Hair Care Services: National Barber Styling Theory Examination topic guide
Hair Care Services carries 40% of the National Barber Styling Theory Examination blueprint used in this course, the largest of its 4 weighted areas. It spans 16 concepts. The course teaches it in 2 study units: Haircutting & Styling and Chemical Services.
What Hair Care Services covers
- What does elevation control in a haircut? — Milady Standard Barbering, 7th ed
- What elevation creates uniform layers, and what creates a blunt cut? — Milady Standard Barbering, 7th ed
- What is a taper in barbering? — Milady Standard Barbering, 7th ed
- What is a fade? — Milady Standard Barbering, 7th ed
- What do clipper guard numbers tell you? — Milady Standard Barbering, 7th ed
- What is outlining and where is it done? — Milady Standard Barbering, 7th ed
- What finishes most barber haircuts at the nape? — NIC Barber Styling Theory Content Outline, eff. 2025-06-01
- Why drape and what draping is used for cutting vs chemicals? — Milady Standard Barbering, 7th ed
- What is the purpose of the client consultation and hair analysis before a service? — Milady Standard Barbering, 7th ed
- Which test is done before an aniline-derivative haircolor, and why? — Milady Standard Barbering, 7th ed
- What does a strand test tell you? — Milady Standard Barbering, 7th ed
- How do you stop a hydroxide relaxer? — Milady Standard Barbering, 7th ed
- Are hydroxide and thio relaxers compatible? — Milady Standard Barbering, 7th ed
- What chemical and pH defines an alkaline wave? — Milady Standard Barbering, 7th ed
- What defines an acid wave? — Milady Standard Barbering, 7th ed
- In which layer of the hair do permanent chemical changes happen? — Milady Standard Barbering, 7th ed
How Hair Care Services connects to other areas
- In which layer of the hair do permanent chemical changes happen? links to Name the three layers of the hair shaft from outside in. — Scientific Concepts
Official references for Hair Care Services
- Milady Standard Barbering, 7th ed
- NIC Barber Styling Theory Content Outline, eff.: 2025-06-01
In the app this area comes with 16 memory cards and 15 module-quiz questions and is part of the free starting modules.