# EveryHairstyle

> Every hairstyle in the world. A free guide to 151 hairstyles, filed by kind (cut, braid, updo, tail, locs, natural, curl, shaved, fringe, styled, covered, ornament); hair type (straight, wavy, curly, coily, fine, thick, any); worn by (women, men, unisex, children, brides, religious, military, subculture); occasion (everyday, wedding, festival, ritual, stage, sport, work, historic); by hair length on a 0 to 5 scale (0 shaved, no hair or stubble; 1 very short, a crop; 2 short, ears to jaw; 3 medium, jaw to shoulders; 4 long, shoulders to mid-back; 5 very long, waist and beyond); by made famous by, region, country and date. With hubs, a calendar, a timeline, a world map and a glossary. Published by ClearTrust.

Each page gives: name, origin, era, length, hair type, face shapes, how it is made, time to make, upkeep, tools, famous wearers, also called, what it is, where it comes from, what it means, how it is made, who and what it suits, versions, in culture, a short FAQ, further reading and source links. Pages are derived from Wikipedia and Wikidata with AI assistance and may contain mistakes; cite the page URL.

## Browse
- [All hairstyles](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hairstyles)
- [Timeline](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/timeline)
- [Hair places](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/places)
- [Regions](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/regions)
- [Countries](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/countries)
- [World map](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/map)
- [Cuts](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/kinds/cut)
- [Braids and plaits](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/kinds/braid)
- [Buns and updos](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/kinds/updo)
- [Ponytails](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/kinds/tail)
- [Locs and twists](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/kinds/locs)
- [Natural and afro](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/kinds/natural)
- [Curls and waves](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/kinds/curl)
- [Shaved and partly shaved](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/kinds/shaved)
- [Fringes and partings](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/kinds/fringe)
- [Styled and set](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/kinds/styled)
- [Covered and wrapped](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/kinds/covered)
- [Adorned](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/kinds/ornament)
- [Straight hair](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hair-types/straight)
- [Wavy hair](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hair-types/wavy)
- [Curly hair](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hair-types/curly)
- [Coily and kinky hair](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hair-types/coily)
- [Fine hair](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hair-types/fine)
- [Thick hair](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hair-types/thick)
- [Any hair](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hair-types/any)
- [Mostly women](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/worn-by/women)
- [Mostly men](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/worn-by/men)
- [Anyone](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/worn-by/unisex)
- [Children](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/worn-by/children)
- [Brides and weddings](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/worn-by/brides)
- [Faith and religious orders](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/worn-by/religious)
- [Uniform and work](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/worn-by/military)
- [Subcultures and music](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/worn-by/subculture)
- [Everyday](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/occasions/everyday)
- [Weddings](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/occasions/wedding)
- [Festivals](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/occasions/festival)
- [Rites of passage](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/occasions/ritual)
- [Stage and screen](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/occasions/stage)
- [Sport and exercise](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/occasions/sport)
- [Work and formal](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/occasions/work)
- [History](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/occasions/historic)

## Live
- [Today](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/today): on this day, hairstyle of the day
- [Calendar](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/calendar)
- [News](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/news)

## Learn
- [Concepts](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts)

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## Hair places
- [Tirumala](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hub/tirumala): The hill temple of Venkateswara, where pilgrims offer their hair at the Kalyanakatta tonsure halls.
- [Palani](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hub/palani): A hill temple of Murugan where devotees shave their heads and coat them in sandalwood paste.
- [Varanasi ghats](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hub/varanasi-ghats): The riverside steps of the Ganges where children have their mundan and mourners shave their heads.
- [Haridwar](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hub/haridwar): Where the Ganges leaves the Himalaya: mundan at Har Ki Pauri and the matted locks of sadhus at the Kumbh.
- [Triveni Sangam, Prayagraj](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hub/prayagraj-sangam): The meeting of rivers where couples perform veni daan, the offering of a wife's plait, and pilgrims shave before bathing.
- [Amritsar](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hub/amritsar): The city of the Golden Temple, at the heart of Sikh kesh, uncut hair, and the dastar, the turban.
- [Mumbai](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hub/mumbai): Bollywood's city: film-star fringes and buns, gajras from Dadar flower market and Maharashtrian bridal hair.
- [Chennai](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hub/chennai): Long plaits with jasmine, the braided hair of Bharatanatyam dancers, and the kudumi of temple priests.
- [Madurai](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hub/madurai): The temple city whose jasmine, Madurai malli, is strung into gajras worn on plaits and buns across Tamil Nadu.
- [Mount Meron](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hub/mount-meron): The tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, where thousands of Jewish boys have their first haircut, the upsherin, on Lag BaOmer.
- [Mea Shearim](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hub/mea-shearim): A Haredi neighbourhood of Jerusalem where payot, hats and the covered hair of married women mark daily life.
- [Istanbul barbers](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hub/istanbul-barbers): The barbers' shops of the old city around the Grand Bazaar, heirs to an Ottoman craft of the razor, the hot towel and the turban.
- [Egyptian Museum, Cairo](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hub/cairo-egyptian-museum): The Tahrir Square museum whose statues, wigs and wig boxes show how ancient Egyptians shaved, braided and covered their hair.
- [Lagos](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hub/lagos): Yoruba braids, threaded sculptures and the towering gele headwraps of Lagos weddings and parties.
- [Accra](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hub/accra): Ghana's capital, which gave its name to Ghana braids and where a court case over locs reached the High Court.
- [Dakar](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hub/dakar): Senegal's capital, home of Senegalese twists and braiders who took their craft to Harlem, Paris and beyond.
- [Nyanza, Rwanda](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hub/rwanda-nyanza): The old royal capital of Rwanda, where the King's Palace Museum recalls amasunzu, the crescent hair crests of men and young women.
- [Jimma](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hub/jimma): The old Oromo kingdom of south-west Ethiopia, whose women's braided styles were recorded by travellers from the 1870s.
