Hair Style, Color, Texture, and Appearance Vocabulary

Describing Style of Hair
Braids:
(Women arrange their hair in such a way that hairs are divided into three parts and weaved together smoothly till end, also known as plait)
Example:
Women braid their hair every morning.
Her braid is three feet long with thick black hair.
Ponytail:
(Sometime women arrange their hair in such a way that hair are gathered at back of head often held with ribbon and letting them hang down freely)
Example:
Jane and Rocky wear their hair pulled back in a ponytail.
Pigtail:
(Hair that is parted down the middle and tied with ribbon or braided into two ponytails on either side)
Example:
Henry sketched a queen with pigtails.
Bob:
(A bob, also known as a bob cut, is a haircut with short- to medium-length, in which the hair is formally cut straight around the head around jaw-level, often with a fringe or bangs)
Example:
My wife loves bob cutting.
Ringlets:
(A long curl of hair made with curling iron; also known as princess curls or corkscrew curls)
Example:
She was looking pretty with golden ringlets.
Cornrows:
(A style in which hair are braided into cornrows section arranged in multiple rows)
Example:
Popular cornrow style in America is braided ponytails.
Extensions:
(A length of natural or artificial hair that is fixed to one’s natural hairs for extending the length or thickness of hairs)
Example:
Javaria put extensions to her short hairs.
Bun:
(A women’s hairstyle where the hair is pulled into a knot of hair on top or back of head and wrapped like a coil shaped like a bun)
Example:
Asian women usually use bun hair style while doing home chorus.
Messy bun:
(A bun in which hair are not knitted in fine way but casually and carelessly twisted in a bun)
Example:
Alia was in hurry so she made a messy bun and went out in a while.
Afro:
(A style where strand of hair grows in a tiny spring-like, corkscrew shape. it is often referred to as “thick”, “bushy”, or “woolly”)
Jam was wearing an artificial afro.
Bouffant:
(Bouffant describes a style characterized by smooth hair that is heightened and raised on top of head and usually covering the ears or hanging down on the sides)
Example:
Her ash-blonde hair was worn bouffant, and her red lipstick made her appearance like a clown of a circus.
Bunches
(a style in which hair are parted down the middle and gathered into two balanced bundles, like ponytails, falling down near the ears ( bunches are also called pigtails, twintails or angel wings)
Example:
My daughter was looking like a doll in bunches.
Bangs:
(The front section of a person’s hair cut short and worn over the forehead)
Example:
Sofia has short hair with bangs.
Feathered Hair:
(A style with the hair grown long on both sides normally covering the ears or down to the shoulders and left unlayered with either a side or a centre parting)
Example:
Her look in ash-blond feathered hair was hilarious.
French braid:
(French braid includes three divisions of hairs that are braided jointly starting from the crown of the head to the nape of the neck, often described as braided backward)
Example:
Girls love French braid in wedding parties.
Fringe (bangs):
(A hairstyle where hairs are combed down to the front of the head and cut on forehead above the eyebrows)
Example:
A blushing girl with black thick hair and fringe was looking much pretty.
Mod cut:
(A haircut of men uually where the hair flips outward, like wings)
Example:
Baby was looking cute in mod cut.
Mop-Top:
(A mid-length haircut style with a fringe (bangs) that brushes over the forehead, at back up to collar length, with the ears partly covered by the hair)
Example:
Mop-top hairstyle is famous among European countries.
Pixie cut:
(A hairstyle with short wispy hairs with or without a shaggy fringe (bangs) depending on style)
Example:
An old woman with grey hair and pixie hair cut was waving at me.
Slicked-back:
(A style where hairs are combed back, away from the forehead and back towards neck collar, then held in place with a hairstyling product)
Example:
Men usually comb their hair slicked back.
Updo:
(A hairstyle in which hairs are twisted or pulled up at the top or back of head, often requested by brides for their wedding day)
Example:
Girls make updo on wedding parties.
Buzz cut
(A buzz cut is a form of short hairstyles usually cut with electric clippers. Buzz cut styles include the crew cut, flattop and butch cut)
Example:
In summer season, people have buzz cut normally.
Comb over
(A style where hairs are combed from one part of the head to another part often to cover up a bald spot or forehead)
Example:
Donald Trump is known as having a double comb-over, in two directions.

Describing Hair Color
Black: (very dark color resembling coal)
Gray: (hairs that have lightened to a grayish color; usually associated with age)
Silver: (grayish-white color)
Chestnut-brown: (reddish-brown color)
Blonde: (very light brown color, low levels of the dark pigment)
Honey-blond: (blend of dark and warm blonde with light brown hair)
Golden-blond: (a color with golden and honey shades)
Ash-blond: (Ash blonde color is a shade of blonde with a gray tint to make an ash color)
Strawberry-blond: (color that is a blend of warm blonde shade and light red)
Brunette (for women)/ Brunet (for men): (dark shades brown hair)
Brown: (hair of normal brown color)
Auburn: (shades of color in red color)
Red: (ginger hair; a typically red color)
Salt-and-pepper: (hair of a mix blend of a person’s natural hair (black color) along with gray color and it is associated with age
Texture or Appearance of Hair:
Wavy: (curved back and forth, appearance hair like water waves curving slightly)
Curly: (coiled or spiral-shaped, a bit log hair having curls)
Kinky: (hair with tight curls, alternate words for kinky are: crisp, frizzy, and nappy)
Fuzzy: (untidy mass of tight curls)
Untamed: (not combed or dressed)
Stiff: (rigid and firm; difficult to comb or dress)
Cropped: (shorted hair that are trimmed)
Buzzed: (trimmed with electric clipper, too short hair)
Straight: (hair without any bend or curls, smooth hair)
Spiky: (all hair sticking upward like spikes out from the head)
Trimmed: (cutting of hair to make them short)
Tamed: (combed or dressed)
Cascading: (long hair falling down to shoulders)
Parted: (hair divided into sections with a comb or brush)
Wiry: (stiff hairs)
Bushy: (thick and full hair those are difficult to comb)
Coarse: hair with rough and hard texture and difficult to manage)
Surfer: (a tousled hairstyle)
Scraggly: (untidy and not clean or healthy)
Fine: (smooth and soft hair with good texture)
Baby-fine: (soft, silky and smooth hair like a baby)
Thin: (hair with small diameter)
Balding: (less density of hair or no hair on head due to hair fall)
Bald spot: (spot on head with no hairs on it)
Receding: (gradual loss or fall of hair at the front of the head)
Dyed: (hair that are colored, hair with artificial color)
Bleached: (discolored hair by chemicals, to color hair white or skin color to make them less visible)
Highlighted: (it is partial coloring based on shades to make the hair more colorful)
Streaked: (Hair colored in contrast instead of highlighting base color)