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Hair Design Certification

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Designing the right hairstyle for your client begins with...
Form and space
Horizontal lines
Curved
Analyzing the whole person

2. The triangular section that begins at the apex or high point of the head and ends at the front corners is called the...
Extremely curly
Harmony
Bang area
Diagonal

3. Designing the right hairstyle for your client begins with...
Analyzing the whole person
Wave pattern
A single line
Around the ears

4. An important factor in being a good hair designer is...
A strong visual sense
side view
Texture and lines
Form and space

5. The area of a design where the eye is drawn to first before traveling to the rest of the design is called the...
Wave pattern
Rhythm
Form and space
Emphasis

6. Hair texture changes can be created or changed temporarily with styling tools and permanently with...
Wavy and coarse
Inverted Triangle
Chemicals
A strong visual sense

7. The mass or silhouette of the hairstyle is known as which element of design?
Contrasting lines
Create the illusion of lenght
Form
Extremely curly

8. Once you have a strong foundation in both technique and styling skills - you can...
Take calculated risks
Curved
small and narrow
Space

9. When clients wears glasses - it will affect how you design the hair...
Parallel lines
Curly and fine
Around the ears
Flattering and appropriate

10. Which type of lines will soften a design?
Emphasis
Curved
Space
Eyebrows to end of nose

11. An example of a hairstyle created using a single line is a...
Oval face
A single line
curved-line style
The illusion of more or less volume

12. The foundation of all artistic applications is...
Soften a design
Design
Form and space
symmetrical

13. Harmony is the creation of _______ in a design and holds all the elements together.
Wavy and coarse
Longer and fuller
Inverted Triangle
Unity

14. In hairstyling - the area that surrounds the form is the...
Style hair away from the forehead
Emphasis
Develop height on top
Space

15. 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...
1.5
Symmetrical balance
Closely groomed beard and mustache
Full and falls below the jaw

16. Straight coarse hair has some volume but is...
Oval
Hard to curl
Receding forehead
Move forward

17. The fast or slow pattern that creates movement a hairstyle is called...
Harmony
Rhythm
Harmony
Less volume

18. The generally recognized ideal facial type is considered to be...
Curved
Harmony
Oval
Form

19. 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
Slightly darker at the sides than top
Hair texture
Straight

20. The face shape with a narrow forehead and wide jaw and chin line is considered to be...
Triangular
Chemicals
Emphasis
Play up strengths and minimize weaknesses

21. If your client has a narrow forehead - it is recommended that you...
1.5
Style hair away from the forehead
curved-line style
Relationship between hair - face - and body type

22. Facial shape is determined by the...
Unusual
symmetrical
Diagonal
Position and prominence of facial bones

23. When consulting with male client - recommend stles that are...
Space
Full and falls below the jaw
Flattering and appropriate
Enhance positive features

24. Balance is described as creating equal or appropriate proportions to create...
Volume
Curly and fine
Create the illusion of lenght
symmetry

25. The three basic part for bangs are triangular - curved - and...
Soften a design
Diagonal
Form
Hair texture

26. When stlyling hair for a wide face with a round hairline and round chin - the aim is to...
Curly and fine
Proportion
A strong visual sense
Create the illusion of lenght

27. Horizontal and vertical lines that meet at a 90-degree angle are called...
Curly and fine
Darker and cooler
Contrasting lines
Proportion

28. Finger waves are exmple of a style using what type of lines?
Less volume
A full beard and mustache
Parallel lines
Line

29. The element of form describes...
Overall outline of a hairstyle
Curved
Coarse
Line

30. When styling for a client with a large forehead...
Emphasis
Oval
Form and space
Use bangs with no volume

31. Hairstyles using _______are best on clients who require the minimum of care when styling their hair
Style hair away from the forehead
Parallel lines
A single line
Position and prominence of facial bones

32. 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...
Contrasting lines
symmetrical
Extremely curly and mediun
Texture and lines

33. When opposite sides of the hair style are different lenght or have a different volume - it is known to have...
Asymmetrical balance
Techniques and skills
Create the illusion of lenght
symmetry

34. A harmontations style creates a look that is...
close-set eyes
Space
Texture and lines
proportionate

35. For a client with gold skin tones - a flattering hair color tone would be...
Hard to curl
Inverted Triangle
Warm
Form

36. The principle of design which holds all the elements of design togather is know as...
Analyzing the whole person
Curl -fine
asymmetrical balance
Harmony

37. Among the face shapes is...
A full beard and mustache
Inverted Triangle
Enhance positive features
Slightly darker at the sides than top

38. If your client has a convex profile - the hair in the chin area should...
Relationship between hair - face - and body type
Overall outline of a hairstyle
Move forward
Emphasis

39. Directing the bangs over the forehead with an outwardly directed volume will benfit a...
Volume
Use bangs with no volume
Receding forehead
Curved

40. To give the illusion of proportional eyes to a client with wide-set eyes - the hair should be...
Unusual
A strong visual sense
Texture and lines
Slightly darker at the sides than top

41. Curly and overly curly hair does not reflect much light and could be _______ to the touch.
Receding forehead
Parallel lines
Coarse
Asymmetrical balance

42. Illusions of dimension or depth are created when lighter and warmer colors are alternated with colors that are...
Darker and cooler
Develop height on top
Oval face
Longer and fuller

43. Crimping irons are used to create interesting _______ wave patterns like zigzags.
Curly and fine
Volume
Style hair away from the forehead
Unusual

44. Lines that are parallel to the floor are called...
Above or below the chin line
Oval face
Horizontal
close-set eyes

45. The face shape that is considered to be ideal is the...
Full and falls below the jaw
Rhythm
Oval
proportionate

46. The terms straight - wavy - and curl describe...
A strong visual sense
Techniques and skills
Asymmetrical balance
Wave pattern

47. The there-dimensional mass or general outline of a hairstyle is referred to as its...
Form
Design
side view
symmetrical

48. If your client has a large chin - be sure the hair is...
Asymmetrical balance
The illusion of more or less volume
Unusual
Above or below the chin line

49. The comparative relationship between object relative to their size is know as...
emphasis
Oval
Wave pattern
Proportion

50. To offset or round out the features of a square facial shape - the aim would be to...
Volume
Concave
Triangular
creat volume between the temples and jaw