- [Mopti and the Fula country](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hub/mopti-fulani): The river port of Mali's inner Niger delta, a meeting place of the Fula herders whose braids inspired Fulani braids.
- [Johannesburg](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hub/johannesburg): South Africa's biggest city, where hair was once used in racial classification and is now a scene of braiders, doeks and debate.
- [Harlem](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hub/harlem): The Manhattan neighbourhood of finger waves and conks, the afro, and the African braiding salons of 125th and 116th streets.
- [New York City](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hub/new-york-city): The barbershops of Brooklyn and the Bronx, where hip hop gave the world the hi-top fade, the Brooklyn fade and waves.
- [New Orleans](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hub/new-orleans): Where a 1786 law forced women of colour to cover their hair, and they turned the tignon into a statement of style.
- [Hollywood](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hub/hollywood): The film and television capital whose stars made the bob, victory rolls, the pixie, feathered hair and the Rachel.
- [Kingston](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hub/kingston): Jamaica's capital, where the Rastafari made locks a sign of faith and Bob Marley carried them around the world.
- [Salvador](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hub/salvador): The heart of Afro-Brazilian culture, with the turbans of the baianas, afros, braids and the Beleza Negra of Ilê Aiyê.
- [Rio de Janeiro](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hub/rio-de-janeiro): The city of carnival, of the Black Rio dance parties of the 1970s, and of a natural-hair movement in its north zone.
- [Callejón de los Peluqueros, Havana](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hub/havana-barbers-alley): The Hairdressers' Alley of Old Havana, a restored stretch of Calle Aguiar built around a barber's school and shops.
- [Paris](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hub/paris): Where Marcel Grateau invented the marcel wave in 1872, Antoine popularised the bob, and the chignon and French twist were perfected.
- [Versailles](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hub/versailles): The royal court of Louis XIV and Marie Antoinette: the fontange, the periwig and the towering pouf.
- [London](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hub/london): Vidal Sassoon's geometric bob, Twiggy's crop, barristers' wigs and a city of barbers and stylists.
- [King's Road, Chelsea](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hub/kings-road): The Chelsea street of Mary Quant's 1960s boutique and the punk shops of the 1970s, home of the mohican and liberty spikes.
- [Rome](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hub/rome): Busts in the Capitoline Museums show Roman women's towering curls and men's short combed cuts; the Vatican kept the tonsure.
- [Khortytsia](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hub/khortytsia): The Dnieper island of the Zaporozhian Cossacks, whose shaved heads and long forelock, the oseledets, are a symbol of Ukraine.
- [Gion, Kyoto](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hub/kyoto-gion): Kyoto's geisha district, where maiko wear traditional nihongami of their own hair, changed with the seasons by their kanzashi.
- [Ryōgoku, Tokyo](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hub/ryogoku): The sumo district of Tokyo, where wrestlers' oiled topknots are dressed by tokoyama and cut off at retirement.
- [Harajuku, Tokyo](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hub/harajuku): The Tokyo street-fashion district of Takeshita Street: hime cuts, twin tails, bright colour and buns.
- [Seoul](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hub/seoul): Joseon topknots, braided ribbons and court wigs, the topknot ban of 1895, and today's K-pop salons.
- [Beijing](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hub/beijing): The Qing capital that imposed the queue on Chinese men and dressed Manchu women in the tall liangbatou.
- [Kushi Kanzashi Museum, Ōme](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/hub/ome-kushi-kanzashi): A museum in the hills west of Tokyo devoted to Japanese combs and hairpins from the Edo period onwards.

## Calendar
- [World Afro Day](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/events/world-afro-day): A yearly day for Afro-textured hair, founded in London in 2017 to celebrate natural hair and to push back against hair discrimination.
- [CROWN Act anniversary](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/events/crown-act-anniversary): On 3 July 2019 California became the first US state to ban discrimination against natural hairstyles at work and school.
- [World Hijab Day](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/events/world-hijab-day): A yearly day, begun in 2013, that invites women of every faith to try wearing a headscarf for a day.
- [St. Baldrick's Day](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/events/st-baldricks-day): Head-shaving events for children's cancer research, begun in a Manhattan pub on St Patrick's Day 2000.
- [World's Greatest Shave](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/events/worlds-greatest-shave): Australia's March fundraiser in which people shave, cut or colour their hair for people living with blood cancer.
- [Bald Is Beautiful Day](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/events/bald-is-beautiful-day): An informal US day for being comfortable with a bald or shaved head, with roots in a long-running North Carolina convention.
- [Upsherin on Lag BaOmer](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/events/lag-baomer-upsherin): The day many Jewish boys who turned three in spring get their first haircut, most famously at Meron in northern Israel.
- [Head shaving on the Day of Sacrifice](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/events/hajj-halq): On 10 Dhu al-Hijjah, pilgrims at the Hajj shave or trim their hair, one of the rites that ends the state of ihram.
- [Vaisakhi](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/events/vaisakhi): The spring festival on which Sikhs remember the founding of the Khalsa in 1699, with kesh, uncut hair, as one of its five articles of faith.
- [Tirumala Brahmotsavam and hair offering](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/events/tirumala-brahmotsavam): The great yearly festival of the Venkateswara temple at Tirumala, where pilgrims in their thousands offer their hair.
- [Thaipusam at Palani](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/events/thaipusam-palani): The full-moon festival of Murugan in the Tamil month of Thai, when many pilgrims to Palani shave their heads as an offering.
- [Onam](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/events/onam): Kerala's harvest festival, when many women wear the cream-and-gold kasavu sari with jasmine strung through a plait or bun.
- [Shichi-Go-San](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/events/shichi-go-san): Japan's "seven-five-three" day for young children, whose first rite, for three-year-olds, was once about letting the hair grow.
- [Coming of Age Day (Japan)](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/events/coming-of-age-day-japan): Japan's January holiday for those turning adult, when many women wear the furisode kimono with an elaborate updo.
- [Coming of Age Day (South Korea)](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/events/coming-of-age-day-korea): The third Monday of May, when Korea marks turning twenty, and some places restage the old topknot and hairpin rites.
