Cutting hair at 0 degrees elevation produces what result?
- Uniform layers with the same length throughout the head
- Long layers with the shortest hair at the top of the head
- A one-length (blunt) cut with weight at the perimeter
- A stacked shape with weight removed from the perimeter
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C. A one-length (blunt) cut with weight at the perimeter
With no elevation all the hair falls to one line, so the weight builds at the perimeter and no layers form. Uniform layers require the hair to be lifted to 90 degrees.
Reference: Haircutting: elevation and basic cuts
Which elevation, used with a traveling guide, produces uniform layers?
- 90 degrees
- 180 degrees
- 0 degrees
- 45 degrees
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A. 90 degrees
Holding each section straight out from the head at 90 degrees and following a traveling guide makes every hair the same length, giving uniform layers. A 45-degree elevation produces graduation with built-up weight, not even layering.
Reference: Haircutting: elevation and basic cuts
A graduated cut that builds weight in a stacked shape is most commonly cut at which elevation?
- 90 degrees
- 45 degrees
- 0 degrees
- 180 degrees
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B. 45 degrees
Graduation is created with low to medium elevation, classically 45 degrees, so the ends stack on one another and build weight above the perimeter. At 90 degrees the weight is removed and the result is layers.
Reference: Haircutting: elevation and basic cuts