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106 Spanish Beauty and Hair Salon Terms http://foxhugh.wordpress.

com/spanish/105-beauty-and-hair-salons/ a capas - layered, in layers ablandador (de pelo) - relaxer, straightener, softener ablandador de canas - pre-softener for color-resistant gray hair so it will absorb dye better abombado (peinado) - bouffant abrillantador (nom) - gloss, brightener, lustrant abrillantador (adj) - brightening, glossing, shining abundante cabellera - full head of hair acartonado (pelo) - stiff, without movement or vitality accesorio para pelo - hair ornament aceite de aguacate (o palta) - avocado oil aceite de ajonjol - sesame oil aceite de canela - cinammon oil aceite de jojoba - jojoba oil aceite de canela - cinammon oil aceite de germen de trigo - wheat germ oil aceite de oliva (o aceituna) - olive oil aceite de planchado - pressing oil acentuar - accentuate, emphasize acharolado (hair) - stiffened by gel or fixative aclarar (pelo) - rinse; lighten, make lighter acondicionador - conditioner acondicionar - condition adhesivo - glue, adhesive Afro - Afro agente ablandador - softener, softening agent; relaxer agitado - messed up, messy agua - water

106 Spanish Beauty and Hair Salon Terms http://foxhugh.wordpress.com/spanish/105-beauty-and-hair-salons/ agua oxigenada - (hydrogen) peroxide agua purificada - purified water ahuecado (del cabello) - a volumizing treatment, bouffant ahuecar (el pelo) - give volume to, fluff, fluff out, make fluffy alaciado - straightening, relaxing alaciado permanente - permanent straightening alaciado temporal - temporary straightening alaciar - straighten, relax alazn (color) - cinammon, reddish brown alborotado - disheveled, messed up, tousled algodn - cotton alhea - henna alisado, alisante - straightening, relaxing alisado chino - Chinese "Chi" hair straightening alisado japons - Japanese thermal reconditioning (straightening) alisado termal - Thermal reconditioning (straightening) alisador, alisadora (de pelo) - hair straightener, hair relaxer, curl relaxer; hair iron, flat iron alisar el cabello o pelo - straighten or relax the hair alissette - straightening, relaxing alopecia - alopecia, hair loss, falling hair alta costura - haute couture, high fashion amarrado (pelo) - tied back amarrar (pelo) - tie back ampolla, ampolleta - vial, phial, ampoule containing a single application of special hair oil or treatment anchoas - pin curls, small curls; small curlers anchoitas - curls fastened with a clip

106 Spanish Beauty and Hair Salon Terms http://foxhugh.wordpress.com/spanish/105-beauty-and-hair-salons/ anti-esponjado - anti-frizz anti-fungoideos - anti-fungal aplicacin - application aplicar - apply, put on apretador - clip, hair band; hair net apretadora capilar - hair fortifying treatment to control hair loss arcilla - clay arena (color) - sand, sandy color arrancar (pelos) - pluck arrastre de color - reset tinted hair to its natural color arreglar - do, fix arreglarse el pelo - fix one's hair arriba - on top spero (pelo) - coarse atado (pelo) - tied, fastened (not loose) atado atrs (pelo) - tied back axilas - armpits -Bbaba de caracol - snail slime balayage - balayage, highlighting by direct "painting" without foil or cap bao - bath bao de color - color rinse bao de crema - cream rinse barra (para hacer permanentes) - perm rod barrido (de tintura, tinturacin) - removal of dye from hair barro - mud bigud, bigut, bigout - curler, roller

106 Spanish Beauty and Hair Salon Terms http://foxhugh.wordpress.com/spanish/105-beauty-and-hair-salons/ bigut flexible o suave - soft-twist roller blanco (color de pelo) - white blower - blow dryer bob en capas - layered bob bob en punta - unlayered or pointed bob bob hongo - mushroom bob boquilla (de blower) - nozzle borgoa (color de pelo) - burgundy brillante - shiny brillantez - shininess brillo - shine brillo capilar, brillo para cabello - hair polish, hair gloss bucle - ringlet, spiral curl bufarse (pelo) - puff out, frizz up, get big burdeos (color de pelo) - burgundy -Ccabellera - long hair, tresses, head of hair cabellera densa - thick hair cabello - hair cabello alisado - straightened hair, relaxed hair cabello atado - hair tied back cabello canoso - graying hair, salt-and-pepper hair cabello cenizo - gray hair cabello crespo - frizzy or nappy hair cabello electrizado - static hair, flyaway hair cabello espeso - thick hair cabello esponjado - frizzy, puffy, or fluffy hair

