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#3: Adorable Baby Shag with Choppy Bangs
Look super cute with an adorable baby shag with choppy bangs. If you want to conceal your forehead or add your own personal touch, adding a bang is just what you need. I suggest having them chipped into to give them a more modern, updated look.
#4: Very Dark Long Pixie with Choppy Bangs
Get into a very dark long pixie with choppy bangs. A short haircut needs to be spot on, so my best advice is to find a stylist who specializes in this niche. A pixie should be textured and dimensional. So, point cutting or razor work is your best bet to get separation. If you can, embrace the asymmetry in the fringe, and it will make your cut more interesting. Try styling your cut with a more forward shape utilizing a texture paste as you work the hair.
#5: Cute Short Bob with Thick Choppy Bangs
You’ll love a cute short bob with a thick choppy bang. Adding a bang to your shape is one of the easiest ways to give your cut a change. You should consider your face shape and a fringe might not be a great choice for small foreheads or close set eyes. Round or narrow facial features will benefit from a choppy bang and accentuate your eyes. Try adding a bit of wave to your bob with a 1-inch iron or wand.
#7: Sexy Sandy Brown Mid-Length Hair
Depending on how you wear your hair, an accent foil placed can give the illusion of a natural sun-kissed look. It can be a sexy sandy brown on mid-length hair or a color palette that compliments your natural color.
#8: Brunette Mid-Length Hair with Textured Fringe
Consider brunette mid-length hair if you want to try a shag but are hesitant about the shorter layers. The fringe gives you a hint of shorter layers. I personally recommend slide-cutting some of those top layers after your initial cut. You’ll get to see exactly where and how those layers will style and fall. One drawback is if you wear your hair straight, you might be able to see some of those pieces. So just make sure you are slide cutting and not just blunt cutting.
#10: Lived-In Blonde Shag with Jagged Bangs
A lived-in blonde shag with jagged bangs proves shags are for everyone. There are so many variations of this hairstyle, and they are all chic. For this version, the layers are longer and more textured at the ends. It’s almost a solid blonde but with a root smudge or a foil into a balayage, leaving the natural color to shine through. Either way, it’s stunning.
#12: Full French Bob with Choppy Fringe
Try a full French bob with a choppy fringe if you’re looking for a classic cut with an edgy twist. A French bob creates a soft, rounded shape that works especially well if you have curly hair.
#13: Long Brunette Shag with Choppy Fringe
You should try a long brunette shag with a choppy fringe. This look is great if you have natural waves or curls to add body to the cut. You can ask your stylist for a long-layered shag with short choppy bangs. To style this cut, you can towel dry and apply a texturizing mousse like R Co Aircraft, then diffuse your hair with the dryer.
#15: Mid-Length Blonde Hair with Choppy Fringe
Mid-length hair with choppy fringe is a high fashion look. Adding long layers to a mid-length cut will add movement and shape to the ends. A choppy thick fringe is a big statement and really showcases the eyes. Style with a round brush to add volume and a slight curl to the ends.
#16: Jet Black Textured Layers and Bangs
Textured layers and bangs are a perfect look for women wanting an edge to their style. Keep the layers long and textured for fullness with added movement. Ask for more choppy bangs to complete the style.
#18: Blunt Choppy Bangs
Show your fun side by having cute choppy straight bangs! Just remember to visit your stylist regularly as these bangs need touch-ups every now and then.
#21: Lob with Choppy Bangs
This is a long bob with bangs with interior layering and a blunt textured fringe. The focal point that gives it that personal flare is the fringe!
This look is for someone that wants that effortless, fashion-inspired style. Use Surface Hair styling products to get that high performance and vegan quality. Try Surface Swirl, a sea salt spray, and Surface Spray Wax. The sea salt spray and wax go on dry hair to give that all-over piece-y beach look. If the wax isn’t used on the fringe, it would appear more blunt and full.
The key to any textured fringe is to style it with a wax to give it that pieced-out feel without it looking like a two-year-old took scissors to it. Always ask your stylist about the fullness and style of the fringe and the look you are trying to achieve, because not everyone can pull off the same fringe. It matters what face shape you have and your personal style. You wear the fringe, the fringe does not wear you!
#24: Shag with Straight Across Textured Bangs
Go for a hairstyle like a mild, easier-to-style shag with a straight across and textured bang. The bang can also be customized shorter or longer depending on what you’re comfortable with. It can be even more or less choppy as well.
Make sure you have enough hair to make a bang in the first place. Some women have extremely weak hairlines or too straight of hair for a heavy bang. Take into consideration the texture of your hair and if you want to style it daily or are able to live with a messier fringe. Lifestyle plays a huge role with bangs.
#26: Earthy Pixie
Q&A with style creator, Corey Lambert
Hairstylist @ Tease Salon in Knoxville, TN
How would you describe this look and what is your favorite thing about it?
