Hairstyles

Ais forAfro

Hairstyles

An afro is a hairstyle that you get if you have very tightly curled hair, and you let it grow out naturally.

Kristian Bjornard / CC BY-SA

Bis forBald

Adjectives, Hairstyles

You are bald if you have little or no hair on your head. Some men go bald as they get older, but other people shave off their hair to become bald.
The man in the picture is bald, but his dog certainly is not!

Fernando de Sousa / CC BY-SA

Bis forBeard

Hairstyles, Body parts

A beard is the hair that grows on the chin of an adult man or animal. Male goats have beards. The hair that grows on your top lip is called a moustache.

Mike Mozart / CC BY-SA

Bis forBraid

Hairstyles

Braiding is simply a form of weaving, but is usually meant to mean weaving hair or making a rope.
See also: plait.

Gabriela Pinto / CC BY-SA

Bis forBun (Hair)

Hairstyles

When you have your hair drawn up into a bundle on the top, back or even sides of your head you have your hair in a bun.

Miran Lesnik / Pixabay License

Cis forCornrow

Hairstyles

Cornrows are a type of braid where your hair is braided into thin rows close to your scalp.

Elvert Barnes / CC BY-SA

Dis forDreadlocks

Hairstyles

Dreadlocks are like ropes growing in your hair. They form when your hair matts together. Dreadlocks will form on their own if you never comb your hair, but most people encourage dreadlocks to form. Dreadlocks form more easily in people with tightly curled hair.

_DreadBoy / CC BY-SA

Mis forMoustache

Hairstyles, Body parts

A moustache is the hair that grows on the top lip of an adult man or animal. The hair that grows on your chin is called a beard.

Oisin Prendiville / CC BY-SA

Pis forPigtails

Hairstyles

Pigtails are braids or ponytails, one on each side of your head. Children are more likely to have this hairstyle than adults.

Torrey Wiley / CC BY-SA

Pis forPlait

Hairstyles

A plait is much the same as a braid. Plaits and braids are a way of weaving your hair.

Steven Lilley / CC BY-SA

Pis forPonytail

Hairstyles

A ponytail is a hairstyle where your hair is gathered together at the back of your head, and looks like a horse's tail.

Quinn Daedal / CC BY-SA

Qis forQuiff

Hairstyles

A quiff is a lock of hair, swept upwards, particularly above your forehead. The man in the picture has a quiff.

Mark Wordy / CC BY-SA

Ris forRinglets

Hairstyles

Ringlets are curls in hair that form a kind of cylinder.

You may see ringlets form on their own on people who have curly or wavy hair, or you might use curlers or curling irons to make ringlets like in the picture.

Ray Dumas / CC BY-SA

Sis forSideburns

Hairstyles

Sideburns are facial hair that comes down from your hairline in front of your ears onto your cheeks. When you have sideburns, you don't have any hair on your chin.

Doug Floyd / CC BY-SA

Sis forStubble

Hairstyles, Body parts, Waste products

Stubble is the short stalks left when a crop like wheat has been harvested. Stubble is also used to describe other things that look like grain stubble, like the short hair on a man's chin that you can see a little while after he has shaved.

Adam / CC BY-SA

Tis forToupee

Hairstyles

A toupee is a type of wig that doesn't cover your entire head. Toupees are used to cover up bald patches.

Toupees are not very popular anymore, today men tend to either shave their heads or get hair transplants instead. The horse in the picture looks like it is wearing a toupee, but it just has a patch of its mane a different color.

JackieLou DL / Pixabay License

Wis forWig

Hairstyles

A wig is just some fake hair. You can get wigs in almost any colour, either brightly coloured ones like in the picture, or natural coloured ones that look like real hair. Some people wear wigs for fun, others wear them because they are bald and don't want other people to know.
A wig that only covers part of your head is called a toupee.

Edward Simpson / CC BY-SA