106 Spanish Beauty and Hair Salon Terms http://foxhugh.wordpress.com/spanish/105-beauty-and-hair-salons/ cabello fino o finito - fine or very fine hair cabello graso - oily hair cabello gueso - thick hair cabello horquillado - split ends cabello lacio - straight hair cabello liso - straight hair cabello lleno - full head of hair cabello mixto - mixed dry and oily hair cabello ondulado - wavy hair cabello reseco - very dry hair cabello sano o saludable - healthy hair cabello seco - dry hair cabello pintado o teido - dyed hair cabello planchado - pressed hair cabello quebradizo - brittle hair cabellos bravos - wild hair cabeza - head cadejo - tangles, knot of tangled hair caf (color de pelo) - coffee brown cada del cabello - hair loss calamidad - disaster, calamity caliente - hot calor - heat calvicie - baldness; bald spot calvicie incipiente - thinning hair, falling hair cambiar - change canas - gray hairs, white hairs

106 Spanish Beauty and Hair Salon Terms http://foxhugh.wordpress.com/spanish/105-beauty-and-hair-salons/ canela (color) - cinammon, reddish brown canoso (pelo) - gray, white, graying, salt-and-pepper caoba (color de pelo) - mahogany capas - layers capas de pelo - layers of hair capas de color - layers of color capilar - hair (adj) cara - face caracoles - ringlets cardar (pelo) - tease, backcomb caro - expensive cascada de bucles - cascade of ringlets caspa - dandruff castao (color de pelo) - brown, chestnut castao claro (color de pelo) - light brown castao cenizo (color de pelo) - ash brown castao dorado (color de pelo) - honey blonde, golden brown castao oscuro (color de pelo) - dark brown castao rojizo (color de pelo) - reddish-brown castao rubio (color de pelo) - honey blonde cejas - eyebrows cenizo (color) - gray cenizo (tono) - ash cepillable - brushable cepillado - brushing cepillar - brush cepillarse el pelo - brush one's hair

106 Spanish Beauty and Hair Salon Terms http://foxhugh.wordpress.com/spanish/105-beauty-and-hair-salons/ cepillo (de pelo) - brush, hairbrush cepillo estilizador - styling brush cepillo estilizador termal o de aire caliente - hot air styling brush cepillo plano - flat brush cepillo redondo - round brush cera - wax cera caliente - hot wax cermico (plancha) - ceramic cerda - bristle (of hairbrush) cerquillo - bangs, fringe champ - shampoo champ abrillantador - brightening shampoo champ aclarador o clarificador - clarifying shampoo champ sublimador de rizos - curl-enhancing shampoo chasquilla - bangs chino (pelo) - curly chocolate (color de pelo) - chocolate brown chongo - bun, chignon chongo de gajos - chignon with tendrils chongo francs - French roll, chignon cincelado a navaja - razor cut cinta (de pelo) - ribbon, hair ribbon cintura - waist ciruela (color de pelo) - plum cita de cabello - hairdresser appointment claritos - streaks claro (tono) - light

106 Spanish Beauty and Hair Salon Terms http://foxhugh.wordpress.com/spanish/105-beauty-and-hair-salons/ clarsimo (tono) - very light clsico - classic clipe - hair clip cloro - chlorine cobre (color de pelo) - copper cola - pony tail, ponytail cola ahuecada - puffy ponytail, teased ponytail cola cortado - bobtail, short ponytail cola de caballo - pony tail cola de caballo lateral - side pony tail champ - shampoo champ cola de caballo - horsetail shampoo, shampoo containing the herb equisetum) champ neutralizante - neutralizing shampoo (for use after applying relaxer) chin (un chin) - a little, a little bit chino, chinito - curly coleta - pony tail coleta alta - high pony tail coleta baja - low pony tail coletero, colita - ponytail holder, hair band, hair tie coletero enganche - ponytail clasp colocho, colocha, colochita - curly, curly-haired person color - color (EEUU), colour (RU) color de pelo - hair color color natural - natural color color permanente - permanent color color temporal - temporary color colorado (color) - red

