List of hairstyles

This is a list of hairstyles .

Surname	image	Brief description
Afro		Afro : voluminous hairstyle, very frizzy, curls protruding on all sides. Coming from Afro-American culture, he probably gained fame in the USA from the 1970s .
Beehive		Beehive : Based on the shape of a beehive, the hair is lifted high above the head, tied and teased.
bob		The bob is a short hairstyle that is cut roughly chin-length in the classic shape. Due to its uncomplicated styling, it is one of the most popular hairstyles in the world and, thanks to its numerous cut variants, it is suitable for every hair type. The bob established itself as a trend hairstyle in the 1920s. It was popularized again in the 1960s by the English hairdresser Vidal Sassoon.
Bouffant		With the bouffant (English for puffy, voluminous, piled up), hair is styled up and given a voluminous shape.
Braids		Braids (from English braid , ' flechten ' ) or Rasta curls or Rasta braids describe a braided hairstyle that consists of many thin braids and is braided with a three-strand braiding technique.
Bob haired		The bob hairstyle is a short hairstyle and a variant of the bob that came up around 1920. It was influenced by the "boy type", the image of women of the time, and quickly became the most popular hair fashion.
Crew cut, buzz cut , Stiftelkopf		A short haircut in which all of the main hair is upright. As a haircut for soldiers, it was common in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. In the Wehrmacht, however, quite long top hair was common. In the 1950s, triggered by the US GIs used in the Korean War, the brush was also referred to as a "Korean blocker". It shouldn't be confused with similar pointed hairstyles.
Caesar cut		The Caesar cut after Julius Caesar , who, according to historical illustrations, had his hair cut short.
Chignon		Chignon ( bun ) from French is a special form of knot . To put it on the back of your head you need a tighter bond.
Pigtail		The Chinese braid is made up of the hair that grows from the back to the center of the head. According to tradition, the rest of the head must be bald.
Chonmage		A Chonmage ( Jap . 丁髷 ) is a traditional Japanese men haircut. Nowadays, this haircut, which involves shaving the hair on the top of the head and then folding a ponytail on top of the head, is worn by sumo wrestlers .
Comb over		Comb over (Engl. About Combover ) A hairstyle in which the bald areas of the head are covered with long grown elsewhere hair. Donald Trump's hairstyle is an often cited example.
Conk		The conk is hair that has been straightened by chemical substances. The Conk is therefore mostly worn by Afro-Americans and Africans with originally frizzy hair.
Cornrows		Cornrows (English corn , corn ',' corn 'and rows , rows'; in short, corns or Rows) is the English name of a native of Africa plaits. Synonym is also the name Canerows (Engl. To cane used plait '). Cornrows are worn by both women and men. The hair style comes from northern sub-Saharan Africa.
Croydon facelift		Croydon Facelift: The jokingly derogatory term for a tight ponytail at the back of the head is named after the industrial London district of Croydon . The particularly strict bond is said to be the tension of the skin of the face and forehead like a face lift .
Perm		The permanent wave is created when the hair's internal chemical compounds ( sulfur bridges ) are destroyed and rearranged. The open ends do not close completely. The hairdresser Karl Ludwig Nessler from Todtnau in Baden , who later emigrated to the USA , is considered to be the inventor of the permanent wave .
Devilock		Devilock: A kind of further developed quiff, the most distinctive feature of which is the long strand shaped into a tip with the help of spray or gel, which hangs down in front of the face or on the sides. The side and back of the head hair are short. Frequently it is worn in the subculture of punk , so by members of the punk band Misfits ( Jerry Only ) and Balzac .
bun		The bun is a hair knot that is braided, twisted or coiled on the parting or on the back of the head, rarely near the forehead . The bun of the Schwalm costume worn on the head is called a snitch.
Emo		The origin of this hairstyle goes back to emos . The trademark is the hair shaped over the eyes with hair products.
Fallera		The Valencian Fallera is a traditional hairstyle and became world famous through Princess Leia in Star Wars . Originally, two spiral knots on the sides of the head with two braids on the back of the head are combined with hair accessories.
Style cut		Medium-length men's cut in which the hair on the sides and in the neck is cut steplessly.
Fauxhawk		The Fauxhawk or Frohawk is an approximation of the Mohawk without shaving the hair on the sides.
Finger wave		Hair in waves that is braided on the side with a comb and additional hair lotion.
