The bang area cut straight cross the forehead as if measured by turning a bowl upside down on the head. It is often cropped at the jawline and aligned close to the face.īouffant - Puffy hair style’ hair is backcombed or ratted then barely smoothed, resulting in a bubble affectīowl - Most commonly worn by young boys. Many listed here also are known by other names.Īfro - Unisex style borrowed from African-Americans short and very curly, forming a bowl shaped profile a pick is used to pull the hair away from the head and shape itĪsymmetric - Hair is cut long on side of the head and short on the other.īedhead - Popularized in 1990s by starlet Meg Ryan short to mid-length shaggy cut worn jelled or moussed in tossed fashionīeehive - A 60’s French twist coiled at the back of the head and rising above it to form a cone shape (see upsweep)īob - Introduced in 1915 this short cropped hair style was popular during the 1920’s also called the shingle bob, the shingle, the Eaton crop. It’s impossible to name all the hairstyles but the selection here should be a good start. Warm brown - Brunette, dark or light brown that contains red or gold tones varies from light to nearly black reddish brown, chestnut, dark amber, auburn etc. Warm blond - Blond with touch of gold and red whiskey, wheat, honey, strawberry, brassy, golden etc.
Towhead - Whitish blond usually an ash blond lacking warm tones but not always Red - Warm shades berry, russet, strawberry (red-blonde), rusty orange, wine, carrot top, etc. Here is a wonderful link, shared with us by Erin Michelle (see comment below) from Writing With Color: Describing Natural Hair.Īsh blond - Lacks red or gold highlights (verges on green tones) light mousy blond, medium and dark blond, dishwater, beigeĪsh brown - Browns lacking warm/red tones tones light mousy brown, medium and dark brownīlack - Different shades of black vary according to the amount of highlighting or pigmentation shadings present in the hair black lacking all highlighting will be duller, ash shade black containing a lot of red may appear as deep burgundy Grays and Whites Battleship gray, dull gray Yellow straw Descriptive Hair Color Words & Phrases Wondered what rubble lay beneath that mess Like she put her finger in a light socket Like a clown wig, artificial red, plastic shine and fuzzy Or, he wears expensive suits but he wears his hair a little too long because on the weekends he caters to his passion and joins his buddies for motorcycle road trips.Īlternative Generic Names For Head Hair Coiffure
The #1 thing about hair descriptions is Do Not overuse them. Let's have a hair party! A few basic do's and don't's. What's included? Everything from basic descriptions and colors to word choices and hairstyle names.
This post is so amazing, we pulled it up from the archives and buffed it up a bit for you. The most popular post here at WITS is a very early post from Sharla Rae on writing descriptively about hair.
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