- [Kushi Matsuri (Comb Festival)](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/events/kushi-matsuri): Kyoto's comb festival at Yasui Konpiragu, where old combs are blessed and women parade in hairstyles from Japanese history.
- [Long Hair Festival, Huangluo](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/events/huangluo-long-hair-festival): The Red Yao women of Huangluo, famous for hair that can reach the floor, show it off at the Sanyuesan festival in spring.
- [Mulletfest](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/events/mulletfest): A light-hearted contest for the best mullet, held in the New South Wales town of Kurri Kurri since 2018.
- [CurlFest](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/events/curlfest): A one-day summer festival in New York for natural curly and coily hair, run by the Curly Girl Collective.
- [British Hairdressing Awards](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/events/british-hairdressing-awards): The yearly awards night of British hairdressing at Grosvenor House in London, crowning the British Hairdresser of the Year.
- [OMC Hairworld World Cup](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/events/omc-hairworld): The world championship of competitive hairdressing, run by the Organisation Mondiale Coiffure and often called the Olympics of hair.
- [Salon International](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/events/salon-international): The UK's largest hairdressing trade show, held each October at ExCeL London, with stage shows by leading salons.
- [Hair Festival (Hair Expo Australia)](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/events/hair-festival-sydney): Australia's biggest hairdressing show, formerly Hair Expo, held over two days in June at ICC Sydney.
- [First public permanent wave](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/events/permanent-wave-anniversary): On 8 October 1905 the German hairdresser Karl Nessler first showed his machine for giving hair a lasting curl.
- [Japan's haircut edict](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/events/dampatsurei-anniversary): On 23 September 1871 the Meiji government freed men to cut off the samurai topknot, the start of its long decline.
- [Korea's topknot ordinance](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/events/korean-topknot-ordinance): On 30 December 1895 King Gojong had his topknot cut under the Short Hair Ordinance, which banned the sangtu.

## Concepts
- **Crown**: The top and back of the head, where the hair usually grows outwards from a whorl. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/crown)
- **Nape**: The back of the neck where the hairline ends, the lowest point of most haircuts. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/nape)
- **Hairline**: The edge where hair growth begins on the forehead, temples, around the ears and at the nape. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/hairline)
- **Whorl**: A spot where hair grows outwards in a spiral, usually at the crown, sometimes two of them. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/whorl)
- **Cowlick**: A section of hair that grows in a different direction from the rest and stands up or sticks out. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/cowlick)
- **Widow's peak**: A V-shaped point of the front hairline in the middle of the forehead. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/widows-peak)
- **Edges**: The short, fine hair along the front hairline, often styled into flat waves or swirls. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/edges)
- **Baby hair**: The fine, soft wisps at the hairline that are shorter than the rest of the hair. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/baby-hair)
- **Temple**: The flat area at each side of the forehead, between the eye and the ear, where many fades begin. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/temple)
- **Sideburn**: The strip of hair in front of each ear, where the hair of the head meets the face. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/sideburn)
- **Neckline**: How the hair is finished at the nape: squared off in a block, rounded, or tapered to the skin. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/neckline)
- **Hair type system**: A way of sorting hair by curl pattern, from type 1 straight to type 4 coily, with letters A to C. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/hair-type)
- **Type 1 hair**: Straight hair, which falls flat from root to tip without a wave or curl. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/type-1)
- **Type 2 hair**: Wavy hair that bends in loose S shapes, from soft waves at 2A to defined waves at 2C. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/type-2)
- **Type 3 hair**: Curly hair that forms spirals and ringlets, from loose 3A loops to tight 3C corkscrews. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/type-3)
- **Type 4 hair**: Coily hair with tight coils or zigzags, often called afro-textured hair, from 4A coils to 4C. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/type-4)
- **Type 4C hair**: The most tightly coiled hair type, with little visible curl pattern and the most shrinkage. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/type-4c)
- **Porosity**: How easily a strand takes in and holds water, set by how open its outer cuticle layer is. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/porosity)
- **Cuticle**: The thin outer layer of each hair, made of overlapping scales like roof tiles. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/cuticle)
- **Cortex**: The middle layer of a hair, which gives it strength and colour and holds a perm or relaxer. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/cortex)
- **Density**: How many hairs grow on a given area of scalp, from thin to thick. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/density)
- **Strand thickness**: The width of each hair, from fine to medium to coarse. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/strand-thickness)
- **Shrinkage**: The way curly and coily hair draws up shorter than its true length as it dries. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/shrinkage)
- **Frizz**: Strands that rise out of a smooth shape or curl group, giving a fuzzy outline. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/frizz)
- **Parting**: The line where hair is divided and combed in opposite directions, at the centre or to one side. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/parting)
- **Sectioning**: Dividing the hair into neat parts and clipping them out of the way before cutting, colouring or braiding. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/sectioning)
- **Guide**: The first section cut to length, which every following section is matched against. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/guide)
- **Elevation**: The angle at which hair is held away from the head while cut, which decides how layered it becomes. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/elevation)
- **Over-direction**: Combing hair away from its natural fall before cutting, so it ends up longer in one direction. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/over-direction)
- **Blunt cut**: Hair cut straight across to a single sharp line with no layers, so the ends look thick. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/blunt-cut)
- **Graduation**: A cutting method that stacks shorter hair underneath longer hair, building weight and shape. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/graduation)
- **A-line**: A cut, usually a bob, that is shorter at the back and angles down to longer lengths at the front. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/a-line)
- **Layering**: Cutting the hair to several lengths so shorter pieces sit over longer ones, for lift and movement. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/layering)
- **Face-framing layers**: Shorter layers cut around the face, falling from the cheekbones or jaw towards the longer lengths. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/face-framing)
- **Shag layering**: Many short, choppy layers through the crown and sides, with a thinner outline and often a fringe. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/shag-layers)
- **Point cutting**: Snipping into the ends of the hair with the scissor tips to soften a hard line. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/point-cutting)
- **Razor cutting**: Cutting hair with a straight razor blade instead of scissors, for soft, tapered, wispy ends. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/razor-cutting)
- **Feathering**: Cutting or styling the ends into soft, tapered wisps that flick back like feathers. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/feathering)
- **Texturising**: Cutting into the hair to remove bulk and give the ends a piecey, separated look. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/texturising)
- **Thinning**: Removing bulk without shortening the hair, usually with toothed thinning scissors. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/thinning)
