We've seen side bangs, blunt bangs, and curtain bangs—the latest trend in the fringe department is bottleneck bangs, and we're kind of obsessed. Not only are they universally flattering, they're also easy to style (read: great for bangs beginners).
Blunt Bangs
The classic blunt bang is making its way to 2023. Trends took a break from the straight across look and moved into a more natural-looking fringe space. But now, the structured style is back and we have some tips for you to try! Pro Tip: Blunt bangs need to be cut on dry hair.
Basically, the bottleneck bang cut combines the face-framing wispy hairs of a traditional curtain bang cut with short, eyebrow grazing traditional bangs. It's already been seen on celebs like Anne Hathaway and Elizabeth Olsen.
The five basic types of bangs is the asymmetric bang, side swept bang, versatile bang, shot textured bang, and the square bang.
Celebrity hairstylist and Virtue ambassador Xavier Velasquez describes waterfall fringe bangs as rounded-layered versions of other types of bangs. "It's as if curtain bangs and blunt bangs had a '70s lovechild," Velasquez says.
Wolf cut hairstyles are a mix of two popular current haircut trends, aka the shag haircut and the mullet. Both these trending hairstyles feature a mix of layers and bangs. While the mullet is a short haircut, the shag haircut can be short, long, or mid length. When put together, it results in unique wolf haircut looks.
What are butterfly bangs? Butterfly bangs are soft, swept to each side, and slightly resemble the shape of a butterfly's wing. They are often accompanied by the butterfly hair cut, comprised of curved 90s layers that enhance body and bounce.
Side bangs tend to soften facial features that get harsh with age and bring attention to your eyes. This style of bangs will also help you to avoid your hair from falling flat.
Adding bangs to the hairstyle will help shape your face and make you appear much younger. The best part about layers and bangs is that they work for any type of hairstyle, from long locks to shorter styles. Either way, with the right cut, they will add personality to your look and highlights your best features.
“You have to start with very wet bangs. Dakota has a strong cowlick so I hold the blowdryer directly over her bangs and blow them straight down, using just my fingers at first, and roughing up the root a little bit. If you go in with a brush straight away, you make the bangs too flat.
Now, a year later, fringe is officially a spring 2023 fashion trend, and fashion enthusiasts are adding styles to their wardrobes left and right.
"Wispy bangs are the softer feathery version of the blunt straight-across bangs. They differ from curtain bangs in that curtain bangs are parted down the middle and are cut longer to frame your face on both sides," explains Prothero.
A butterfly haircut combines short layers with long layers to give your hair dimension, movement and body. The short, wispy layers hit around the chin to frame your face, highlight your features and even contour a round face shape.
While blunt bangs can make round faces look a little squat, side-swept bangs move the eyes diagonally across your face. The angled fringe helps make your face appear longer and, therefore, thinner.
Square or heart-shaped faces look best with wispier, feathered fringe to add softness. Oblong face shapes are a perfect match for blunt-cut bangs. Round faces can get added dimension from side-swept or curtain bangs. Oval-shaped faces can pull off just about any type of bang.
Most of us have heard the age-old question “Does a fringe make you look younger or older?” The answer is that it depends. If your fringe is too short to cover the eyebrows, then it makes you look older. However, if your fringe is long enough to cover the eyebrows, but not the eyes, it makes you look younger.
A bowl cut or mushroom cut is a simple haircut where the front hair is cut with a straight fringe (see bangs) and the rest of the hair is left longer, the same length all the way around, or else the sides and back are cut to the same short length.
The jellyfish haircut sports disconnected layers that resemble a short bob with longer layers underneath. If the name is any giveaway, it truly resembles the round body and longer, billowy tentacles of a jellyfish.
But what exactly are curtain bangs? Celebrity hairstylist Michelle Cleveland says that the hallmark of curtain bangs is when the fringe is cut shorter on the inside, and gets longer as the bangs get further away from your face. "Think of a curtain draping a window," she says. These bangs frame your face on both sides.
Face-framing bangs are pieces of the hair in front that boost women's facial features. Known as curtain bangs, these also add movement to hair and softness to the style.
One of the most popular styles of the moment is peekaboo bangs. It's a textured take on blunt bangs, which fall across the forehead but—thanks to the choppy and layered style—allow some of the forehead to show through.