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Hairstyle

A hairstyle, hairdo, or haircut refers to a styling of head hair. The fashioning of hair can be considered an aspect of personal grooming

Personal grooming

File:Cygnus atratus preening.jpgPersonal grooming is the art of cleaning, grooming, and maintaining parts of the body. In animals, it is a species-typical behavior that is controlled by Biological neural network in the brain....
, fashion

Fashion

Fashion refers to the styles and customs prevalent at a given time. In its most common usage, "fashion" exemplifies the appearances of clothing, but the term encompasses more....
, and cosmetics

Cosmetics

Cosmetics are substances used to enhance or protect the appearance or odor of the human body. Cosmetics include skin-care Cream , lotions, Powder , perfumes, lipsticks, fingernail and toe nail polish, eye and facial makeup, permanent waves, colored contact lenses, hair colors, hair sprays and gels, deodorants, baby products, bath oils, bubb...
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en with big hair

Big hair

Big hair is a term that can refer to haircuts that emphasize large volume or largely styled hair. Big hair was popular in the 1980s. The term is also used in the Punk subculture, glam, Gothic fashion and alternative cultures and is particularly associated with fashion of the 1980s, or inspired by the period....
, by Chinese

China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
artist Zhou Fang

Zhou Fang

Zhou Fang was one of two influential painters during the mid-Tang dynasty. He was also known as Zhou Jing Xuan and Zhong Lang. Zhou lived in the Tang capital of Chang'an, which is now modern Xi'an, during the 8th century....
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styling equipment which helps in creating hairstyles includes:

Hair lengths
Notable hairstyles
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Name

Image

Description

Afro
Afro

An afro also known as a TONY, sometimes called a "natural" or shortened to "fro", is a hairstyle in which the hair extends out from the head like a halo, cloud or ball....

Big hair

1970s

The 1970s, or the Seventies was the decade that ran from January 1, 1970 to December 31, 1979.In the western world, social progressive values that began in the 1960s, such as increasing political awareness and political and economic liberty of women, continued to grow....
in America.

Balding cut

A hairstyle simulating male-pattern baldness

Bangs / Fringe
Fringe (hair)

A fringe is a shaped cutting of the front part of the hair so that it is combed forward and hangs or curls over the forehead. A classic fringe is cut fairly straight at or above the eyebrows, but fringes can also be ragged or ruffled, spiked up with hair gel, swept to one side or the other, and sometimes they are cut longer to partially co...

Hair that is combed to the front of the head and cut at or above the eyebrows.

Beehive
Beehive (hairstyle)

The Beehive is a woman's hairstyle that resembles a beehive ; it is also known as the B-52, for its similarity to the bulbous nose of the B-52 Stratofortress bomber....

Big hair

Bob cut
Bob cut

A "bob cut" is a short haircut in which a weighted area is left to fall between the ears and chin. It became modern for women in the early 1920s, and in the 1970s it became popular as a men's style....

A classic short hairstyle where the ends are cut just around chin length and aligned close to the facial area.

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women with big hair

Big hair

China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
artist Zhou Fang

Zhou Fang

Late evangelist
Evangelist

Evangelist can refer to:Religion:*one of the Four Evangelists, the authors of the canonical Christian Gospels in the New Testament;*a Christian who explains his or her beliefs to a non-Christian and thereby participates in Evangelism;...
Billy Sunday
Billy Sunday

William Ashley "Billy" Sunday was an United States athlete and Religion in the United States figure who, after being a popular outfielder in baseball's National League during the 1880s, became the most celebrated and influential American evangelism during the first two decades of the 20th century....
coined the term "long-haired men and short-haired women" for his disapproval of the LGBT
LGBT

LGBT is an acronym and initialism referring collectively to Lesbian,Gay, Bisexuality, and Transgender people. In use since the 1990s, the term ?LGBT? is an adaptation of the initialism ?LGBT? which itself started replacing the phrase ?gay community? which many within LGBT communities felt did not represent accurately all those to which it...
people and liberalism
Liberalism

Liberalism is a broad class of political philosophy that considers individualism liberty and equality to be the most important political goals....
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In the 17th century, Manchu
Manchu

