backcombing
Volume-building hair technique
Backcombing is a hairdressing technique where hair is brushed or combed backward toward the scalp to create volume and texture.
The tangled mass at the roots lifts the hair and helps styles hold their shape: She backcombed her hair for a retro bouffant look.
Also called teasing.
Voluminous teased hairstyle
- beehiveHoneycomb housing structure
- pompadourHigh-fronted upswept hairstyle
- updoHair arranged atop head
- coiffureArranged head of hair
chignon · French twist · victory rolls · mohawk · quiff · big hair · piled high · swept up
Informing against associates
- brushingSweeping motion with bristles
- sectioningDividing into segments
- liftingRaising something heavy
- sprayingDispersing liquid as mist
styling · volumizing · crimping · pinning · tucking · smoothing · layering
Quality from past eras
- sixtiesNumbers sixty through sixty-nine
- modSoftware tweak or admin
- rockabillyHillbilly-influenced early rock
- pin-upAttractive person's poster
classic · throwback · nostalgic · mid-century · glamour · Brigitte Bardot · Amy Winehouse · Dusty Springfield
Tool with stiff fibers
- hairsprayAerosol styling fixative
- mousseAiry whipped preparation
- volumizerHair-thickening product
- setting sprayCosmetic fixative aerosol
bouffant
Voluminous teased hairstyle
- beehiveHoneycomb housing structure
- pompadourHigh-fronted upswept hairstyle
- updoHair arranged atop head
coiffure · chignon · French twist · victory rolls · mohawk · quiff · big hair · piled high · swept up · towering
ratting
Informing against associates
- brushingSweeping motion with bristles
- sectioningDividing into segments
- liftingRaising something heavy
spraying · styling · volumizing · crimping · pinning · tucking · smoothing · layering
vintage
Quality from past eras
- sixtiesNumbers sixty through sixty-nine
- modSoftware tweak or admin
- rockabillyHillbilly-influenced early rock
pin-up · classic · throwback · nostalgic · mid-century · glamour · Brigitte Bardot · Amy Winehouse · Dusty Springfield
bristle brush
Tool with stiff fibers
tangled
Twisted confusedly together
snarled · tousled · ratted · crimped · frizzy · messy · disheveled · roughened · fluffed · lifted
- groomingbrushing teeth, clean shave, bathe, groomed, haircut
- hair stylingblow dryer, blow drying, curling iron, blow-dry, curling wand
- big hairbouffant, beehive, afro, teased hair, pouf
- Vintage Hairstylingmarcel wave, finger waves, pin curls, victory rolls, bouffant
- Combingbrushing, detangling, styling, parting, smoothing
- hair volumemousse, root lift, blowout, bouffant, volumizer
backcombingsmoothing
Reducing irregularities systematically
detangling · straightening · combing through · flattening · sleeking
backcombingflattening
Reducing to evenness
smoothing · slicking down · pressing · relaxing · weighing down
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