Category: T

  • Track

    When you want to put an extra hairpiece into your hair, it’s essential to create a “track” that the extended hair piece can be sewn in to. This track— or hem—works like an anchor to hold the new hair in place. In the realm of magnetic storage media, such as tapes or disks, the path…

  • Tourmaline

    The key ingredient in ionic technology, tourmaline is a semiprecious crystal and natural source of the ion energy that makes hair styling in medium to thick hair, and in chemically treated hair, more effective.  

  • Thermal protector

    A product that protects your hair from heat damage by providing a barrier against the heat. Essential for anyone using heat tools.  

  • Thermal reconditioning

    Permanent process that makes thick, dense, and curly ethnic hair straight, smooth, and shiny.  

  • Texturizing

    Removes weight or bulk in your hair to provide a lighter look with lots of movement and fluidity. Removing excess bulk without shortening the length; changing the appearance or behavior of the hair through specific haircutting techniques using shears, thinning shears, or a razor.  

  • Texture paste

    A styling product that creates pieciness, separation, and loose and messy textures in short to midlength styles.  

  • Temperature gauge

    Good hot tools have a temperature gauge so you can see exactly how much heat you are applying to your hair.  

  • Taking the weight out

    A cutting technique for thick and bulky hair. Your stylist cuts into the interior of your hairstyle to remove those bulky and unnecessary pieces that can weigh down your look.  

  • Tissue respiration

    The process of using oxygen and other substances to build cells and release energy.  

  • Trellis

    A structure or arrangement of wires or rods held up by posts or frames, specifically for the support of climbing plants. It may be freestanding in a garden, or attached to the wall of a house. The most highly developed forms of trellis are those on which grapes are grown commercially for wine or fruit;…