The Manchu people are a Tungusic peoples who originated in Manchuria . During their rise in the seventeenth century, with the help of Ming rebels , they conquered the Ming Dynasty and founded the Qing Dynasty, which ruled China until its abolition in 1911 after the Xinhai Revolution, which established Republic of China in its place....
invaders issued the Queue Order, requiring Chinese, who traditionally did not cut their hair, to shave their heads like Manchus. The Chinese resisted. Tens of thousands of people were killed due to their hairstyle.
Until the Beatles came along, classical music
Classical music

Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of Western art history Religious music and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 9th century to present times....
was called longhaired music, because a longer style was popular among male orchestral artists and conductors.
In 2006, former Virginia Senator George Allen
George Allen (U.S. politician)

George Felix Allen is a former Republican Party United States Senate from the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the son of former National Football League head coach George Allen ....
became involved in a political and racial controversy that turned, in part, on the difference between a mullet
Mullet (haircut)

A mullet is a unisex hair style that is short in the front and long in the back. The mullet began making appearances in the popular media in the 1960s and 1970s but did not catch on with the masses until the early 1980s, continuing in vogue among afficionados till the early 1990s....
and a Mohawk
Mohawk hairstyle

File:Mohawk 1951.jpgThe Mohawk is a hairstyle which consists of shaving both sides of the head, leaving a strip of noticeably longer hair. Mohawks became common in punk subculture and Rivethead subculture in the early 1980s and were then adopted by various other groups, becoming more diverse in style....
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Hair styling equipment

Hair styling equipment which helps in creating hairstyles includes:

Curling Iron
Hair iron

A hair iron or hair tong is a tool used to change the structure of the hair with the help of heat. There are two general kinds: Curling irons, used to make the hair curly, and those used to straighten the hair, called straighteners or flat irons, which are not to be confused with clothing iron ....
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Flat Iron
Hair iron

A hair iron or hair tong is a tool used to change the structure of the hair with the help of heat. There are two general kinds: Curling irons, used to make the hair curly, and those used to straighten the hair, called straighteners or flat irons, which are not to be confused with clothing iron ....
s (Straightening Irons)
Tong
Hair iron

A hair iron or hair tong is a tool used to change the structure of the hair with the help of heat. There are two general kinds: Curling irons, used to make the hair curly, and those used to straighten the hair, called straighteners or flat irons, which are not to be confused with clothing iron ....
s, good for creating precise, ringlet curls or flicky styles.
Hair Dryer
Blowdryer

A blowdryer or hairdryer is an electromechanical device designed to blow cool or hot air over wet or damp hair, in order to accelerate the evaporation of water particles and dry the hair....
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Round Brush
Hairbrush

A hairbrush is a small brush with rigid bristles used in hair care for brushing, styling, and detangling human hair, or for brushing a domestic animal's fur....
Paddle brush
Hairbrush

A hairbrush is a small brush with rigid bristles used in hair care for brushing, styling, and detangling human hair, or for brushing a domestic animal's fur....
Scissors
Scissors

Scissors are hand operated cutting instruments, and for people without hands, there is also the option of using a specially designed foot operated style....
Wide-toothed comb
Comb

A comb is a device made of solid material, generally flat, always toothed, and is used in hair care for straightening and cleaning hair or other fibers....
Hair Trimmers
Hot Roller
Hair roller

A Hair roller is a small roller with velcros used in hair care for styling and curling hair, and with a blowdryer....
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Ribbon
Ribbon

A ribbon or riband is a thin band of flexible material, typically cloth but also plastic or sometimes metal, used primarily for binding and tying....
Hair elastic
Rubber band

A rubber band is a short length of rubber and latex formed in the shape of a loop.Such bands are typically used to hold multiple objects together....
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Kanzashi
Kanzashi

Kanzashi are hair human physical appearance used in traditional Japanese hairstyles. Kanzashi first appeared when women abandoned the traditional taregami hairstyle where the hair was kept straight and long, and adopted coiffured nihongami hairstyles....
Headband
Headband

A headband is a fashion accessory worn in the hair or around the forehead, usually to hold hair away from the face or eyes. Headbands generally consist of a loop of Elastomer material or a horseshoe-shaped piece of flexible plastic or metal....
(Alice bands)
Butterfly Clip
Barrette

A barrette is a clasp or pin for holding hair in place.Barrettes are worn according to size, with small ones at the front and large ones in the back....
s, essential to separate off section of your hair while you style.
Hairpin
Hairpin

Hairpin can mean:* A long device used to hold a person's hair in place: see below* Hairpin bend* A stem-loop in biochemistry.----A hair pin or hairpin is a long device used to hold a person's hair in place....

