Reader question:
Hi Cindy,
I’ve been considering updating my hairstyle. What are you and your hairstylist friends currently recommending for us older ladies? I’m after something that’s chic yet easy to manage, something that highlights my best features without requiring too much upkeep. Thank you very much!
Jessica Carmine,
Phoenix, AZ
Hi Jessica, I believe the most flattering hairstyles for mature women are designed to enhance volume while still looking fashionable. I know it can be tough to pinpoint the ideal mix. But after chatting with my hairstylist friends, I’ve identified the most popular and complementary hairstyles for women your age. Keep scrolling to discover all of these lovely hairstyle ideas!
#1: Chic Inverted Bob with Soft Feathery Layers
You should consider a chic inverted bob with soft feathery layers. An inverted bob is a great length, and the feathering gives you the versatility of brushing your cut backward or forwards. A medium round brush will help you blow dry your style in the direction you desire. Smoothing serum and a curling iron will get rid of those pesky flyaways. Don’t be worried about your face shape, because an inverted bob is complimentary to almost everyone.
#2: Medium-Length Butterfly Layers with Two Tone Grey Hair
Consider medium-length butterfly layers for your two-tone grey hair! This look introduces varied lengths, highlighting your stunning natural shades. This layering technique is particularly effective if you love tying back your hair, as it features numerous face-framing layers.
#3: Elegant Bowl Cut with Layered Stacking
If you want your hair to appear chic and textured, try a bowl cut with layered stacking. A shorter style is easy to maintain and requires minimal styling. Removing excess bulk from the nape and crown will help lighten the look and add movement and texture. Use a texture paste for a piece-y and soft finish.
#4: Soft Wispy Bob Cut with Textured Layers
Tousle your style with a soft wispy bob cut featuring textured layers. This beautiful interpretation of shorter hair looks exceptionally stunning with skillfully placed highlights.
#5: Trendy Mullet with Textured Crown Layers
A trendy mullet with textured crown layers is a fantastic way to enhance your look. Keeping the crown of your head short allows your hair to stand up more easily. Aim to maintain this trendy style with minimal effort by drying and then applying product right before heading out the door!
#6: Stylish Bob with Micro Blunt Bangs
A chic bob with micro blunt bangs offers a fantastic way to rejuvenate your hair. Not only does it create the illusion of thickness, but it also imparts a fashionable flair. Depending on your personal style, this haircut pairs beautifully with either a solid hue or a creative color.
#7 Stylish Bob for Wavy Hair
This stylish bob for wavy hair is perfect for older women seeking a refined yet contemporary look. The soft waves add volume and texture, enhancing the natural gray color beautifully. Ideal for medium to thick hair, this chin-length cut frames the face elegantly, with subtle layers providing movement and a youthful appearance. Minimal styling is required, making it an easy-to-maintain option that offers a hint of glamour.
#8: Chic Textured Short Hair with Layers and Balayage
For those with wrinkles, chic textured short hair with layers and balayage can be a wonderful choice. This revitalizing style beautifully minimizes the appearance of aging while adding warmth to your overall look.
#9: Elegant Shoulder-Length Bob
An elegant shoulder-length bob is one of the hairstyles that older ladies with gray hair can appreciate. If wanting to embrace a solid hair color, paint the locks platinum blonde. The hue complements natural grays beautifully. For everyday styling, give your hair very subtle and soft waves.
#10: Stylish Side-Swept Pixie with a Shaved Side
Embrace a stylish side-swept pixie with a shaved side if you’re a bit more experienced in age. Notice the incredible volume. To achieve this look, prep your hair with a root lift and blow dry away from your scalp. You may consider using a flat iron, directing each section upward and rounding slightly as you reach the ends. Complete with a texturizing spray and a high-hold hairspray.
#11: The Effortless Wash and Wear Trim
The effortless wash-and-wear trim is likely one of the most appreciated hair trends among older women. Any lady with voluminous hair can rock this look. This style features numerous layers that give your hair a light, airy feel. A pixie style like this may be simple to manage, but it requires upkeep. Regular trims are essential to maintain its shape.
#12: Adorable Short Curly Hairstyle
You should try an adorable short curly hairstyle for its charm and simplicity. Lucky you if you have natural waves, and if you don’t, consider a perm. The soft width of this shape enhances any woman’s facial features. For the most contemporary shape, you’ll want the layers on the top a little bit longer. Make sure to apply a curl amplifier to sculpt curls and reduce frizz.