- **Dry cutting**: Cutting the hair dry, as it will be worn, often curl by curl for curly hair. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/dry-cutting)
- **Disconnection**: A cut where two areas of hair are left at very different lengths with no blending between them. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/disconnection)
- **Asymmetry**: A haircut that is deliberately longer or shaped differently on one side than the other. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/asymmetry)
- **Undercut**: Hair clipped very short or shaved underneath or at the sides, with longer hair left on top. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/undercut)
- **Fade**: Clipper work that blends hair from skin at the bottom to longer lengths higher up, with no visible line. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/fade)
- **Taper**: A gradual shortening of hair towards the neckline and sideburns, gentler and lower than a fade. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/taper)
- **Clipper guard**: A plastic comb fixed to clippers that sets how much hair is left, numbered from short to long. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/clipper-guard)
- **Buzz**: Cutting all the hair to one short length with clippers, as in the buzz cut. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/buzz)
- **Scissor over comb**: Cutting short hair by lifting it with a comb and trimming what sticks out above the teeth. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/scissor-over-comb)
- **Line-up**: Sharpening the hairline at the forehead, temples and neck with a trimmer or razor for crisp edges. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/line-up)
- **Fringe**: Hair cut to fall over the forehead, called bangs in American English. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/fringe)
- **Curtain fringe**: A fringe parted in the centre that falls to each side of the face like open curtains. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/curtain-fringe)
- **Perm**: A chemical treatment that sets curls or waves into the hair, lasting until it grows out. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/perm)
- **Digital perm**: A perm using heated rods controlled by a machine, giving soft, loose curls, popular in East Asia. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/digital-perm)
- **Relaxer**: A strong chemical cream that permanently straightens curly or coily hair by breaking its bonds. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/relaxer)
- **Chemical texturiser**: A milder relaxer left on briefly to loosen tight curls rather than straighten them. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/chemical-texturiser)
- **Keratin smoothing**: A salon treatment that coats and seals the hair with heat to reduce frizz and loosen curls for months. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/keratin-smoothing)
- **Bleaching**: Lightening hair by breaking down its natural pigment with a chemical lightener. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/bleaching)
- **Highlights**: Strands lightened, or darkened in lowlights, against the rest of the hair to add depth. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/highlights)
- **Balayage**: A hand-painted lightening method, from French for 'sweeping', giving soft, sun-kissed colour. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/balayage)
- **Henna**: A plant dye from the leaves of the henna plant, used for centuries to colour hair red and auburn. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/henna)
- **Blow-dry**: Drying and shaping hair with a hand dryer and brush, for smoothness, volume or bounce. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/blow-dry)
- **Round brush**: A cylindrical brush used while blow-drying to smooth hair and curve the ends. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/round-brush)
- **Diffuser**: A wide, bowl-shaped attachment for a hairdryer that spreads the air to dry curls gently. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/diffuser)
- **Flat iron**: A heated tool with two flat plates that are clamped over hair to press it straight. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/flat-iron)
- **Curling tongs**: A heated rod, with or without a clamp, that hair is wrapped around to make curls or waves. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/curling-tongs)
- **Hot tools**: Heated styling tools such as hairdryers, flat irons, curling tongs, hot combs and hot rollers. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/hot-tools)
- **Hot comb**: A metal comb heated on a stove or electrically and pulled through hair to straighten it. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/hot-comb)
- **Silk press**: A careful blow-dry and flat iron on natural curly or coily hair for a sleek, straight finish. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/silk-press)
- **Crimping**: Pressing hair between ridged hot plates to make tight, even zigzag waves. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/crimping)
- **Rollers**: Cylinders that damp hair is wound around and dried on to set curls, waves or volume. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/rollers)
- **Pin curl**: A flat coil of damp hair pinned against the head to dry, setting a curl without rollers. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/pin-curl)
- **Finger waving**: Shaping damp hair with fingers and a comb into flat, rippling S-shaped waves close to the head. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/finger-wave)
- **Marcel wave**: Deep, regular waves made with heated tongs, invented by the Paris hairdresser Marcel Grateau in 1872. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/marcel-wave)
- **Backcombing**: Combing hair from the ends towards the roots to tangle it into a cushion that adds height. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/backcombing)
- **Scrunching**: Squeezing wavy or curly hair upwards in the hands to encourage curls to form. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/scrunching)
- **Slick back**: Combing hair straight back from the forehead and fixing it close to the head with a product. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/slick-back)
- **Braid**: Strands of hair woven over and under each other, usually in three, to form a rope. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/braid)
- **French braid**: A braid that starts at the crown and picks up new hair at each cross, lying flat to the head. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/french-braid)
- **Dutch braid**: A French braid made by crossing strands under instead of over, so the braid stands out from the head. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/dutch-braid)
- **Fishtail braid**: A braid made with two strands, crossing thin pieces from the outside of each, like a fish's bones. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/fishtail)
- **Crown braid**: A braid wrapped around the head like a crown, or two plaits pinned across the top. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/crown-braid)
- **Cornrows**: Small braids woven flat against the scalp in straight or curved rows, a style of African origin. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/cornrow)
- **Feed-in braids**: Cornrows that start small and grow thicker as extension hair is fed in, so they look natural at the root. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/feed-in-braids)
- **Box braids**: Separate three-strand braids hanging from square sections of the scalp, often with added hair. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/box-braid)
- **Knotless braids**: Box braids that begin with the wearer's own hair and add extensions gradually, with no knot at the root. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/knotless-braid)
- **Crochet braids**: Extension hair looped onto cornrows with a crochet hook, for quick braids, twists, locs or curls. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/crochet-braids)
- **Fulani braids**: A braiding pattern of the Fula people of West Africa: a central braid, side cornrows and beads. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/fulani-braids)
- **African threading**: Wrapping sections of hair tightly with thread so they stand in sculpted shapes or stretch without heat. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/african-threading)
- **Two-strand twist**: Two sections of hair wound around each other, a common style and set for coily hair. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/twist)
- **Twist-out**: Defined curls made by twisting damp hair, letting it dry and then unwinding the twists. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/twist-out)
- **Bantu knots**: Small coiled buns made by twisting sections of hair and winding them into knots across the head. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/bantu-knot)
- **Choti**: The single long plait worn by many women and girls across South Asia. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/choti)
- **Paranda**: A woven, tasselled cord braided into a plait in Punjab to lengthen and decorate it. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/paranda)
