Beauty & Grooming

1. Quería un corte de pelo.

   I would like a haircut.

   Usage

   Asking for a haircut at a salon

   Grammar Note

   Quería is the soft, polite request form. Hair is the singular pelo. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

2. Namái un recorte, por favor. Nun corte demasiáu.

   Just a trim, please. Do not cut too much.

   Usage

   Asking the stylist to cut only a little

   Grammar Note

   "Only" is namái. Negation before a verb is nun, and the polite ban to usté is Nun corte (subjunctive). Demasiao is an adverb. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

3. Quería tiñime el pelo de [color].

   I would like to dye my hair [color].

   Usage

   Saying which colour you want your hair dyed (fill in the brackets)

   Grammar Note

   "To dye" is tiñir. The reflexive me attaches after the infinitive (tiñime). Color is often treated as feminine. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

4. ¿Puedo ver un catálogu de peinaos?

   Can I see a catalogue of hairstyles?

   Usage

   Asking to look through hairstyle examples

   Grammar Note

   Masculine nouns end in -u (catálogu). Spanish -ado becomes -ao (peinado → peinaos). Composed sentence; native review recommended.

5. ¿Cuántu va costar esto?

   How much will this cost?

   Usage

   Checking the price before a treatment

   Grammar Note

   The future is often "va + infinitive". Cuántu ends in -u. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

6. ¿Cuántu va tardar?

   How long will it take?

   Usage

   Asking how long a treatment will take

   Grammar Note

   Tardar means "to take time". No subject is needed; cuántu alone means "how long". Composed sentence; native review recommended.

7. Quería un tratamientu facial / un tratamientu pa la piel.

   I would like a facial treatment / a skin treatment.

   Usage

   Booking a facial or skin care at a salon

   Grammar Note

   Tratamientu is masculine, ending in -u (Spanish tratamiento). "For the skin" is pa la piel. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

8. Tengo el pelo rizáu / lliso / finu / gruesu.

   My hair is curly / straight / fine / thick.

   Usage

   Telling the stylist about your hair type

   Grammar Note

   Masculine adjectives end in -u (finu, gruesu); rizáu, from a participle, ends in -áu. Lliso "smooth, straight" starts with ll-. Body features use "tener + article + noun". Composed sentence; native review recommended.

9. Toi mui contentu / contenta col resultáu. ¡Munches gracies!

   I am very happy with the result. Thank you very much!

   Usage

   Thanking the stylist after a good result

   Grammar Note

   The state verb is toi (Spanish estoy). A woman says contenta. Col is con + el. Resultáu is a masculine noun in -áu. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

10. ¿Pue depilame les ceyes con filu?

    Can you thread my eyebrows?

    Usage

    Asking for eyebrow threading

    Grammar Note

    "Can you" to usté is Pue. Eyebrow is ceya (plural ceyes), unlike Spanish ceja. Threading is expressed here with filu "thread", a composed phrasing, so native review is recommended.

11. ¿Qué productos usa?

    Which products do you use?

    Usage

    Asking which products will be used, for example because of allergies

    Grammar Note

    Usté takes the third-person singular verb (usa); tú would be usas. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

12. ¿Necesito cita previa?

    Do I need an appointment?

    Usage

    Checking whether walk-ins are accepted

    Grammar Note

    Cita is a feminine noun for an appointment, with the adjective previa after it. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

13. ¿Pue recortame tamién la barba?

    Can you trim my beard as well?

    Usage

    Asking for a beard trim along with the cut

    Grammar Note

    "Also" is tamién (Spanish también, without the b). The pronoun me goes after the infinitive. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

14. Gustaríame un masaxe capilar.

    I would like a scalp massage.

    Usage

    Asking for a head massage at the salon

    Grammar Note

    Masaxe is spelled with x and is masculine. Capilar has one form for both genders. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

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