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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. One of the principles of hair design - proportion - refers to the...
Use bangs with no volume
Diagonal lines
Relationship between hair - face - and body type
Contrasting lines

2. What are the five art princples import for hair design?
Oval
Overall outline of a hairstyle
Proportion -balance -rhythum -emhasis -harmony
Space

3. The area of a design where the eye is drawn to first before traveling to the rest of the design is called the...
Convex
Texture and lines
Emphasis
Enhance positive features

4. Crimping irons are used to create interesting _______ wave patterns like zigzags.
Curly and fine
Unusual
Oval face
Harmony

5. The principle of design which holds all the elements of design togather is know as...
Relationship between hair - face - and body type
Harmony
Space
Unity

6. The face profile with a receding forehead and chin is generally referred to as...
Closely groomed beard and mustache
Convex
Creates more interest in the design
Hard to curl

7. Harmony is the creation of _______ in a design and holds all the elements together.
creat volume between the temples and jaw
Unity
Techniques and skills
Inverted Triangle

8. In designing for clients with large or broad shoulders - the stylist would create styles with...
Curl -fine
Harmony
Volume
Analyzing the whole person

9. Which type of lines will soften a design?
Form
Space
Curved
Darker and cooler

10. The face shape with a narrow forehead and wide jaw and chin line is considered to be...
Diagonal
Horizontal
Extremely curly
Triangular

11. The use of repeating lines - whether straight or curved...
Harmony
Creates more interest in the design
Harmony
Proportion

12. Wwhat type of profile is considered to be ideal?
The illusion of more or less volume
Straight
Less volume
asymmetrical balance

13. A slight lighttening of the hair at the corner of the eye will give the illusion of width for...
Longer and fuller
close-set eyes
Darker and cooler
Bang area

14. To offset or round out the features of a square facial shape - the aim would be to...
Analyzing the whole person
creat volume between the temples and jaw
symmetry
Overly busy

15. Designing the right hairstyle for your client begins with...
Create the illusion of width at the forehead
Position and prominence of facial bones
creat volume between the temples and jaw
Analyzing the whole person

16. The there-dimensional mass or general outline of a hairstyle is referred to as its...
Form
Take calculated risks
Enhance positive features
Receding forehead

17. The most versatile hair type for styling is...
Horizontal lines
Relationship between hair - face - and body type
Wavy - medium
Rhythm

18. Directing the bangs over the forehead with an outwardly directed volume will benfit a...
Curly and fine
Receding forehead
Contrasting lines
Chemicals

19. Designing the right hairstyle for your client begins with...
proportionate
close-set eyes
Analyzing the whole person
side view

20. If _______ hair is left to long - it could separate and reveal too much of the client's scalp unless the hair is thick
Hard to curl
asymmetrical balance
Diagonal lines
Curl -fine

21. When styling for a client with a long jaw - the hair should be...
Bang area
Volume
Concave
Full and falls below the jaw

22. A recurrent pattern of movement in design is referred to as...
symmetry
Rhythm
Wave pattern
1.5

23. Dark and cool colors recede or move in toward the head - creating the illusion of...
Convex
Curved
Wavy - medium
Less volume

24. Facial shape is determined by the...
Asymmetrical balance
A lighter color
Position and prominence of facial bones
Form

25. The use of curved lines in a hair design can be used to...
Diagonal lines
Asymmetrical balance
Soften a design
Move forward

26. Straight coarse hair has some volume but is...
Hard to curl
Overall outline of a hairstyle
Symmetrical balance
close-set eyes

27. In hair that is too long - separation can occur and reveal too much scalp if the hair is...
Curly and fine
creat volume between the temples and jaw
Emphasis
Create the illusion of lenght

28. For a client with gold skin tones - a flattering hair color tone would be...
Warm
Proportion
Position and prominence of facial bones
Above or below the chin line

29. Hairstyles using _______are best on clients who require the minimum of care when styling their hair
A single line
Play up strengths and minimize weaknesses
A single line of color
Line

30. Illusions of dimension or depth are created when lighter and warmer colors are alternated with colors that are...
Transitional lines
Oval
Analyzing the whole person
Darker and cooler

31. In the hair design process - when deciding to take calculated risks - it is important to have a strong foundation in...
Unity
Techniques and skills
Wave pattern
Proportion -balance -rhythum -emhasis -harmony

32. You can comouflage a receding chin in a male client - with...
Oval
A full beard and mustache
Space
Overall outline of a hairstyle

33. When stlyling hair for a wide face with a round hairline and round chin - the aim is to...
Curly and fine
Straight
Rhythm
Create the illusion of lenght

34. If your client has a large chin - be sure the hair is...
Create the illusion of width at the forehead
Form and space
Full and falls below the jaw
Above or below the chin line

35. When opposite sides of the hair style are different lenght or have a different volume - it is known to have...
Above or below the chin line
A single line
Asymmetrical balance
Contrasting lines

36. You can draw a line in a hairstyle in the direction you want the eye to travel by using...
A lighter color
Curly and fine
Rhythm
Diagonal lines

37. The three basic part for bangs are triangular - curved - and...
Diagonal
Chemicals
Enhance positive features
Full and falls below the jaw

38. In hairstyling - the area that surrounds the form is the...
Space
Create the illusion of width at the forehead
Create the illusion of lenght
A round head shape

39. Lines poitioned between horizontal and vertical - used to emphasize or minmize facial features - are...
Diagonal lines
Chemicals
Take calculated risks
Diagonal

40. The most important art principle that holds a design together is...
Relationship between hair - face - and body type
close-set eyes
Harmony
Form

41. Finger waves are exmple of a style using what type of lines?
Harmony
Parallel lines
Curl -fine
proportionate

42. The use of a side part helps to...
Space
Develop height on top
Closely groomed beard and mustache
curved-line style

43. Lines that extend in the same direction and maintain a constant distance apart are...
Curl -fine
Horizontal lines
Diagonal
Use bangs with no volume

44. Natural waves patterns are described as straight - wavy - curly - and...
Extremely curly
A full beard and mustache
A round head shape
Horizontal lines

45. In designing - when opposite side have different lenghts or different volume and appear to have equal weight - it is referred to as ...
symmetry
A strong visual sense
asymmetrical balance
Hair texture

46. The place that eyes sees first in a hair style is known is...
Convex
Emphasis
Create the illusion of width at the forehead
side view

47. Curved lines that are used to blend and soften horizontal or vertical lines are...
Flattering and appropriate
Full and falls below the jaw
Transitional lines
Closely groomed beard and mustache

48. When clients wears glasses - it will affect how you design the hair...
Horizontal lines
Create the illusion of lenght
Around the ears
Form

49. The generally recognized ideal facial type is considered to be...
Oval
Emphasis
A lighter color
Texture and lines

50. Hair texture changes can be created or changed temporarily with styling tools and permanently with...
Bang area
Chemicals
Extremely curly
Oval