Herringbone pot, braid of ears		A variant of the braid is the herringbone braid or ear braid
Flat top		The flat top (from English flat for flat and top for top) is a brush hairstyle primarily worn by men. The hair on the sides and back of the head is shaved off. The remaining hair forms a surface that rises from back to front. At the top, the hair is then put up if necessary.
Flipped hair		A typical women's haircut from the 1960s . The ends of the long hair are arched outwards - in a pronounced shape - up to a curl.
Fontange		The fontange is a tall hood built over a wire frame that was worn by women in Europe from around 1685 to 1715. The entire structure of the hood and hairstyle is also called a fontange.
French braid		The French braid is made from three strands like a normal braid, with the special feature, however, that a new strand of hair is added to each strand that is braided in from the side - i.e. from the left or right - which is not yet part of the three main strands was.
French twist		As a special type of bun , the hair is tied from the sides at the back of the head.
Half-up		Half Up: This is the name given to a female hairstyle in which part of the hair is braided or pinned up, while the rest of the hair falls loosely.
Half updo		By the sex icon Brigitte Bardot , known in the 1960s, this woman's hairstyle requires medium to long hair. From the temples, the hair coming from the sides is tied in a topknot, bun or ponytail behind the head. The puffing up of the hair "half updo" is the characteristic of the hairstyle, because the long top hair falls off behind the shoulders.
Hi-top fade		An African American haircut. Short on the sides, the frizzy hair on the head is shaped upwards. A youth haircut in the late 1980s and early 1990s .
Hime cut		Hair that falls long and extends to the shoulder blades is shortened in distinctive lines, sometimes down to the neck. The bangs are short, with a length that reaches the eyebrows.
Hedgehog hairstyle		Strands of hair that stick out individually with mousse or hair gel in the form of tips from all sides of the head form the hedgehog hairstyle.
Ivy League, Harvard Clip, Princeton		A man's hairstyle in which the top hair is cut at least as long as it can be styled in combination with the side hair.
Jewfro		A variant of the Afro , which is worn by Ashkenazi Jews
Jheri curl		The hair is curly and mostly short (in the “wet look” to perfection). This hairstyle was popular in the late 1980s with Michael Jackson and Rick James .
Kolbe		The Kolbe was a male hairstyle customary at the beginning of the 16th century, which replaced the long flowing head hair and beardlessness common at the end of the Middle Ages.
Wreath hairstyle		Originally from Ukraine , the wreath is a long hairstyle for women. It consists of a single braid that is tied around the head. Yulia Tymoshenko is associated with this hairstyle. Frida Kahlo also wore this hairstyle.
Long hair		See long hair
Liberty spikes		Long tips that are too large, "Liberty Spikes" based on the Statue of Liberty , with gel and / or mousse, shaped hair. Not to be confused with a hedgehog hairstyle.
mane		From the late 1970s to the 1990s , adolescents and adults in particular grew longer hair, which they more or less combed. This resulted in voluminous shapes that can hardly be defined as a single hairstyle. Essentially they are all characterized by long, curved hair and resemble a mane.
Marcelling		Hair that is heavily curled with a hair iron.
Mohawk, mohawk		The mohawk (also known as "Iro" for short) is a hairstyle in which the hair on the sides of the head is shaved off so that a narrow strip of hair remains in the middle of the head from the forehead to the neck. These hairs are formed vertically upwards using artificial means.
Odango		Two knots on the upper back of the head, the rest of the hair is exposed or hanging from the knot as "braids". The best-known example is the Japanese anime character Sailor Moon .
Olympic roll		The Olympic roll is a woman's hairstyle that came into fashion in Germany in the mid-1930s. The hair is pulled long at the nape of the neck and pinned up into an outer roll. It is reminiscent of the hairstyle of Venus de Milo. Some women wore the Olympic scroll with a pony twisted into little curls.
Page head		Page head: A half-length haircut (usually chin length, occasionally longer), often worn with bangs. A long version of the bob . Typically with bangs and at least shoulder-length hair.
Ponytail		The long hair is tied to the side or back, with a hair tie / headband in a ponytail .
Mushroom head		The mushroom head cut became famous through members of the rock group Beatles in the early 1960s. Analogous to this, the Beatles were also referred to as the "mushroom heads" in German-speaking countries. In the English-speaking world, people spoke of “mop-top” or “moptop” because of their similarity to a mop. Jürgen Vollmer cut the mushroom head that the Beatles wore himself and invented this cut .
