I work on an Oceanic language that has a specific word for the appearance of wet hair – 'ngengere'. It can apply to people just emerged from water or having put on a lot of hair oil, or wet dogs, or even a wet bird. Have I missed a word in English that grasps this idea?
N.B. 'wet-hair look' I think is not useful – that's more of a fashion term. 'Bedraggled' in my mind weights a value of 'dejected' rather than maintaining a neutral descriptive tone. I'm not so keen on 'plastered' or 'matted' either.
Best Answer
The adjective I would use is slick:
This word is considered to be positive when used to describe hair. (You can observe this by looking at the results for "slick hair" which tell you how to get the look.)