- **Locs**: Rope-like strands formed when hair is left to mat or is twisted and knitted together over time. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/locs)
- **Starter locs**: The first stage of locs, when sections are coiled, twisted or braided and have not yet matted. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/starter-locs)
- **Interlocking**: Maintaining locs by pulling the end of each loc back through its own root with a tool. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/interlocking)
- **Palm rolling**: Rolling each loc between the palms to tighten new growth and keep the loc round. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/palm-rolling)
- **Microlocs**: Very small locs, often hundreds on one head, usually started and kept by interlocking. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/microlocs)
- **Faux locs**: Temporary locs made by wrapping extension hair around braids or twists. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/faux-locs)
- **Updo**: Any style in which long hair is lifted up and fixed on the head, away from the neck. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/updo)
- **Bun**: Hair twisted or coiled into a round knot on the head, at the crown, the back or the nape. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/bun)
- **Chignon**: A low bun or knot at the nape of the neck, from the French for the nape. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/chignon)
- **French twist**: Hair swept to the back, twisted upwards into a vertical roll and pinned along its length. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/french-twist)
- **Topknot**: A bun or tuft of hair tied at the top of the head. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/topknot)
- **Jooda**: The South Asian bun: a coiled knot at the back or top of the head, often wreathed in flowers. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/jooda)
- **Beehive**: A tall, rounded updo built with backcombing, shaped like a traditional beehive. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/beehive)
- **Ponytail**: Hair gathered and tied at the back or top of the head, hanging free like a pony's tail. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/ponytail)
- **Pigtails**: Two ponytails or braids, one on each side of the head, often worn by children. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/pigtails)
- **Half-up, half-down**: A style in which the top half of the hair is tied back or pinned and the rest hangs loose. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/half-up)
- **Hairpin**: A pin or stick used to hold hair in place, from small sprung grips to ornamental sticks. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/hairpin)
- **Extensions**: Human or synthetic hair attached to the wearer's own hair to add length, volume or colour. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/extensions)
- **Weave**: Extension hair on wefts sewn onto cornrowed hair with a needle and thread. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/weave)
- **Closure**: A small hairpiece on a lace or silk base that covers the top of a weave or wig and mimics a parting. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/closure)
- **Wig**: A head covering made of human or synthetic hair, worn as fashion, for privacy, for ritual or after hair loss. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/wig)
- **Lace wig**: A wig with sheer lace at the hairline into which hairs are hand-tied, so the edge looks natural. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/lace-wig)
- **Protective style**: A style that tucks the ends away and limits daily handling, worn mostly on afro-textured hair. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/protective-style)
- **Tension**: How tightly hair is pulled in a braid, ponytail or weave, which affects comfort and the hairline. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/tension)
- **Detangling**: Gently separating knots and shed hairs, ideally from the ends upwards, often with conditioner. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/detangling)
- **Wash day**: The full routine of washing, conditioning, detangling and styling natural hair, often once a week. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/wash-day)
- **Natural hair**: Hair worn in its own texture, without relaxers or straightening, and the movement that promotes it. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/natural-hair)
- **Big chop**: Cutting off all relaxed or heat-damaged hair at once to start again with only natural hair. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/big-chop)
- **Champi**: The South Asian practice of massaging oil into the scalp and hair, the root of the English word shampoo. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/champi)
- **Head shaving**: Removing all the hair on the head with a razor or close clippers, for style, faith, sport or mourning. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/shaving)
- **Tonsure**: Shaving part or all of the head as a sign of religious devotion or entry into a religious order. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/tonsure)
- **Mundan**: The Hindu ceremony of a child's first head shave, usually in the first, third or fifth year. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/mundan)
- **Shikha**: The tuft or lock of hair left at the crown of a shaved head by many Hindu men, especially priests. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/shikha)
- **Upsherin**: The Jewish first haircut ceremony for a boy at the age of three, leaving the sidelocks, or payot. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/upsherin)
- **Payot**: The sidelocks of hair in front of the ears that many Orthodox Jewish men and boys leave uncut. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/payot)
- **Kesh**: Uncut hair, kept by Sikhs as one of the five articles of faith and covered with a turban. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/kesh)
- **Dastar**: The Sikh turban, a long cloth wrapped around the head to cover uncut hair. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/dastar)
- **Patka**: A small square cloth tied over the hair knot, worn by young Sikh boys and for sport. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/patka)
- **Headwrap**: A long cloth tied around the head, from the sculpted Nigerian gele to the everyday doek. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/headwrap)
- **Tignon**: A headwrap worn by Creole women of African descent in Louisiana, once imposed by law. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/tignon)
- **Durag**: A close-fitting cloth tied over the head to hold waves and protect short hair. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/durag)
- **Satin bonnet**: A loose satin or silk cap worn at night to protect hair from friction and keep a style in place. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/bonnet)
- **Hijab**: A headscarf worn by many Muslim women to cover the hair, neck and ears. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/hijab)
- **Sheitel**: The wig worn by many married Orthodox Jewish women to cover their hair. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/sheitel)
- **Gajra**: A garland of fresh flowers, usually jasmine, worn in the hair across South Asia. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/gajra)
- **Jadanagam**: The jewelled ornament fitted along a South Indian bride's or dancer's plait. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/jadanagam)
- **Maang tikka**: A jewel worn on the parting, with a pendant resting on the forehead, common in South Asian bridal dress. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/maang-tikka)
- **Kanzashi**: Japanese hair ornaments, from lacquered combs to silk-flower pins, worn in traditional hairstyles. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/kanzashi)
- **Nihongami**: The traditional Japanese women's hairstyles, built from waxed hair shaped into loops and wings. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/nihongami)
- **Tokoyama**: A professional hairdresser to sumo wrestlers, who dresses their oiled topknots. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/tokoyama)
- **Hair beads**: Beads, shells and metal cuffs threaded onto braids and locs as decoration. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/hair-beads)
- **Waves (brushing)**: Brushing short coily hair in one direction for weeks to make a ripple pattern of waves. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/waves-brushing)
- **Hair length**: How long hair is worn, from shaved through short and medium to long and floor-length. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/length)
- **Hairstyle**: The way hair is cut, arranged, set or covered; a haircut is the part made with scissors or clippers. (https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/concepts/hairstyle)

## Hairstyles
- [Buyao](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/buyao), China: A Chinese hairpin with dangling ornaments that sway when the wearer moves.
