Short haircuts for women

One of the hottest looks this season is the short haircut. There are new updates to classic short hairstyles from seasons and decades past. Here are some ways to update two favorite cuts for the times of today, the “flip” and the “pixie”. 

Follow these tips and you’ll have a totally up to date style that won’t have you looking like your mother or grandmother’s yearbook photo!

One of the most classic short styles from the 1950’s and 60’s, the flip, is making a comeback. 

Women with fine, straight hair find that the flip’s short and choppy layers can create the look of increased fullness.

The flip is one of the top short haircuts for women because it can be styled in a few ways to create different looks. For a soft and sexy look, use spray gel before drying with a hairdryer until it’s about 70-80% dry. Then continue using the dryer and a small round brush to bend the hair ends upward to create the signature element of the style, the flip!

 The smaller the barrel of the round brush, the “flippier” the style.

One creative way to add more interest to this short haircut for women is to add hair accessories.   For the flip, the top portion of the hair can be pulled back on either side and secured behind the ears with pretty barrettes, pins or combs on either side of the head.

 This produces a fun contrast, a sleek and elegant top balanced with a fun and flippy bottom!

  

On the “flipside”, try texturizing and volumizing this short haircut for women for a post-modern punk or rocker look. Use volumizing product, secure small sections of hair with pin curls, and dry with a diffuser for that totally textured look, or grab small pieces of hair and “scrunch” by making a fist with the hair inside, release, and pull hair away from the head while drying.

The pixie is another favorite of the updated short haircuts for women. The pixie became copied by women everywhere after it was first made famous by the model “Twiggy” in the 1960’s. New, sassy versions of the look have been seen this season on many female celebrities on the runway and red carpet.

To update this short haircut for women, the hair should be cut longer on the top with the lower sections thinned out in choppy layers. The bottom layers of the haircut will be very short and close to the head. It’s easy to dry this short haircut for women, just use your hands and a blow-dryer and try a flat-iron on the ends to help define each section.

Short haircuts for women are so easy to maintain and really help provide a modern, youthful look to women of all ages. Try one of these styling tips for the “flip” or “pixie”, you’ll have a whole new carefree look, and outlook!

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