Fantastic Ideas for Short Bangs

October 25th, 2011 by Rob Horton

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Short bangs are a great way to step up your game this season! They will open up your eyes, and bring more attention to that gorgeous face your mother keeps telling you about!

Short choppy hair with short bangs

How To Style:
Use a light gel or mousse and blow dry with your fingers. Finish with a molding crème or pomade to separate the ends.

Recommended Hair Products:
Aveda Confixer gel, Kevin Murphy Knight Rider sculpting clay.

Short Cinnamon and Spice and Everything...

This short and choppy cut definitely has some spice. It has lots of layers, short bangs and is easy to style. Throw in a warm brown base color, and highlights of red for good measure, and you definitely have a recipe for everything nice.

Best Face Shape and Hair Type:
Diamond, oval, or rectangle face shapes and medium density, straight, wavy, or curly hair.

Tip:
Smooth the inch of hair around the face with a round brush for maximum shine.

Medium length hair with angled short bangs

How To Style:
Blow dry with a flat paddle brush and finish with a flat iron.

Recommended Hair Products:
Chi 44 iron guard thermal protecting spray and Matrix smoothing gel.

How's This Angle?

This haircut is a medium cut with no layers. The ends have been texturized for softness and the bangs are angular around the face. The base color is a deep mahogany, with warm red highlights throughout to add dimension.

Best Face Shape and Hair Type:
Round or oval face shapes. Fine, straight and wavy hair

Tip:
Spray hair with a light shimmering spray like Aveda’s brilliance spray shine.

Short red choppy hair with short bangs

How To Style:
Blow dry with a small round brush for volume and finish with a light shine spray for shimmer.

Recommended Hair Products:
Rusk styling mousse and Redkin Glass Silicone Drops.

Short and Sassy

This cropped cut is just what this season ordered. It is short and layered; though the fringe is a little longer to maintain a feminine look. The style has been warmed up with a medium red shade to accentuate softness.

Best Face Shape and Hair Type:
All face shapes and hair types.

Tip:
Use a little crème or molding clay on the ends to accentuate texture.

Short wild hair with short angled bangs

How To Style:
Blow dry with a small round brush. Apply light gel to the roots. Finish with a curling iron in the crown and spray with a light shine spray.

Recommended Hair Products:
Aveda Confixer gel, Aveda brilliance shine spray.

She's Got A Wild Streak...

This whimsical haircut is full of dimension. The side is cropped short like a men's cut and the top is longer, then heavily textured for effect. The short bangs have been cut diagonally drawing maximum attention to the eyes. The base color is a deep merlot with a vivid red streak for a real wow factor.

Best Face Shape and Hair Type:
Oval and diamond face shapes. Fine, medium and course hair types works well.

Tip:
Finish by separating ends with light clay for maximum texture.

A short bob hairstyle with light, short bangs

How To Style:
Use a light styling gel and blow dry with a medium round brush.

Recommended Hair Products:
Joico style and finish gel.

Things Are Looking Up

This is a heavily layered bob with a short bang around the face, which has been softened for maximum texture. A brown semi-permanent rinse, or clear shine treatment is all that's needed for that extra something.

Best Face Shape and Hair Type:
Oval face shapes are best for this cut. Straight, fine, medium or course hair.

Tip:
Ask your stylist to use heavy texture around the face and in the bangs.

Short blunt bangs with short cropped hair

How To Style:
Use a small flat brush and blow dry down and around the face.

Recommended Hair Products:
Bumble and Bumble styling lotion.

It's In The Eyes

This edgy cute is heavy on style and even heavier on the bangs. It is a graduated short bob, with a heavy pie shape bang and a blunt, straight edge. Heavy highlights are the key to success in getting that light brown base and that super blonde, shiny top.

Best Face Shape and Hair Type:
Oval, rectangle, diamond, round. Straight, fine or medium hair

Tip:
For added texture and effect, flat iron and finish with a molding cream.

African american with short hair and bangs

How To Style:
Blow dry with a small flat brush, then curl with a small barrel iron. To finish, add shine spray, and rake with a detangling comb.

Recommended Hair Products:
Aveda brilliance gel, Aveda brilliance spray shine.

Short and Sweet

This beautiful haircut will draw attention any season. It is a short, cropped haircut, layered throughout for maximum texture. A dark chocolate semi permanent color will leave natural highlights in tact, adding dimension and shine with a dark brown color.

Best Face Shape and Hair Type:
Diamond, oval, rectangle face shapes. Curly and wavy hair, with medium to coarse texture

Tip:
This style can be achieved with a small round brush, instead of a curling iron, saving your hair from heat damage.

Girl with long brown hair and short chipped bangs

How To Style:
Apply mousse at the roots and blow dry with a large round brush. Clip extra hair out of the way for better control. Use a medium round brush on the bangs.

Recommended Hair Products:
Tigi Bed Head Catwalk strong mousse.

Bangs in the Wind

This haircut is long, with light layers and a heavy bang. The ends of the bangs have been chipped into, for extra texture. A light brown semi permanent rinse, or a medium brown permanent hair color (for gray coverage) adds an extra layer of color and shine.

Best Face Shape and Hair Type:
Round, rectangle, diamond, face shapes. Hair should be medium, fine, or course, straight, or wavy.

Tip:
When blow drying, start around the face. There is less hair, so it will dry first. For extra texture use a light styling wax.

Woman with short blond hair and bangs

How To Style:
Apply a root lifting product then blow dry with a small, to medium round brush. Backcomb (tease) top sections, then smooth out surface, for maximum volume.

Recommended Hair Products:
TIGI Catwalk Root Boost. Phytolaque finishing spray

Big On Volume!

This is a short and heavily layered and textured haircut, which has been left a little longer on one side, for effect. Longer over the ears, and a short, straight bang, this cut has a big "wow" factor. The base has been colored light blonde, then highlighted, and low lighted for lightness, and dimension.

Best Face Shape and Hair Type:
Best for oval, and diamond shape face shapes. Medium to course hair.

Tip:
Use a spray shine like Aveda’s brilliance spray shine for extra shine and texture.

Short cropped cut with diagonal short bangs

How To Style:
Use a light gel, and blow dry with a small round brush, or small flat brush.

Recommended Hair Products:
Kenra spray gel

Just Mod Short Bangs

A short-cropped cut, with a short bang, cut and styled diagonally. No color was added, but a shine treatment can be given for maximum glimmer.

Best Face Shape and Hair Type:
Oval and diamond face shapes and all hair types.

Tip:
Use some Bumble and Bumble styling cream for extra texture.

Hairstyle with very short bangs

How To Style:
Use a light mousse, and blow dry with a medium round brush. Finish with a flat iron for maximum shine.

Recommended Hair Products:
Rusk mousse, Redkin finishing spray.

What Bangs?

This bob has been textured slightly on the ends, with a super short bang that has been thinned for extreme texture and effect. The color has been high lighted and low lighted, with blonde and brown for dimension.

Best Face Shape and Hair Type:
Square, round, and oval face shapes are best. Fine to medium hair types, straight to wavy

Tip:
A light spray shine like Aveda’s brilliance shine spray.

Short bangs are a great way to change a look, update a style, or maximize a color. Bangs are also a great way to ease into a new look without cutting it all off. So if change is what you are looking for, go for it! Whether you take a little or a lot, shorter bangs will definitely turn up the heat.