- [Hijab](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/hijab): A head covering worn by Muslim women to signify modesty and faith.
- [Nemes](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/nemes), Egypt: Striped head cloth worn by ancient Egyptian pharaohs.
- [Hair stick](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/hair-stick): A long, thin accessory used to secure hair buns and updos.
- [Tignon](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/tignon) (1786), United States: A wrapped cloth headdress worn by Creole women in Louisiana.
- [Natural hair movement](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/natural-hair-movement) (1960), United States: A social and cultural campaign for wearing textured hair without chemical straightening.
- [Shampoo and set](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/shampoo-and-set) (1930), United Kingdom: A classic UK styling method using rollers and lotion.
- [Dread perming](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/dread-perming): A chemical treatment to create or maintain dreadlocks quickly.
- [Chinese hairpin](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/chinese-hairpin), China: Traditional Chinese hair ornaments used to secure buns and signify status.
- [Gajra](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/gajra), India: Flower garland worn in the hair or on the wrist
- [Snood](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/snood-headgear) (1590), United Kingdom: A net or cloth bag that holds hair at the back of the head.
- [Patka](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/patka): Square cotton head covering worn by Sikh men and boys.
- [Headscarf](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/headscarf): A triangular or square cloth folded to cover the hair and head while leaving the face visible.
- [Upsherin](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/upsherin) (1600), Israel: A first haircut ceremony for Jewish boys, typically held at age three.
- [First haircut](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/first-haircut), India: A rite of passage marking a child's first hair cutting across various cultures and faiths.
- [Ukrainian wreath](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/ukrainian-wreath), Ukraine: Traditional floral headdress for Ukrainian girls and unmarried women
- [Dastar](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/dastar) (1699), India: A turban worn by Sikhs to cover uncut hair and signify faith.
- [Kesh](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/kesh-sikhism) (1699), India: The Sikh practice of keeping hair uncut as a religious observance.
- [Head shaving in Hinduism](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/head-shaving-in-hinduism), India: A ritual act of head shaving in Hinduism for purification, mourning, and devotion.
- [Kanzashi](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/kanzashi), Japan: Traditional Japanese hair ornaments made from metal, wood, silk, or folded fabric.
- [Guan Li](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/guan-li), China: A traditional Han Chinese coming-of-age ritual for men involving the wearing of a guan cap.
- [Gache](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/kach-e) (1788), South Korea: A heavy traditional Korean wig worn by high-status women and kisaeng.
- [Daenggi](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/daenggi), South Korea: A traditional Korean ribbon used to tie and decorate braided hair.
- [Hwagwan](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/hwagwan), South Korea: Elaborate Korean ceremonial coronet for women
- [Ghoonghat](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/ghoonghat), India: A headscarf worn by married women in parts of India to cover the face.
- [Christian head covering](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/head-covering-for-christian-women), Romania: A cloth veil worn by Christian women for modesty and worship.
- [Mantilla](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/mantilla) (1500), Spain: A traditional Spanish lace or silk veil worn over the head and shoulders, often with a comb.
- [Khăn vấn](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/khan-van) (1744), Vietnam: A traditional Vietnamese head wrap coiled tightly around the hair.
- [Tsunokakushi](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/tsunokakushi), Japan: A white silk headdress worn by Shinto brides in Japan to cover the hairline.
- [Jokduri](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/jokduri), South Korea: A traditional Korean silk coronet worn by women for weddings and formal events.
- [Punjabi paranda](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/paranda-hair-ornament), India: A multicoloured silk braid extension from Punjab.
- [Peineta](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/peineta-comb) (1800), Spain: Large decorative comb worn under a lace veil
- [Head tie](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/head-tie), Nigeria: A cloth head covering worn across West and Southern Africa for fashion, faith, and tradition.
- [Durag](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/durag) (1960), United States: Close-fitting head cloth for hair protection and style maintenance.
- [Binyeo](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/binyeo), South Korea: A traditional Korean hairpin used to secure chignons and signal social status.
- [Tonsure](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/tonsure), India: A religious practice of cutting or shaving scalp hair to signal devotion, humility, or clerical status.
- [Dreadlocks](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/dreadlocks) (1970), Sudan: A hairstyle of rope-like hair strands formed by matting or twisting.
- [Bangs](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/bangs) (1880): Strands of hair cut to cover the forehead and fall over the eyebrows.
- [Ponytail](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/ponytail), Greece: A practical hairstyle where hair is gathered and secured at the back of the head.
- [Afro](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/afro) (1960), United States: A rounded style of combed-out natural hair.
- [Mohawk](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/mohawk-hairstyle) (1970), United States: A hairstyle with shaved sides and a central strip of longer hair.
- [Long hair](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/long-hair): Head hair grown to a considerable length, often past the shoulders.
