19 One Length Angle Technique

Create a Safety Section and Cut the Front PerimeterWhen you create a safety section, the width of the triangle

depends on how wide a front perimeter you want. In

general, the longer the hair in the perimeter, the narrower

the width of the triangle.

For more information about creating a safety section, see

Lesson 3: Sectioning in this module.

1. Create a safety section.

2. Hold the hair in the front perimeter with the large teeth

of the comb to create extremely light tension.

Note: If growth patterns in the front hairline are

extremely strong, cut the hair freehand.

3. Using secondary scissors position, cut the center guide to the length agreed on in the client consultation.

4. Use the center guide to cut to the right, and then from

the center to the left.

Cut the Side Perimeter

You will now cut the angle in the side perimeter. To do this

you cut from the point where the side and back perimeters

meet below the center of the ear. This is called Point A.

You cut from Point A to the point where the front and side

perimeters meet. This is called point 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.

1. Comb the right side hair into gravity.

2. Carefully determine the locations of points A and B.

3. On the right side, use secondary scissors position and cut freehand from Point A to Point B.

4. Repeat on the left side.

5. Drop the remaining hair and comb it into gravity.

6. Cut any hair hanging past the established perimeter line. 7. Check the balance in the mirror and make corrections as

necessary.