Haircuts: Short, Fresh, Sexy and all out confident

The Pixie
Who it works for: Your face is front and center with this cut, so you’ve got to feel good about your skin and your features if You’re going to try it

Tell your hairstylist: You’ll need short, different length bangs. Avoiding blunt, even pieces. Part of the fun of this style is the choppy, unabashedly messy look of your hair

Maintenance: Keep it looking fresh with a monthly trim. Style it by slicking bangs down a la Twiggy, or pushing them to the side for a sweet, girly effect

The Natural Afro
Who it works for: A chic, low maintenance style for very curly Or African American hair. Tailor it to look funky or minimal. Either way, styling it is easy

Tell your hairstylist: Your hair should be an inch long at most, but if you want a style with more height, leave it just under three inches

Maintenance: Keep the shape by picking your hair out and tying a silk scarf over it, patting the hair until it’s even. Get it reshaped every two to four weeks

The Long And Short
Who it works for: Oval shaped faces look terrific with this style. It adds amazing body and life to fine, straight hair. For waves, it has a rocker vibe

Tell your hairstylist: Keep layers long in back and choppy all around. This cut is all about movement. Add heavy, uneven bangs. They can be tucked behind ears or left in front of face.

Maintenance: To keep it fresh, get it cut every two months

Short Bob
Who it works for: Looks fabulous on oval or square faces. If your face is very round, go for a longer version. Hair has to be poker straight

Tell your hairstylist: The longest piece of hair should fall an inch above the chin, so you get that face hugging effect

Maintenance: If you want to keep this really polished, you’ll be in the salon monthly

Blunt Bob
Who it works for: Nothing makes fine hair look thicker than a power bob. Unless you straighten it every day, this hairstyle doesn’t work for curly hair

Tell your hairstylist: Ask for a blunt line, a shaggy one emphasizes thin hair. Get bangs above the brow. A more severe fringe gives this hairstyle its sharpness

Maintenance: Trim every six weeks to keep the shape. Blow it straight to style and finish with a flatiron

Short Shag
Who it works for: this cut suits most hair types except super thick and super fine hair. It looks amazing on delicate faces with small features.

Tell your hairstylist: The longest hair should be at the crown. Ashley Judd style, rather than at the back of the head Mullet style

Maintenance: Get a trim every four to six weeks, short hair grows fast. Styling this hair cut is easy. Pump up damp roots with a volumizer take the sides and blow-dry them while tousling. Finish by kicking the ends out with your fingers

Curly Bob
Who it works for: A round face should have hair longer than the chin and a bit longer on the neck to balance this style. Obviously, you’ll need curls but if yours are in spiral be careful not to cut it too short

Tell your hairstylist: To keep the length at your cheekbones as curls retract at least an inch. Cutting individual curls will create some choppiness and avoid bulkiness.

Maintenance: This cut already has shape, so you don’t need tons of products. Trim every six weeks.

Romantic Bob
Who it works for: This works best on wavy medium to fine hair. Thick hair will end up too poufy.

Tell your hairstylist: This cut should fall to about the middle of your neck. Long layers will give it that dreamy, whimsical feel.

Maintenance: Keep it springy and pretty by blow-drying it with a diffuser and by visiting your stylist about every six to eight weeks for a trim.

Angled Bob
Who it works for: This cut thins out round faces. If you have narrower features, you may want to rethink this. It will only make your face appear longer. Though it works on most hair types, it’s the easies to style if your hair is fine and straight.

Tell your hairstylist: To Use a razor on the ends. It texturizes the hair leaving the back soft and not so harsh.

Maintenance: If your hair is a bit on the thick side, weigh it down with a shine or straightening product. Get it trimmed every six to eight weeks.

Haircuts For Sexy Looking Medium To Long Hair

Paneling
Who it works for: This cut works beautifully on fine hair. It’s a short, edgier twist on layers that give you more volume. Hair that’s too thick ends up looking like a mullet.

Tell your hairstylist: Instead of cutting on top of the hair, pull up the top layer and cut shorter, more angular pieces underneath.

Maintenance: Don’t wash your hair everyday unless it’s really oily. This style looks very “Bad Girl” when it’s a little dirty.

Medium Shag
Who it works for: Most people, except those with very curly or frizzy hair. Because the layers are adjusted to suit your face shape, it’s easy to pull off.

Tell your hairstylist: Ask for choppy, uneven, tapered ends. There should be layers in the front and back.

Maintenance: Thanks to the uneven, broken-up layers, this hair still looks good when it’s grown out, but to keep the look, have it cut every six to eight weeks.

Wavy Shag
Who it works for: Those who want a sexy, messy-on-purpose style. Very fine hair might look too sparse with this look.

