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Hair Design Certification

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The oval face shape is about _____ times longer than its across the bow.
Parallel lines
1.5
Chemicals
Bang area

2. Hairstyles using _______are best on clients who require the minimum of care when styling their hair
A single line
The client's skin tone
Closely groomed beard and mustache
Overall outline of a hairstyle

3. The use of repeating lines - whether straight or curved...
The client's skin tone
Around the ears
Curl -fine
Creates more interest in the design

4. To give height to round or square face and width to a long - thin face - use what type of part?
Longer and fuller
close-set eyes
Diagonal
Hair texture

5. In designing for clients with large or broad shoulders - the stylist would create styles with...
Volume
Analyzing the whole person
Form
Curly and fine

6. 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...
Warm
Symmetrical balance
Transitional lines
Oval

7. When styling for a client with a large forehead...
Use bangs with no volume
Emphasis
Volume
Slightly darker at the sides than top

8. Fine - straight hair creates a silhouette that is...
Slightly darker at the sides than top
Darker and cooler
Form
small and narrow

9. Facial shape is determined by the...
Harmony
Position and prominence of facial bones
The client's skin tone
Extremely curly and mediun

10. When you analyze your client's features - you can style your design to...
Longer and fuller
A lighter color
Play up strengths and minimize weaknesses
Darker and cooler

11. The most important art principle that holds a design together is...
Harmony
Oval
Horizontal lines
A single line

12. If your client has a large chin - be sure the hair is...
Chemicals
Harmony
asymmetrical balance
Above or below the chin line

13. In designing - when opposite side have different lenghts or different volume and appear to have equal weight - it is referred to as ...
proportionate
Style hair away from the forehead
Volume
asymmetrical balance

14. 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
Style hair away from the forehead
Play up strengths and minimize weaknesses

15. For a client with gold skin tones - a flattering hair color tone would be...
Emphasis
Relationship between hair - face - and body type
Warm
Use bangs with no volume

16. Balance is described as creating equal or appropriate proportions to create...
symmetry
Around the ears
Soften a design
Emphasis

17. The principle of design which holds all the elements of design togather is know as...
Transitional lines
Harmony
Create the illusion of width at the forehead
Volume

18. Dark and cool colors recede or move in toward the head - creating the illusion of...
Oval face
Less volume
Use bangs with no volume
proportionate

19. Curved lines that are used to blend and soften horizontal or vertical lines are...
Chemicals
Eyebrows to end of nose
Create the illusion of lenght
Transitional lines

20. Using too many wavey-pattern combinations together could creat a look that is...
Overly busy
Coarse
Contrasting lines
Chemicals

21. Natural waves patterns are described as straight - wavy - curly - and...
Extremely curly
Overly busy
Create the illusion of lenght
Form

22. Straight coarse hair has some volume but is...
Horizontal lines
Soften a design
Volume
Hard to curl

23. Harmony is the creation of _______ in a design and holds all the elements together.
Analyzing the whole person
Around the ears
Unity
Chemicals

24. In hair design - with every movement - the relationship of form and what other design element chenge?
Curly and fine
Space
Create the illusion of width at the forehead
small and narrow

25. The mass or silhouette of the hairstyle is known as which element of design?
Warm
Harmony
Diagonal lines
Form

26. You can draw a line in a hairstyle in the direction you want the eye to travel by using...
A lighter color
Inverted Triangle
Horizontal lines
Position and prominence of facial bones

27. The degins by analyzing the entire person and using the design elements and principles to...
Enhance positive features
A single line of color
Rhythm
Form

28. The comparative relationship between object relative to their size is know as...
Eyebrows to end of nose
Enhance positive features
Curl -fine
Proportion

29. For design purposes - the three zones of the face are forehead eyebrows - end of the nose to bottom of the chin - and...
Curly and fine
Eyebrows to end of nose
Overall outline of a hairstyle
1.5

30. To offset or round out the features of a square facial shape - the aim would be to...
A strong visual sense
creat volume between the temples and jaw
Extremely curly
Darker and cooler

31. Illusions of dimension or depth are created when lighter and warmer colors are alternated with colors that are...
Curly and fine
Asymmetrical balance
A round head shape
Darker and cooler

32. What are the five art princples import for hair design?
Line
Emphasis
Proportion -balance -rhythum -emhasis -harmony
Concave

33. Once you have a strong foundation in both technique and styling skills - you can...
Take calculated risks
Wavy and coarse
Rhythm
proportionate

34. The fast or slow pattern that creates movement a hairstyle is called...
Rhythm
Wavy - medium
Harmony
Convex

35. Horizontal and vertical lines that meet at a 90-degree angle are called...
symmetrical
Contrasting lines
Chemicals
Form

36. Wwhat type of profile is considered to be ideal?
Straight
Less volume
Space
Hard to curl

37. The most versatile hair type for styling is...
Proportion
Wavy - medium
Form
Oval

38. A slight lighttening of the hair at the corner of the eye will give the illusion of width for...
Texture and lines
Diagonal
emphasis
close-set eyes

39. If _______ hair is left to long - it could separate and reveal too much of the client's scalp unless the hair is thick
A single line of color
Coarse
Curl -fine
A single line

40. The place that eyes sees first in a hair style is known is...
Eyebrows to end of nose
symmetry
Emphasis
The illusion of more or less volume

41. The three basic part for bangs are triangular - curved - and...
Diagonal
Warm
Texture and lines
Play up strengths and minimize weaknesses

42. An example of a hairstyle created using a single line is a...
curved-line style
Oval
Wave pattern
Volume

43. The term space in hair design refers to...
Volume
Soften a design
The client's skin tone
Move forward

44. Finger waves are exmple of a style using what type of lines?
Hair texture
Parallel lines
Darker and cooler
Harmony

45. The face shape that is considered to be ideal is the...
Diagonal
Oval
A round head shape
Position and prominence of facial bones

46. When opposite sides of the hair style are different lenght or have a different volume - it is known to have...
Asymmetrical balance
Hair texture
Around the ears
Full and falls below the jaw

47. In the hair design process - when deciding to take calculated risks - it is important to have a strong foundation in...
Techniques and skills
Unity
creat volume between the temples and jaw
Less volume

48. When stlyling hair for a wide face with a round hairline and round chin - the aim is to...
Proportion
Create the illusion of lenght
small and narrow
Closely groomed beard and mustache

49. Waven patterns can be altered by the use of...
Overall outline of a hairstyle
Use bangs with no volume
Relationship between hair - face - and body type
Chemicals

50. In hair that is too long - separation can occur and reveal too much scalp if the hair is...
Curly and fine
Volume
Oval face
Longer and fuller