If you have celebrated your golden birthday and are concerned regarding the apt style for your hair, going for a haircut is not a flattering idea. It could attract attention to certain areas making you look older.
However, it does not mean you cannot adorn some fabulous hairstyles. You can still be in the spotlight and simply steal the show with the best hairstyles for shoulder hair length and will be as per your face cut, hair texture, etc. to make you look simple yet stylish.
Most Popular Shoulder Length Hairstyles for Women Over 50
Shoulder length is the best and provides the beauty of the two worlds; you can wear them in a bun or let them be open; your hair your rules. This length flatters almost all the girls, and if due to age your hair is thinning, this is the best length for you to spot.
In this article, we shall discuss specific shoulder-length hairstyles for women over 50 that can be easily carried by women who are 50 plus without much hassle.
A few tools like curling or flat ironing the ends of your tresses with a curling iron or straightener. With a blow-dryer, the volume can be added at the roots, and romantic locks can be left on the face to rock the special occasions.
Here is the list of stunning and gorgeous shoulder length hairstyles for women over 50 for you to try:
Loose Wavy Cut for Medium-length Hair
Styling Time – 15 to 20 minutes
This hairstyle is best suited for any casual outing or a lunch/dinner date. Best suited for the oval to pear-shaped face. If you have a bad hair day and cannot create something beautiful for yourself, try this wavy and messy hairstyle.
You do not need technical rollers or a curler for this. A simple big roller would do. Moisten your hair; roll big rollers/curlers for 15 to 20 minutes. Unroll them slowly and spray the right amount of hair fixer. Comb lightly. You’re done with it.
This style suits those who have a light volume of hair. It will give you a boost. And if your face is oval and skinny, this would surely add some volume to it. Now you do not need to visit your salon.
Tip – If you have a medium-sized curler rod, then this hairstyle would be the best one for your party or dinner.
Layered Hairstyle with Flicks
Styling Time – 15 minutes
Best suited for the oval to diamond-shaped faces. But if you have a broad forehead, this will work wonders for you. Blow-dry sections of hair at the crown, in an outward direction, to showcase your layers perfectly.
Here you can use hair spray to fix all the loose ends. This look can inevitably create an illusion of a wide-faced woman or one with a broader forehead. Keep taking sections of your hair and
Use a bit of smoothing shine through mid-lengths and ends. Slight side partition to create an illusion of a fuller face.
Styling tip – Use a large radial brush with the dryer to prevent any damage. You can also use large hot rollers too. Comb your hair neatly once you are done.
Front Fringe with Messy Hairdo
Styling time – 10 minutes
This one is for those who already have a front fringe cut. Just blow dry your hair and create a slightly messy hairstyle with a broad brush. You are all ready for the outing.
Styling Tip – backcomb your hair from the center if you want a slightly higher styling. Gives a plumper look to your face.
Front Fringes with Light and Natural Curls
Styling time – 30 minutes
This one is preferably for a round, oval or pear-faced woman. It Will suit best if you go blonde with slight highlights or global hair color. Roll hot curlers to your front fringes. Keep it for approximately 10 to 12 minutes.
Now comb the front part slowly. Now take half of the back section of your hair, put hot curlers, and keep it for another 10 minutes. This should be timed according to you. Slightly backcomb your hair from the center for your hair and pin it up neatly.
Fix it with a hair fixer. This hairdo is simple yet classy and is best suited for short to medium-length hair.
Styling tip – best suited for thinner hair. You need small-sized tongs/curlers for this.
Fringe with a Solid Blow-dry Outer Curls
Styling time – 20 to 30 minutes
Apply a heat protectant spray before you begin blow-drying your hair. Divide your hair into equal proportions. Begin from the top section. Give it a needful blow dry for around 3 to 5 minutes.
Do these till the back? You need to hold your brush and your dryer securely. Once finished, flip hair upside down with a shot to remove all the heat from your hair.
Styling tip – use a larger brush to create bigger and solid curls.
Center Parting with Solid Beach Waves
Styling time – 20 minutes
This one is another cool hairstyle for all. It is best suited for women with medium to long hair. For all the girls who are tired of hearing that they have long or not so plump faces, this goes for you.