Hair lengths

Notable hairstyles

Name	Image	Description
Afro Afro An afro also known as a TONY, sometimes called a "natural" or shortened to "fro", is a hairstyle in which the hair extends out from the head like a halo, cloud or ball....		Big hair Big hair Big hair is a term that can refer to haircuts that emphasize large volume or largely styled hair. Big hair was popular in the 1980s. The term is also used in the Punk subculture, glam, Gothic fashion and alternative cultures and is particularly associated with fashion of the 1980s, or inspired by the period.... hairstyle, featured heavily in African-American culture, and popular through the 1970s 1970s The 1970s, or the Seventies was the decade that ran from January 1, 1970 to December 31, 1979.In the western world, social progressive values that began in the 1960s, such as increasing political awareness and political and economic liberty of women, continued to grow.... in America.
Balding cut		A hairstyle simulating male-pattern baldness
Bangs / Fringe Fringe (hair) A fringe is a shaped cutting of the front part of the hair so that it is combed forward and hangs or curls over the forehead. A classic fringe is cut fairly straight at or above the eyebrows, but fringes can also be ragged or ruffled, spiked up with hair gel, swept to one side or the other, and sometimes they are cut longer to partially co...		Hair that is combed to the front of the head and cut at or above the eyebrows.
Beehive Beehive (hairstyle) The Beehive is a woman's hairstyle that resembles a beehive ; it is also known as the B-52, for its similarity to the bulbous nose of the B-52 Stratofortress bomber....		Big hair Big hair Big hair is a term that can refer to haircuts that emphasize large volume or largely styled hair. Big hair was popular in the 1980s. The term is also used in the Punk subculture, glam, Gothic fashion and alternative cultures and is particularly associated with fashion of the 1980s, or inspired by the period.... hairstyle.
Bob cut Bob cut A "bob cut" is a short haircut in which a weighted area is left to fall between the ears and chin. It became modern for women in the early 1920s, and in the 1970s it became popular as a men's style....		A classic short hairstyle where the ends are cut just around chin length and aligned close to the facial area. A bowl can also be placed on the top of the head and the remaining part of the head can be shaved very short. This style is most common among women.
Bowl cut Bowl cut A bowl cut, also known as a beach cut, pot haircut, chili bowl, or a mushroom cut, is a haircut where the hair is cut short on the sides and back and allowed to grow long on the top, looking as though someone put a bowl on the head and cut off all the visible hair....		A 1920s Ukrainian Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south.... recruitment poster. Moe Howard Moe Howard Moe Howard was an United States comedian, best known as the leader of the Three Stooges, the slapstick comedy team who starred in motion pictures and television for four decades.... from The Three Stooges has this hairstyle for his trademark.
Bouffant Bouffant A bouffant is a type of haircut characterized by hair piled high on the head and hanging down on the sides. It was a mainstream hairstyle in the mid-to-late 18th century in western Europe....	N/A
Bun Bun (hairstyle) A bun is a type of hairstyle, typically worn by women, where the hair is pulled back from the face, twisted or braid, and wrapped in a circular coil around itself, typically on the back of the head or neck....		a women's hairstyle where the hair is pulled into a knot at the top of the head.
Buzz cut Buzz cut A buzz cut is the United States name for a type of haircut named after the sound of the electric razor which is used to shear the hair very closely to the scalp....		A haircut where the hair is cut short and sheared off with a razor, to a point that no more than about 3/4's of an inch of hair remains on all sides.
Caesar cut Caesar cut The Caesar cut is a men's hairstyle with a short, horizontally straight cut fringe. The hair is layered to around 2-5 cm all over. It is named after Julius Caesar, whose images frequently depict him wearing his hair in such a manner....		Worn by Julius Caesar Julius Caesar 'Gaius Julius Caesar' , July 13, 100 BC ? March 15, 44 BC,) was a Roman Republic military and political leader. He played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire.... .
Chonmage Chonmage The *chonmage* is a form of Japanese traditional haircut worn by men. It is most commonly associated with the Edo Period and samurai, and in recent times with sumo wrestlers....		A traditional Japanese haircut.
Comb over Comb over Sorry, no overview for this topic		Hair that is combed from one part of the head to another often to cover up a bald spot.
Cornrows		A hairstyle popularised by numerous of cultures where the hair is braided into a series of French braid like locks that appear to cling to the head and travel down to the back of the neck.