Pixie cut, pixie cut		Pixie cut: In the female hairstyle, the hair on the sides of the head is cut short.
Pompadour		Named after Madame des Pompadour . The pompadour is usually part of a hairstyle.
pony		The bangs are at least part of a hairstyle in which the hair on the front of the head is cut so that the cut edge on the forehead forms a more or less straight line that is either exactly horizontal or slightly inclined.
Ponyhawk		A variant of the Mohawk, in braids, in which the sides of the head are not bald, but the hair is tied from the sides above the head in braids.
Pot cut		The bowl cut named after the association in the form of a bowl and also after the previously common method of hairdressing; it became a cup / pot (engl. bowl ) placed on the head and the exposed trimmed hair to a length. Moe Howard of The Three Stooges has this haircut as a distinguishing feature; Henry V. had a similar cut. The hair style was popular in the late 80s and early 90s .
Psychobilly Wedge		The Psychobilly Wedge; a mix between the Mohawk and the Pompadour. On the sides bald but the top hair long enough to have shaped it as a pompadour towards the back.
Quiff		The quiff is a combination of the 1950s pompadour, the 1950s flattop, and sometimes a mohawk. This hair style had been worn at the same time within the British " teddy boy " movement and was popular again in Europe in the early 1980s . Matt Helders of Arctic Monkeys , Tom Meighan of Kasabian , Eugene McGuinness , Bruno Mars , Nick Grimshaw , and One Direction are and / or were carriers.
Rat tail		As a rat tail (also rattail) is a thin, mostly braided plait that grows at the back of the hairline. Often the neck is shaved except for a strip of hair that grows down the back. Synonyms are fuse, tail, Swinserl, Sascha hair or "Ratzenfrisur" (rat hairstyle).
Rat tails		The hair is separated by a parting on both sides and tied in two braids. Often associated with the fictional Pippi Longstocking
Recon		This variant of the undercut , known as recon, is even shorter, so that the hair on the side, with the back of the head, is shaved and only the top hair is clearly visible in its shortness.
Parting		Side and middle parting: The hair is combed from as straight a line as possible on both sides. A distinction is made between middle parting (colloquially also bottom parting) and side parting. The zigzag parting, for which there are already separate combs, is becoming more and more fashionable.
Sidelocks , Peot		Temple locks (Hebrew: Peot, lit. corners, in Ashkenazi pronunciation: Pejes, Pajes or Pajess, also Beikeles or Bejkeles ) are to be worn by Jewish men according to Halacha.
Schmalztolle , Schmalzlocke		A typical hairstyle from the 1950s, which was cultivated primarily by popular rock 'n' roll artists such as Bill Haley and Elvis Presley , is the name given to a typical hairstyle from the 1950s . Not to be confused with the pompadour.
shag		Shag (English), translated into German as "shaggy", is a style term for medium-length hair that leaves a bold, slightly neglected, but not necessarily less graceful impression.
Shape-Up		In the shape-up, the structured Afro-American short hair is contoured with a razor.
Shikha		An orthodox Hindu wears this hairstyle . The top hair is tied into a solid topknot on the left side of the top of the head, otherwise the head is bare all around.
Slicked-back		Slicked-back: Medium-short men's hairstyle in which the hair that has been combed from front to back with hair gel, hair wax, pomade or brilliantine is attached.
Standard men's haircut		This hairstyle for boys and men has combable, i.e. medium-short top hair that becomes steadily shorter on the sides with the back of the head. The cut is also known as the standard men's cut, business cut and professional cut
Stopper		The ringlet (the Austrian stubble Locke, also snake curl, ringlet, hanging Locke, French boucle pendante ) is a papillotierte or rotated about a curling wood single strand of hair.
Step cut		See step cut
tonsure		The tonsure comes from the Middle Ages and was worn by monks. Today the haircut is still worn in a few Christian brotherhoods.
Undercut		The undercut is a hairstyle worn by both sexes in which the hair on the lower half of the head is shaved or shortened, but the top hair remains.
Updo		With an updo, the hair is pinned up.
Mullet		Vokuhila is short for front-short-back-long. The top hair is short to medium long with bangs, the hair on the back of the head is long.
Waves		Afro-structured hair is brought into a wave-like shape, "Waves".

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