Let's Go to the HAIR SALON — Learn Real English Vocabulary

So if you're like me and you love changing your head quite often,

or if you don't and you're just curious to learn about hair

and self-care vocabulary, then today's lesson is for you.

So I've put together a PDF document with a list of words and phrases that

we'll cover in today's lesson to help you remember everything you learned today.

So stick around until the end of the lesson as I'll reveal how to access it.

Plus, I'll be changing my hair too, so stick around for

that as well.

So you can use the word hairdresser or hair salon as we mean the same thing.

However, if you use the word salon, it could also refer

to a business that focuses on nails and skincare.

Hair salons offer both males and females, but usually a business

that specializes in male or gent’s hair is called a barbershop..

Let's go inside

So I'm about to change my hair color, and I could say that I'm tinting it,

I'm dying it or I'm coloring it.

And these spots are often used

interchangeably because they kind of mean the same thing.

But they do have some differences.

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So when it comes to here, we often categorize them according to length.

So long, short or medium length, hair.

So this is a trim.

And you might be wondering what's the difference between a trim and a haircut?

So a haircut is changing the style and shape of you here completely.

While a trim is helping to maintain the style and the shape of the cut,

as well as removing damage, the fade is another one

that you might hear a guy or girl get if the head is quite short.

It's a gradual changing in length of the hair.

Then we have a buzz cut, which is basically short all over.

So a crew cut is similar to a buzz cut,

but it is a little longer on the top.

An afro is a mass of tight curls around the head.

And lastly, we have the Mohawk, which is long hair on top of the head

styled straight up using products such as gel or mousse to hold it in place.

So today we show a lot of different herself

here in the salon where we have people with curly hair, short

hair, long hair, lots of different hairstyles.

And a hit show that I also love to do is braids.

I love different types of braids.

Long, short, thick, thin braids on one of my favorite hairstyles.

And quite common here in South Africa as well.

So another style that I absolutely love is locs.

It's hair that is twisted tightly to form strands and it's really beautiful.

So here we have here highlighting, so highlighting

and low lighting is changing a person's hair color, using lightning

or hair color to lift the levels of brightness of the heat strands.

So here we have a flat iron or hair straightener

and it can be used to straighten or coal hair.

The common tools at a barber shop

would be straight razors for shaving, clippers for trimming and neck testing,

for removing excess hair from the skin and clothes and scissors,

for cutting.

Okay,

so while I wait for my color to process.

I thought I'd teach you some of my favorite hate speech.

So if you describe a situation as hairy, you mean that

it is exciting or worrying or rather frightening.

For example, after he was fired from his job, he was in a hairy situation.

So the next expression is to wash

someone out of your hair, which means to end a relationship.

For example, after they broke up, she watched him out of her hair.

So the next expression is hare brained.

And some people might think that it refers to hair on your head,

but it actually refers to a hair as in the animal that looks similar to a rabbit.

So if something is hare brained, it is reckless and not well thought out.

So another expression that I really love is to let your hair down,

which means to relax and enjoy yourself and not to worry about anything.

As soon as her vacation started, she let her hair down.

So here are a few tips that might be different

about getting your hair done in an English speaking country.

Firstly,

make sure that you have an appointment and that you arrive a few minutes earlier.

This is a common courtesy and it means that if you arrive late,

the person who has an appointment off to

you will also have to start the appointment later.

Bring photos of what you would like the hair stylist to do.

This helps the stylist.

No. Exactly what you want.

Be ready to speak English.

I think one of the best parts about going to a hair salon

or barber shop is those conversations you have with your stylist.

Sales are always ready to talk and share.

So there you have it.

All of the most important and most common here in South

Cuba vocabulary that you need to know.

We've also put together a free downloadable PDF document

that you can access by clicking on the link in the description below.

So if you would like to continue learning more essential and fun

vocabulary with us, then be sure to check out this video next.

Got an idea what it is, but the phrase of another verb

is another phrase of a verb that describes

a phrase, a phrase over.

So maybe it's like something to do with type of phrase.

And what happens within that phrase

could be something like a clean up or get up.

So fragile verbs or phrases that indicate actions.