Crew cut Crew cut A Crew cut is a type of haircut in which the hair on the top of the head is cut relatively short, graduated in length from the longest hair at the front hairline to the shortest at the back of the crown....		A hairstyle that is commonplace for many people (especially men) in military Military A military is an organization authorized by its nation to use force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or Threat of force .... units across the western world Western world The term Western world, the West or the Occident can have multiple meanings dependent on its context . Accordingly, the basic definition of what constitutes "the West" varies, expanding and contracting over time, in relation to various historical circumstances.... .
Crop Crop (hairstyle) A crop is a short hairstyle worn with the hair cut very close to the head. It is frequently sported by both men and women, though - interestingly enough - the style is usually only named as a crop when sported by a woman....	N/A	A short hairstyle in which the hair is cut very close to the head, with the hair left long enough to either touch or go past the bangs.
Croydon facelift Croydon facelift In England slang, a Croydon facelift is a particular hairstyle worn by young women. The hair is pulled back tight and tied in a bun or ponytail at the back....	N/A	A tight ponytail worn at the top of the head, giving the effect of a facelift. Often inappropriately referred to as a "top knot" (though this term, in its original context, actually refers to a chonmage Chonmage The *chonmage* is a form of Japanese traditional haircut worn by men. It is most commonly associated with the Edo Period and samurai, and in recent times with sumo wrestlers.... ).
Curtained hair Curtained hair Curtained hair is the term given to the hairstyle featuring a long Fringe_ divided in either a middle parting or a side parting. When used, it generally applies to males....	N/A
Curly hair	N/A	Hair that is twisted or wavy.
The David May	N/A
Devilock Devilock The devilock is a hairstyle worn by some members of the Misfits beginning around 1979. The sides and back of the hair are kept short, while the front is kept long and combed forward....	N/A	The sides and back are kept short, while the front is grown long and combed forward.
Dido flip Dido flip The Dido flip is a female hairstyle of the early twenty-first century in imitation of the singer and songwriter Dido Armstrong ....	N/A	Hairstyle named after the singer Dido Dido (singer) Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong professionally known as Dido is an Dido #Awards England Singer-songwriter.... .
Dreadlocks Dreadlocks Dreadlocks, also called locks or dreads, are matted coils of hair which form by themselves eventually fusing together to form a single dread....		a long hairstyle for either men or women. The hair is dreadlocked into individual sections using one of several methods (usually either backcombing, braiding, hand rolling, or allowing hair to naturally "lock" on its own). The look of dreadlocks can be vary in size, tidiness, and length. Dreadlocks are associated most closely with Rastafarians.
Duck's Ass Duck's Ass The Duck's Ass is a haircut style that was popular during the 1950s. It is also called the Duck's Tail, the Ducktail, or simply D.A.... or Ducktail	N/A	a short men's hairstyle where there is a small long lock of hair at the base of the neck.
Dutch boy Dutch Boy Dutch Boy Paint is an United States paint brand founded on 1907. Its icon, the "Dutch Boy," was originally created to symbolize the Dutch Process....		a very square look with the bangs and sides
Emo Hair		This tends to have a heavy, often over the eye fringe. this style tends to be varied with long and short sides
Evanstyle		Hairstyle that is famous amongst visual kei Visual Kei refers to a movement among Music of Japan, that is characterized by the use of eccentric, sometimes flamboyant looks. This usually involves striking Cosmetics, unusual hair styles and elaborate costumes, often, but not always, coupled with Androgyny aesthetics.... fans.
Fauxhawk Fauxhawk The fauxhawk hairstyle is an approximation of a mohawk hairstyle, made without shaving or buzzing the hair on the sides of the head, allowing an imitation of the look of a true mohawk without having to commit to removing most of one's hair....		Also known as the frohawk, this hairstyle is an approximation of a mohawk, made without shaving or buzzing the hair on the sides of the head, allowing an imitation of the look of a true mohawk without having to commit to removing most of one's hair.
Feathered hair Feathered hair Feathered hair was a hairstyle popular in the 1970s and the early 1980s with men and women, the hair was grown long on both sides unlayered with either a side or a centre parting....	N/A
Feelers	N/A	Often mistaken for sideburns Sideburns Sideburns are patches of facial hair grown on the sides of a Male face, extending from the hairline to below the ears and worn with an unbearded chin.... , this is the hair at length from in front of the ears, straightened down while the rest of the head's hair is kept short.
