and he could list the differences in hair-styles he had seen : hair and beards dyed orange from henna , a style inexplicably popular with older men who prefer ginger or yellow whiskers over those that remained elderly snow white ; buddhist monk novices and their bristled , shaven heads ; others with hair as fuzzy and unwashed as rusty old steel wool , rubbed and rolled into greasy , grubby dreadlocks ; hip hop crew crew cuts ; and a growing percentage of fashion-conscious young women whose hairstyles were sleek , long , straightening wand jobs from the corner beauty salon .