All hairstyles
207 hairstyles so far, best known first. 4 more are on the list to be written.
🇬🇧 United KingdomShampoo and set
A classic UK styling method using rollers and lotion.Styled · Any hair · 1930
WorldDread perming
A chemical treatment to create or maintain dreadlocks quickly.Styled · Straight hair
🇸🇩 Sudan and 4 moreDreadlocks
A hairstyle of rope-like hair strands formed by matting or twisting.Natural · Coily and kinky hair · 1970
WorldLong hair
Head hair grown to a considerable length, often past the shoulders.Styled · Any hair
🇺🇸 United StatesMohawk
A hairstyle with shaved sides and a central strip of longer hair.Shaved · Any hair · 1970
🇺🇦 UkraineOseledets
Traditional Ukrainian Cossack style with a shaved head and long top lock.Shaved · Any hair
WorldBun
A hairstyle where hair is gathered and coiled into a circular shape on the head.Updo · Any hair
🇫🇷 France and 2 morePompadour
High-volume hair swept up and back from the forehead.Updo · Any hair · 1950
🇬🇧 United KingdomQuiff
A voluminous front sweep with short sides and back.Styled · Any hair · 1950
🇺🇸 United StatesBeehive
A conical updo piled high on the crown.Updo · Any hair · 1960
🇫🇷 France and 2 morePouf
An elaborate 18th-century French hairstyle featuring extreme height and decorative ornaments.Styled · Any hair · 1775
🇨🇳 China and 3 moreRattail
A long strip of hair at the napeCut · Any hair · 1980
WorldShort hair
A general category for haircuts kept above the shoulders or chin.Cut · Any hair · 1920
🇬🇧 United KingdomLovelock
A single long braid worn over the left shoulder by 17th-century Europeans.Braid · Any hair · 1580
WorldMarcelling
A heat-styled curl technique from the 1870s.Curls · Any hair · 1872
🇫🇷 France and 1 moreBouffant
A puffy, rounded hairstyle with height at the crown.Styled · Any hair · 1950
WorldLiberty spikes
Long, thick upright hair spikes resembling the Statue of Liberty crown.Styled · Any hair · 1970
WorldFrosted tips
Short spiky hair with bleached ends.Cut · Any hair · 1998
🇺🇸 United StatesHalo hairstyle
Horizontal bands of light colour wrapping around the head.Styled · Any hair · 2013
WorldBackcombing
A styling method that creates volume by tangling hair near the root.Styled · Any hair
WorldCrochet braids
A protective hairstyle using a latch hook to attach synthetic hair to cornrows.Braid · Any hair
🇫🇷 France and 1 moreHigh roll
A towering 18th-century hairstyle built with frames and pomatum.Styled · Any hair · 1760
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreHair extensions
Cosmetic additions of human or synthetic hair attached to natural hair for length and volume.Styled · Any hair · 1950
🇬🇷 GreeceGreco-Roman hairstyles
Hair practices of ancient Greece and Rome, including long locks, short crops, and net head-dresses.Wrapped · Any hair
WorldHair straightening
A technique to flatten and smooth hair texture using heat or chemicals.Styled · Curly hair · 1950
🇺🇸 United StatesButterfly locs
A lightweight protective style featuring synthetic hair wrapped to create a distressed, looped texture.Styled · Any hair · 2021
WorldBeach waves
A loose, tousled wavy hairstyle inspired by the ocean.Styled · Any hair · 2010
🇺🇸 United StatesTwist-out
A protective hairstyle created by unraveling twists to form defined waves.Styled · Curly hair
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreSenegalese twists
Smooth two-strand protective style using synthetic hair.Locs · Any hair · 1984
🇺🇸 United StatesWolf cut
A layered haircut with a shaggy top and tapered ends, described as Gen Z's version of the mullet.Cut · Any hair · 2021
🇯🇵 JapanMizura
Ancient Japanese hairstyle with side locksStyled · Any hair
🇯🇵 JapanChapatsu
Japanese brown bleached hair styleStyled · Any hair · 1997
🇸🇩 Sudan and 4 moreDreadlocks
A hairstyle of rope-like hair strands formed by matting or twisting.Natural · Coily and kinky hair · 1970
WorldLong hair
Head hair grown to a considerable length, often past the shoulders.Styled · Any hair
🇺🇸 United StatesMohawk
A hairstyle with shaved sides and a central strip of longer hair.Shaved · Any hair · 1970
🇺🇦 UkraineOseledets
Traditional Ukrainian Cossack style with a shaved head and long top lock.Shaved · Any hair
WorldBun
A hairstyle where hair is gathered and coiled into a circular shape on the head.Updo · Any hair
🇫🇷 France and 2 morePompadour