106 Spanish Beauty and Hair Salon Terms http://foxhugh.wordpress.com/spanish/105-beauty-and-hair-salons/ colorante - dye, coloring coloreado - colored, tinted, dyed colorear - color, tint, dye colorido - color, coloring colorn - red; red-haired, ginger-haired colorista - hair colorist cncavo - concave, curling inward (opposite of "el flip" consejos - advice copete - pompadour coronilla - top of the head cortar - cut, bob cortar a flequillo - cut in bangs, styled in bangs cortar el flequillo - cut (or trim) the bangs cortar el pelo - cut (the) hair cortarme el pelo - have my hair cut; get a haircut cortarse el pelo - have one's hair cut; get a haircut cortarse el pelo escalonado - have one's hair layered, cut in layers cortar las puntas - trim (the ends) corte de alta costura - couture cut, high-fashion cut corte de dama - woman's cut, lady's cut corte de pelo - hairstyle, cut, haircut, hair cut corte de pelo a navaja - razor cut corte de pelo en capas - layered cut corte de pelo escalonado - layered cut corte de hongo o honguito o tazn - mushroom cut, bowl cut corte desmachado en punta - unlayered tousled cut corte encapado - layered cut

106 Spanish Beauty and Hair Salon Terms http://foxhugh.wordpress.com/spanish/105-beauty-and-hair-salons/ cortsimo - very short corto - short crecer - grow crecer de nuevo (cabello) - grow back crecimiento - growth crema - cream, creme crema alisadora - relaxing cream, hair relaxer crema alisante - relaxing cream, hair relaxer crema anticada, crema apretadora - fortifying cream to control hair loss crema para peinar, crema de peinar - styling cream, hair cream crema tonalizante - shading cream (for dyed hair) crencha - part (in hair) crespo (nom) - curl crespo (adj) - curly, frizzy, kinky, nappy, puffy, poofy crispado - tight, frizzy, puffy, poofy cunto costara X? - how much would X cost? cunto cuesta X? - how much does X cost? cuello - neck cuero cabelludo - scalp cuerpo - body (quality of hairstyle) cuidado del pelo - hair care cuidar - take care of cutcula (de un pelo) - cuticle -Ddaar - damage dao - damage de clip (extensiones) - clip-on

106 Spanish Beauty and Hair Salon Terms http://foxhugh.wordpress.com/spanish/105-beauty-and-hair-salons/ de pelo oscuro - brunette, dark-haired decoloracin - bleaching decolorado - bleached decolorante - bleach, lightener decolorar - bleach delantero - front degrafilado - layered denso - thick depilacin - waxing, hair removal (by any method) depilacin con cera - waxing depilacin con hilo - threading depilacin elctrica - electrolisis (permanent) depilacin facial - facial hair removal depilacin integral - whole-body waxing, removal of all body hair (by any method) depilacin lser - laser hair removal (permanent) depilador - hair remover, trimmer depilador de cejas - eyebrow trimmer depilar - remove body hair, pluck, wax depilarse - remove one's (own) body hair; or have one's body hair removed, plucked, or waxed depilatorio - hair remover, depilatory derrizar, derrisar - straighten (= desrizar) derrisao - straightened (Dominican) desaliado (cabello) - unkempt, messed up desastre - disaster, calamity descamacin - scaling, flaking (e.g. of scalp) descargar - thin (make thinner) desencrespar - relax, straighten

106 Spanish Beauty and Hair Salon Terms http://foxhugh.wordpress.com/spanish/105-beauty-and-hair-salons/ desenredante - detangling desenredar - detangle desfilar el pelo - layer; reduce volume; thin desfilado (nom) - a haircut in which some parts are longer than others and/or thinned towards the ends desgrafilado - a type of layered cut in which the volume is reduced desgreada - disheveled, having messy hair desfilado (cut or style) - ragged, irregular, layers of different lengths desflecado (cut or style) = desflecado desmechado (cut or style) - tousled desmechar - pull, tousle, remove, or thin hair desmelenarse - let one's hair down; mess up one's hair desplumado - razor cut with fine layers despunte (de cabello) - trim desriz - straightening or relaxing of the hair desriz japons - Japanese thermal reconditioning desrizante (nom) - hair straightener, relaxer desrizado (adj) - relaxed, straightened desrizado (nom) - relaxing, straightening desrizador (adj) - relaxing, straightening desrizador (nom) - hair straightener, relaxer desrizar - relax, straighten desteido (color, tinte) - faded desvanecido (corte de pelo) - layered diadema - hair band, head band; tiara diente (de peine) - tooth diseo - design

