I remember that around a year ago, one of my students asked me some vocabulary on hairstyle, and I got her a website to read. What I really should have done, was to pick out the most popular ones and elaborate a big more on them, but I failed to do so. Now my blog is up and running, it’s about time to write an entry about it.
the cutting of the front part of the hair up to or just above the eye brows level. The girl below has blunt cut bangs.
Image from FringeBangshairstyles
Crew-cut / Buzz Cut / Butch Cut
A close shave on the sides of the head with a short cut on the top.
Fauxhawk
Once very popular because of the guy you see from the picture. Similar to Mohawk but without the close shave at the sides and very long spikes on the top.
Finger wave
Doesn’t that look like hair twisted with your own fingers?
French braid
Three sections crossed above one another.
Japanese Hair Straightening / Rebonding (SE Asia)
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| French Braid in the making, accompanied by a ponytail Image from glamour.com |
Japanese Hair Straightening / Rebonding (SE Asia)
Curly hair to straight hair that can poke through your paper!
Hime Cut
Long straight hair below the shoulders + a cut above the shoulders + bangs at eyebrow level.
Pigtails
Nina Wang Kung Yu Sum’s pigtails.
Pixie Cut
Pixie Cut
shorter hair on the back and sides of the head but longer on the top.
Ponytail
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| Image from fashionindie |
Ponytail
One bunch of hair tied up at the back of the head.
Ringlet
Like Claire Bennet in Heroes the TV series? Isn’t this the style you see around you all the time? If not, check the nearest newsstand for any Japanese fashion magazine.
Stay curious and you’ll learn more vocabulary!