#13: Chic Spiky Hairstyle
Embrace a chic spiky hairstyle and look fabulous at any age! This haircut showcases a tousled effect that older beauties can flaunt perfectly. For those with fine hair, this is one of the best haircuts to achieve. The texture creates the illusion of fuller locks.
#14: Bold Pompadour Pixie with Compact Bangs
A bold pompadour pixie with compact bangs is a delightful hairstyle if you have a more daring personality. Short choppy bangs are an excellent method to frame your face and enhance your eyes or eyewear. Blow-dry the top up and away from your face, use a pomade to define the cut, and keep the style intact.
#15: Elegant Mid-Length Hairstyle for Women Over 50
This elegant mid-length hairstyle for women over 50 is low maintenance and perfect for women with busy lifestyles. For styling, use a medium all-natural boar brush. This haircut is not suitable for women who have tight curls, thin hair, and frizzy hair. It’s more fitting for thick, wavy hair that lays heavy. The layering of the hairstyle adds height and volume to your hair. This helps if you have hair that tends to sit very heavy on the ends and flat on top. By incorporating layers into your hair, it adds volume and movement through your hair, so it has more shape and grows out beautifully.
#16: Chic French Bob with Bangs
Certainly, the chic French bob with bangs is flattering for older women as well! Observe how a wavy texture elevates the overall look. The movement feels incredibly natural, and the texture looks impeccably stylish. This bob becomes complete with the fringe, adding an extra touch of vivacity and youthfulness to the appearance. This is a super adorable chocolate, shaggy, French Bob. The fringe is longer in the center and gracefully arches over the brow, creating a stunning focal point around the eyes. Choose all organic color free of Ammonia, PPD, and Resorcinol. It beautifully covers gray hair and offers plenty of shine.
Chic French Bobs are a classic, highly versatile cut for women of all ages. They complement most face shapes and a variety of hair textures. A little Tonik from Cult +King can be added before styling with a round brush. Then, finish with Power from hairstory for added body and texture. This style dries beautifully using a bit of balm and undressed by hairstory, or as a wash and go. You can style it with your natural texture, curly, straight, beachy, piecey, or sleek. There are few limits regarding this cut. It looks fabulous and is a style that never becomes outdated!
#17: The Layered Stacked Bob
The layered stacked bob is an attractive choice for women with fine hair. This haircut features layers that create a fuller appearance. What’s great about layered stacked bobs is they become even more stylish with bangs. The fringe adds extra movement.
#18: Radiant Honey Blonde on Sleek Hair
Let your hair shine with a radiant honey blonde if you have sleek hair. A smooth hairstyle reflects the light and promotes shine. You’ll love a face-framing layer hitting your cheekbones and adding interest to a long haircut. As a cute option, try pulling your hair half up, leaving the shorter front out. No worries if you have wavy hair, you can achieve this look by using a flat iron.
#19: Beachy Wavy Blunt Bob with Highlighted Strands
Enhance your complexion with a blunt, beachy wavy bob featuring highlighted strands. Your stylist can assist you in selecting the perfect shade of blonde to enhance your individual skin tone. For the ideal mix of short and long, trim your bob so that it grazes your shoulders.
#20: Chic Angled Haircut with Textured Tips
A chic angled haircut with textured tips is a timeless and elegant style. For this look, find a stylist who is skilled in razor cutting. Not every stylist is comfortable or experienced with razor techniques. Razor cutting complements this style because it easily creates the rounded shape and adds texture simultaneously, which is a great time-saving advantage.
#21: Stylish Layered Long Bob for Fine Hair
If you have fine hair, a long layered bob can work for you. If your hair is limp and lifeless, bringing up the length will make your hair appear thicker and fuller. Spice up your look with some medium-length layers that can be curled, scrunched, or worn straight. I recommend cutting the front layers shorter to enable you to get more lift around your face.
#22: Asymmetrical Brunette Lob Featuring a Purple Money Piece
An asymmetrical brunette lob combined with a purple money piece is ideal for women seeking to enhance their hair type. When selecting a money piece style, ensure you pick a color that complements your skin tone as money pieces will sit directly against your face.
#23 Ideal for Round Faces and Eyewear
Ideal for round faces and eyewear, this is a short and sweet haircut on wavy hair. This haircut goes well with a soft texture. It has a movement that can complement a round-shaped face. It’s also one of those hairstyles for women over 50 with eyewear that works on both thin and thick density.
#24 Chic Short Pixie Cut for Gray Hair
This chic short pixie cut is ideal for mature women seeking a stylish yet easy-to-maintain hairstyle. The haircut showcases soft, wispy layers that introduce texture and movement, making it well-suited for fine to medium hair. The natural gray hue elevates the elegance of the look, while the short bangs beautifully frame the face, accentuating the eyes. This cut is particularly flattering for individuals with an oval or heart-shaped face.
