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At the hairdresser's : haircuts

HOW OUR HAIR CAN BE:
- to have the wind in your hair, to feel the wind in your hair, to feel your hair blowing in the wind.
- to have dishevelled hair (UK), to have disheveled hair (US), to have scruffy hair, to have tousled hair.
- a highlighting, a balayage.
- curly.
- shiny hair.
- brittle.
- short.
- fuzzy, frizzy, kinky.
- with messy hair, with unkempt hair.
- soft.
- thick, bushy.
- brilliant, bright.
- tousled, dishevelled (UK), disheveled (US), ruffled.
- tangled out, tangled.
- dishevelled (UK), disheveled (US), unkempt.
- thick.
- sparse.
- a cowlick, a tuft of hair.
- fine, thin.
- messy, loose.
- split end.
- slicked.
- greasy, oily.
- thick, heavy.
- shaggy.
- unmanageable hair.
- light.
- long.
- heavy.
- a strand, a strand of hair, a lock, a lock of hair.
- wavy.
- bleached hair.
- a perm, a curly perm.
- thin.
- sticky.
- the end.
- tidy, clean.
- the root.
- straight.
- sparse.
- rough.
- dirty.
- dry.
- supple.
- silky, silken.
- tired hair.
- a mane of hair, a shock of hair, a mop of hair.
- braid.
- a tuft, a clump.
FASHION ACCESSORY:
- a headband.
- a beret.
- a sand dollar, a French beret, a Basque beret.
- a tam o'shanter, a tam-o'-shanter, a tam. Pour les femmes on dit a tammy.
- a hat, a wolly hat, a beanie, a beany.
- a bobble hat (UK), a bobble cap (US), a knit cap (US).
- a hood.
- a bow, a hair ribbon.
- a cap, a peaked cap, a baseball cap.
- a hat.
- a diadem, a circlet, a tiara.
- a fez.
- a scarf.
- a headband, Alice band.
- a turban.
THE LENGTH OF THE CUT FROM SHORT HAIR TO LONG HAIR:
- a clear-cut.
- a clearcutting, a clearfelling.
- a tonsure.
- a bald patch.
- short hair, to be short-haired, to have short hair.
- a crop.
- a brush cut / a crew cut.
- a pudding basin cut (UK), a pudding basin style (UK), a bowl cut (US).
- a bob, a bob cut.
- to have a short bob.
- a layered cut.
- mullet.
- an Afro hairstyle.
- mid-length, medium-length.
- long hair.
- ringlets.
- a bun.
- a French twist.
- bunches (UK). Pigtails.
- sideburns.
- a fringe (UK). Bangs (US).
- frizz, tightly-curled hair.
- a plait (UK). A braid.
- cornrows.
- dreadlocks.
- a ponytail.
- the parting (UK). The part (US).
- the scalp.
- baldness.
- receding hairline.
- the regrowth.
- extensions.
- a hairpiece.
- a wig, a rug.
- hairy, dishevelled (UK), disheveled (US), rough, unshaven. Shaggy. Tousled
- to have highlights put in one's hair.
- to have a set.
- a cut, a hairdo, a haircut.
AT THE BARBER'S:
- a beard.
- a stubble.
- a goatee.
- a clipper beard.
- a moustache.
- a beard trimmer.
- a razor.
- a combover.
PROBLEMS:
- parasitised (UK). Parasitized (US).
- a nit.
- a flea.
- a louse. Plural: lice.
- an allergy.
- dandruff, flake of dandruff, dandruff flake.
- hair loss, alopecia.
Photos from Pixabay (adapted)
Maintenant, c'est à vous.
Amusez-vous bien et bonne chance !

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