Describing people's appearance

General descriptions

She's tall and slim.

She's short and fat.

She's of medium height and build.

She's short and overweight.

Build	positive	negative	neutral
	slim, slender plump, muscular, well-built	thin, skinny obese, fat	overweight, stout, stocky
Height	tall, (of) medium height, short

Hair	length	type	colour
	long, medium-length, shoulder-length, short	straight, wavy, curly, spiky	blond(e), fair, brown, dark, black, grey, white
	going grey, thinning, bald; a crew cut; a pony tail, pigtails, a fringe, a parting
	a beard, a moustache; sideboards; bushy eyebrows

She has long wavy light brown hair. She has a side parting.

She has
shoulder-length
curly black hair.

She has short straight black hair. She wears a fringe.

She has long brown hair and wears it in pigtails.

She has long straight fair hair. She has
a middle parting.

She has
shoulder-length wavy blonde hair.

He has grey hair, but is quite bald. He has sideboards.

He has fairly long straight black hair which he wears in a pony tail. He has a beard and moustache.

Face	oval, round, long; freckles, wrinkles; a scar
Complexion/Skin	fair / light, dark; pale skin
Eyes	green, blue, grey, brown, greenish-blue, hazel; bright
Nose	big, long, short, turned up, hooked, snub nose
Mouth	wide; thin lips, full lips
Chin	pointed, firm
Forehead	high, low
Ears	big, small
Shoulders	broad, narrow

age	stage
0 - 1 (approximately)	a baby
1 - 2	a toddler
2 - 12 (approximately)	a child - this period is your childhood
13 - 17 (approximately)	a teenager
18 +	an adult
20 - 29	in your twenties (21 - 23 = in your early twenties)
30 - 39	in your thirties (34 - 36 = in your mid-thirties, )
40 - 49	in your forties (47 - 49 = in your late forties)
45 +	a middle-aged person
60 or 65	a retiree / a retired person - retirement
70 + (approximately)	an elderly person - old age (you can describe people as elderly)