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Crew cut: History and Key Facts

A crew cut is a type of haircut in which the upright hair on the top of the head is cut relatively short, graduated in length from the longest hair that forms a short pomp (pompadour) at the fron

Croydon facelift: History and Key Facts

In English slang, a Croydon facelift (sometimes council house facelift, or in Northern Ireland a Millie facelift) is a particular hairstyle worn by some women.

Curly Girl Method: History and Key Facts

The Curly Girl Method is an approach to hair care designed by author Lorraine Massey for textured hair in its natural state (coils, waves, and curls) that has not been chemically relaxed.

Fontange: History and Key Facts

A fontange, or frelange, is a high headdress popular during the turn of the late 17th and early 18th centuries in Europe.

Hair crimping: History and Key Facts

Hair crimping is a method of styling usually straight, long hair so that it becomes wavy, often in a sawtooth / zig-zag fashion.

Hair twists: History and Key Facts

Hair twists, flat twists, or mini-twists, are a hairstyle popular with Afro-textured hair around the world, and sometimes with other hair textures.

High roll: History and Key Facts

A high roll is a hairstyle that Western women wore in the late 1700s.

Ivy League (haircut): History and Key Facts

An Ivy League, also known as a Harvard Clip or Princeton, is a type of crew cut in which the hair on the top front of the head is long enough to part at the side, while the crown of the head is c

Liangbatou: History and Key Facts

Liangbatou (simplified Chinese: 两把头; traditional Chinese: 两把頭) or erbatou (simplified Chinese: 二把头; traditional Chinese: 二把頭) is a hairstyle/headdress worn by Manchu women.

Lob (haircut): History and Key Facts

A lob or long bob is a medium-length haircut and a variant of bob cut.

Mohawk hairstyle: History and Key Facts

The mohawk (also referred to as a mohican in British English) is a hairstyle in which, in the most common variety, both sides of the head are shaven, leaving a strip of noticeably longer hair in

Ponytail: History and Key Facts

A ponytail is a hairstyle in which some, 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 other similar a

Protective hairstyle: History and Key Facts

A protective hairstyle is a term predominantly used to describe hairstyles suitable for Afro-textured hair whose purpose is to reduce the risk of hairs breaking off short.

Shag (haircut): History and Key Facts

A shag cut is a hairstyle that has been layered to various lengths.

Shaving: History and Key Facts

Shaving is the removal of hair, by using a razor or any other kind of bladed implement, to slice it down—to the level of the skin or otherwise.

Short hair: History and Key Facts

Short hair refers to any haircut with little length.

Sidelock of youth: History and Key Facts

The sidelock of youth (also called a Horus lock, Prince's lock, Princess' lock, lock of childhood or side braid) was an identifying characteristic of the child in Ancient Egypt.

Synthetic dreads: History and Key Facts

Synthetic dreads, also called dread extensions, dread falls, and cyberlocks (also spelled cyberlox), are interlocked coils of synthetic hair, mostly kanekalon, that give the look and feel of natu

Surfer hair: History and Key Facts

Surfer hair is a tousled type of hairstyle, popularized by surfers from the 1950s onwards, traditionally long, thick and naturally bleached from high exposure to the sun and salt water of the sea

The Rachel: History and Key Facts

The Rachel haircut, commonly known as simply "The Rachel", is an eponymous hairstyle popularized by American actress Jennifer Aniston.

Titus cut: History and Key Facts

A Titus cut or coiffure à la Titus, also known as coiffure à la victime (Haircut of the Victim), was a hairstyle for men and women popular at the end of the 18th century in France and England.

Tonsure: History and Key Facts

Tonsure () is the practice of cutting or shaving some or all of the hair on the scalp as a sign of religious devotion or humility.

Waves (hairstyle): History and Key Facts

Waves are a hairstyle for coily and curly hair in which the curls are brushed and/or combed and flattened out, creating a ripple-like pattern.