20 Graduated Angle Technique

Graduate the Front Perimeter

1. Create a safety section. (See Lesson 3: Sectioning in this

module, if necessary.) Remember that the width of the

triangle in the safety section determines the size of the

front perimeter.

2. Using secondary scissors position and holding the hair in

gravity, cut a front perimeter to the length desired.

Note: If you are cutting a short front perimeter (shorter than the bridge of the nose), the perimeter will have

less weight due to the graduation. Therefore, determinethe length accordingly.

3. Find the comb elevation for the front perimeter by

holding the comb at the point where the lines of the

triangle meet.

4. Bring the front perimeter hair up to the comb elevation

and cut the hair to the guide (the bottommost hair).

Graduate the Side Perimeters

1. Stand on the side that you’re graduating.

2. Comb the rest of the hair in the side perimeter (the hair

in front of the diagonal parting) forward T to the section. 3. Determine the comb elevation.

4. Carefully determine the location of points A and B.

It is crucial that you cut from Point A without cutting any

length at Point A. If you cut into the length of Point A, the

hair will appear shorter than desirable when viewed from

the front.

5. On the right side, hold the hair in your fingers and use

primary scissors position to cut from Point A to Point B.

6. To continue, create a 1ý subsection parallel to the

diagonal side parting.

7. Determine the comb elevation.

8. Pick up a part of the subsection and some of the

previously cut guide.

9. Recheck the elevation, bring the hair up to the comb, and then slide out the comb.

10. Check for the guide, and then cut to it.

11. Continue subsectioning and graduating the side until no

more hair reaches the guide. Usually, basic sections 1 and 2 will not reach the guide.

12. Repeat the graduation process on the other side.

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