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Title: More Help from Da Ladies
Post by: EUOL on April 26, 2004, 08:23:45 AM
Hey, womenfolk (or those of you menfolk who might know) what do you call that hair style where you have long, straight hair but you...uh, separate it.  Not a braid, but a little thing on the back of your head that makes some of your hair fall differently from the rest, giving it a kind of two-tiered look.  Usually the upper tier is smaller than the lower tier, and it falls down flat, eventually melding with the rest of the hair.  Is that just a different kind of tail, or what?

Does anyone have ANY clue what I'm talking about?  Because I think I just confused myself.  
Title: Re: More Help from Da Ladies
Post by: Entsuropi on April 26, 2004, 08:46:21 AM
I have a NWN female wizard with that hairstyle. Don't know what its called though.
Title: Re: More Help from Da Ladies
Post by: Entsuropi on April 26, 2004, 08:55:49 AM
Picture (http://home.comcast.net/~entropytwg/hair_style.JPG)
Title: Re: More Help from Da Ladies
Post by: EUOL on April 26, 2004, 09:21:22 AM
Yes, that's it Entropy.  Though, what I was imagining had a thinner band to make the braid, so that the hair fell straighter instead of up into a round tail.  However, you've got the idea of it there.

So, ladies, what do you call that?
Title: Re: More Help from Da Ladies
Post by: Spriggan on April 26, 2004, 09:45:08 AM
may not be a name for it EUOL.  I googled for female hairstyle databases and all the ones I saw didn't have a name linked to them, just descriptions.
Title: Re: More Help from Da Ladies
Post by: Brenna on April 26, 2004, 11:56:36 AM
The picture looks like a half-ponytail to me.  You know, where the top part of the hair is gathered into a ponytail, which lies flat against the head and drops down to meld with the bottom layer, which lays flat.  

Title: Re: More Help from Da Ladies
Post by: Mistress of Darkness on April 26, 2004, 12:21:42 PM
Yes, what Brenna said. There's no name for it other than half-pony tail. You might just say "she pulled her hair away from her face." You can do the same thing with a barrette, rather than a ponytail holder/band.
Title: Re: More Help from Da Ladies
Post by: stacer on April 26, 2004, 01:09:27 PM
I concur with both Brenna and MoD. Half-ponytail or "pulled back" from her face in a clip or barrette.
Title: Re: More Help from Da Ladies
Post by: fuzzyoctopus on April 26, 2004, 09:31:55 PM
Alternatively, you could make up a name for it, since you make up lots of words in your books and it doesn't seem to have a name.
Title: Re: More Help from Da Ladies
Post by: Sharm on April 26, 2004, 10:09:20 PM
I think it's also called half-up.  Not that different, I know.