Over-direction and elevation. Are they the same?

[@cammahar]

Honestly, i think theyre the same thing because if you break it down to the root movement all the hair is doing for “over direction” is moving side to side and from the root and for “elevation” the root is moving on the vertical. So technically theyre the same thing if u break it down to it’s simplest form

[@salonrebelle]

Hi Guys! So Listening to this conversation you guys are kind go laughing about needing to see expanded shape. But also saying one of if not the most important thing to help someone understand were to cut the hair is by looking at the root. Then Kate talks about looking at hair at natural fall to understand the ending result.** But how do you know the direction of the root without knowing expanded shape and just looking at the end result? **Maybe I'm misunderstanding. Basically I guess my question is how do you see end result and know where the root should be directed to, in teaching someone? I would look at the hair in natural fall then bring it out to expanded shape then see were it is standing . I hope I'm making sense?

[@alliloneducation7094]

Hey Vicky Thank you for your question/comment. When I was taught expanded shape was a the forefront of my learning, constantly being told that if I understood the expanded shape then it would really help me to visualise the shape. Now, this isn't wrong at all, the longer I have been studying I realised that the cutting shape and the expanded shape were two different things completely. From your education with us, you can see that expanded shape is the shape that would be visible when all the hair would be standing straight out from the base where the cutting shape is the direction of the hair to the cutting line. Kates point is that if you know where the lenghts are going to sit at natural fall then it will give you a clearer understanding of the direction of hair to the cutting line that you will need to use in order to create your shape. Hope this helps Regards Jonathan