Category: W

  • Weight line

    Visual line in the haircut, where the ends of the hair hang together.  

  • Weaving

    Interweaving a weft or faux hair with natural hair, coloring technique in which selected strands are picked up from a narrow section of hair with a zigzag motion of the comb, and lightener or color is applied only to these strands.  

  • Weave technique

    Wrapping technique that uses zigzag partings to divide base areas.  

  • Waving lotion

    Type of hair gel that makes the hair pliable enough to keep it in place during the finger waving procedure.  

  • Wave pattern

    The shape of the hair strands; described as straight, wavy, curly, and extremely curly.  

  • Warm colors

    Range of colors from yellow and gold through oranges, red-oranges, most reds, and even some yellow-greens.  

  • Wall plate

    Instrument that plugs into an ordinary wall outlet and produces various types of electric currents that are used for facial and scalp treatments.  

  • Weight management

    A program of sensible eating and exercise habits that keep weight at a healthy level. The adoption of healthful and sustainable eating and exercise behaviors indicated for reduced disease risk and improved feelings of energy and wellbeing.  

  • Witchcraft

    The practices of a witch in the exercising of supernatural powers supposedly to conjure up, or become possessed by, spirits. The nature of these spirits and how witchcraft is presumed to be practiced has been perceived in many ways in different cultures throughout the world. The legacy of the medieval Christian church made witchcraft satanic…

  • Wild man of borneo

    Anthropological hoax. The general image in Western society of tribal cultures as primitive and uncultured allowed the development of the Wild Man of Borneo as a popular attraction in San Francisco in the late 19th century. The original wild man appeared in the 1880s at a freak show on Market Street in the Barbary Coast…