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Boho Knotless Braids: Individual plaits with loose curls or waves and visibly slim, smooth roots without prominent attachment knots.
Comb-Coil Starter Locs: Starter locs formed by coiling small sections with a comb.
Ghana Braids: Scalp-attached cornrow-style braids with a visibly substantial, often gradually thickening raised shape.
Goddess Box Braids: Individual box-pattern plaits with loose curls or waves, often concentrated toward the ends but sometimes along the lengths.
Goddess Braids: Thick, raised cornrow-style braids sitting high off the scalp.
Goddess Knotless Braids: Individual plaits with visibly smooth, knot-free roots and loose curls or waves, often toward the ends.
Jumbo Box Braids: Box braids divided into visibly large scalp sections, commonly producing fewer, chunkier braids. Jumbo is relative within this style family, not a measured diameter.
Jumbo Knotless Braids: Visibly thick individual plaits with adequately visible smooth, knotless-looking roots.
Kamikaze Twists: A twist-service name referring to a particular twisting method.
Knotless Bob: Individual braids with visibly smooth knotless roots arranged in a bob silhouette.
Lemonade Braids: Side-swept cornrows all braided toward one side.
Loc Cornrows: Locs braided or rolled flat along the scalp in cornrow rows.
Medium Box Braids: Box braids divided into intermediate scalp sections relative to this style family. Section size is distinct from finished plait diameter.
Medium Knotless Braids: Individual plaits of intermediate visible width with adequately visible smooth, knotless-looking roots.
Miracle Knots: A crochet-style installation using knotted, pre-looped hair for a loose curly look.
Passion Twists: Two-strand twists with a softer, looser wave or curl pattern and less uniform surface than sleek rope twists.
Pop Smoke Braids: A centre-parted cornrow pattern with braids extending to each side in a roughly balanced arrangement.
Rope Twists: Smooth, tightly defined two-strand twists with a sleek, uniform rope-like surface, also called Senegalese twists.
Small Box Braids: Individual box-pattern braids divided into visibly small sections.
Small Knotless Braids: Visibly small individual plaits with adequately visible smooth, knotless-looking roots.
Stitch Braids: Cornrows with clearly defined, repeated crosswise parting lines alongside the braid paths.
Tribal Feed-in Braids: Tribal-pattern braids done with the feed-in technique.
Two-Strand Starter Locs: Starter locs begun from two-strand twists.
Afro Puff Ponytail: An afro puff worn high or low as a ponytail.
Afro Puffs: Two or more rounded puffs with loose, textured ends.
Barrel Twists: Two or more locs twisted around each other into thick, raised, rope-like rolls, usually running in rows along the scalp.
Boho Braids: Individual braids with visible loose curls or waves interspersed along the lengths.
Boho Locs: Faux locs with loose curly strands left out along their length.
Boho Twists: Twists with loose curly strands left out along the lengths.
Braided Bob: Three-section plaited braids worn in a bob outline, the ends around the jaw to the shoulders.
Braided Bun: Braids gathered into a bun.
Braided Crown: Braids wrapped around the head like a crown or halo.
Braided Ponytail: Braids gathered into a single ponytail.
Braided Updo: Braids gathered or pinned into an updo.
Butterfly Locs: Faux locs wrapped with loops of hair along their length, giving an uneven, textured surface.
Cornrows: Scalp-attached braids whose braid paths travel along the scalp while continuously gathering hair into visible rows or patterns.
Crochet Braids: Pre-made hair looped through cornrows with a crochet latch hook.
Distressed Locs: Faux locs with a deliberately undone, rugged texture.
Faux Locs: Temporary locs created by wrapping hair around braids or twists.
Feed-in Braids: Braids made by adding extension hair gradually, creating a slim start at the roots.
Flat Twists: Two-strand twists that travel flat along the scalp like cornrows.
Fluffy Twists: Twists with a visibly full, soft or airy surface.
Freeform Locs: Locs described as developed with minimal deliberate sectioning or manipulation.
French Curl Braids: Braids finished with loose doll-like curls at the ends.
Fulani Braids: A cornrow pattern combined with individual hanging braids, often with a central row and braids at the sides.
Goddess Locs: Faux locs with wavy, silky ends left loose.
Gypsy Locs: Faux locs in mixed lengths with loose wavy ends; near-equivalent of boho locs.
Havana Twists: A named twist style traditionally associated with Havana-type extension hair.
High Puff: Afro-textured hair swept up into one high puff.
Instant Locs: Permanent locs started immediately with a crochet hook rather than waiting for coils to mature.
Invisible Locs: Faux locs installed with no visible braid base at the root.
Invisible Twists: A twist installation described as having concealed attachment points.
Island Twists: Medium-to-large twists with a loose curly texture.
Kids Braids: A braid service for children.
Kinky Twists: Small twists with a visibly kinked texture.
Knotless Braids: Individual box-pattern plaits with visibly slim, smooth roots and no prominent attachment knot.
Loc Extensions: Human or synthetic loc lengths attached to extend or start locs instantly.