Create a neat center parting. Now use tongs or curlers that create small waves. Section your hair properly and roll them over the tongs. If you are low maintenance type of girl, you can probably air dry your hair for this perfect look.
Styling tip – you can also use your hair flattening device for this.
Simple Light Blowdry with Side Parting
Styling time – 10 minutes
Blow-dry your wet/damp hair. Create a simple and plain look by giving a side parting or a center if you wish. This style creates a minimal yet elegant look and best suits those with medium to long hair.
Styling tip – For those with wavy or frizzy hair, this will blow away your frizz and give you a neater look.
Natural Blow-dry with Long Fringes and a Center Parting
Styling time – 15 to 20 minutes
For all those who have wavy or frizzy hair, this one is for you. Spray a heat protectant before you blow dries your hair. Create neat sections and begin from the front. Give your hair a quick flip and let it settle on its own.
Styling tip – you can use a normal or a broader brush to create bigger and natural curls.
Front Flicks with Light Blow-dry for Medium to Long Hair
Styling time – 20 to 30 minutes
Appropriate for oval, oblong and diamond or pear-shaped faces. This one is a cheater’s move for those who have long hair. Blow-dry upside down till the end.
Set your layers outwards to give a natural look. Flip your hair from front to back once again. Style it loosely with rough hands. Looks great on golden blonde hair.
Styling Tip – if you wish you can also pin it up creating a neater look.
Small and Simple Curls
Styling Time – 30 minutes
Damp your hair. Pull apart few strands neatly into small sections. Now roll over each section onto the heating rods or tongs. Follow the same for each section. Keep spraying hair fixing spray so that the curls hold on for a longer period of time.
Styling tip – you can also braid your hair into many small braids. Spray the hair fixer and keep it overnight while sleeping. Open the braid. A DIY curly look is all set to make you glamorous.
Slightly Side Parting with Light Waves
Styling time – 10 minutes
If you have a thinner face or a pear-shaped or oval-shaped face, this style will work best for you. Want to go for a casual outing? Just dampen your hair a bit and use a dryer with a broad brush. Give a slight curl by working your brush and dryer. Create a slight side parting. This looks neat and tidy. Spray hair fixer to set.
Styling tip – best suited for those who have shoulder-length hair.
Front Fringes with Inverted Hairstyle
Styling time – 10 to 15 minutes
This is a very simple yet classy and in-demand hairstyle of all time. If you have short hair, this one is for you. Get your hair straightened with the help of a straightening rod if you have waves and curls.
Damp your hair and begin with the front section. Keep straightening your hair till the end. Let the fringes cover your forehead, best suited for long faces.
Styling tip – if you have short or blunt hair, or inverted comma hair cut, this will work perfectly for you.
Center-parting Loose Curls
Styling time – 15 to 20 minutes
Best for women with medium-length hair or shoulder-length hair. Comb your hair and dampen it. Heat the tongs and use them lightly on each section of your hair.
Keep rolling your hair and then sliding it downwards. Hold it for a few minutes to give loose curls. Let them fall on your shoulder giving your face a more attractive look.
Styling tips – you can go for a center parting if you wish or can pin them up.
Side Flicks with Layers
Styling time – 15 minutes
Best suited for women with pear-shaped face or oval-shaped face. Use a broader brush and your hairdryer to style your hair and give natural curls on the edges.
Flip your hair in the downward motion and flip it upwards with a quick jerk. Let it set naturally. Just hold the strands of front flicks and pin them with light hands. This will create natural waves.
Styling tip – do not secure it too neatly or tightly. Try to create a messy and natural setting.
Small and Bold Curls
Styling time – 25 minutes
You desperately need a curling tong/rod for this. Evenly divide your hair into equal sections. Now pull apart each section and roll it onto your rod. Create a center parting. Spray hair fixer to secure.
Styling tip – best for a night party. For those who have thinner hair, this style will do proper justice to you.
Flirty Curls
Styling time – 15 minutes
This hairstyle is a sophisticated one and will make you look beautiful at the same time. Adding a few loose curls with your curler can help you achieve this flirty look.
Styling tip – use a large barrel curler for this style. Run your fingers to keep it look natural.
Simple Flip
Styling time – 15 minutes
This is a simple cut and is a variation for the bob-cut style. If your hair is thin, you can add a great amount of volume by adorning this style.
