Sign language or gestures just don't work !

This is mainly due to not being able to communicate their desires in Spanish. Sign language or gestures just don't work. Learning some of the phrases and vocabulary below will give a Spanish speaking barber or beautician a better idea of what you want done with your hair.

Vocabulary
I want to get a hair cut		Quiero cortarme el pelo
barber shop		La peluquería
Shampoo		champú
barber shop		la barbería
to comb hair		peinarse
to brush hair		cepillarse
haircut		corte de pelo
moustache		el bigote
long		largo
bald		calvo
short		corto
sideburns		las patillas
to even up		emparejar
beard		la barba
cut very short		rapar
gray hair		las canas
cut a little off the top		cortar un poquito de arriba
shave		afeitar
cut a little off the back		cortar un poquito de atrás
shave		rasurar
cut a little off the sides		cortar un poquito de los lados
close (shave)		a ras
in front		por delante
part hair		hacerse la raya
trim		recortar
beauty parlor		el salón de belleza
curls		rizos
make an appointment		sacar la cita
curly hair		pelo crespo
straight hair		pelo lasio
straighten hair		alisar
permanent		un permanente
wavy hair		pelo ondeado
manicure		manicura, manicure
curl hair		rizar el pelo
pedicure		pedicura, pedicure
curlers		rulos
paint nails		pintarse las uñas
to dye		teñir
dark, light hair		oscuro, claro
dye		el tinte
cut in layers		cortar en capas

Here is your Costa Rican expression or tiquismo for the week: Pelarse el coco. Means to cut off all of your hair or to cut it very, very short. (note. coco means literally - coconut.)

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