Tell your hairstylist: Keep the layers long. Because the hair is wavy, too many choppy pieces will be prone to frizz. If hair is naturally wavy the razor should be used sparingly as it could cause frizz. If hair is straight and fine then the razor is key for adding some texture.

Maintenance: Add some waves to straight hair or amp up natural curl with a curling iron.

Haircuts For All-out-Sexy Long Hair

Long Shag
Who it works for: People who want rock star texture and style, but without the fuss. A little product and air-drying is all you need to style. This cut adds texture to fine hair and lightens thick hair.

Tell your hairstylist: The shortest layers should hit the bottom of your ears. Use scissors not a razor to leave ends feathery.

Maintenance: Cut every 3 or 4 months though you may go about 7 months without ill effects.

Long With Bangs
Who it works for: This cut emphasizes eyes and cheeks. Long faces need bangs to cover the eyebrows; round faces look best with choppier bangs.

Tell your hairstylist: Start with long bangs they are the most flexible. Curve the fringe so the pieces on the sides are longer it’s more flattering than dead straight across.

Maintenance: Get a trim every 10 weeks or so.

Long Curls
Who it works for: Long curls are incredibly sexy as long as you have patience to style them. Hair must be naturally curly and at least a few inches past the shoulders.

Tell your hairstylist: Always cut hair dry with the shortest layers at the lip. Thin the hair a bit throughout to create separation and make it looser and easier to style.

Maintenance: Style when it’s damp, after that no touching! Since ends are not that noticeable you don’t have to trim so often.

Long Straight
Who it works for: With the exception of baby-fine hair, which will look limp, this popular look works on most types of hair. But since long straight hair has nowhere to hide it should be in tip-top shape.

Tell your hairstylist: Be firm! Hairstylists always want to give a hair a “cut” but don’t be intimidated. Slight layering on the ends will help the cut grow out.

Maintenance: A minimal trim every 4-6 weeks is great for getting rid of split ends.

Long And Natural
Who it works for: Either extremely curly or African American hair with lots of length. If you don’t have longhair, get a weave, which lasts 3 months.

Tell your hairstylist: No Razors! Only Scissors should be used to cut this style otherwise you risk frizz. Hot rollers make the best loose but volumey ringlets

Maintenance: Make curls last by tying on a silk scarf at bedtime then you only need to wash them weekly.

Long Layers
Who it works for: Those who love the look of long, Gisele-like hair, but want volume and versatility.

Tell your hairstylist: Layers should start at about an inch below chin length. If it’s too short and you’ll end up with “The Rachel.” Layer the back as well so you get movement and a nice curve throughout the hair.

Maintenance: To avoid straggly ends, get a trim every 3 months and don’t over-wash your hair. Long layers actually look better a few days after washing.

Hair Color

For Every Kind of Streak There Is A Hair Colorist Willing To Apply It

Balayage
The French use this method to achieve more lightening on the ends of the hair (It is more natural this way as hair should always be darker on the base of the hair shaft or the root area) and less on the roots as with traditional highlights in America.

Bleach or a lightening product is painted on without using foils. Instead a brush and paddle are used in a sweeping motion giving the hair colorist a bit more room to play and less methodical streaks.

This method can be used to accent facial features. It brings out the eyes by adding bolder pieces of color at eye level.

Balayage is more carefree than highlights, and because the streak isn’t as define, it looks edgier and more artsy.

Maintenance: Touch up every 3-4 months

Highlights
Highlights blend two or three shades of color for a hand-of-nature effect. Or, for a more significant statement it is applied using a bleach or lightening product.

They add warmth to skin and give the hair texture and depth. It’s like what a surfer’s hair would look like, natural and funky.

Maintenance: They should be updated every 4-6 weeks if you’ve lightened your hair color a lot (a heavy weave). If you have natural-looking highlights then 3-6 months is good. At homes kits are really bad to achieve this effect, as they don’t lighten enough unless you are a natural blonde.

The Skunk
Though getting an oversize stripe of color seems like it’d be simple, it’s not! You need to be the type of person who takes care of their hair, someone who wears the makeup and dresses the part.

Stacking foils very tightly to create a streak at least on inch wide creates the look. Or, 1 inch panels close to the scalp about 1 inch apart is also another method.

Contrary to the name, you don’t have to go for high-contrast hair color. A lighter red on redheads, or a honey streak on brunettes.

Maintenance: it takes only 15-20 minutes, but you have to retouch the roots once a month.

Tipping
Here, a hair colorist basically takes just the ends of hair and lightens them, either by painting on the color or by using foils for a dramatic effect. Go a few shades lighter then your own natural hair color and keep it piecey and chunky.

This look is perfect for straight hair with a bit of body.

Maintenance: The great news is if you don’t like it, the hair color is easy to cut off and grows out with your hair. As a result, it looks great for 3 months at a time.