At the hairdresser's

What is your type of hair ?

Hair can be dry or oily.

Oily hair is often accompanied with oily skin.

The over secretion of oil makes the scalp and hair getting oily.

Hair looks greasy.

Your hair can either be shiny or dull.

To have beautiful shiny hair, a balanced died and careful treatment must be followed.

Dull hair is often due to a careless treatment or bad health.

Hair need shampooing in order to wash, cleanse or remove all dirt or other impurities from the scalp and hair by the process of shampooing.

The selection of the shampoo should depend upon the hair type : there are shampoos for dry hair, for oily hair, or against dandruff.

Some people have thick and curly hair while some others have thin and straight hair.

Thick hair generally gives volume.

Hair is either thick, medium or thin, and can be straight or curly.

Thanks to hairdressers' techniques, people with straight hair can have curly hair, and vice-versa.

This technique is called a perm.

hair (sg)	cheveux (pl)
oily (or greasy) / dry hair	cheveux gras / secs
dandruff / anti-dandruff shampoo	des pellicules / shampooing anti-pelliculaire
scalp	cuir chevelu
dull / shiny hair	cheveux ternes / brillants
shampoo	shampooing
to shampoo one's hair	se faire un shampooing
to give somebody a shampoo	faire un shampooing à quelqu'un
shampoo-in hair colouring	shampooing colorant
kinky / wavy	ondulés
straight	raides
curly	frisés
thick / thin (or fine)	épais / fins
to perm	permanenter
permed hair	cheveux permanentés

dark, a dark-haired man, a dark-haired woman or a brunette	brun
blonde (US : blond) / fair (adj : fair-haired, blonde) strawberry blond peroxide blonde	blond blond vénitien blonde décolorée
red (adj : red-haired)	roux
brown, light brown / dark brown hair	châtain, des cheveux châtain clair / châtain foncé
grey (US : gray)	gris

What is the shape of your face ?

It is important to choose your haircut or hairstyle taking the shape of your face into consideration.
The skin tone is also very important.
Your hairdresser can give you some advice to choose the most appropriate hairstyle for your face.

The shape of your face is either :

oval

round

oblong

heart

square

diamond

Haircut / Hairstyle

Haircut styles are often related to a trend.
Either short hair is in fashion, either long hair.
Fashion hairstyles often follow the season.
For example the trend in the summer will be short hair with a bright colour.
We talk about hairstyle trends.

a hairdrier (US : a blow-dryer)	Un sèche-cheveux
to dry one's hair	se sécher les cheveux
clippers / scissors (s'utilisent au pluriel)	une tondeuse / des ciseaux
a comb / to run a comb through one's hair / to comb one's hair	un peigne / se donner un coup de peigne / se peigner
a hairbrush	une brosse à cheveux
hair gel / hairspray	du gel, du spray, de la laque
curling irons / flat-irons	un fer à friser / à défriser
to have one's hair curled / straightened	se faire friser / défriser les cheveux
hair rollers	des bigoudis