All you need are those large barrel curlers again to create this style. Flip your hair towards the side to create a natural side parting. You can call it a cheater cock style.
Styling tip – this is a great style for those who have strong features as these soft curls will make you look sophisticated.
Simple Backward Waves
Styling time – 10 minutes
Simple wave is another big hit hairstyle amongst women. This hairdo often gives you a simple yet elegant look for a casual outing. Use a straightener to style your hair. Take each section and give slight waves using your hair straightener backward. Set with a hair spray.
Styling tip – this style creates a dainty look for who has an oval-shaped face.
Messy Layered Cut
Styling time – 15 minutes
The best way to make a woman look fashionable who has a medium-length of hair is by messing it up. Create a side parting and use large curlers for giving bold yet natural curls.
Styling tip – works best on those who have a heart-shaped or rectangular-shaped face.
Straight Bob Cut with Fringes
Styling time – 15 to 20 minutes
It’s a simple style for all those women who love to have short hair. It’s a great style for bob-cut hair. Use a straightener to straighten your hair, let the fringes cover your forehead. It is a lovely style for fine to medium hair and is suited best for long faces.
Styling tip – use hairspray to set the hair.
Backward Bangs
Styling time– 20 minutes
Simply blow dry your hair. Make outwards curls the edge to give them a fuller look. Also while combing your hair, comb the top front hair backward, keeping them away from the forehead. It’s a great look for bob-cut, shoulder-length hair. It looks great on long faces.
Styling Tip– use hair products for shine as well as to set them.
Half Mess Hairdo
Styling time – 20 minutes
A half and a messy hairdo is a bit on the adventurous side of a woman. You cannot call this cut a completely feminine one.
You can curl up your hair or backcomb it for a bit of fluff and add volume. For this style, you just need to brush back your hair beginning from the crown of your head. Finger comb to get that messy look.
Styling tip – this style works for all hair types, especially those who have thinner hair.
Fluffy and Voluminous Layers
Styling time – 25 to 30 minutes
We all know how layering can make thinner hair look fluffy and voluminous. You can add volume by adding more layers to your haircut. Use a broader brush to give that fluff. Make a side parting and set your style with a hair spray.
Styling tip – this layered style with different textures of layers suits everybody. But works wonders for those who have thin hair type. If you already have wavy or curly or frizzy hair, do not attempt this hairstyle.
Simple Choppy Bob
Styling time – 15 minutes
This hairstyle is no different from simple waves. However, you need to chop those fringes for this style and get a neat choppy bob cut – no fringes at all. Create a side or a center parting from your fingers; brush your hair to detangle them. Simply blow-dry. And you are ready for your dinner outing.
Styling tip – this gives a neat and simple look. Can be done very effortlessly.
Light Flirty Curls
Styling time – 20 minutes
This hairstyle is simple yet gives you a flirty and funky look. It also helps you look younger than your age. Adding a few loose and natural curls at the ends of your hair gives you an actual flirty and playful image. Use large rollers/barrels for this style. Comb it loosely with your fingers. You are done.
Styling tip – this hairstyle can be pulled off by all age groups of females.
Medium Shaggy Hair
Styling time – 15 minutes
This one is the simplest of all hairstyles for women who are old enough to carry a hairstyle that does not suit them. The front portions of hair are blow-dried and backcombed, leaving the back a bit messy. This can be achieved by finger combing the hair and setting them finally.
Styling tip – this style gives a simple yet classy and elegant look.
Simple Straight Cut with Side Parting
Styling time – 10 minutes
This is one of the easiest hairstyles. If you are not much of an experimented lady, this style is perfect for you. For a medium-length hair type, the cut is straight from the edges and you just neatly create a side parting. Comb neatly and tidily.
Styling tip – classic and the simplest hairstyle. Best for those who do not like fancy hairstyles/cut.
Front Fringes with Long Bob and Braids
Styling time – 30 minutes
A bit different style. You need a front fringe cut for this. Blow-dry your hair, taking the front section first. Once the blow dry task is finished, you need to make thin braids.
Pull out a section of hair. Start tying a braid. Continue this by taking other sections of your hair. make at least four to five braids. Finger comb your hair lightly.
Styling tip – while you are tying a braid, secure the remaining hair with hair clips so as to let them neat.
