Latest Hair Trends 最新髮型

We all know hairstyle trends change so fast from season to season. Stay on top of what's in fashion this season, with the latest hair trends straight 1 from the runway2.

Hollywood Hair Trends - The Mod Bob 摩登鮑伯頭

The bob haircut has returned this season. But not just any old bob - these funky3 new styles for 2006 are very reminiscent4 of the Mod styles with angled5 bangs6 and asymmetric7 lines.
The bob looks good on all sorts of different face shapes, and they are so easy to style. The length8 of the bob can range from ear level to skimming9 your shoulder.

Slicked10 bobs with a mod feel can look sophisticated11 and stylish. For a more fun, party-animal feel, keep your curls12 or spike13 it out.
The Mod bob should have lots of texture14 and slicing to break up the blunt15 edge. The stylist might razor16 the ends to get that 'chopped17' look. Use hair products like hair wax, paste18 and pomade19 to add texture to your hair.

This year asymmetrical bangs are in fashion. Both blunt cut bangs or softer textured bangs are hot this season. The sloping fringe20 adds extra oomph21 to your style and can really highlight22 your features23.

Latest Hair Color Trends
Blondes24 - Tones of Neutral25 beige26, Oyster, Gold and Pearl added to natural hair color will be the hot look.
We're seeing a lot of cool, ash colors, including cooler blondes.

Brunettes27 - Enrich your color with variations of earthen28 brown, fawn29, mushroom30 and coal31.
Rich dark colors with a few rich highlights peeking out from underneath is so in32 this season.

--Edited from “Latest Hair Trends” ( http://www.oneroof.org/naha)

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Vocabulary:

1. straight(adv) 直接地；立刻
2. runway (n) 由舞臺延伸到觀眾席中的)延伸臺道
3. funky (a) 稀奇古怪的
4. reminiscent (n) 回憶往事的;懷舊的
5. angled (a) 有...角的
6. bang(n) 前劉海
7. asymmetric (a) 不對稱的,不勻稱的
8. length (n) 長度
9. skim (v) 飛快地掠過(或滑過)
10. slick (v) 打扮整齊;打扮漂亮；使光滑;使滑溜
11. sophisticated (a) 老於世故的；富有經驗的
12. curl (n) 捲髮
13. spike (n) 長而尖的東西
14. texture (n) (織物的)組織,結構
15. blunt (a) 鈍的,不鋒利的
16. razor (v) 剃,用剃刀刮
17. chop (v) 砍成;劈成;劈出
18. paste (n) 糊狀物;糊,醬;膏
19. pomade (n) 頭油;髮油
20. fringe (n) 穗,緣飾,流蘇;蓬邊；邊緣
21. oomph (n) 性的魅力;活力,精力
22. highlight (v) 使顯著,使突出;強調
23. feature (n) 特徵,特色；面貌,相貌
24. blonde (n) 白膚金髮碧眼的女人
25. neutral (a) 非彩色的,略帶灰色的
26. beige (n) 米黃色
27. brunette (n) 具黑(或深褐)色頭髮和淺黑色皮膚的女子
28. earthen (a) 土製的;陶製的
29. fawn (n) 淡黃褐色
30. mushroom (n) 蘑菇;傘菌;蕈；蘑菇形物
31. coal (n) 煤
32. be in (v-ph) 很時髦的

Quiz:
True or False:

1. According to the report, hairstyle trends change so fast from season to season.
2. The bob haircut has returned this season.
3. The returned bob hairstyles are just like the classic ones.
4. Slicked bobs with a mod feel can look childish and stylish.
5. This year symmetrical bangs are in fashion.
6. For the brunettes, only dark brown is popular.