Hairstyle

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[edit] Notable hairstyles

Name Image Description
Afro Image:Afro 2 cropped by David Shankbone.jpg Big hair hairstyle.
Bangs / Fringe Image:Bangs.jpg  
Balding cut Image:John Huyette Reverse Mohawk.jpg A hairstyle simulating male-pattern baldness
Beehive Image:Retro formal beehive updo.jpg Big hair hairstyle.
Bob cut Image:Anna Wintour.jpg A classic short hairstyle where the ends are cut just around chin length and aligned close to the facial area.
Bowl cut Image:Ukposter.jpg A 1920s Ukranian poster; the man on the left sports a bowl cut
Bouffant N/A  
Bun Image:Hair in bun.JPG  
Buzz cut Image:Male buzzcut.jpg  
Caesar cut Image:Julius caesar.jpg Worn by Julius Caesar.
Chonmage Image:Tochiazuma Daisuke.jpg A traditional Japanese haircut.
Comb over N/A  
Cornrows Image:Cornrows by David Shankbone.jpg  
Crew cut N/A It is hair that is done for many people in the military.
Crop N/A  
Croydon facelift N/A  
Curtained hair N/A The character Peter Petrelli is well-known for this hairstyle in NBC's Heroes.
Devilock N/A The sides and back are kept short, while the front is grown long and combed forward. Made famous by Jerry Only of The Misfits.
Dido flip N/A Hairstyle named after the singer Dido.
Dreadlocks Image:Dreadlocked rasta.jpg  
Duck's Ass or Ducktail N/A  
Emo hair May be associated with emo music or fashion.
Fauxhawk Image:David Beckham.jpg  
Feathered hair N/A  
Finger wave Image:MDafoeBob20s.jpg  
Flattop Image:H R Haldeman, 1971 portrait.png  
Fofa N/A
French braid Image:Braid01.jpg
French twist Image:Frenchtwist.jpg
High and tight N/A
Hime cut N/A
Highlights Image:CarmenElectra.jpg Popular among young people in Asia during the late 1990's and early 2000's with long hair. The style involves highlighting or dyeing various thin strands of hair via hair coloring.
Hi-top fade Image:Kid n play.jpg
Horseshoe Flattop N/A
Induction cut N/A
Jheri curl N/A
Japanese hair straightening N/A
Khokhol N/A
Layered hair N/A
Liberty spikes Image:Spikesfront.jpg
Long hair N/A
Mohawk Image:User-Ich with Mohawk.jpg
Mop-Top
Mullet Image:SuperMullet.jpg
Odango N/A
Pageboy N/A
Perm N/A
Pigtails Image:Pigtails.jpg
Pompadour Image:Pomp2.jpg
Ponytail Image:Katehudson Ponytail.jpg
Quiff Image:Quiff.jpg
"The Rachel" N/A a layered haircut made popular by Friends star, Jennifer Aniston, who played Rachel Green.
Razor cut N/A
Recon N/A a radical version of the High and tight, with the sides and back cleanly shaved very high up the head, intentionally leaving a very extreme contrast between the longer top hair and the shaved sides.
Rattail Image:Rattail.jpeg
Ringlet Image:Ringlet.jpg
Short back and sides N/A Also know as a Boy's cut, a simple hairstyle with an overall short length.
Shape-Up N/A
Spiky hair Image:Cloudac1.jpg All hair sticking up, like spikes sticking out from the head. Foundation of popular culture hairstyles in Asia.
Taper fade N/A
Tonsure Image:Tonsure fx tr.png
Undercut Image:Undercut.jpg
Updo Image:Retro formal beehive updo.jpg A beehive is an example of an updo.

[edit] Hair products

Cosmetic products used in creating and maintaining hairstyles include:

[edit] Hair lengths

Short:

  • Bald, hair that is completely shaved down to the scalp
  • Buzz, hair that is extremely short and hardly there
  • Cropped, hair that is a little longer than a buzz
  • Boy's cut, hair that is longer than a crop, but not yet hits the ears
  • Ear length, hair that is at the same level as one's ears

Long:

  • Chin level, hair the comes to the chin
  • Flip level, hair that comes to the neck or shoulder area.
  • Bra/midback level, hair that's at about the same point as the widest part of one's ribcage and chest area
  • Waist length, hair that falls at the smallest part of one's waist, a little bit above the hip bones
  • Tailbone length, hair that is at about the area of one's tailbone
  • Classic length, hair that reaches where one's legs meet his or her buttocks
  • Thigh length, hair that is at the mid-thigh
  • Knee-length, hair that is at the knee
  • Calf length, hair that is at the calf
  • Floor length, hair that reaches the floor

[edit] References

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[edit] Notes

[edit] See also

Look up hairstyle, haircut, hairdo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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[edit] External links

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