The 28 Best Haircuts for Long Hair Women

Well, aren’t you lucky? You’ve been blessed with long, luscious locks. Except, it’s been a while since you hit the salon, and things are getting a bit unruly (we’re talking frizz, split ends and the dreaded unevenness). Ready for a trim? Here, the best haircuts for long hair.

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Sleek and Straight

The easiest cut for fine-haired ladies.

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Sleek and Straight

If you’re daring like Halle, it’s a great cut for showing off unique accessories.

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Sleek and Straight

Use a comb to create a flawless middle part and channel your inner Rachel Green.

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Sleek and Straight

Forget volume with this style. Pin-straight hair is back, baby.

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Long Layers

Use a barrel curling iron on the ends to add Rapunzel-like body.

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Long Layers

Bring the beach to you with a just-rolled-out-of-bed middle wave best achieved with layers.

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Long Layers

A little variation in length will lessen the weight of thick hair.

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Long Layers

Royal haircuts, they’re just like ours! (Psst: Here’s how to do the Duchess Kate blowout.)

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Layered with Curtain Bangs

We love the face-framing shaggy bang trend.

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Layered with Curtain Bangs

Or, you can think of it as a super-easy way to grow out straight-across fringe.

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Layered with Curtain Bangs

Ask for the bangs to sit right at the cheekbones to elegantly frame your face.

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Layered with Curtain Bangs

Throw in a headband for a Jessica Biel Seventh Heaven moment. (The ’90s are back, after all.)

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Short Face-Framing Layers

The shortest pieces should hit your jawline, and then get gradually longer from there.

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Short Face-Framing Layers

Perfect for adding subtle dimension to a single-process dye job.

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Short Face-Framing Layers

Or for making more intricate color really pop.

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Short Face-Framing Layers

The mama-to-be once rocked all-over orange color and chin-length layers and we. Can’t. Get. Enough.

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Straight-Across Bangs

When it comes to fringe, the thicker the better.

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Straight-Across Bangs

Selena’s recent hair changes are giving us whiplash, but this style is by far our favorite.

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Straight-Across Bangs

Introducing the queen of full fringe herself.

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Straight-Across Bangs

Proof that bangs can feel modern and grown-up (and that Naomi doesn’t age).

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Long & Curly

We call this “the mermaid.”

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Long & Curly

Use leave-in styling cream to smooth split ends and tame flyaways.

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Long & Curly

Or let it all hang out for a full, natural look.

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Long & Curly

If perms are wrong, we don’t wanna be right.

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A Deep Side Part

Throw in some big, bouncy curls for vintage Hollywood glam.

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A Deep Side-Part

Parting your hair a couple inches to one side is a simple way to add a big dose of drama.

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A Deep Side-Part

Show your stylist where you like to part your hair so any layers lay nicely when you do it yourself.

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A Deep Side-Part

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The 28 Best Haircuts for Long Hair

Sleek and Straight

Sleek and Straight

Sleek and Straight

Sleek and Straight

Long Layers

Long Layers

Long Layers

Long Layers

Layered with Curtain Bangs

Layered with Curtain Bangs

Layered with Curtain Bangs

Layered with Curtain Bangs

Short Face-Framing Layers

Short Face-Framing Layers

Short Face-Framing Layers

Short Face-Framing Layers

Straight-Across Bangs

Straight-Across Bangs

Straight-Across Bangs

Straight-Across Bangs

Long & Curly

Long & Curly

Long & Curly

Long & Curly

A Deep Side Part

A Deep Side-Part

A Deep Side-Part

A Deep Side-Part

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