Searching for a fun and flirty hairstyle that will give you a pep in your step this spring? Look no further: we’ve rounded up five haircuts and styles that stylists love — and women over 50 especially love — because they take formerly flat hair and give it oodles of volume, bounce, and vitality. A few snips here and there — face-framing layers or maybe even some texture if you’ve been wearing your hair pin-straight for years — can work their charm like nobody’s business.
If your biggest hair complaint is that you lack body and your hair appears fine and thin, consider one of these five fool-proof hairstyles that look youthful and bring life and volume back to flat hair.
Feathered Bob
Maybe you already know that a bob is one of the best haircuts you can consider if you’re looking for a style that removes split ends and creates a blunt baseline that makes hair look thicker and denser. That’s all well and good, but remember: bobs come in a variety of shapes and with several customization options. If you feel like a blunt bob with zero layering just makes your hair fall flat, there are plenty of other options to consider. One of the best is a feathered bob that consists of lots of shorter layers that are wispier in nature. This style can make your hair look denser and more voluminous — as well as super playful and fun.
Lob
When you search for “haircuts over 50,” the majority of them are very short. And that’s not a bad thing: super-short hair creates the illusion of having more hair, which is great for anyone dealing with thinning and shedding hair. But short styles aren’t everyone’s cup of tea. The lob is the perfect compromise between long and short hair because it stops at around the collarbone and can be personalized to feature long layers, face-framing layers, bangs, and the list of options goes on and on.
Medium Layered Hair
Prefer your hair tp be even longer than collarbone length? Medium hair that reaches the shoulder is a beautiful length for long-hair lovers who still want to retain body and health. Layering makes all the difference with longer hair — one-length hair can fall flat and look limp. Adding long, face-framing layers and maybe even a curtain fringe perks up hair and gives it major style, while also putting the spotlight on facial features like cheekbones and eyes.
Piecey Pixie
A piecey pixie is a pixie with an additional fun element — shorter layers on top that provide texture and can be styled into a fun, spiky vision of playfulness. Your standard pixie is short in the back and sides, with longer layers on top. Ask your stylist to snip those layers just a bit more than usual and have fun styling these pieces.
Medium Hair With Curls
Any time you add curls, waves, and texture to any haircut, it immediately plumps up each individual strand and makes your hair look denser. Not to mention: curly and wavy hair can appear more youthful and playful, especially if you don’t obsess over the finer details, such as attempting to get rid of every trace of frizz you encounter (think of a child playing outside in the yard — not thinking that their hair has to look polished and perfect every moment of the day!). A medium haircut with some length benefits from texture because it helps keep it from falling flat. Let your natural curls shine through with a little curl cream and natural drying, or give straight hair a bend and volume with heatless curlers and rollers.