Loc Knots: Locs styled into small knots; the loc version of Bantu knots.
Loc Petals: Loc-shaped strands arranged into visible petal-like loops or sections.
Loc Ponytail: Locs gathered into a ponytail.
Loc Updo: Visible loc-shaped strands gathered or pinned into an updo.
Marley Twists: A named twist style associated with Marley-type extension hair.
Micro Braids: Very slim individual braids in fine sections.
Microlocs: Very small, narrow loc-shaped strands.
Mini Twists: Numerous narrow two-strand twists visible as separate strands.
Nubian Twists: A named twist style associated with Nubian-type extension hair.
Passion Braids: Braids with a deliberately textured, wavy finish like passion twists.
Sisterlocks: A Sisterlocks installation using the named locking system.
Soft Locs: Faux locs wrapped loosely so they move and bend softly.
Spring Twists: Twists with a visibly spring-like, coiled texture.
Starter Locs: Locs as being in an early stage of formation.
Tree Braids: Small root braids transitioning into loose lengths in a tree-braid-like appearance.
Tribal Braids: Braids arranged in mixed sizes or geometric parts, often with visible adornments.
Twist Bob: Two-section twists worn in a bob outline, the ends around the jaw to the shoulders.
Two-Strand Twists: Twists in which two sections wrap around each other along each strand, with no particular surface texture.
Wicks Locs: Very thick, substantial loc-shaped strands associated with the Wicks style.
Afro Bun: Afro-textured hair gathered into a bun.
Asymmetrical Bob: A bob with a deliberately uneven perimeter, visibly longer on one side or angled from front to back.
Bantu Knots: Separate sections of hair coiled into small, raised knots across the head.
Blunt Bob: A bob with a strong, even perimeter and little visible graduation.
Box Braids: Individual plaits hanging from separate scalp sections, commonly arranged in a box-like grid. This appearance family includes knotless roots.
Bridal Updo: An updo created for wedding styling.
Butterfly Cut: A layered haircut with shorter face-framing layers sweeping away from the face and longer cascading layers.
Chignon: Hair gathered into a knotted or twisted bun, usually low at the nape. It may be smooth, loose or textured.
Curly Fro: An afro shape with defined curls rather than a uniform pick-out.
Faux Hawk: A mohawk shape styled from longer top hair without shaving the sides bare.
Frohawk: A mohawk shape built from afro-textured hair, with the sides pinned, braided, or faded.
Lob Cut: A longer bob-shaped haircut with its main perimeter approximately at the shoulders or collarbone.
Locs: Visible loc-shaped strands.
Man Bun: Longer hair gathered into a bun or top knot.
Puff: Afro-textured hair gathered so the ends fan into a rounded puff.
Scalp Braids: Any braid that travels along the scalp; umbrella for cornrow-pattern work.
Shaped Afro: An afro cut or picked into a deliberate silhouette.
Sleek Bun: Hair smoothed close to the head and gathered into a polished bun.
Tapered Afro: An afro with short tapered sides and back and volume on top.
TWA: A very short Afro silhouette with visibly compact curl or coil texture.
Twists: Two-strand twisted styles. Family root for twist substyles.
Afro: Afro style family: a loose rounded silhouette or a gathered or shaped Afro style, including buns, puffs and frohawks.
Beard Line-Up: The beard edged and shaped with sharp lines; usually paired with a haircut.
Bob Cut: A bob-shaped haircut with a defined main perimeter, commonly around the jaw or neck; the family also includes longer shoulder-level lobs.
Braids: Broad family of hairstyles made by interweaving strands, including scalp-attached and free-hanging braid substyles.
Buzz Cut: Very short, closely cropped hair across the head with an approximately even appearance.
Caesar Cut: A short cut with a straight, horizontally blunt fringe.
Crew Cut: A short, approximately even or slightly tapered cut with visibly more length on top. The top need not be brushed up; a generic short-back-and-sides cut is not necessarily a crew cut.
Curly Cut: A visibly shaped silhouette with curls and a deliberate perimeter or layers.
French Crop: A short cut with a textured top and a short, blunt fringe.
Half Up Half Down: The top half tied up, the rest left loose.
Mohawk: A strip of longer hair down the centre with short or shaved sides.
Mullet: Short at the front and sides, long at the back.
Pixie Cut: A short, cropped cut with the ears exposed, longer on top.
Pompadour: Volume swept up and back from the forehead.
Ponytail: Hair gathered and tied so the lengths hang free.
Quiff: Volume brushed upward and back at the front only.
Shag Cut: Heavily layered, feathered cut with lots of texture and usually a fringe.
Slick Back: Hair visibly directed back from the face in a smooth, close finish.
Taper: Hair gradually shortened around the temples and neckline, with more length retained elsewhere.
Updo: Hair gathered, pinned or arranged up and away from its loose hanging position.
Waves: Short hair showing repeating ripple patterns around the head.
Wolf Cut: A shaggy hybrid of mullet and shag: heavy crown layers, longer back.