How to Know Your Hair Orientation

SIMPLE WAY TO DETERMINE YOUR HAIR DIRECTION Naturally, undisturbed hair grows in the direction of its growing pattern. At this point, you can see clearly how each hair grains grow.One of the basic skill you must learn as a barber is how to understand this hair direction and cut along the pattern. In barber academy, cutting haircut that necesitate you cutting along the direction is a way to examining your competency is the basic training you get. The importance of cutting along hair orientation, is that it ensure even smoothness of cropped hair. Hair at the crown looks exactly the same with other part of the head. However, when you brush hair with hard brush, the hair prostrate in its natural direction, looks well align and smooth. And in case the direction is differ from the direction of movement of the hair brush, the hair looks rough and maybe roll-up instead to prostrate. This method is use for short hair. For long hair, the hair direction is not clearly visible therefore less consideration is given to it when cutting long hairstyles.