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Glossary of Hair Cutting Terms

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Topic: Glossary of Hair Cutting Terms
Posted By: myampris
Subject: Glossary of Hair Cutting Terms
Date Posted: June 18 2005 at 10:15am
Glossar of Haircutting Terms: does anyone know if such a glossary exists? 
Going from one region of the country to another, I've found that well-defined terms used by my old stylist are not what the stylists in this area understand those terms to mean. 

It's about like asking for an apple and getting a plum instead.  Then getting treated to a dumb look when you say "no, I asked for an apple".  To which the befuddle stylist replies, "why yes, I gave you an apple - see how purple it is...."


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Posted By: Kuroneko
Date Posted: June 21 2005 at 2:57am
I saw a glossary online once, but I don't think it's very helpful, because while reading it I wasn't sure I agreed with all the definitions -_- .  I don't think there exists any uniform set of terms to make an accurate glossary from.

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Posted By: myampris
Date Posted: June 26 2005 at 10:33am
What a shame - perhaps that explains so much of the confusion when going from one stylist to another.  I bet someone could make a bundle selling a book of terms - if they could survive the sheer aggravation of pinning down the defs in the first place, that is....

Posted By: LiliBeach
Date Posted: July 21 2005 at 12:42am

The terms vary in different parts of the country.

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