- [Payot](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/payot): Sidelocks worn by Orthodox Jewish men based on religious law.
- [Mullet](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/mullet) (1980), United States: An asymmetric haircut with short hair at the front and sides, and long hair at the back.
- [French braid](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/french-braid) (1871): A three-strand gathered plait from crown to nape.
- [Bob cut](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/bob-cut) (1909), France: Short to medium haircut ending at the jaw or shoulders.
- [Perm](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/perm) (1872), United Kingdom: A chemical or thermal treatment that sets permanent waves or curls into the hair.
- [Queue](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/queue) (1645), China: A historical hairstyle featuring a shaved forehead and a long braided tail of hair.
- [Oseledets](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/oseledets), Ukraine: Traditional Ukrainian Cossack style with a shaved head and long top lock.
- [Bun](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/bun): A hairstyle where hair is gathered and coiled into a circular shape on the head.
- [Bowl cut](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/bowl-cut) (1400): A short haircut with a straight fringe and even length around the head.
- [Chonmage](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/chonmage) (1603), Japan: Traditional Japanese topknot worn by men, historically by samurai and now by sumo wrestlers.
- [Chignon](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/chignon): A knotted hairstyle worn at the nape or back of the head.
- [Pompadour](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/pompadour) (1950), France: High-volume hair swept up and back from the forehead.
- [Braid](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/braid): Interlaced strands of hair used for style and social signalling.
- [Buzz cut](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/buzz-cut) (1890), Serbia: A very short, uniform haircut made with clippers.
- [Undercut](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/undercut) (1910), United Kingdom: Long top hair with shaved or buzzed sides and back.
- [Cornrows](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/cornrows) (1902), United States: Tight three-strand braids woven close to the scalp in straight or curved lines.
- [Polish plait](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/polish-plait) (1600), Poland: A matted hair formation viewed as both a medical condition and a folk amulet in Eastern Europe.
- [Ringlet](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/ringlet): Curled locks of hair formed by wrapping strands around a tool or twisting them.
- [Pixie cut](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/pixie-cut) (1953): A short hairstyle with a longer top and very short bangs.
- [Fontange](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/fontange) (1690), France: A towering headdress and hairstyle popular in late 17th century Europe.
- [Sidelock of youth](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/sidelock-of-youth), Egypt: Ancient Egyptian braided side hair worn by royal children.
- [Comb over](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/comb-over): A hairstyle for balding men that uses long hair to cover thinning areas.
- [Flattop](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/flattop): Short sides with a flat, upright top.
- [Crew cut](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/crew-cut) (1920), United States: A short, graduated men's haircut with upright top hair.
- [Quiff](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/quiff) (1950), United Kingdom: A voluminous front sweep with short sides and back.
- [Pageboy](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/pageboy) (1950), United Kingdom: Straight hair hanging below the ear with an inward turn.
- [Suebian knot](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/suebian-knot), Germany: A historical male bun worn by the Suebi and other Germanic tribes to signal status and identity.
- [Beehive](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/beehive) (1960), United States: A conical updo piled high on the crown.
- [Hime cut](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/hime-cut) (1970), Japan: A Japanese style with straight cheek-length sidelocks and long back hair.
- [Nihongami](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/nihongami), Japan: Traditional Japanese hairstyles characterized by elaborate updos, side wings, and wax styling.
- [Shikha](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/shikha), India: A traditional Hindu tuft of hair kept at the crown after shaving the rest of the head.
- [Czupryna](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/czupryna) (1308), Poland: A traditional Polish haircut with shaved sides and a long top, worn by nobility.
- [Devilock](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/devilock) (1970), United States: A punk style featuring short sides and a long front section combed forward.
- [Box braids](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/box-braids) (1990), Namibia: Square-parted protective braids with synthetic extensions.
- [Pigtails](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/pigtail): Two symmetrical ponytails or braids worn on opposite sides of the head.
- [Amasunzu](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/amasunzu), Rwanda: A traditional Rwandan hairstyle featuring crescent-shaped hair crests.
- [Pouf](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/pouf) (1775), France: An elaborate 18th-century French hairstyle featuring extreme height and decorative ornaments.
- [Caesar cut](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/caesar-cut) (1980): A short, evenly layered haircut featuring a straight horizontal fringe.
- [Ducktail](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/ducktail) (1950), United States: A 1950s men's cut with a central rear parting.
- [Rattail](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/rattail) (1980), China: A long strip of hair at the nape
- [Jheri curl](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/jheri-curl) (1980), United States: A glossy, wet-look perm popular in the 1980s among Black communities.
- [Lob](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/lob): A medium-length haircut falling at or just below the shoulders.
- [Lovelock](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/lovelock) (1580), United Kingdom: A single long braid worn over the left shoulder by 17th-century Europeans.
- [Short hair](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/short-hair) (1920): A general category for haircuts kept above the shoulders or chin.
- [Curtained hair](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/curtained-hair) (1980), Vietnam: A parted fringe with short sides and back.
- [Sangtu](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/sangtu-topknot) (57), South Korea: Traditional Korean topknot worn by married men.
- [Marcelling](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/marcelling) (1872): A heat-styled curl technique from the 1870s.
- [High and tight](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/high-and-tight) (1980), United States: A military crew cut with shaved sides and a short top.
- [Bouffant](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/bouffant) (1950), France: A puffy, rounded hairstyle with height at the crown.
- [Shag](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/shag) (1969), United States: A layered, unisex haircut featuring feathered top sections and thin edges.
- [Victory rolls](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/victory-rolls) (1940), United Kingdom: A 1940s women's hairstyle featuring voluminous side rolls shaped like the letter V.
- [Regular haircut](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/regular-haircut): Classic men's style with tapered sides and combed top.
- [Finger wave](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/finger-wave) (1920), United States: S-shaped waves set by hand with comb and gel
- [Asymmetric cut](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/asymmetric-cut): A haircut where one side is longer than the other
- [Liberty spikes](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/liberty-spikes) (1970): Long, thick upright hair spikes resembling the Statue of Liberty crown.
