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🇺🇸 United StatesJheri curl
A glossy, wet-look perm popular in the 1980s among Black communities.Curls · Curly hair · 1980
WorldKiss curl
A single lock of hair curled and flattened against the cheek or forehead.Curls · Curly hair
🇺🇸 United StatesPin curls
Vintage wet-set technique for soft waves and volumeStyled · Straight hair · 1930
🇸🇩 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 Kingdom and 1 morePerm
A chemical or thermal treatment that sets permanent waves or curls into the hair.Styled · Curly hair · 1872
WorldRinglet
Curled locks of hair formed by wrapping strands around a tool or twisting them.Curls · Curly hair
WorldMarcelling
A heat-styled curl technique from the 1870s.Curls · Any hair · 1872
🇬🇧 United KingdomVictory rolls
A 1940s women's hairstyle featuring voluminous side rolls shaped like the letter V.Styled · Straight hair · 1940
WorldWaves
A ripple pattern formed by brushing short curly hair flat.Curls · Curly hair · 1900
🇫🇷 FranceTitus cut
Short layered cut with curls from late 18th-century FranceCut · Curly hair · 1791
🇯🇵 Japan and 1 moreDigital perm
Heat-set waves that look best when dry.Curls · Any hair
WorldNubian wig
A short, curly Ancient Egyptian wig mimicking Nubian tribal hair.Styled · Curly hair
🇯🇵 JapanPunch perm
Tightly curled Japanese male hairstyle from the 1960s.Curls · Straight hair · 1960
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 1 moreBroccoli haircut
Tapered sides with curly, layered top hair.Cut · Curly hair · 2018
🇯🇵 JapanSeiko-chan cut
A feathered Japanese idol hairstyle from the 1980s.Cut · Straight hair · 1980
WorldWash and go
A low-manipulation style that enhances natural curl patterns without heat or extensions.Styled · Curly hair
🇺🇸 United StatesPassion twists
A protective two-strand twist style using wavy extensions for a soft, boho look.Braid · Curly hair · 2018
WorldFinger coils
A natural hair style created by twisting strands around fingers to form defined spirals.Styled · Curly hair
🇦🇹 AustriaGoddess braids
Thick, raised cornrows with added volume and curls.Braid · Coily and kinky hair
🇺🇸 United StatesTwist-out
A protective hairstyle created by unraveling twists to form defined waves.Styled · Curly hair
🇺🇸 United StatesSpiral perm
A chemical treatment creating tight, vertical curls using rods.Curls · Curly hair
🇫🇷 France and 1 moreShingle bob
A short haircut with a tapered nape and curled sides.Cut · Straight hair · 1920
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
- Seiko-chan cut: HouseGecko, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kiss curl: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Broccoli haircut: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, source
- Perm: Louis Calvete, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ringlet: Margaret Sarah Carpenter, Public domain, source
- Jheri curl: Olugold, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Afro: Jason Melcher, CC BY 2.0, source
- Nubian wig: Keith Schengili-Roberts, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Titus cut: Adrien Pierre François Godefroy, Public domain, source
- Waves: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Marcelling: The Bridgeport times and evening farmer, Public domain, source
- Punch perm: Mike, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Shingle bob: Evolvingthinker, CC BY 2.0, source