Messy Layered Cut with Highlights
Styling time – 20 minutes
This hairstyle though does not give a clean or an elegant look but does give you a flirty and playful look. All you need is some hair serum and large barrels curlers. Create waves by using large curlers and finger comb your hair. Center parting makes it even more attractive.
Styling tip – this hairstyle is best suited for a fun outing. This suits everybody and is a huge hit amongst teenagers and girls.
Side-swept Outward Curls
Styling time – 10 minutes
This is a classic hairstyle and suits everybody. Just give your damp hair a nice blow-dry. You can make a side parting with outwards curls. Simply comb your hair neatly. It looks great on shoulder-length hair.
Styling tip – If you are amongst those who do not like too much to experiment then this one is simply best for you.
Simple Backward Blowdry
Styling time – 15 minutes
Blow-dry your hair in the backward direction. Keeping your hair tucked behind your hair and the rest, falling on your shoulder. It looks best on long faces and gives them a charming look.
Styling tip – this look is an all-time hit and suits everybody
Front Fringe with Voluminous and Large Curls
Styling time – 30 minutes
If you have an oval or a pear-shaped face, this will work best for you. Take the front section of your hair – the fringes. Use large barrel curlers. Keep doing this for other portions of hair. Give your hair a nice upside-down flip. Set with your fingers lightly.
Styling tip – looks best with medium length of hair
Mid-parted Straight Hair
Styling Time – 20 minutes
Use a hot iron or straightener to straighten your hair. Apply for heat protection prior to that and start from the root to the edges. Once done, part your hair from the middle and get a straight edgy look with this hairstyle.
Styling Tip– Use hair products to set it. Best suited for long face women.
Side-parted Bob with Blow-dry
Styling time – 10 minutes
This hairstyle looks best if you have a little plump or a round face. This is an extremely simple and classic hair cut with simple blow-drying the hair. Create a side parting.
Styling tip – if you are not much of a party person, then this style will look good on you.
Simple Long Cut with Front Fringes
Styling time – 15 minutes
Use large barrel curlers for creating this look. Use them only on your fringes. Simply blow-dry the rest hair. Flip upside-down motion and create a little messy look by running your fingers.
Styling tip – works best for those who have thinner hair.
Layered Shaggy Bob
Styling time – 20 minutes
This twist to bob cut uses layers that can give your long face a plump look. Use a broad roller brush. Keep blow drying each section as and when you pull each section of hair.
Styling tip – this layered hairstyle gives your face a bit of a plump look. This will complement those who have long-shaped face.
Simple Steps with Natural Curls
Styling time – 20 minutes
Damp your hair and work on a styling serum. Brush your hair with a roller brush and blow-dry only on the ends. Pull the hair on the front top backward, use a hairband or pins to set them, leaving the rest hair to fall on your shoulders.
Styling tip – this style creates a simple and sober look.
Simple Side Bangs
Styling time – 20 minutes
Create a side parting and blow-dry your hair. Comb neatly.
Styling tip – this hairstyle looks great and can be pulled off by anybody.
Side Flicks Blow-dry
Styling time – 10 minutes
This hairstyle involves side flicks with a side parting. You just have to blow dry your hair. Fix them up with any good hair spray and you are done. Just comb your hair backward, giving them a voluminous look.
Styling tip – works best if you have a bad hair day.
Long Messy Layers
Styling time – 15 minutes
Use large barrel curlers at the ends of your hair. This hairstyle looks good if you have a thin volume of hair as it will give a little volume. Use any hair fixer spray. Run fingers loosely all over to give that messy look.
Styling tip – this will not look good if your hair type is unevenly textured.
Inverted Layered Bob
Styling time – 15 minutes
This is another simple yet classy look from the list of bob haircuts. You just have to use your hair straightening machine. Keep straightening each layer of hair as you move towards the back. Begin from front to back. Finger comb them lightly.
Styling tip – will look good on everybody
Layered Flicks
Styling time – 10 minutes
This hairstyle involves side flicks with a side-parting. It is best suited for fine hair and looks amazing on long faces. You just have to blow dry your hair, fix them up with any good hair spray and showcase your natural layers.
Styling tip – works best if you have a bad hair day.