Finger wave Finger wave A finger wave is a method of setting hair into waves that was popular in the 1920s and 1930s and in the late 1990s in North America and Europe....
Flattop Flattop A flattop is a type of very short hairstyle similar to the crew cut, with the exception that the hair on the top of the head is deliberately styled to stand up and is cut to be flat, resulting in a haircut that is square in shape....		a men's haircut where the hair is cut with a razor but left longer than a buzz cut and appears to be flat on the head.
Fofa Fofa A Fofa is a type of hairstyle, short to medium length on the sides and back, with a receding hairline from the forehead back due to a natural baldness....	N/A
Fontange Fontange A fontange is the name of a hairstyle popular in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries in France. The name originates from the Ang?lique de Fontanges....	N/A	A hairdo popular in the second half of the seventeenth century.
French braid French braid A French braid, or French plait, is a popular hairstyle. Unlike a regular three-strand braid, a French braid starts with small sections of hair at the crown of a person's head, and intermittently, more hair is added to each section as the braid progresses down the head....		A French braid is a braid that appears to be braided "into" the hair. Many describe it as making a braid backwards.
French twist French twist A French twist is a common "updo" hair styling technique. It is created by gathering hair in a low ponytail and twisting the ponytail upwards until it turns in on itself against the head....		a hairstyle where the hair is twisted behind the head into a sort of bun style.
High and tight High and tight The high and tight is a very short hairstyle most commonly worn by men in military service, predominantly in the United States Marine Corps and the United States Army....	N/A
Hime cut Hime cut Hime cut is a hairstyle consisting of straight, usually cheek-length sidelocks and frontal fringe. The rest of the hair is usually worn long and hair straightening....		it is long straight hair that goes to at least below the shoulder blades with part of it cut to about shoulder length and bangs that go to the eyebrows.
Highlights Hair highlighting Hair highlighting refers to changing a person's hair color, using lighter colors to color strands of the hair in different sizes. There are four types of highlights: basic foil highlights, hair painting, chunking and low-lighting....		Popular among young people in Asia during the late 1990s and early 2000s with long hair Long hair Exactly what constitutes long hair can change from culture to culture, or even within cultures. For example, a woman with chin-length hair in many cultures may be said to have short hair, while a man with the same length of hair in some of the same cultures would be said to have long hair.... . The style involves highlighting or dying various thin strands of hair via hair coloring Hair coloring Hair coloring is used for a variety of purposes; most commonly to return gray hair to its previous color, to change hair color to a shade regarded as more desirable, or to return hair to its original color after chemicals have discolored it.... .
Hi-top fade Hi-top fade A hi-top fade is a style of haircut where hair on the sides is cut off or kept very low and hair on the top of the head is very long . The hi-top has been a trend symbolizing the Golden Era of Hip Hop and urban contemporary music during the late 1980s and the early 1990s....
Horseshoe Flattop	N/A
Induction cut Induction cut An induction cut is the shortest possible hairstyle without head shaving with a razor. The style is so named as it is traditionally the first haircut given to new male recruits during initial entry into many of the world's armed forces....	The hair is tied in a pony tail and a razor is used to shave the entire head. This cut is commonly used when a boy turns 10 in Japan.
Jheri curl Jheri curl The Jheri curl is a hairstyle that was common and popular in the African American community in the late 1970s and throughout the 80s. It was invented by Willie Morrow and named after Jheri Redding, the man who made it popular....	N/A	Hair that is curly and kept wet by a Jheri curl activator. This style was popular in the 1980s especially with African-Americans.
Japanese hair straightening Japanese hair straightening Japanese hair straightening, also known as thermal reconditioning, and most recently called, yuko straightening, is a method of permanently straightening human hair....	N/A
Jewfro Jewfro A Jewfro refers to a curly hairstyle worn by people of Jewish descent. Its name is inspired by the afro hairstyle, which it vaguely resembles....		A Jewish Afro hairdo that is curly.
Khokhol Khokhol Khokhol , a Russian language term used to describe a style of man's haircut that features a lock of hair sprouting from the top or the front of an otherwise closely shaven head....	N/A	The Ukrainian Ukrainian language Ukrainian is a language of the East Slavic languages of the Slavic languages. It is the official language of Ukraine. In some areas of Russia there are dialects, Balachka or Surzhyk, which are the Ukrainianized versions of the Russian language.... name for a style consisting of an entirely shaven head, save for one lock of hair grown on the top or front of the head. Name comes from the Ukrainian Cossacks, among whom the style was common. (See Khokhol article for the word's derogatory usage)
