The Beauty Library
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Hair
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- Hair
Pattern and texture
Follow the path a strand takes. Width and amount are separate details, and one head can have more than one pattern. Coily and kinky are broad words that overlap.
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Length
Find where the ends land against the body. Hair is drawn as worn, so stretched curls reach further.
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Top length
Just the hair on top. The sides and the ends can be a different length.
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Side length
Just the sides. Short sides go with a long top or long ends.
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Parting positions
Where the part sits on the head. A visible part does not tell you how the style was put in.
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Fringes
The edge across the forehead, and whether it splits in the middle. A fringe works with most cuts and lengths.
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Styles and services
Read each definition and look for the detail it names. Related terms overlap, and a name alone cannot tell you the method or the result.
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Section size
The parts on the scalp between braids, twists or locs. Section size is separate from how wide the finished plaits are.
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Plait width
How wide the finished plaits or twists are. Width is separate from the scalp sections and from the width of your own strands.
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Parting pattern
Whether sections lie flat along the scalp in rows. Rows combine with any strand type: cornrows, flat twists and locs can all sit in rows.
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Cut structure
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Fade shape
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Fade height
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Fade finish
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Layers
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Hairline
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Colour samples
Samples, not shade matches. Screens and lighting shift colour, so sheer and multi-tone colours are described in words as well.
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Colour tone
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