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Tactful: To show skills in sensing the correct way to deal with others.
Tail comb: Used to help sectioning hair while setting.
Tangled: In a mess.
Tapering: Alternative term for 'feathering'.
Target: Objective set down for staff to reach.
Target colour: The hair colour chosen by the client.
Technique: A specific method of working.
Telogen: Stage of hair growth when follicles and papilla are in stage of rest.
Temperature: The heat level.
Temporary: Type of colour group (azo dyes).
Tensile (strength): Ability of hair to be stretched.
Terminal: Hair of face, arms, pubic regions.
Test curl: Test to determine if full head can be permed.
Test cut: Test sample of hairs to assess the effect of colouring.
Texture: The coarseness or fineness of hair.
Theme: A subject matter
Thinning: Reduce the volume of hair.
Tinea capitis: Fungal infection, contagious.
Tinting: Colouring with highlights or lowlights.
Tinting cap: Cap through which strands of hair are pulled to be tinted.
Tolerance: The amount that somebody can resist.
Tone: Warm or cool shade of colour tint.
Toner: Colour used to neutralise unwanted tones in lightened hair.
Toxic: Poisonous and harmful.
Transaction: The agreement between a seller and buyer for a good or service.
Translucent: Has no colour.
Treatment: A service.
Trichologist: A specialist in hair and scalp conditions.
Trichorrhexis nodosa: Small white nodules along the hair shaft.