HAIR - See also COLORS
beaded: woven and/or threaded with beads.
brassy: when applied to any color, having an almost metallic
sheen to it.
billowing: airy, flowing wide
bird's nest: ratty, matted, like a bird's nest
blonde: blonde hair
boyish: cut short, looking like a young male
braided: in braids
brunette: brown hair
brushed-back: you get the idea
bug-ridden: filled with bugs, lice
bun: rolled into a knot on the back of the head.
bushy: much hair, flying in all directions
chignon: a knot or roll, twisted into a circle
or figure eight at the back of the head
clean: not dirty
coarse: rough, grainy
coiled: a coil of plaits, worn on back, side, or
top of head
combed: neatly kempt
crimped: wavy
curly: with many curls
dirty: covered in filth, not clean
downy: very soft, smooth
dread-locked: allowed to cluster into long, thin locks.
see also: dreaded
dreaded: see: dread-locked
fair-haired: light-haired. Blonde, light brown, etc.
fiery-haired: red-haired
filthy: dirty, oily
fine: thin, soft
fluffy: bouncy
flyaway: going in all directions
frayed: think unravelled yarn, frizzy
frazzled: unkempt, frizzy
frizzy: unkempt, flying in all directions - Think unravelled yarn
greasy: oily, dirty
grizzled: coarse-haired.
hoary: old, dry, frazzled
kinky: in tight curls or knots
knotted: worn in a knot or top-knot, also can be tangled
limp: lifeless, hanging loosely, drably
long: not short. Can also apply a length (shoulder-length,
arm-length, etc)
lustrous: shining
matted: tangled, knotted.
mohawked: shaven on either side with a central tuft of hair
usually made to stand on end.
nappy: tightly curled, almost looking like knots- see kinky
neatly kempt: see combed
oily: greasy
pig-tailed: pulled back into two tails, one on either side
(or front and back) of the head.
platinum-blonde: white-blonde
plaited: braided or woven in intricate patterns
pony-tailed: tied back into a single tail at the back or
side of the head.
premature gray: gray before one's time (see: Steve Martin)
ratty: matted.
red-head: red hair
ringlets: ringlet-curls
ropey: having the texture of rope, thick, frayed
rows: braids in rows all over the head
scraggly: see shaggy
shaggy: unkempt, sticking out in all directions, much hair
shaven: cut short with a razor so that only stubble remains
shorn: see: shaved
short: not long, lengths may also be applied (shoulder-length,
ear-length, chin-length, etc)
slicked: matted back into a flat. Greased back
spikey: spiked, sticking up and stiff
straight: without curl
stringy: like twine.
stubbly: see: shaved, shorn
tangled: matted, not combed
top-knotted: shaved all over save for a portion on the top or
back of the head that is allowed to grow long and is
sometimes braided or left long.
tow-headed: pale, white, platinum-blonde-haired.
wavy: between curls and straight
wild: tangled, flying in all directions, untamable
wiry: like wire
wispy: thin, sparse, going in all directions
wooly: like wool
woven: plaited or braided in a weave.
FACIAL HAIR
(note: some of these may be best used in the main desc - reserve
the shorter ones below for the sdescs)
a la Souvaroff beard/moustache: a moustache/beard in which the
moustache is joined to the side-burns and the chin is left
clean-shaven
anchor beard: a short, pointed beard worn at the edge of the chin
with a fringe extending up to the center of the bottom lip.
Assyrian beard: a long-beard with plaits or spiral culs.
barbiche beard: a small tuft of hair under the bottom lip. Also
known as a barbula.
belgrave beard: neatly groomed, mid-length beard. Cut round,
square, or pointed.
burnside beard: the moustache joins with the side-burns and jaw
is left clean shaven.
cadiz beard: pointed, mid-length beard.
cathedral beard: full beard split into two tails at the bottom, each
with a point.
chevron (moustache): an inverted V
cookie-duster moustache: a humorous term for a moustache which hangs
low over the lips 'dusting' the food intaken.
forked beard: see also: cathedral beard
fu manchu (beard/moustache): a long, sweeping, and thin moustache
allowed to droop low past the chin. Worn with a narrow beard.
goatee: a small, goat-like beard
grizzled or grizzly beard: flecked with gray or gray.
handlebar moustache: a long moustache with ends turned up at the
edges to resemble the handlebars of a bike.
hebraic beard: full, long, untrimmed beard.
lincolnesque beard: mid-length beard worn with sideburns but without
a moustache (just like President Lincoln)
muttonchops: thick sideburns that are made to look like a haunch
of mutton in shape.
peach-fuzz: light fur. pubescent whiskers.
rat's nest beard: unkempt, ungroomed beard.
regent (moustache): neat, resembling a curved letter M.
screw beard: short beard that is twisted or twined.
spade beard: round or pointed beard in the shape of a spade.
stiletto beard: long, slender, pointy beard.
toothbrush (moustache): moustache like adolph hitler or Charlie
Chaplin also known as a 'square button'
"van Dyke": the typical moustache-rounded beard type, leaving the cheeks
and jaw clean shaven.
walrus (moustache): see also: cookie duster. Like the cookie
duster, but more extreme. a very long moustache.
waxed moustache: curled tips, waxed to hold its shape.
winged moustache: cut to look like bird wings.