High-volume hair swept up and back from the forehead.Updo · Any hair · 1950
🇬🇧 United KingdomQuiff
A voluminous front sweep with short sides and back.Styled · Any hair · 1950
🇺🇸 United StatesBeehive
A conical updo piled high on the crown.Updo · Any hair · 1960
🇫🇷 France and 2 morePouf
An elaborate 18th-century French hairstyle featuring extreme height and decorative ornaments.Styled · Any hair · 1775
🇨🇳 China and 3 moreRattail
A long strip of hair at the napeCut · Any hair · 1980
WorldShort hair
A general category for haircuts kept above the shoulders or chin.Cut · Any hair · 1920
🇬🇧 United KingdomLovelock
A single long braid worn over the left shoulder by 17th-century Europeans.Braid · Any hair · 1580
WorldMarcelling
A heat-styled curl technique from the 1870s.Curls · Any hair · 1872
🇫🇷 France and 1 moreBouffant
A puffy, rounded hairstyle with height at the crown.Styled · Any hair · 1950
WorldLiberty spikes
Long, thick upright hair spikes resembling the Statue of Liberty crown.Styled · Any hair · 1970
WorldFrosted tips
Short spiky hair with bleached ends.Cut · Any hair · 1998
🇺🇸 United StatesHalo hairstyle
Horizontal bands of light colour wrapping around the head.Styled · Any hair · 2013
WorldBackcombing
A styling method that creates volume by tangling hair near the root.Styled · Any hair
WorldCrochet braids
A protective hairstyle using a latch hook to attach synthetic hair to cornrows.Braid · Any hair
🇫🇷 France and 1 moreHigh roll
A towering 18th-century hairstyle built with frames and pomatum.Styled · Any hair · 1760
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreHair extensions
Cosmetic additions of human or synthetic hair attached to natural hair for length and volume.Styled · Any hair · 1950
🇬🇷 GreeceGreco-Roman hairstyles
Hair practices of ancient Greece and Rome, including long locks, short crops, and net head-dresses.Wrapped · Any hair
WorldHair straightening
A technique to flatten and smooth hair texture using heat or chemicals.Styled · Curly hair · 1950
🇺🇸 United StatesButterfly locs
A lightweight protective style featuring synthetic hair wrapped to create a distressed, looped texture.Styled · Any hair · 2021
WorldBeach waves
A loose, tousled wavy hairstyle inspired by the ocean.Styled · Any hair · 2010
🇺🇸 United StatesTwist-out
A protective hairstyle created by unraveling twists to form defined waves.Styled · Curly hair
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreSenegalese twists
Smooth two-strand protective style using synthetic hair.Locs · Any hair · 1984
🇺🇸 United StatesWolf cut
A layered haircut with a shaggy top and tapered ends, described as Gen Z's version of the mullet.Cut · Any hair · 2021
🇯🇵 JapanMizura
Ancient Japanese hairstyle with side locksStyled · Any hair
🇯🇵 JapanChapatsu
Japanese brown bleached hair styleStyled · Any hair · 1997
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Long hair: Adam Jones Adam63, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dreadlocks: Richard Mortel, CC BY 2.0, source
- Quiff: Anefo, CC0, source
- Hair straightening: Adam Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Pouf: After Jean-Baptiste André Gautier-Dagoty, Public domain, source
- Bun: Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Oseledets: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pompadour: Pearson Scott Foresman, Public domain, source
- Beehive: MGM, Public domain, source
- Lovelock: Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599 - 1641) Details on Google Art Project, Public domain, source
- Bouffant: Bain News Service, Public domain, source
- Liberty spikes: THOR, CC BY 2.0, source
- Hair extensions: Eunicehair, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Halo hairstyle: Papipacify, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- High roll: Joseph Ducreux, Public domain, source
- Greco-Roman hairstyles: ArchaiOptix, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mohawk: Duke.emerson, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Marcelling: The Bridgeport times and evening farmer, Public domain, source
- Backcombing: Alexander Blum, Public domain, source
- Short hair: Alex Neman, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Chapatsu: No machine-readable author provided. Berntgrapher assumed (based on co, CC BY-SA 3.0, source