Standard Textbook of Professional Barber Styling

Welcome to the barber-styling profession. Hygiene and good grooming. Professional ethics. Bacteriology, sterilization and sanitation. Implements. Honing and stropping. Shaving. Men's haircutting. Cutting and styling curly and over-curly hair. Mustaches and beards. Shampooing and rinsing. Scalp and hair treatments - hair tonics. Theory of massage. Facial treatments. Men's razor haircutting. Women's shears and razor haircutting. Finger waving men's hair. Air waving and curling. Curling iron techniques. Permanent (chemical) waving for men. Chemical hair relaxing, chemical blow-out and soft curl permanent. Hair coloring. Men's hairpieces. The skin and scalp. The hair. The nails. Disorders of the skin, scalp and hair. Anatomy and physiology. Electricity and light therapy. Chemistry. Barber-styling shop management. Selling in the barber-styling shop. Licensing laws. History of barbering. Answers to chapter ending questions. Glossary. Cross index. Theory of colour.