English Table Talks - Join the Conversation! : July 2014

Thursday, 31 July 2014

Watch the video and answer the questions:

1) What are Undone cuts like?

2) What does the Undone style allow?

3) Where does Phillip´s inspiration come from?

4) How are the Undone colours placed? What is the result?

5) What does the point of the triangle signal?

6) What is the girl´s natural hair level? Can you talk about the tones and colours he is going to use for the base and underneath? (Tone and volume)

7) What about the rest of the hair?

8) What is he doing with the hair in the foil?

9) Why does he use a dry brush?

10) What does he usually do when he does the gloss?

Monday, 28 July 2014

Hairdressing Vocabulary

Beauty Salons

Read the text. Look up the words you don´t know and fill in the blanks with the following words:

up-dos lowlights blow dryer straightener braid hairstyles pigtails blow dry rollers hairstylists washes roots dye conditioner shampoo hairspray styled rinses perm

split ends highlights bun washbasin hairdresser ponytail French twist

There are many things you can get done at a Beauty Salon.

We can have massages to relax us, facials to clean and purify the skin on our faces and even get our nails painted. I love to get manicures where they make my fingernails look nice, but I don't like pedicures where they try and make my toenails nice. It always tickles my feet when the woman paints my toes.

Sometimes there is a (1)_______________at a beauty salon which is a person who works cutting hair. Many times they are also called (2) _______________ because they also create different (3) _______________ which can be considered a type of art.

Before the hairdresser cuts your hair she normally (4) _______________ it in the (5)_______________. First she uses (6) _______________ to clean the hair and then she uses (7) _______________ to keep the hair from getting into tangles. Finally she (8) _______________ the hair with water.

When it is cold outside you need to (9) _______________ your hair with a (10)_______________. You don't want to catch a cold walking around with wet hair.

Women with straight hair who want curly hair use (11) _______________everyday. Women who want their hair to always be curly go to the beauty salon to get a (12)_______________. However, if they want to straighten their hair, they use a (13)_______________. (14)_______________ keeps all of your hair in place, so that it doesn't get messed up when you move.

When women want to change the colour of their hair they (15) _______________ it, using fake chemical colours. Many times women do not want to dye all of their hair and instead just do small pieces. When they make the hair a colour lighter than their original colour they are called (16) _______________, when the colour is darker they are called (17) _______________. If you don't maintain the colour, your (18) _______________begin to grow and show your real colour.

When women go to fancy events they often have their hair (19)_______________. A (20) _______________or a (21) _______________are examples of common (22)_______________. In general when women do their own hair they normally only put it in a (23) _______________ if it is long. Little girls often (24)_______________ their hair and put them into (25) _______________, or two smaller ponytails.

I need a hairdresser now because my hair is unhealthy because of all of the (26) _______________.