- [Eton crop](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/eton-crop) (1920), United Kingdom: A very short, slicked-down women's cut from the 1920s.
- [Hi-top fade](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/hi-top-fade) (1984), United States: Tall flat top with shaved sides from hip hop culture
- [Titus cut](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/titus-cut) (1791), France: Short layered cut with curls from late 18th-century France
- [Conk](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/conk) (1920), United States: Chemically straightened hair popular with African-American men mid-20th century.
- [Fulani braids](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/fulani-braids), Nigeria: West African braided style with beads and side strands
- [Liangbatou](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/liangbatou), China: A tall Manchu headdress featuring two side-parted hair sections and elaborate ornamentation.
- [Waves](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/waves) (1900): A ripple pattern formed by brushing short curly hair flat.
- [Backcombing](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/backcombing): A styling method that creates volume by tangling hair near the root.
- [Crochet braids](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/crochet-braids): A protective hairstyle using a latch hook to attach synthetic hair to cornrows.
- [Cockernonnie](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/cockernonnie) (1850), United Kingdom: A mid-19th century Scottish updo where hair was gathered into a bun.
- [Ivy League haircut](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/ivy-league), United States: A side-parted crew cut with graduated top length.
- [Roman hairstyles](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/roman-hairstyles): Ancient Roman hair fashions reflecting status and identity
- [African hair threading](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/african-hair-threading): A traditional sub-Saharan African technique using thread to wrap and braid natural hair.
- [Step cutting](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/step-cutting): A graduated haircut featuring distinct horizontal layers that create a stair-like effect.
- [Temple fade](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/temple-fade) (1990): A short haircut tapering from the scalp to a longer length on top.
- [Hair extensions](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/artificial-hair-integrations) (1950), United States: Cosmetic additions of human or synthetic hair attached to natural hair for length and volume.
- [Frosted tips](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/frosted-tips) (1998): Short spiky hair with bleached ends.
- [Hair crimping](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/hair-crimping) (1985): A heat or braid technique creating zig-zag waves in long hair.
- [Edgar cut](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/edgar-cut) (2010), United States: A tapered Latino youth style with a straight fringe.
- [Halo hairstyle](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/halo-hairstyle) (2013), United States: Horizontal bands of light colour wrapping around the head.
- [Layered hair](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/layered-hair): A cut using varied lengths for volume and shape
- [Wings](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/wings) (1830): A layered cut where side hair flips out like wings.
- [High roll](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/high-roll) (1760), France: A towering 18th-century hairstyle built with frames and pomatum.
- [Wicks](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/wicks), United States: Thick upright locs formed by fusing smaller dreadlocks together.
- [Broccoli haircut](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/broccoli-haircut) (2018), United Kingdom: Tapered sides with curly, layered top hair.
- [Induction cut](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/induction-cut), United States: Shortest military clipper cut without shaving bald.
- [Nubian wig](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/nubian-wig): A short, curly Ancient Egyptian wig mimicking Nubian tribal hair.
- [Russian braid](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/russian-braid), Russia: A traditional long plait from Russia with historic marital meanings.
- [Big hair](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/big-hair) (1960): A hairstyle style defined by large volume and significant space around the head.
- [Surfer hair](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/surfer-hair) (1950), United States: Tousled, sun-bleached locks from the sea.
- [Greco-Roman hairstyles](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/greco-roman-hairstyle), Greece: Hair practices of ancient Greece and Rome, including long locks, short crops, and net head-dresses.
- [Digital perm](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/digital-perm), Japan: Heat-set waves that look best when dry.
- [Kiss curl](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/kiss-curl): A single lock of hair curled and flattened against the cheek or forehead.
- [Shuku](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/shuku), Nigeria: A Yoruba braided updo where hair is gathered into a hump on top of the head.
- [Butterfly haircut](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/butterfly-haircut) (1950): A layered style blending short and long sections for volume.
- [Feathered hair](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/feathered-hair) (1970): Layered style brushed back to resemble bird feathers
- [French twist](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/french-twist) (1940), Japan: An elegant updo where hair is twisted vertically against the head.
- [Brush cut](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/brush-cut): A very short, uniform haircut following the head shape.
- [The Rachel](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/the-rachel) (1995), United States: Voluminous layered cut popularised by Friends
- [Dido flip](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/dido-flip) (2002): A short, choppy hairstyle with uneven strands flicked to the side.
- [Seiko-chan cut](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/seiko-chan-cut) (1980), Japan: A feathered Japanese idol hairstyle from the 1980s.
- [Historical Christian hairstyles](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/historical-christian-hairstyles): A survey of hair practices in Christianity from antiquity to the early modern period.
- [Punch perm](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/punch-perm) (1960), Japan: Tightly curled Japanese male hairstyle from the 1960s.
- [Afro puffs](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/afro-puffs): Two rounded sections of coiled hair worn on the head.
- [Koroba](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/koroba), Nigeria: A Yoruba braid styled like an upside-down basket
- [Shape-up](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/shape-up) (1980), United States: A sharp, straight trim along the natural hairline.
- [Tellum](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/tellum) (1970): A haircut featuring long front sections and a short, buzzed back.
- [Silk press](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/silk-press) (1920), United States: Heat-straightened style for kinky hair without chemicals
- [Protective hairstyle](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/protective-hairstyle), United States: Styles that tuck hair away to reduce breakage and environmental damage.
- [Hair twists](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/hair-twists), United States: Two-strand rope style for coily hair textures
- [Laid edges](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/laid-edges) (1990), United States: A style arranging fine hair at the hairline into flat decorative waves or swirls.
- [Jewish headcovering](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/head-covering-for-jewish-women), Israel: A religious practice requiring married Orthodox Jewish women to cover their hair in public.
- [Hair straightening](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/hair-straightening) (1950): A technique to flatten and smooth hair texture using heat or chemicals.
- [Bantu knots](https://everyhairstyle.cpn.cleartrust.cc/h/bantu-knots), South Africa: Twisted coils of hair worn as a protective style or permanent look.