All hairstyles
207 hairstyles so far, best known first. 4 more are on the list to be written.
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreNatural hair movement
A social and cultural campaign for wearing textured hair without chemical straightening.Natural · Coily and kinky hair · 1960
🇮🇳 IndiaKesh
The Sikh practice of keeping hair uncut as a religious observance.Natural · 1699
🇸🇩 Sudan and 4 moreDreadlocks
A hairstyle of rope-like hair strands formed by matting or twisting.Natural · Coily and kinky hair · 1970
🇺🇸 United StatesAfro
A rounded style of combed-out natural hair.Natural · Coily and kinky hair · 1960
🇺🇸 United StatesConk
Chemically straightened hair popular with African-American men mid-20th century.Styled · Coily and kinky hair · 1920
🇺🇸 United StatesSilk press
Heat-straightened style for kinky hair without chemicalsStyled · Coily and kinky hair · 1920
WorldAfro puffs
Two rounded sections of coiled hair worn on the head.Natural · Coily and kinky hair
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreSurfer hair
Tousled, sun-bleached locks from the sea.Styled · Wavy hair · 1950
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreHair twists
Two-strand rope style for coily hair texturesLocs · Coily and kinky hair
🇺🇸 United StatesTwist-out
A protective hairstyle created by unraveling twists to form defined waves.Styled · Curly hair
WorldWash and go
A low-manipulation style that enhances natural curl patterns without heat or extensions.Styled · Curly hair
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Dreadlocks: Richard Mortel, CC BY 2.0, source
- Afro puffs: stevendepolo, CC BY 2.0, source
- Afro: Jason Melcher, CC BY 2.0, source
- Surfer hair: Rachel Amarette, CC BY 2.0, source
- Kesh: Carl W. Damman, Public domain, source
- Natural hair movement: livepict.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Conk: NBC Television, Public domain, source
- Hair twists: Vox Efx, CC BY 2.0, source