106 Spanish Beauty and Hair Salon Terms http://foxhugh.wordpress.com/spanish/105-beauty-and-hair-salons/ diseo de pelo - hair design doobie, doobi, dooby - dry wrap dcil - manageable dona (de cabello) - ornamental ponytail holder made of cloth dorado - golden duradero - lasting, long-lasting -Eechar canas - get gray hairs echarse mechas - have one's hair streaked or highlighted elaborado - elaborate electrlisis - electrolisis (method of permanent hair removal) elegante - elegant en capas - layered encanecido (adj) - gray-haired; graying encapado (adj) - layered encapado incrementado (adj) - layered encapados - layers encaracolado - kinky encerado - waxing enchinar - curl encrespar - curl, frizz up encrespado - curly; frizzy encrespamiento - frizzing, frizzing up (e.g. on humid day) encresparse - become curly engancharse - snag, get caught enganche - snag enjuagar - rinse

106 Spanish Beauty and Hair Salon Terms http://foxhugh.wordpress.com/spanish/105-beauty-and-hair-salons/ enjuague de color - color rinse enjuague de crema - cream rinse enjuague herbal - herbal rinse enlaciar - straighten, relax enmarcar la cara - frame the face enmoado - in a bun en punta - "pointed", i.e. not layered enredado - tangled enredos - tangles enriquecido - enriched enroscado - coiled, in a twist, in a bun, rolled up, wrapped around, twisted; kinky, nappy enroscar - coil, twist, roll, wrap around enrulado (adj) - curly enrulado (nom) - curl, wave enrular - curl ensortijado - in ringlets, curly; nappy, frizzy entrecano - graying, greying entrelazados - interweavings, plaiting, braiding entresacar el pelo - thin the hair (to reduce volume) envuelto de cabello - hair wrap escalar (verb) - layer escalera (nom) - layer escalonado - layered, feathered escarmenar - tease escarmenado - teased esponjado (adj) - frizzy, fluffy, puffy esponjado (nom) - frizz

106 Spanish Beauty and Hair Salon Terms http://foxhugh.wordpress.com/spanish/105-beauty-and-hair-salons/ esponjarse - frizz up esponjoso (adj) - frizzy, fluffy, puffy espray - spray espray de pelo - hair spray esteticista - beautician estilista - stylist, hairdresser estilizacin - styling estilizado - styling estilizar - style estilizar con secador (de mano) - blow dry estilo - style estilo clsico - classic style estilo de pelo, estilo de cabello - hairstyle estirado (de cabello) - straightening or relaxing treatment estirar (cabello) - relax, straighten, smooth out estropajoso (cabello) - wiry, strawlike, brittle; a wreck, in tatters estropeado (cabello) - damaged, overprocessed extensiones (de pelo) - extensions, wefts extracto de pepino - cucumber extract -Ffacial - facial fijador - hairspray, hair spray; setting lotion, wrap lotion or foam filamento de pelo - strand of hair filtro de agua - water filter flamgero - flaming red fleco, flequillo - bangs [EEUU], fringe [RU] flequillo asimtrico - asymmetric bangs

106 Spanish Beauty and Hair Salon Terms http://foxhugh.wordpress.com/spanish/105-beauty-and-hair-salons/ flequillo doble - parted bangs forma (de cabello) - shape, body formal - formal formaldehido - formaldehyde fortalecer - strengthen, fortify frisado, frizado - frizzy frisette - curled or curly bangs friz - frizz fuerte - strong -Ggabinete de belleza - beauty salon or spa gajo - tendril, wisp, lock of hair gancho - barrette, hair clip; hook (for pulling hair through hole in gorro) gato (peinado) - flip gel de peinado - styling gel germen de trigo - wheat germ goma / gomita / gomilla de pelo - elastic ponytail band, rubber band gomina - hair gel, styling gel, hair dressing gorro, gorra (de rayitos) - plastic cap for making streaks grafilado - a type of layered cut grasiento, grasoso - oily, greasy greas - tangles greas de almohada - hair tangled by sleep greudo - shaggy, with messy hair, having a bad hair day grifo (cabello) - nappy, kinky gris (color de pelo) - gray gris plateado (color de pelo) - silver gray

