Hairstyles



Hairstyles are a means of personalizing a character's appearance. They are available to players for free during Tutorial Island, but players may visit the hairdresser in Falador to change their hairstyles, after leaving the island, also for free.

Hairstyles come in a variety of different looks, each differing based on whether the character is male or female. Players can choose from a variety of styles and facial hair to exhibit on their character. Hairstyles are also available in a variety of colours, however both hair and facial hair are required to be the same colour.

Note - When receiving a new hairstyle, a player must have no headgear equipped in the head slot at the time.

Hairstyle Interface
To open the interface speak with the hairdresser or use the right-click method and select Hair-Cut Hairdresser. This will open the hairstyle interface with which players will use to change and select their new hairstyles. In the top left corner is where players can select which type of feature they would like to style, their hair or facial hair. Below this is a list of the available styles of each feature. Clicking on the name of the style will create a preview below. In the center of the interface is the player's profile and further more to the right, the available colours for the hairstyles.

These are the available colours from left to right: burgundy, red, vermilion, pink, orange, yellow, peach, brown, dark brown, light brown, mint green, green, dark green, dark blue, turquoise, cyan, purple, violet, indigo, dark grey, military grey, white, light grey, taupe, black.

Below the panel of colours are coins and a hand which will display the current price of the makeover when the cursor is hovering over it. To confirm a purchase, click this icon.

Hairstyle Gallery - Male Hair Only
Below is a gallery of all hairstyles available to male characters. All styles are featured alphabetically.

Hairstyle Gallery - Male Facial Only
Below is a gallery of all facial hairstyles available to male characters. All heads have hair colour of black and sport the hairstyle bald, to allow a uniform comparison. All styles are featured alphabetically.

Hairstyle Gallery - Female Hair Only
Below is a gallery of all hairstyles available to female characters. All styles are featured alphabetically.

Trivia

 * The male hairstyle called "Dragon" may be a reference to the Japanese Cartoon Series Dragonball Z. If you look at the actual hair style, it looks like "Super Saiyan", a term from the series.


 * Since the release of the new hairstyles in the 9 December 2008 update, it is now possible for the male player to try 24 hairstyles, 19 facial hairstyles, and 29 colours. This results in 13224 (hairstyles x facial hairstyles x colours) different combinations.


 * Since the release of the new hairstyles in the 9 December 2008 update, it is now possible for the female player to try 33 hairstyles, and 29 colours. This results in 957 (hairstyles x colours) different combinations.


 * Most of the new hairstyles appear to have originated from Asia. This could be a reference to the Eastern Lands which seem to be mainly based on medieval Asian.


 * Many players have been combining the top knot hair style with the sensei beard with robes to make an old fashioned sensei.


 * Hair colour affects the colour of the edges of the buckle of Fighting boots when worn


 * Notice how a Runescape goatee encompasses a moustache with the connecting beard (surrounding the mouth) - this is actually considered a Van Dyke or a Circle Beard, whereas a true Goatee refers to hair only on the chin, thus resembling the tuft of hair that grows on the chin of goats, where it got its name.


 * The Mohawk is actually a 'Fauxhawk'.


 * The Earmuffs may be a reference to Princess Leia's hair in Star Wars.


 * The Top Knot maybe a reference from Ty Lee of Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Updates

 * On 13 August 2007 new hairstyles were added to the game. On the first week of its release players could change their beard or hair for free.
 * On 9 December 2008 even more new hairstyles - 12 female, 8 male, and 4 facial hair, were added to the game. On the first week of its release, players could change their beard or hair for free.
 * On 10 December 2008, Jagex performed a system update to fix some graphical glitches with the new hairstyles, including one that was caused by the pigtail style and would make a female character's head rock back and forth continuously.
 * In the January 2009 Behind the Scenes news post, it hints that there may be more hairstyles added into the game in the quote:


 * On 28 April 2009, more hairstyles were added to the game, including the popular request for fringes on females.
 * There still is a glitch in the game known as the "Bald glitch." When players rapidly equip and unequip headgear they may become bald. This does not affect gameplay, but can be annoying and will not fix itself.