#25: Gentle Auburn French Bob
A cropped, gentle auburn French bob brings just the right touch of warmth to your hairstyle. To maintain your hair’s sharpness, be sure to schedule regular trim and touch-up appointments.
#26: Revitalizing Graduated Bob for Brunette Hair
If you are looking for a chic style, consider a graduated bob on your brunette hair. A bob cut will give you a youthful appearance and is simple to manage. You can choose chin-length or slightly longer, so select the length that suits you best. I recommend keeping the layers on the longer side for the most contemporary silhouette. You will be a trendsetter with your fresh brunette bobbed hairstyle.
#27: V-Cut Layered Feathered Bob in Grey
This feathered grey bob with v-cut layers is a stunning choice for thick or medium hair. The layers will beautifully soften your look, and with less bulk, blow drying becomes effortless! Consult your stylist for a feathered haircut that brings out your best features.
#28: Textured Pixie Cut with Edgy Bangs
Consider a textured pixie cut with edgy bangs if you want a modern cut with some flair. A short pixie cut shows off your face and features and brings depth with the textured ends, typically achieved with a razor for softer lines. The texture can be highlighted even more by finger styling with a working hair spray to piece out.
#29: Textured Lob with Bouncy Waves
Why not refresh your look with a textured lob featuring bouncy waves? If you choose to trim your length, you’ll not only stay on trend but also enhance the health of your hair. By incorporating layers, your style will have a soft frame around your face, making it much simpler to achieve volume. For added lift at the crown, I recommend styling your hair with a side part. Center parts often appear flatter against the head.
#30: Chic Bob with Framing Layers
A chic bob enhanced by framing layers serves as an ideal transition from long hair to a more manageable style. While there are numerous factors to consider when opting for a haircut of this nature, significant considerations include styling time and upkeep.
#31: Chic Asymmetrical Bob
Absolutely! This chic asymmetrical bob is designed for women with naturally white hair. This haircut makes a bold, elegant statement. It beautifully frames the face, with a fringe providing an extra fresh touch. Such a bob is an excellent style that complements fine hair.
This is a stylish textured bob with airy bangs. The cut works well for women who prefer their hair straight or in gentle waves. Narrow rounded airy bangs help elongate your square face shape. Use leave-in conditioner and mousse at the roots for added volume if desired. Blow dry with a medium or large round brush and finish with texturizing spray.
#32: Chic Messy Concave Bob
Revitalize your look with a chic messy concave bob. You are sure to adore the stylish shape of the tapered nape and the elongated sides. The layers work beautifully for adding volume or achieving a sleek blow-dried finish. You can also style your pixie bob with a curling iron for a more polished appearance. Embrace this trendy haircut and allow your hair to shine.
#33: Stunning Angled Bob Hairstyle
This is a chic short hairstyle, tapered more at the bottom in the back with plenty of feathered layers and texture on top to provide volume and movement. Request your stylist to include short bangs for a different silhouette.
It’s an exciting haircut for women over 70 with various styling options. It can be round brushed, flat ironed for a unique appearance, or simply blow-dried. Incorporate some paste or various products for a charming, piecey, and tousled look!
#34: Contemporary Shag Hairdo
A contemporary shag hairdo, if styled short, makes a timeless impression that flatters women with grey hair over 60 the most. Shag haircuts can boost the volume of thinning locks. The layers contribute to a fuller appearance, ensuring the hair looks denser. For a more youthful feel, light bangs can work wonders.
#35: Contemporary Shaggy Hairstyle
Shag hairstyles featuring curtain bangs can significantly and attractively boost the volume of thinning hair on women over 60. Incorporate some highlights and layers for an added touch! Explore more stunning hairstyles for women over 60.
#36: The Elegant Blunt Cut
This elegant blunt cut is classy, feminine, and chic. This cut is ideal for mature women who wish to embrace their natural white/grey hair. The style is easy to manage on your own at home, as the design of the cut shapes itself. Use a root volumizing product at the scalp for lift and a shine product on the mids and ends. Try Osis+ Session Label Volumizing Root Spray Mousse and Alterna Bamboo Brilliance Cream. They create a flawless, classic look. Use a Denman brush during the blowdry, too.
#37: Textured Pixie with Crown Layers
When searching for an appealing hairstyle, consider a textured pixie to keep it light and enjoyable. A fantastic inspiration for this cut is Jamie Lee Curtis; she rocks the feathered look with her pixie, but make sure to consult your stylist for layers in the crown section. The crown layers will provide your hair with the added volume and airy appearance essential for the cut. Style your pixie with pomade and take a strand of hair to twist for some separation while adding a touch of texture.
