Need a New Haircut? Here Come Hairstyle Inspirations!

You want a new haircut? Whether short or long, here are seven hot ideas for your next visit to the hairdresser. We show cuts – plus tips for the Bad-Hair-Day.

The haircut: Garçon

Here two trends are in one: short hair and striking color. The light surfer strands of recent years are slowly giving way to rich colorations. The garçon is particularly suitable for women with fine or sparse hair, because the hair is cut and styled from the back of the head to the front, making it look fuller. In the neck, everything is briefly stepped and thus adapted to the shape of the neck. Important for the beautiful structure: work out the tips with styling cream.

• Who does it suit? Everyone. The cut is ideal especially for petite women and also for high foreheads.
• Styling effort: Low. Plucking with the fingers in between is enough.
• How often to the hairdresser? Every six weeks for recutting. By the way, the dark, regrowing roots can be seen. Therefore, only go to the hairdresser every eight weeks for recoloring.
• Rescue on Bad Hair Day: Flat approach? Unfortunately, the only way to solve the problem with fine hair is to wash it. If you missed that, improvise with the wet look: spread some gel in your hands – comb tightly with a comb and comb behind the ear.

Pageboy

Ladylike and feminine and yet not a bit well-behaved, the pageboy’s head looks great because of the long, straight cut pony, which can be easily combed out of the forehead with a side parting. This cut looks great with straight hair or a light natural wave. With a little hairspray everything stays in shape after combing. Because the top coat falls long and heavy at the back, this short pageboy head can also be worn well in case of neck vertebrae.

• Who does it suit? Works for just about any face shape and body size.
• Styling effort: Low. After washing, blow-dry hair with a wide paddle or round brush, style sides into face or comb behind ears. Simply spray on shine.
• How often to the hairdresser? About every six to eight weeks (pony every three weeks. Many hairdressers offer this service free of charge).
• Rescue on Bad Hair Day: Hair flying? Apply styling lotion to the hair, let it dry and carefully tame the hairstyle with the straightening iron (medium heat setting). Treat the top hair last.

Generous step cut

Steps give full hair the necessary lightness and leave plenty of styling freedom: Soft waves are possible with the ponyless cut as well as a smooth mane of shine blow-dried with a round brush. Long hair with light natural waves looks most beautiful with this cut. However, the ends should not be too thinned out.

• Who does it suit? Just about everyone, but especially striking and round faces and women with a high forehead. Optimal length for “manes” that can quickly crush visually.
• Styling effort: Low. For natural waves, knead in a care styling and allow to air dry. Or, even easier, use a salt spray. For more shine, blow-dry hair with a round brush.
• How often to the hairdresser? Every eight to twelve weeks, otherwise the hair will fall out.
• Rescue on Bad Hair Day: Hair up! Divide the hair at the back of the head and twist it into two high-set snails. Pin them with dragonfly clips (a stick on them slides under the hair).

Five Point Cut

The accurate cut was inspired by a classic, the “Five-Point-Cut” by Vidal Sassoon from the sixties. Slightly asymmetrical bangs – ideal for trend-conscious people with both thick and thin hair. At the side the cheeky lace is an eye-catcher. Important: the style must be smooth. Because the cut is most effective when the hair falls exactly. By the way, the short cut looks great with dark hair because it forms a strong contrast to the skin and the contours are particularly clear.

• Who does it suit? Especially elegant for slimmer faces.
• Styling effort: Medium. In between, comb your hair smooth, spray some hairspray into your hands and stroke it over your hair (as if you were shaping a helmet).
• How often to the hairdresser? At least every four weeks. Color rinses in between will make your hair shine even more richly and fully.
• Rescue on Bad Hair Day: Moisten and blow-dry the hair, spread a light cream gel in your hands and pull the tips inwards over your fingers, then the line will be really precise again.

The haircut with steps and side bangs

Quite a wild haircut! In the trend hairstyle, the hair is stepped, the sides are bevelled from eyebrow level, the ends are slightly thinned. This way, especially strong hair is tamed, even the stubborn ends of a natural wave look more casual than frizzy with this stepped cut. For split hair it is often the last resort. So that the shine does not get lost in the steps, knead the styling cream into the hair before blow-drying. As a party variation, style the strands with the straightening iron. This gives extra shine.

• Who does it suit? Any face shape, because the wild styling makes the hair fall loosely into the face. And: young faces that are in the mood for a casual cut.
• Styling effort: Low. Blow-dry over head, knead in styling. That’s it. Tip: For damaged hair, use a styling cream rather than styling gel, it gives the hair more care.
• How often to the hairdresser? In principle this is the cut for world travelers. Visit the hairdresser every three to five months – that’s quite enough.
• Rescue on Bad Hair Day: This is how to loosely bridge a hair wash: Apply hair powder generously to the roots and distribute and style well with your fingers; the hair gets more stability in no time at all.

Ultra short bob

In the USA it is affectionately called “Mom-Bob” because of its practicability. The highlight of this ultra-short bob with a slight nape of the neck is the side strand that runs deep into the face. This makes the hairstyle ideal as a transition when the fringe or garçon cut is to grow out. And strong hair is well tamed with the cut because the tips are thinned out. After blow-drying, rub a little styling wax in your hands and stroke through the hair.

• Who does it suit? Fits every face shape and body size. Because the hair falls softly and looks almost chin-length due to the extra-long bangs, the hairstyle doesn’t look a bit severe.
• Styling effort: Low. Run your fingers through your hair in between. Because of the regular steps, the hair falls into shape by itself. Shine spray lets it shimmer.
• How often to the hairdresser? Every eight weeks. This way the line on the chin remains beautiful. But the cut can also grow out well. For the transition, pin the hair back with clips if necessary.
• Rescue on Bad Hair Day: Remove all hair from your face with a wide velvet hair band. If the front part is still presentable, pull one part into the forehead as a wave, put the ends back under the band.

Curly Bob

The hair is slightly shorter at the back than at the front and has extra long side strands – the elegant solution for curly heads. If you like it particularly trendy, you can also do a center parting. If you like it more girlish, parting your hair on the sides. After washing, leave to air dry and later spray a curl-enhancing styling, curling individual strands around your finger. Additional shine comes with Gloss Spray.

• Who does it suit? Especially women with round and heart-shaped faces, because the hair falls flexibly into the face; otherwise any curly head.
• Styling effort: Low. Because a natural ruffle can also dry in the air. To give the curls a beautiful plastic effect, knead in a cream paste especially for curly hair.
• How often to the hairdresser? The cut can easily grow out, the strands of the front part should be adjusted to the entire length after a few weeks.
• Rescue on Bad Hair Day: The waves do not want? Spray blow-dryer lotion into your hair, twist it into snails in strands and get them stuck, blow-dry it and after turning it out, just pluck it straight. Or simply reach for hair clips!