Hairstyle Identifier — Find Your Haircut

Upload a clear photo of the hairstyle to the identifier above. You get its most likely name, other names for it, the details that define it — length, texture, layers, fringe, parting and sides — and a brief you can show your stylist. Then you can try the closest styles on your own photo.

Many cuts have two or three names: a lob is a long bob, a French crop and a textured fringe overlap, and names differ between salons and countries. The identifier gives the most common name first and lists the others under “Also called”, so you can search them all and use whichever your stylist knows.

With a free account you can identify up to 20 photos a day, and the worked examples work without one. Trying a style on your own photo uses credits, and new accounts get free credits to start.

It recognizes men's cuts like fades, tapers, undercuts, crops, quiffs, mullets and buzz cuts, and for short cuts it estimates the fade height and a clipper guard number, the details a barber asks about. If the fade is what you care about, upload a side or back view too.

Screenshots, Pinterest pins, magazine photos and celebrity pictures all work, as long as the hair is clear. The identifier only looks at the hair: it doesn't identify or name the person in the photo.

Each result has a “Cut or styling?” note that says which part comes from the scissors and which from heat tools, product, a perm or extensions. That matters: curls from a wand won't come from a haircut alone, so it saves you asking for a cut that can't deliver the photo.

Every result lists the closest styles from the hairstyle catalogue. Tap one and the tool moves to step 2 with that style selected: upload your own photo to preview the cut on you, with a new hair color if you like. Your identification stays in step 1, so you can go back to it at any time.

It is reliable for clear, well-lit photos of common cuts. The match level drops when part of the cut is hidden, the photo is filtered, or the look sits between two styles — a long shag and a wolf cut, say. Then the result says so and suggests the closest options, so treat it as a strong starting point for the talk with your stylist.

It names braids and updos like Dutch braids, buns and half-up styles, and describes curls by type, from loose 2A waves to 4C coils. For protective styles it can name the look, though a braider will still want to see your own hair in person.

The photo is resized in your browser and sent to the AI model that reads the hairstyle. The identification isn't saved unless you copy it. If you then try a style on your own photo, that edit follows the hairstyle changer's terms.