hair style are the same distance from the center - the same length - and have the same volume when viewed from the front - it is known to have...
close-set eyes
Design
Unusual
Symmetrical balance

29. You can comouflage a receding chin in a male client - with...
A full beard and mustache
Diagonal
Longer and fuller
A round head shape

30. The principle of design which holds all the elements of design togather is know as...
A single line of color
Harmony
Curl -fine
Oval

31. The three basic part for bangs are triangular - curved - and...
A single line of color
Diagonal lines
Diagonal
Transitional lines

32. Which element of hair design defines the form and space of a hairstyle?
Line
Full and falls below the jaw
Symmetrical balance
Oval

33. For design purposes - the three zones of the face are forehead eyebrows - end of the nose to bottom of the chin - and...
Eyebrows to end of nose
Enhance positive features
Position and prominence of facial bones
Creates more interest in the design

34. Among the face shapes is...
Hair texture
Proportion -balance -rhythum -emhasis -harmony
Full and falls below the jaw
Inverted Triangle

35. The widest silhouette is found in...
The client's skin tone
Emphasis
Bang area
Extremely curly and mediun

36. What can create a bold and dramatic accent to a design?
Oval face
A single line of color
Transitional lines
Oval

37. The area of a design where the eye is drawn to first before traveling to the rest of the design is called the...
Extremely curly and mediun
Emphasis
Use bangs with no volume
Wave pattern

38. The degins by analyzing the entire person and using the design elements and principles to...
Enhance positive features
Play up strengths and minimize weaknesses
A single line of color
Wavy - medium

39. The facial type that is about one and a half times longer than its width across the brow is the...
Overly busy
Oval face
Unity
Curl -fine

40. If your client has a large chin - be sure the hair is...
Symmetrical balance
Above or below the chin line
Diagonal
Proportion

41. To give height to round or square face and width to a long - thin face - use what type of part?
curved-line style
close-set eyes
Diagonal
Inverted Triangle

42. In designing - when opposite side have different lenghts or different volume and appear to have equal weight - it is referred to as ...
Analyzing the whole person
A strong visual sense
asymmetrical balance
Warm

43. The element of form describes...
The illusion of more or less volume
Overall outline of a hairstyle
A round head shape
The client's skin tone

44. In designing - when the two sides are the same distance from the center - have the same length and volume - the balance is considered to be...
symmetrical
Wavy and coarse
Unity
Texture and lines

45. Ornamentation is an exciting method of creating...
emphasis
Slightly darker at the sides than top
Longer and fuller
Above or below the chin line

46. The generally recognized ideal facial type is considered to be...
Space
Oval
Texture and lines
Proportion -balance -rhythum -emhasis -harmony

47. A harmontations style creates a look that is...
Above or below the chin line
proportionate
Diagonal
Flattering and appropriate

48. Finger waves are exmple of a style using what type of lines?
Techniques and skills
Parallel lines
Rhythm
Bang area

49. The oval face shape is about _____ times longer than its across the bow.
Position and prominence of facial bones
Volume
1.5
Create the illusion of lenght

50. The mass or silhouette of the hairstyle is known as which element of design?
Relationship between hair - face - and body type
Above or below the chin line
Emphasis
Form