每个人的发型都不同，有些分线，有些把头发梳起，所以发型师在替你头发造型时会问你：How do you usually style it?( 你一般做什么样的发型？），也可能会问：How do you part your hair?（你怎样分线呢？）如果没分线，可回答：I have no parting。此外还会问：Do you wear your hair up?（你要把头发梳起吗？） 至于Which hair product do you prefer?（你较喜欢哪些美发用品呢？）也是发型师常问的问题。
对 话
Gordon: So, that's the cut finished. Tell me Sebastian, how do you usually style it?
Sebastian: I love the “just got out of bed” look.
Gordon: That must take a long time. What do you use? Gel, hair putty or wax?
Sebastian: None of those. I do this thing called…getting out of bed. It works for me, and it works for you too actually.
戈登: 剪完了。告诉我，西巴斯钦，你一般做什么样的发型？
西巴斯钦: 我爱‘刚起床’造型。
戈登:一定花很长时间，你用发胶、发泥还是发蜡？
西巴斯钦: 全都不用，我用的东西叫… ‘起床’，这对我奏效，对你也一样。
戈登问西巴斯钦：How do you usually style your hair?（你一般做什么样的发型？）这里style一字是动词。发型师问How do you like your hair styled?即‘你想做什么发型？’。
‘发型’除了叫hairstyle，也可叫coiffure或hairdo。Coiffure本是法语，hairdo则多指女性发型，例如：“How do you like my new hairdo / hairstyle / coiffure?” “I love it. Where did you get it done?”（‘你觉得我这个新发型怎么样？’‘很好看啊，在哪里做的？’）
男人发型不多，现在只谈一些常见的女性发型。发髻状似小圆面包(bun)，所以叫做bun，正如把头发束在脑后散开，状如马尾，叫ponytail，例如：(1) She had her hair done in a bun / ponytail.（她梳了一个发髻/ 把头发束成一条马尾巴）。(2) She always wears her hair in a bun / ponytail.（她的头发总是梳成一个髻 / 束成一条马尾巴）。
假如把头发编成辫子，那美国叫做pigtail（猪尾巴）或braid，英国叫做plait，例如：(1) She made her hair into a pigtail.（她把头发编成一根辫子）。(2) She separated her hair into two pigtails.（她把头发编成两根辫子）。
假如左右两边头发不是编成辫子，而是在耳朵附近束起来，形状颇如马尾，那叫bunch。She has her hair in bunches.即‘她把头发分为左右两束’。 今天，女人喜欢短发。长不及肩的短发英文叫bob。She had her hair bobbed或She had her hair in a bob都是说‘她留了短发’。作动词，bob指‘把头发剪得长不及肩’。
