Comprehensive Hairdressing Vocabulary and Styles Guide
Explore essential hairdressing vocabulary for hairdressers, including terms like trim, blowdry, layers, highlights, and more. Learn about different hair styling techniques such as balayage, perms, and various haircuts like bobs, fringes, and pixie cuts. Discover a range of hair styles from long to short, straight to curly, and get insights into colored, dyed, or bleached hair. Enhance your knowledge of common hairdressing practices and techniques with this informative guide.
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Hairdressing vocabulary and meanings Trim a small amount of hair cut off the ends of the hair to neaten your existing style Blowdry hair is dried with a hairdryer Towel dry hair is dried with a towel Dry trim hair is cut while dry, without washing first (some salons do not offer a dry trim) Layers hair cut in different lengths, shorter on the top layers and longer underneath Razor cut hair cut with an angled razor to achieve a smooth, soft finish instead of a sharp finish Thinning (thick hair is thinned down with scissors to make it more manageable) Highlights hair is lightened in thin streaks all over the head (highlights can be done for the whole head or half head , which lightens just the top layers of hair) Foils foils are used for highlights in order to separate the highlighted parts from the rest of the hair
Highlighting cap highlights can also be applied using a cap (where the hair is pulled through holes in the cap) but this is less common than foils in modern salons Balayage a highlighting technique where dye is painted on directly, without using foils or a cap, to create a graduating colour effect Perm a chemical treatment that makes hair curly permanently Parting the place on top of your head where the hair parts to the left and right Relaxed hair a treatment for very tightly curled hair that relaxes the hair and straightens it.
Hair styles Long, short, medium length hair Straight, curly, wavy, ringlets (ringlets are tight spirals of hair) Fringe (bangs) hair at the front that comes down over the forehead Bob (cut around shoulder length or shorter all the way around) Lob a long bob (a modern word!)
Coloured, dyed, bleached Layered (the top layers of hair shorter than the bottom layers) Choppy cut in chunks so you can see the layers, not cut smoothly Side parting / centre parting parting at the side of the head / parting at the centre of the head Pixie cut very short and shaped to frame the face, usually describes a woman s short hairstyle
Bun a hair style that is a pulled into round knot behind your head Cornrows multiple plaits (American: braids) tied close to the head To wear (put / tie) your hair up An up do (any hair style that is pulled up and back off your face common for formal events, such as weddings) To wear (let) your hair down (any style that is worn loose and not up to let your hair down is also an idiom that means to relax and have fun) Plait (American: braid), French plait, ponytail (also simply called a pony ), bunches (two ponytails, one on each side of the head), pigtails (two plaits, one on each side of the head)
Hair styling products: Hairdryer, scissors, clippers, trimmers, razor, straighteners, curling tongs, curling irons Gel, mousse, wax, cream, hair lacquer, hair spray, hair clips, hair slides Hair slides razor
General hair vocabulary Common positive words to describe hair: shiny, thick, good condition, strong, lustrous, soft, manageable, smooth, silky Common negative words to describe hair: dry, poor condition, bad condition, split ends, rough, coarse, weak, fragile, unmanageable, tangled, matted
Phrases in a hair salon How much do you want off (the ends)? How much do you want taken off? How short would you like it? Where do you part your hair? Do you have a centre/side parting? Would you like it blow-dried? Do you want it styled straight or wavy? You have some split ends (split ends are hairs that are damaged at the ends) Would you like anything on it? (asking if you want gel, mousse, hair spray or another finishing product)
