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51 Trendy Bob Haircuts to Inspire Your Next Cut

41. Blunt Lob + Blended Balayage With Subtle Highlights

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You’d normally associated the balayage look with less structure than you’d see here but this hair style just goes to show you how many different ways there are of playing around with it, especially when you don’t have the length to work on your side.

Blend the colors in rather than leaving them scattered and unfocused, and finish the look with as blunt an edge as you dare!

42. Grey Messy Angled Bob

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If you have a larger forehead and are worried about a really short style, don’t worry. This gorgeous gray design shows you how a side-flick of your bangs (or faux-bangs) can instantly revamp the image, making it sexier. Keep the front section relatively smooth and sleek to hang seductively over one eye and get as frisky as you like the back and sides. Tousle with your fingers or make the curls a little tighter with a curling iron. Your opportunities are literally limitless.

43. Slightly Graduated and Layered Cut

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This is a graduated bob although you wouldn’t know it instantly to look at it. The slight graduated helps to keep this natural-looking bob modern and fresh, and the longer lengths at the front again help to lengthen the face if you’re worried the short locks will make it appear wider.

44. Short Blunt Bob Haircut

If you’re going to go for a one-length bob, make sure you don’t leave it too structured or finished or you may find yourself with a super-sleek reenactment of Christina Ricci’s bob which no one was really that into…

When you have a limp and lifeless bob, add some mousse (and never underestimate the importance of dry shampoo) and jazz things up with your fingers to add some ‘oomph’. If you have a little more time, get your curling iron out and twist the hair into these loose waves. It’ll help to revamp the look and it won’t even matter if you haven’t had time to wash it that day!

45. Textured & Layered Bob

Textures and layers go really well together and this is a very neat trick if you have very fine or thin hair. When you add the layers, there is a new depth-perception, and the multi-toned layers also help with this. When you add the texture – the waves you can see here, thin hair no longer looks thin. It looks alive and full of life!

46. Textured Lob with Hand Painted Highlights

A slightly new fresher to look at highlights, hand-painted highlights are a new way to bring your hair to life. Cut and style the hair and then work out where the highlights should go in order to perfect the look and make it come across as perfectly finished. It’s a lot of working out but when you get it right, the look is spot on. And you’ll love it!

47. Textured Blunt Bob

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British TV presenter Caroline Flack is often seen sporting a look very similar to this one and because of the edgy finish, it means you have the opportunity to play around with edgy colors too. Starting with this beautiful almost-strawberry blonde color, the textured, blunt bob could be livened up with any number of semi-permanent hair colors or shades to liven it up.

48. Textured & A-Lined Lob Style

Although you want texture, you don’t want too much hair around the face, especially if you have a heart-shaped face. If you have a face shape similar to Kerry Washington, Eva Longoria or Christina Ricci, you should be aiming for a sleeker look but with still enough bounce to stop it becoming lifeless. These tousled waves in the slight A-line frame works great if you’re a heart-shape with shoulder-skimming hair. Those long lengths at the front help to balance things out nicely too.

49. Textured Lob and Balayage Highlights

If you have a long face shape, this short style is a good one for you. There’s plenty of oomph around the hair with those textured waves but the look is still one-length to help balance out the bits you don’t like. Sarah Jessica Parker rocked this look for a long time, as did Milla Jovovich.

50. Layered Bob + Face-framing Highlights

When you add the contrasting colors of your highlights around your face but without concentrating too much on the rest of your hair, you’re reaping all the benefits without worrying about the hurt it could cause. It’s hard work going lighter than your natural hair color and lightening treatments can be quite harsh. By keeping things simple and restricting the color blends to just around your face, you’re limiting damage but still getting the look you want.

51. Curly Graduated Bob Cut + Highlights

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Once upon a time, curls were only easy on longer hair but as so many of these shorter styles show you, there is no right and wrong when it comes to curling. This graduated bob is very short but with the right curling iron, these curls are easily created. Just try not to tousle them out with your fingers too much otherwise you might find it starts to look a little fuzzy.

So there you have them – 51 of the trendiest short bob hair looks you should totally try out next time you head to the salon. There are so many ways you can wear short hair, with a number of different styling options and color possibilities too. Which one are you going to try next?

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2 thoughts on "51 Trendy Bob Haircuts to Inspire Your Next Cut"

  1. Kim Banks says:

    I love the pics of the hair styles on your site. I have really long hair and the long hair styles are awesome. I’m thinking of cutting my hair and the cuts on your site are very attractive also.

  2. rach says:

    love the short hair look with waves. i’m cursed with super thick coarse wiry hair and my hair type doesn’t look so good with waves. i end up looking like a puffball

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