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Fatigue: Tiredness: can be caused by poor working posture.
Faulty: Does not work.
Feasible: To be capable of being achieved.
Feathering: Technique used to remove volume or length of hair.
Feature: A characteristic of a person's face.
Feedback: The opinions of others or yourself concerned with a product or service.
Filing system: Method of keeping records of client treatments.
Financial: Monetary.
Fine hair: Term used to describe thin or delicate hair strands.
Fine pins: Equipment used to secure pin curls or dress hair up.
Finger drying: To dry hair using a hairdryer and your hands.
Finger waving: Technique where hair is moulded into an 's' shape using fingers and comb. Also known as water waving.
Fire extinguisher: A device for putting out small fires.
Fixing: Alternative name for neutralising hair.
Flamboyant: To be excessively ornamented.
Flammable: Can catch fire.
Follicle: Sac containing the hair shaft in the epidermis.
Folliculitis: Bacterial infection of the follicle.
Forgery: A copy that is illegal.
Fragilitas crinium: Hair splits at the ends and along the shaft.
Fraud: The act of deceiving to obtain money.
Freehand cutting: Cutting without tension.
Friction massage: Used during shampooing to work from the front of the scalp to the nape using the pads of the fingers in a vigorous movement.
Fungi: Parasitic organisms that do not contain chlorophyll. Includes mushrooms and yeast.