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Calcium: Mineral affecting the hardness of water.
Canities: Pigmentation cells not functioning, hair turns white.
Capability: The ability to complete a task.
Cape: Waterproof gown used to protect client's clothes.
Capillary: Very thin blood vessel.
Cash: Money, banknotes and coins.
Catagen: Stage of hair growth: hair falls out, follicle shrinks.
Ceramic: An object that is made into a shape and then hardened using heat.
Cetrimide: Antiseptic chemical used for pityriasis capitis.
Checking: Hair has a balanced front, sides, sections match.
Cheque: Written order to bank for payment.
Cheque guarantee card: Guarantee by bank for payment of the order.
Chip and PIN: Customers key in a PIN at point of sale instead of signing a receipt.
Chlorinated water: Water with added chlorine, can damage the hair.
Cicatrical alopecia: Baldness caused by physical/chemical damage to skin.
Circular brush: Used to loosen out the set or achieve a softer look.
Clarifying: To make clear.
Classic: A look that will not age.
Client suggestion box: A box used by clients to post written feedback.
Climazone: Equipment to dry hair and speed chemical processes.
Clipper over comb: Technique for cutting hair. Clippers are used to cut hair following the movement over a comb
Clock spring curls: Tight curls or wave movements.
Closed question: A question with a definite answer i.e.. yes/no.
Club cutting: Hair cut straight across.
Co-operative: To join in and help others in your team.
Coal tar: Chemical with antiseptic qualities.
Coarse hair: Hair with thick shaft.
Coconut: Used in shampoos for dry scalps.
Colleagues: The people that you work with.
Collodion: A syrupy, clean solution of pyroxylin, alcohol and ether.
Colour correction: The way in which hair colour or bleach problems are corrected.
Colour reducer: A product used to remove permanent hair colour.
Colour reduction: A product used to remove permanent colour from the hair.
Colour star: Colour chart to achieve desired colour.
Colour tone: Warm/cool shades of colour tints.
Commitment: To bind yourself to a certain action.
Communicate: To exchange information.
Complementary skills: Skills other than hairdressing but nonetheless essential.
Comprehensive: To cover a wide area.
Computerised: Performed by using a computer.
Concave: To curve inwards.
Concentrated: A liquid that has had its dilution reduced.
Concise: To express using few words.
Condition: Reference to the state of the hair's health.
Conditioner: Product used to enhance hair condition.
Confidence: A feeling of trust.
Confidentiality: To keep secret.
Confirm: To make more firm by repeating.
Constricted: Made smaller than normal.
Constructive: To improve.
Consultation: Discuss with the client individual needs.
Contagious: Infection can be transferred by contact.
Contamination: Spread of disease by contact of non-sterile objects.
Contradictory: To oppose in disagreement.
Contraindication: A condition preventing a treatment.
Convex: To curve outwards.
Cortex: Middle layer of the hair shaft.
Courteous: To be polite.
Cowlick: Growth pattern of the hair.
Credit: System of allowing customers to pay later for services.
Creeping oxidation: Active product left on the hair separating the cuticle plates.
Crimping iron: Tool used for crimping the hair.
Crocodile clamps: Used to hold hair while sectioning
Cross check: Checking hair cut
Cross infection: The spreading of infection between individuals and objects.
Crown: The top of the head.
Crucial: Very important.
Curl rearranger: The product used in the first step of a two step perm.
Curling tongs: Used for curling the hair.
Currency: A unit of exchange used as a form of money.
Current: A look that is fashionable.
Cut throat razor: Used for tapering wet hair and shaving.
Cuticle: Outer layer of the hair shaft.
Cysteine: An amino acid joined by sulphur bonds.
Cystine: An amino acid joined by sulphur bonds.