Time after time one of the most wanted haircuts for building volume in fine and thinning hair is the ever-classic and never-disappoints bob.
The problem with the bob though (the only problem?) is that there are far more customization options for this style that you may never consider. As a result, you may find yourself at the salon asking for a “bob” and leaving the chair with the wrong kind of bob — a bob that falls flat on top and features a triangular shape with blunt, fuller ends and zero volume on top.
That’s where the latest tousled bob comes in.
This trending haircut, which is also a modern classic, gives you everything: volume, lower maintenance than long hair, and a style that can easily be dressed up for work or night and dressed down for casual situations. Here’s what you need to know about the chin-length tousled bob that stylists say is “perfect” for older women looking for more volume.
Key Word: Texture
There are a few different types of bobs, including asymmetrical bobs and French bobs that are shorter than chin-length. But when talking about this fall’s popular tousled bob, it’s helpful to compare it to its polar opposite: the one-layered blunt bob. A blunt bob can boost volume for thinning hair, too, thanks to its clean ends that appear bulkier. But it may need some help at the root, including a root-lifting spray or mousse.
A tousled bob, on the other hand, is all about layering to create texture and movement.
This bob type, which is incredibly popular among celebrities like Emma Stone, Ciara, and Elsa Hosk, is cut to the chin and and enjoys its tousled texture from a mix of soft waves and shorter, choppier layers. If you are interested in a more playful, relaxed look and vibe, this but delivers more so than blunt, stick-straight bob styles.
How to Style Your Tousled Bob
Stylist Glam Girl Gabi offers amazing tips on how to style your tousled bob — because you will need to put in a bit of work after you haircut to make your layers pop with movement and vitality. She recommends investing in a heated blowout brush, which she says provides a silky smooth finish. You’ll also a flat iron, curling iron, and — of course — a good texture spray.
Step one is to blow-dry your bob with your heated brush. It helps tame curly or frizzy hair so that you can create a tousled, wavy look. Dry in sections. When your hair is dry, Gabi recommends using the straightening iron, but instead of curling your hair under, she suggests “crimping it” — by positioning the iron upward and downward while you’re working on sections of strands.
Create Wavy Sections for a Tousled Look
Grab your curling iron. Clamp your hair into the curling iron and spin it around your head, then release your hair, push the wand down, rotate it back up, release the hair and slide it through the ends. Gabi suggests curling some sections toward your face and some away from it so that it doesn’t look too retro Farrah Fawcett — unless that’s the look you’re into.
Finally, spray your hair with a texture spray and separate the curls and waves. Your new bob haircut will look beautifully voluminous and tousled.