106 Spanish Beauty and Hair Salon Terms http://foxhugh.wordpress.com/spanish/105-beauty-and-hair-salons/ grueso (hair) - thick in diameter, coarse; abundant guantes de goma - rubber gloves gero (color de pelo) - blonde gusano de seda - silk worm -Hhabano (color de pelo) - light brown hacer el pelo / cabello - do or fix one's hair hacia adelante - towards the front hacia adentro - inwards hacia afuera - outwards hacia atrs - towards the back halar - pull hasta aqu de largo - this long, down to here hasta la cintura - waist-length hasta los hombros - shoulder-length hebilla - barrette hebra - strand of hair henna - henna hidratar - moisturize hombros - shoulders hongo, honguito (corte de) - bowl cut, mushroom cut horquilla - bobby pin, hair pin horquillas, horquillitas, horquetillas - split ends hmedo (pelo) - moist, damp -Iiluminaciones (de pelo) - streaks, highlights iluminador - lightener

106 Spanish Beauty and Hair Salon Terms http://foxhugh.wordpress.com/spanish/105-beauty-and-hair-salons/ incontrolable - unmanageable ingrediente - ingredient intensivo - intensive irritacin - irritation -J-Kkarit - shea butter karitina - keratin -Llaca - hairspray laciado - straightening laciador - relaxer, hair straightener laciado japons - Japanese thermal reconditioning lacio - straight lado - side lavabo, lavacabezas (para champ) - sink, washbasin lavado - shampoo lavado y estilazado o marcado - wash and set lavado y secado - wash and dry lavar - wash, shampoo lavar y secar el pelo - wash and dry the hair largo (adj) - long largo (nom) - length largusimo - very long largura - length lazo (del pelo) - hair tie, hair ribbon leja - lye, bleach

106 Spanish Beauty and Hair Salon Terms http://foxhugh.wordpress.com/spanish/105-beauty-and-hair-salons/ levamente rizado - lightly curled liga para el cabello - hair band, ponytail band, barrette liso - smooth, straight lista de precios - price list locin capilar - hair lotion locin fijadora o fijativa - setting lotion, wrap lotion luminosidad - luminosity luz - light luces - highlights lustre - luster -Mmal corte de pelo - bad haircut manejabilidad - manageability manejable - manageable manicura - manicure manteca de karit - shea butter maquillaje capilar - tratamientos contra la alopecia, como microfibras de queretina maraas - tangles marca - brand marcado - set marcar - set marrn (color de pelo) - brown ms - more ms claro - lighter ms corto - shorter ms oscuro - darker masaje - massage

106 Spanish Beauty and Hair Salon Terms http://foxhugh.wordpress.com/spanish/105-beauty-and-hair-salons/ masaje en el cuero cabelludo - scalp massage mascarilla capilar - hair mask mata de pelo - mop of hair, mane matica de canas - a streak of white mechas - highlights, streaks mechas delgadas - thin streaks mechas oscuras - lowlights, dark streaks mechitas - smaller highlights or streaks mechn - lock or tuft of hair, tendril, wisp mechn suelto - loose lock or tress mechones - highlights or streaks mechones plateados - silver highlights mechudo (adj) - with tangles or tufts media coleta - half ponytail media melena - medium-length hair, mid-length hair melena - long loose flowing hair melenita - bob menos - less, not so, not so much men - menu, price list mesar - pull or pull out (hair) moda - fashion, style mojado (pelo) - wet moldear - shape, style moldeado - styling, loose perm, soft perm molote - bun moito - hair bow

106 Spanish Beauty and Hair Salon Terms http://foxhugh.wordpress.com/spanish/105-beauty-and-hair-salons/ moitos - (when the hair is sectioned off and each section is tied with a bow) twisties, twisted braids; Bantu knots; hair bows, bowknots moo, moa - bun, chignon moo alto - up-do moo espaol - Spanish bun moo francs - French roll, chignon morado oscuro, morado violn (color de pelo) - deep purple moreno - dark (complexion or hair), brunette morocho - dark (complexion or hair), brunette mucho - a lot, lots, lots of muchos - many muestrario de peinados - catalog, magazine, or sample photos of hairstyles muestrario colores (de cabello, de tintura de pelo) - color chart muy - very -Nnacimiento de pelo - hairline natural - natural negro (color de pelo) - black negro azabache (color de pelo) - jet black negro azulado (color de pelo) - blue-black negro violn (color de pelo) - purple-black neutralizante - neutralizer, stablizer, fixative nveo (color) - snow-white nuevo crecimiento - new growth nuca - back of the neck, nape of the neck nudo - knot nmeros - numbers

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