User:Etineskid/List of Mohawks

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Name	Image	Description
Bi-Hawk		This is a type of Mohawk where the center is shaved then there is a Mohawk on either side..
Deathhawk		Mohawk with voluminous teased hair, that is common to the deathrock and goth subcultures.
Dreadhawk		This is a Mohawk with the hair in Dreads.
Bangs / Fringe		Hair that is combed to the front of the head and cut at or above the eyebrows.
Beehive		Big hair hairstyle.
Blowout		Shape-up with hair longer, spiky. Example: Gotti Boys
Bob cut		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. Examples of bob haircuts: http://www.beautyriot.com/category.php?id=79
Bowl cut		A 1920s Ukrainian recruitment poster. Moe Howard from The Three Stooges has this hairstyle for his trademark. Henry V of England had a similar hairstyle.
Bouffant		A bouffant (pronounced /buːˈfɑːnt/) is a type of hairstyle characterized by hair piled high on the head and hanging down on the sides.
Bun		A women's hairstyle where the hair is pulled into a knot at the top of the head.
Buzz cut		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		The Caesar cut is a men's hairstyle with a short, horizontally straight cut named after Julius Caesar, whose images frequently depict him wearing his hair in such a manner.
Chonmage		A traditional Japanese haircut.
Comb over		Hair that is combed from one part of the head to another often to cover up a bald spot.
Cornrows		A hairstyle originating from Subsaharan Africa and popularized by African Americans 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. The hairstyle can be worn by both males and females.
Crew cut		A hairstyle that is commonplace for many people (especially men) in military units across the world.
Crop		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		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).
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.
Curly hair		Hair that is twisted or wavy.
Devilock		The sides and back are kept short, while the front is grown long and combed forward.
Dido flip		Hairstyle named after the singer Dido.
Dreadlocks		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 vary in size, tidiness, and length. Dreadlocks are associated most closely with Rastafarians.
Duck's Ass or Ducktail		A short men's hairstyle where there is a small long lock of hair at the base of the neck.
Emo Hair		Tends to be dyed black and straightened with a flat iron. Usually very long, with bangs going over the eyes.
Fauxhawk		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. The name is a portmanteau of faux, the French word for false or fake, and mohawk.
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 (normally covering the ears, although it could be shoulder length) unlayered (although some men with curly hair did have it layered) with either a side or a centre parting.
Feelers		Often mistaken for sideburns, 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
Flattop		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
Fontange		A hairdo popular in the second half of the seventeenth century.
Dutch braid		A Dutch braid is a braid that appears to be braided "into" the hair, often described as braided backwards--strands going under instead of over as in a French braid.
French twist		A hairstyle where the hair is twisted behind the head into a sort of bun style.
Half Ponytail		Most popular with professional wrestler Shawn Michaels.The hair is pulled and tied to the center back of the head and let the back hair almost looks like a mullet.
Half Updo		Popularized in the 1960s by sex icons like Brigitte Bardot, this woman's hairstyle requires medium-length or longer hair. The hair is sectioned from the temples all the way back and then fixed into bun, chignon or ponytail to secure into place (therefore, half the hair is in an updo). If a woman has bangs or a fringe, that area is usually left free and not pulled into the updo. Frequently, the hair at the crown of the head is "teased" or backcombed first to create volume and a bit of disorganization.
High and tight		A military variant of the buzz cut.
Hime cut		A hairstyle that consists of 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		The style involves highlighting or dying various thin strands of hair via hair coloring.
Hi-top fade		The hair is cut short on the sides and is grown long on the top. This style was popular among African-American youth and men in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Horseshoe Flattop		See High and tight.
Induction cut		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.
Japanese hair straightening
Jarhead		See High and tight
Jewfro		A Jewish Afro hairdo that is curly.
Jheri curl		Hair that is curly and kept wet by a Jheri curl activator. This style was popular in the 1980s especially with African-Americans, including Michael Jackson and Rick James.
Oseledets		The Ukrainian 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.
Kudumi or Sikha		The South Indian name for a style consisting of a long tuft, or lock of hair left on top or on the back of the shaven head of a male Orthodox Hindu.
Layered hair		A women's hairstyle where different sections of the front hair are cut at different lengths to give the impression of layers.
Liberty spikes		Hair that is grown out long and spiked up usually with a gel
Line Up		Hair that has an even line across the forehead and then turns sharply at a 90 degree angle and blends with the sideburns. It can be worn with almost any other hairstyle. Primarily worn by Hispanics and some African Americans. Famous examples include hip hop artist Drake (entertainer) and Vinny Guadagnino from Jersey Shore.
Long hair
Mohawk		Hair that is shaved or buzzed on the sides leaving a strip of hair in the middle. It is often spiked up. Called a Mohican in Britain.
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 (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr)
Mullet		Hair that is short in front and long in the back.
Odango		A hairstyle where two buns are worn on at either side of the head with the rest of the hair worn down like pigtails. Most well-known example of this style is worn by the title character of the Japanese anime Sailor Moon.
Pageboy		A longer version of a bob, typically worn with bangs and below chin length
Part		Hair that is parted in two different directions. Either from the left, centre or the right
Perm		Hair that is chemically treated to retain curl (curly perm) or lie straight (straight perm). New hair is not affected by the chemical treatment and will grow out naturally.
Pigtails		Hair that is parted down the middle and made into two pony tails on either side.
Pixie cut		A short layered women's hairstyle with a shaggy fringe.
Pompadour
Ponyhawk		1. A combination of a mohawk with a ponytail in the back. 2. Long hair with several ponytails running from front of the head to the back of the head resembling a mohawk. Unlike normal mohawk, no hair is cut from the sides. The word is a portmanteau of ponytail and mohawk. Sanjaya Malakar had a ponyhawk on stage in an episode of American Idol 2007.
Ponytail		Hair that is pulled to the back of the head and often held with a hair tie or ribbon.
Psychobilly Wedge		The Psychobilly Wedge is a sort of mix between a mohawk hairstyle and the pompadour, where the hair along the side of the head is shaved and the middle is not spiked but slicked back and stood up like a pompadour.
Quiff
"The Rachel"		A layered haircut
Razor cut		Includes choppy short layers, and thinned by the bottom. Usually like "emo" hair. Usually has a side-sweep fringe.
Recon		A radical version of the High and tight, 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		Hair that is grown out long and shaved or buzzed except for a long, thin braid at the very top of the neck.
Ringlet		Long hair that is worn in elaborate and tight curls.
Shag		A choppy layered hairstyle, characterized by layers to create fullness in the crown and fringes around the edges. There are many versions including the frat shag and boy's shag.
Short back and sides		Also known as a boy's cut, a simple hairstyle with an overall short length.
Shape-Up
Slicked-back		Hair that is combed back, away from the forehead, then held in place with a Hairstyling product.
Spiky hair		All hair sticking up, like spikes sticking out from the head.
Straight hair		Hairstyle that is straight.
Tonsure		Traditionally worn by monks in the middle ages, still worn by some traditional monks today.
Undercut		The undercut is a unisex haircut whereby 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 undercutting. See also bowl cut
Updo		An updo is the hairstyle in which the hair is twisted or pulled up.
Waves		Short Hair Waves, shortened to just waves, is a very common and sought after hairstyle for African American men that create the appearance of water like waves of the hair

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