Hairstyles beginning with H
16 hairstyles.
WorldHair crimping
A heat or braid technique creating zig-zag waves in long hair.Styled · Straight hair · 1985
🇺🇸 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
WorldHair stick
A long, thin accessory used to secure hair buns and updos.Adorned · Any hair
WorldHair straightening
A technique to flatten and smooth hair texture using heat or chemicals.Styled · Curly hair · 1950
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreHair twists
Two-strand rope style for coily hair texturesLocs · Coily and kinky hair
🇺🇸 United StatesHalo hairstyle
Horizontal bands of light colour wrapping around the head.Styled · Any hair · 2013
WorldHeadscarf
A triangular or square cloth folded to cover the hair and head while leaving the face visible.Wrapped · Any hair
🇮🇳 IndiaHead shaving in Hinduism
A ritual act of head shaving in Hinduism for purification, mourning, and devotion.Shaved · Any hair
🇳🇬 Nigeria and 4 moreHead tie
A cloth head covering worn across West and Southern Africa for fashion, faith, and tradition.Wrapped
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreHigh and tight
A military crew cut with shaved sides and a short top.Cut · Any hair · 1980
🇫🇷 France and 1 moreHigh roll
A towering 18th-century hairstyle built with frames and pomatum.Styled · Any hair · 1760
WorldHijab
A head covering worn by Muslim women to signify modesty and faith.Wrapped
🇯🇵 JapanHime cut
A Japanese style with straight cheek-length sidelocks and long back hair.Cut · Straight hair · 1970
WorldHistorical Christian hairstyles
A survey of hair practices in Christianity from antiquity to the early modern period.Shaved · Any hair
🇺🇸 United StatesHi-top fade
Tall flat top with shaved sides from hip hop cultureCut · Coily and kinky hair · 1984
🇰🇷 South KoreaHwagwan
Elaborate Korean ceremonial coronet for womenWrapped · Any hair
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Hime cut: kxz Chen, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Headscarf: Christopher Michel, CC BY 2.0, source
- Head shaving in Hinduism: Napoleon is back, CC0, source
- Hair straightening: Adam Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Head tie: Dili Osuhor ( Teemages ), CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hi-top fade: Kct02, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hair extensions: Eunicehair, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hair crimping: 1000heads, CC BY 2.0, source
- Halo hairstyle: Papipacify, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- High roll: Joseph Ducreux, Public domain, source
- High and tight: Chrismillar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hair twists: Vox Efx, CC BY 2.0, source
- Hair stick: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Hijab: Sophie Barat, CC BY 2.0, source