Layered hair Layered hair Layered hair is a hair style that gives the illusion of length and volume using long hair for the illusion of length and short hair for volume, this way it is easy to style and manage....	N/A	a women's hairstyle where different sections of the front hair are cut at different lengths to give the impression of layers.
Liberty spikes Liberty spikes Liberty spikes refers to a way of styling the hair in long, thick, upright spikes. The style, associated with the punk subculture, is so named because of the resemblance to the spikes on the head of the Statue of Liberty, although the style first arose in the London scene....		Hair that is grown out long and spiked up usually with a gel
Long hair Long hair Exactly what constitutes long hair can change from culture to culture, or even within cultures. For example, a woman with chin-length hair in many cultures may be said to have short hair, while a man with the same length of hair in some of the same cultures would be said to have long hair....	N/A	Hair that is grown out long (at or past the shoulders) and worn loose.
Mohawk Mohawk hairstyle File:Mohawk 1951.jpgThe Mohawk is a hairstyle which consists of shaving both sides of the head, leaving a strip of noticeably longer hair. Mohawks became common in punk subculture and Rivethead subculture in the early 1980s and were then adopted by various other groups, becoming more diverse in style....		Hair that is shaved or buzzed on the sides leaving a strip of hair in the middle. It is often spiked up.
Mop-Top	-->	A mid-length haircut that has bangs that go over the forehead,collar length in the back,and on the side the ears are partly covered by the hair. Was invented and made popular by The Beatles The Beatles The Beatles were a rock music and pop music band from Liverpool, England that formed in 1960. During their career, the group primarily consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr .... (John Lennon John Lennon John Winston Ono Lennon, Order of the British Empire was an English Rock music musician, singer, songwriter, artist, and peace activist who gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles.... ,Paul McCartney Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney Member of the Order of the British Empire is a multiple Grammy Award-winning England singer-songwriter, poet, composer, multi-instrumentalist, entrepreneur, record producer, film producer, Painting, and Animal rights.... ,George Harrison George Harrison George Harrison Order of the British Empire was an English Rock music guitarist, singer-songwriter and film producer. He achieved international fame as lead guitarist in The Beatles, and is listed number 21 in Rolling Stone Magazine's list of "The 100 Best Guitarists of All Time".... , and Ringo Starr Ringo Starr Richard Starkey Order of the British Empire , better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an England musician, singer-songwriter and actor, best known as the drummer for The Beatles.... )
Mullet Mullet (haircut) A mullet is a unisex hair style that is short in the front and long in the back. The mullet began making appearances in the popular media in the 1960s and 1970s but did not catch on with the masses until the early 1980s, continuing in vogue among afficionados till the early 1990s....		Hair that is short in front and long in the back.
Odango		a hairstyle worn by the anime Anime is animation in Japan and considered to be "Japanese animation" in the rest of the world. Anime dates from about 1917.Anime, in addition to manga , is extremely popular in Japan and well known throughout the world.... superhero Sailor Moon Sailor Moon is the title of a Japanese media franchise created by Naoko Takeuchi. It is generally credited with popularizing the concept of a sentai of magical girls, as well as "revitalizing" the magical girl genre itself.... where two buns are worn on at either side of the head with the rest of the hair worn down like pigtails.
Pageboy Pageboy The pageboy is a haircut named after what was believed to be the haircut of an England page boy. It involves straight hair hanging to below the ear where it usually turns under....	N/A	A longer version of a bob, typically worn with bangs and below chin length
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Perm Permanent wave A permanent wave, commonly called a perm, is the chemical and/or thermal treatment of hair to produce waves or curls. The use of the word 'permanent' is justified insofar as when the wave is permed, it remains so; however, as the hair grows, the new hair that grows has not been waved, while cutting the hair from the end removes that whi...	N/A
Pigtails		Hair that is parted down the middle and made into two pony tails on either side.