Side Bangs with Small Ringlets
Styling time – 30 minutes
This gives a girl next door of image. For this, you need tongs or curlers. Keep the heating rod rolled on the edges of your hair for approximately 15 to 20 minutes. Keep rolling up and downwards so that you can adjust the length of the curls.
Styling tip – run your fingers loosely and lightly all over your hair and set the side bang with a fixer.
Curly Bob Hairstyle for Golden Blonde Hair
Styling time – 20 minutes
Take the front section of your hair – the fringes. Use large barrel curlers. Keep doing this for other portions of hair. Give your hair a nice upside-down flip. Set with your fingers lightly.
Styling tip – looks best with medium length of hair
Ringlets with Front Curly Fringes
Styling time – 20 minutes
For this, you need tongs or curlers. Keep the heating rod rolled on the edges of your hair for approximately 15 to 20 minutes. Keep rolling up and downwards so that you can adjust the length of the curls. Comb your fringes with light hands.
Styling tip – run your fingers loosely and lightly all over your hair and set the side bang with a fixer.
Center-parted Layered Bob Hairstyle
Styling time – 30 minutes
For this style you need, small curlers or small barrel curlers. Keep them on your hair and keep changing the sections after every few minutes. Just make sure the curls are loose to showcase your layered cut.
Styling tip – this hairstyle has been a hit a few years back.
Long Curly Layered Hairstyle
Styling time – 30 minutes
This gives a very girl next door image. An all-time hit hairstyle for your bad hair day and when you want to it is simple and classic. Just use your hair curler on each layer, to give it a natural curl. Keep doing it for the rest of your layers to get its chic look.
Styling tip – you can either create a center parting or a side one too.
Simple Straight Hair
Styling time – 15 minutes
This is one of the most in-demand hairstyles and the simplest of all, yet it is classic. You just need your hair straightener for this look. Create a center parting neatly and tidily. Now run your hair straightener while you pull out each section of your hair to straighten it. Comb your hair neatly.
Styling tip – this look is an all-time hit and suits everybody
Simple Long Bob with Front Fringes
Styling time – 15 minutes
For this style, you need a hair straightener. Run your hair straightener while you pull out each section of your hair to straighten it. Comb your hair neatly. Comb front fringes too.
Styling tip – this suits everybody
Wavy Hairstyle for Strawberry Colored Hair
Styling time – 15 minutes
It is an amazing style for your strawberry-colored hair, it’s simple and easy to carry. Make large outwards curls, giving your hair a wavy look at the tips. It is best for oval, round-shaped faces.
Styling tips – Use products to set the hair.
Nest Straight with Side Bangs
A straight hairstyle will not only give a modernized, smart look but even shows up the bold character of women. It is as simple as it is looking, no external tools are required to manage this hairdo, and any woman can easily maintain it.
It is perfect for ladies having shoulder-length hair and gives good volume to the hair. Carry nest straight feathers hairstyle for a decent and charming appeal.
Tantamount Straights
A charming hairstyle purely defined by its name. It is an all sides equal shoulder-length hairstyle with a middle portion that gives the perfect corporate look for any woman over 50, can be easily maintained.
You can have an elegant look with no extra tantrums to manage the hair. This can be styled as putting some amount from both the sides of hair behind the ears to have a sophisticated gesture on the face.
Cascade Waves
One who Loves to have a carefree day always and knows how to enjoy life every second will understand the fresh vibe of cascade wave hairstyle.
Once you have it, you can feel it and the fountain look on layer by layer gives it a wavy look on the back surface of the head which even gives good volume in the hair and is best to carry it with any office look or casual look. This hairstyle looks good for women with short hair.
Square in Combo
In this hairstyle, combo justifies both the curl and straight part of the hair, Front strips can be slightly curled coming in waves, and the rest of the part can be left straight and lose falling till the neck giving a very smart look for nay women.
The name purely defines hairstyle. It’s all sides equal shoulder-length Combo hairstyle with a middle portion, even will look good with right or left side portioned.
Kinky Neck Waves
Short, pretty hair with waves. It is very suitable for ladies carrying hair above the neck with less volume in their hair growth.
This is the perfect one to cover the fewer volume flaws as it will give more shine to the hair and waves will bring the overall beautified look on any women’s face.