#38: Chic Short Round Haircut in Platinum Blonde Shade
A stylish short round bob with a blonde hue is stunning on older women. To create the illusion of fuller hair, highlighting with blonde shades and opting for short cuts are often recommended. Platinum, specifically, serves as an ideal tone to enhance the thickness of your hair.
#39: Feathered Mid-Length Hair with Gentle Waves
A mid-length style with feathered ends and gentle waves is a look we adore for added volume and movement. The finest hairstyles for mature women create a flattering appearance for your face, and with these textured layers, this hairstyle is ideal for those with a round face shape. Use a curling iron and incorporate some loose curls for a full-bodied look on any hair type.
#40: Wavy Hair with a Chin-Length Bob
This wavy hairstyle with a chin-length bob is simply stunning. Clean up the ends with a blunt, one-length cut. Add beautifully textured waves using a USoomth curling iron in size 1 1/2″. Finish with Davines Dry Texture Spray, VOLU Hair Mist, and Blow Dry Primer.
This chin-length bob is ideal for all hair types and face shapes. If you’re looking for a manageable and stylish look, then this cut is for you! Ensure you have quality volume and texture products along with the right hot tools, and you’ll be all set!
#41 Stylish Short Cut with Side Part for Women Who Wear Glasses
A stylish short cut featuring a side part is perfect for women who wear glasses and want an easy, everyday look. It requires minimal effort to style if your hair has a naturally wavy texture. This haircut is an excellent choice for giving thin tresses a thicker and fuller appearance.
#42: Chic Pixie Bob Hairstyle for Women
A pixie bob haircut is a stylish, low-maintenance option that is perfect for women of your age. Short haircuts like the pixie bob provide plenty of volume to your hairstyle. Mature women often prefer styles with volume as hair can lose its strength and fullness over time. Flat hair can be easily lifted when it’s not burdened by excessive length.
#43: Collarbone-Length Hairstyle for Curly Locks
This beautiful collarbone-length hairstyle for curly locks enhances natural texture. It gives the hair a fuller, more bouncy appearance. The fringe introduces a hint of youthful charm.
#44: Ginger Long Locks with Full Bangs
Ginger long locks combined with full bangs is a fantastic choice for mature women. With a copper base, consider adding highlights and lowlights if you desire more dimension and depth. Various tones on the highlights like copper, red, and strawberry give longer hair a more youthful and natural look.
#45: Chic Mid-Length Swoopy Layers with Soft Bangs
I love how these swoopy layers and soft bangs transform a mid-length cut from mundane to vibrant. It’s a standout style, featuring gentle, textured layers that highlight the natural allure of your face. This hairstyle presents more versatility and possibilities than you may expect. With this look, you can style the edges of your bangs backward for added depth and a flowing silhouette.
#46: Chic Choppy Short Haircut for Women Over 70
This chic choppy short haircut for women over 70 is a true statement! It’s incredibly edgy and feels delightful to showcase every day. To achieve the look, tuck some strands behind your ears. That style creates an illusion of an undercut without shaving the sides. Amp up your hair on top with a burst of texture for a bold finish. Spritz a flexible hold hairspray so the style endures all day.
#47: Chic Layered Bob for Fine Hair
Try a chic layered bob for fine hair because it’s fashionable, voluminous, and enhances shape to tresses. This layered bob haircut looks flattering on older women. It only requires minimal styling effort, making it an ideal choice for most women.
#48: The Timeless Short Crop for Women Over 60
The timeless short spiky crop for women over 60 is always sassy. It exudes confidence and elegance. Hair like this offers a lovely wash-and-go for older ladies with fine, thin tresses. Style it with texture and allow the locks to appear thicker than they are.
#49: Sleek Stacked Cut Featuring a Warm Blonde Hue
A sleek stacked cut with a warm blonde hue is certainly a showstopper. The sharp angle from the back to the front assists in creating the illusion of a longer neck. The undercut helps to round out the back, providing more space for your angle. Warmer blonde shades make for a smooth transition during the fall or as preparation for going darker.
#50: Chic Wavy Bob with Face-Framing Highlights
Experiment with a stylish new look featuring a wavy bob and face-framing highlights. A wavy lob is effortlessly styled and requires minimal maintenance. Opt for a warm highlight shade to enhance your complexion. For instance, gold and yellow tones reflect light and add brightness to both your face and hair.
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