Pixie cut Pixie cut A pixie cut refers to a short woman's hairstyle generally short on the back and sides of the head and slightly longer on the top. Women began exploring shorter hairstyles in the 1920s and was widely popular by rebelling women known as flappers....		a short layered women's hairstyle with a shaggy fringe.
Pompadour Pompadour (hairstyle) Pompadour is a style of haircut which takes its name from Madame de Pompadour.The pompadour was a fashion trend in the 1950s among male rockabilly artists and actors like Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Little Richard, Marlon Brando and James Dean ....
Ponytail Ponytail A ponytail is a hairstyle in which most or all of the hair on the head is pulled away from the face, gathered and secured at the back of the head with a hair tie, clip or similar device, and allowed to hang freely from that point....		Hair that is pulled to the back of the head and often held with a hair tie or ribbon.
Quiff Quiff The quiff is a hairstyle that combines the 1950s Pompadour hairstyle, the 50s flattop, and sometimes a Mohawk hairstyle. The etymology of the word is uncertain but may derive from the French word "coiffe" which can mean either a hairstyle or, going further back, the mail knights wore over their heads and under their helmets....
"The Rachel"	N/A	A layered haircut
Razor cut Razor cut Razor Cutting is a hair cutting process in which sharp, knife like razors are used to excise, slice and texturize hair. Razors were used in the early days to create the bob cut style, a trend made famous by Louise Brooks....	N/A
Recon	N/A	a radical version of the High and tight High and tight The high and tight is a very short hairstyle most commonly worn by men in military service, predominantly in the United States Marine Corps and the United States Army.... , with the sides and back cleanly shaved very high up the head, intentionally leaving a very extreme contrast between the longer top hair and the shaved sides.
Rattail Rattail (haircut) A rattail is a haircut that is characterized by a long "tail" of hair growing from the back of the head. It saw a notable phase of popularity during the 1980s in rural America, but can still be seen today, albeit in a rarer form....		Hair that is grown out long and shaved or buzzed except for a long, thin braid at the very top of the neck.
Ringlet Ringlet (haircut) A ringlet is a type of hairstyle. It is achieved by wrapping a lock of hair around the length of a thin curling iron or can be sported naturally by people with sufficiently tightly curled hair....		long hair that is worn in elaborate and tight curls.
Shag Shag (hairstyle) A shag cut a hairstyle that has been layered. The layers make the hair full around the crown, and the hair thins to fringes around the edges. The style has been popularized by various actresses, including Florence Henderson in the 1970s and in the early 2000s Meg Ryan....		a choppy layered hairstyle, characterized by layers to create fullness in the crown and fringes around the edges. There are many versions including the boy's shag.
Frat shag Frat shag The frat shag is a hair style associated with college students in the American South, in which the hair extends to the eyebrows and past the ears of an individual....
Short back and sides	N/A	Also know as a Boy's cut, a simple hairstyle with an overall short length.
Shape-Up Shape-Up Shape-Up is the name given to a hairstyle that is a cut around the hairline. It is usually mixed and matched with other hair styles, but on many occasions is done alone....
spanish style
Spiky hair Spiked (hairstyle) Spiked and spiky are terms used to describe a variety of hairstyles in which the hair is formed into spikes.Typically, the hair is held up by gel, hair spray, hair wax, hair mousse or even hair clay, Liberty spikes are generally held up by Elmers Glue and hair spray...	N/A	All hair sticking up, like spikes sticking out from the head. Foundation of popular culture hairstyles in Asia.
Straight hair	N/A	Hairstyle that is straight.
Taper fade	N/A
Tonsure Tonsure Tonsure is the practice of some Christianity churches, mystics, Buddhist novices and Bhikkhus, and some Hindu temples of cutting the hair from the scalp of clerics, devotees or holy people as a symbol of their renunciation of worldly fashion and esteem....
Undercut Undercut The undercut is a unisex haircut wherebye the top section of hair is held in place whilst the side and back sections are cut thus making the top longer and the back and sides undercuting......
Updo Updo An updo is a hair style that involves arranging the hair instead of allowing it to fall freely. It can be as simple as a ponytail, but is more commonly associated with more elaborate styles intended for special occasions such as a prom or wedding....		An updo is the hairstyle in which the hair is twisted or pulled up.
Wings (haircut) Wings (haircut) The Wings haircut is a popular hairstyle, usually from the skateboarding community. Typically quite long, the style can range from quite long and drooping below the eyes, to rather short....

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