Thermal designing
The technique of druing and or designing hair by using a hand held shile simultaneioislh ising your fingers, a cariety of brushes, pressing comb and or thermal irons
How thermal design works
1. Hydrogen bonds are weakened or broken down by water or heat
2.protein chains shift and accept new temporary position
3.hear is removed and hair cools
4.bonds are reformed
Air form is also called
Blow drying
Concentrators
Focus airflow to a small area use for a smooth effect
Diffusers
Spread airflow over a larger area used from freeform drying techniques such as scrunching
Finger style
Technique in which fingers are used to manipulate and design the hair as it's dried with blow drier
Scrunching
Gently squeezing the hair lengths as the hair dries using diffuser
Air forming with brushes
Air forming with a blow dryer and a brush allows your to change the form direction and texture
Vent brush
Quickly dry the hair or to create specific directional movement such as waves
7 or 9 row brush
Smooth hair and creates a bevel effect
Round brush
Change texture patterns by adding waves or curls or by reducing curl pattern
Position of brush (volume)
Brush is positioned underneath the hair strand (upward)
Position of brush (indentation)
Brush is positioned top of hair strand (roll upward)
Names the four types of thermal iron
-curling irons
-flat iron
-crimping irons
-undulation irons
Thermal irons are first introduced in 1875 now are often called
Marcel irons
Electric curling iron
- the electric curling iron contains a heating element controlled by a thermostat that maintains a constant temperature
-never touch a curling iron with your fingers or placing it near your nose to smell if it is hot
- lower temperatures are recommended f
Cleaning thermal iron
The remove residue direction that the hair flows across the iron
Base to end
Position slightly away from base rotate 1/2 revolution at a time while feeling entire strand creates volume and support
End to base
@ the ends of the hair rotate upward toward the face curl reflects diameter (short hair)
Ends technique
Position
Volume underneath
Indentation upward
Rotation
Volume curled under
Indentation bevel up
Marcel waves
Barrel:top of the strand
Shell: beneath the strand
Alternate direction for the wave
Spiral
Vertically or diagonally
Spiral curls
Corkscrew effect
Flat (straightening) irons
Parts: between two heated flat plates
Function: straightening or sulking the hair
Crimping iron
Parts: two plates angular or serrated
Functions: crimped texture
Undulating irons
Parts: two undulating or curved plates "S"
Function: wavy along the hair
Hair pressing
First shampoo and conditioner
Next air form hair with brush using tension
Then apply protective oil or creme
Finally use a hot pressing comb on small sections
Two types of pressing comb
Stove heated
Electric pressing
Soft press
Pressing the hair once with less pressure and heat
Hard press
pressing action that is repeated twice with more pressure and heat
Fine texture
Treated gently
Less heat and pressure to avoid breakage
Medium texture
Least difficult to press
Requires no particular precautions
Coarse texture
Can be resistant
Can be more heat and pressure
A press and curl service involves pressing the hair when curling or waving the air with a
Thermal iron