This look is Lydia Deetz meets earthy pixie. It’s playful yet edgy.
What products do you recommend to maintain and recreate this look?
I recommned Kevin Murphy Night.Rider because it separates and holds. Pair that product with a few days of not washing your hair to avoid too much fluff!
What type of client would you recommend this look for?
I have found that baby bangs go surprisingly well with so many face shapes! They are feminine and bold. I would say they are for girls who don’t care to stand out with their hair and also like it out of their face.
#28: Brow-Skimming Bangs
The loose, brow-skimming bangs give this bob style an added level of chicness.
My favorite thing about this haircut is that the haircut will do all of the work! Also, the bangs are cut in a way that allow her natural movement to work easily while framing her beautiful face.
To recreate this look, begin by applying UNITE 7-Seconds Leave-In Conditioner to protect the hair and add shine. The most important thing is to dry your bangs shortly after shampooing using a small cushion brush to control cowlicks and tame them into shape. Allow the rest of your hair to air dry or dry on low speed with high heat while blowing down the strand.
I recommend this hairstyle for the majority of face shapes. A knowledgeable stylist will know how to tailor the bangs to contour all face shapes so they draw attention to the best features. Straight and wavy hair would benefit the most from this shape.
Also, for anyone who wants to have bold style with minimal work, this is a great route to go. You can throw your hair into a messy pony and let the choppy bangs be the focal point!
#29: Modern Bob
The classic bob will never go out of style, obviously, but the way to keep a classic look modern is by changing the way you style it and accessorize it (bangs).
The bangs add a whole new element to keep the hair looking put together. It’s amazing for those days you have to rush out and don’t have time to style your hair down. Whether your wear this haircut with beachy waves, straight or up, the texture in it adds the modern element needed to update a classic look.
Bangs warm up a face so much. They make you more inviting and approachable!
For anyone who likes to just let their hair air dry, the go-to product is Wella’s Ocean Spritz. I tell everyone to tousle their hair after the shower, make sure your part is correct, and let the hair get to about 40% to 50% dry. After that, go in and spritz away! This way there’s more product than water taking up the majority of each hair strand, it won’t cause as much frizz, and the product will work to its full ability.
For those who like to properly style, assuming a blow dryer will be involved, I’ll share two things. Regardless of a rough dry or a blowout, I’d again start with the Ocean Spritz. You can create this look using a Mason Pearson brush or a round brush along with a blow dryer, twisting the brush as it goes through the hair. Once the hair is dried like that, end the look with Evo’s She-Bang-A-Bang Dry Spray Wax. This product is awesome! It’s a spray wax that will help hold a look and define the waves, but it won’t feel like hairspray is in the hair.
If someone is rough drying their hair, once it’s completely dry they can section it off and use either a curling iron or wand on medium heat. Taking small sections at a time, alternate the direction of each curl. This way the waves will collide and get a messier look, looking like a beach wave. Finger comb afterward and again, throw in the Spray Wax!
I want everyone, regardless of what their routine is, to have an option to create the desired look. For anyone who lets their hair air dry or who wants to put in minimal effort, they might not achieve the exact look unless they want to put in the extra time using a dryer or hot tools. The longer styling method can be worth it because it’ll last for a few days!
I recommend this look for a wide range of clients. As long as you’re seeing the right person for the job, this cut can work with many hair textures, especially if you have very fine, short hair. Keeping the shorter blunt with a heavy weight line creates a fuller look to her hair.
Honestly, I’ve cut all other hair textures into this look and it works! The only difference between each head of hair is the techniques you’re using to cut, that’s why I express the importance of seeing the right person for the job. Each cut could look identical, but it was not the same journey to get there.
For face shapes, this cut can be used to accentuate certain angles or to eliminate them. For someone with a square shape, this works awesome to show off that jawline with the line of the bangs and the lines from the bob. For someone with a round face, this will help to cut into the shape and if you keep a little more length in the bob itself, it’ll “elongate” the face some.
Clients often talk about their forehead during consultations. My recommendation? Do what you want! Bangs can work on all foreheads! All that is altered is the style, whether you get curtain bangs, baby bangs, blunt bangs, or textured bangs. A popular inspiration for this cut at all different lengths, all different styles, and all different bangs is Alexa Chung. I reference her a lot to show how versatile “a bob with bangs” can be.
#33: On a Jaw-Length Blunt Bob
A blunt bob paired with choppy bangs adds amazing contrast and overall dimension to the cut.
To style, use a light gel, blow-dry with a medium round brush. Separately blow-dry the bangs with a small round brush. Try Redkin’s Layer Lift Elevate Spray Gel. Finish by spraing with a light shine spray like Aveda’s Brilliance Spray Shine for maximum shimmer. Oval and round face shapes. Thick to medium density hair.
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