This hairstyle is very easy to be maintained and needs no external maintenance for its look and gesture.
Layers on Peek
It has some layers starting from the forehead portion and continues till the end, giving a wavy touch. Layers on peek hairstyle is best suitable for ladies having hair till the shoulder so that the actual look of the cut can be felt.
It requires only a haircut which will stay for longer, and no other things are needed and can be easily maintained by any house working or office-going lady daily.
Short Sharp Edges
Sharp edges hairstyle comes in layers and starts from the forehead, giving it a flicks and layered look. In a particular look, the ends are sharply edged and have different layers in the entire hair length.
This is suitable for ladies having hair till the shoulder. It is easy to carry, and it will give a generic gesture after the haircut. It can be applied by anyone who wants a change in their haircut.
Layered Neck Flicks
In this hairstyle, the main volume can be seen from the flicks as it is layered from the forehead part and this can be maintained very easily just by making it side portioned it will give a nice texture to the hairs.
It is most suitable if the hair is of neck length so that it can give a wavy look in the face area more than any other. if you are bored with your regular hair then this is a good option to opt for.
Fleece Layers
It gives a smarter look on any woman over 50, and it is a very well-maintained hairstyle giving a layered look on each and every strip of the hair.
It gives the show on the back portion of the head as all the layered strips are clearly visible from the backside of the head and gives it a very newly obtained fresh look.
This is an easy way of maintaining hair after reaching a certain age which gives a good and carefree look.
Entwine Flutters
Entwine Flutters hairstyle is best for any party look. It will give a glorious look at any woman’s face.
All it needs is a curler to slightly twirl all the small strips of the hair and can be kept loosely without fixing any clips just doing it side portioned will complete the look of this hairstyle.
Looks great at any of the parties and gives a ravishing appeal on the face.
Beautiful Grey Curls
This look is perfect if you’re letting your grey hair grow out. The bottom of the hair is dyed brown but it’s all-natural and grey on top.
The look is simple, too. The bottom of the hair is curled and the top is pulled back out of the face and pinned in place.
Very Natural Grey Hair
This is the simplest look you could possibly have. The hair remains a natural grey color, and it’s cut to a uniform length on the shoulders. The bangs are just slightly shorter than the rest of the hair, and they’re held back with a beautiful pin.
Straight Side Swept Blonde
Here the hair is swept to the side and is worn straight. The hair is parted to the side and some cheekbone-length bangs fall over one side of the head. There’s some volume on top, and all the hair is kept out of the face.
Pinned Back Blonde Look
This is an easy hairstyle for anyone. The hair is a pleasant and dynamic blonde, and it falls to the shoulders in gentle, natural waves. The sides and bangs are pinned back out of the face to accentuate the features.
Youthful Platinum Look
This haircut is very youthful, parted to the side and framing the face nicely. There’s nothing too fancy about it; there are no layers, no complicated locks of hair creating volume, and no undertones or overtones.
The bangs are chin-length, and the color is so blonde that it’s almost grey.
Simple Layered Look
This is one of many shoulder length hairstyles for women over 50 that suits someone very busy. It’s easy to maintain and style.
The hair falls in layers to the shoulders with a solid blonde color, and the bangs frame the face nicely as they lie across the forehead.
Gentle Blonde Voluminous Hair
This hair has a lot of volume on top with some light bangs laying across the forehead. Most of the hair falls free and natural, but some hair is given an upward flick that adds to the volume of the look. The hair is mostly a uniform color with some darker roots.
Entwine Flutters
This is one of the more elegant shoulder length hairstyles for women over 50. The red hair has some volume as it’s brushed away from the face, and a lock falls across one side of the face which adds attractive asymmetry to the look.
The rest of the hair is brushed back and curled underneath itself at the ends for a very upscale appearance.
Simple Straight
This is a simple, straight hairstyle that’s perfect for a busy woman. It requires minimal styling. There are some light layers near the top, but it’s mostly a uniform cut with long side bangs neatly tucked behind the ear.
Wavy with Bangs
This wavy look is easy. The hair falls in light, natural waves, and the bangs are thick and full. The hair is sandy blonde with darker and lighter tones that add dimension.
Verdict
These hairstyles are something that all women can try easily at home. Most of the things are generally now available to everybody. Just try such styles to create a different look every time.
