100 Chic Short Hairstyles for Women Over 50 |Amanda's Fashion Outfits

Be fabulous over 50! Express yourself through your hair. Feel amazing and look amazing. Here are 100 short hairstyles for women over 50 to inspire your next look!

Square Layered Pixie

Q&A with Style Creator Stacey Shuler-Abdella

Master Stylist @ Voodoo Hair in Canada

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How would you describe this look and what’s your favorite thing about it?

This is a disconnected, square layer pixie with a long asymmetrical fringe. I love the fun and feminine vibe this look gives. It is a short sexy cut with serious sass!

Which products would you recommend to help create and maintain this look?

To create this look, use KMS Add Volume Styling Foam for wet styling, Blow dry high volume into the top and low volume on the sides and back. After blow dry styling is complete, add KMS Hair Play Dry Wax to the hair and work it through to enhance the texture. Finish the look and make it last with KMS Hair Stay Medium Hold Spray.

What type of person would this look work best for?

This look is great for many women in today’s busy world. If you are a fashion forward lady on the go that wants a versatile and stylish look, this haircut will suit you.

It is ideal for medium to course textured hair that is straight or has a slight wave. The cut can be customized to work with every face shape.

What’s your best tip for someone who’s considering this look?

Make sure to find a stylist that has experience with short haircuts and ask for their advice on versatile styling tips. Always consider getting the products your stylist uses to create your look. It is hard to recreate your look without the right tools!
Short and Sweet Pixie

Q&A with style creator Elena Gatzios

Stylist @ Hair by Elena G, Central Florida

How would you describe this look and what’s your favorite thing about it?

This is a trendy, fashion-forward pixie that is easy to wear year round. My absolute favorite thing about this look is that it’s very versatile. It can be worn so many different ways and each style looks like a different haircut!

Which products would you recommend to help create and maintain this look?

For added volume and longer lasting hold, I recommend using AG-Foam on damp hair. After blow drying, I like AG-Texture Gloss for texture, placement and definition. Finally, finish a look like this with AG-High and Dry hairspray for lasting hold.

What type of person would this look work best for?

This haircut is fantastic with any texture of hair, but looks best if the hair is on the medium to thick side. Dimensional color enhances the best features of this cut. You can do bold colors with this cut, but I would be careful of placement. If not put in the right place, bold colors could throw the whole look off.

What’s your best tip for someone who’s considering this look?

Feel comfortable in your own skin, because this short haircut exposes a good portion of your face and neck. To keep this style looking its best, you need to head to the salon every four to six weeks for maintenance.
Textured Inverted Bob

Q&A with style creator, Phuong Tran

Stylist @ Sukis in Vancouver, BC

How would you describe this cut and color and what’s your favorite thing about it?

This cut is a textured asymmetric inverted bob. I love how playful it can be when it’s styled curly! The color features multidimensional highlights in warm toffee and caramel tones.

Which products would you recommend to help create and maintain this look?

My favorite product to achieve this textured curly look is a L’Oréal professional product called Next Day Hair. It is a mineral texture spray with a little bit of hold so it gives the hair some grip, volume and an effortless look.

What type of person would this look work well with?

This look would be great on anyone wanting a flexible style that has the potential for being playful. When styled smooth it can look more classic and sleek, whereas if styled curly and textured, it looks more edgy.

How could someone recreate this style at home?

1. Apply L’Oréal Professional Full Volume Mousse to damp hair.

2. Use your fingers to pull the hair up as you blow dry the root. Let the hair cool for a few seconds before you let it hair drop to achieve more volume.

3. Once the hair is dry, use a 1-inch curling iron to curl one-inch sections, alternating curl directions as you go.

4. Finish with L’Oréal Professional Next Day Hair texture spray and run your hands through to create a perfectly disheveled look.
Modern Take on The Classic Bob

Allison Nahoopii

Q&A with style creator, Allison Nahoopii

Master Stylist and Image Consultant @ Color Queen Salon in Honolulu, HI

How would you describe this look and what’s your favorite thing about it?

This style is a modern take on the classic bob. It is super soft, casual, and very flattering.

Which products would you recommend for this look?

Try Aquage Silk Oil for softness and shine and Kenra hairspray for light hold.

What type of person would this look work well with?

Even though this is a timeless and fairly universally flattering look, the wearer should be confident and comfortable wearing short hair.

What’s a little tip you’d give to someone who’s considering this look or already has it?

The blowout is crucial to this style, so be prepared and committed to spending a minimum of 10 minutes blow drying your hair.

How could someone recreate this style at home?

1. Throughly towel dry hair.

2. Add hair oil from mid lengths to ends.

3. Grab your blow dryer and use your hands until the hair is 80% dry, then use a round or flat brush to smooth and shape your strands until 100% dry.

4. Finish with a light hold hairspray.
Creative Color

Q&A with style creator, Sara Bierman
Owner/Independent Stylist @ Salon Luxe in Appleton, WI

How would you describe this look and what is your favorite thing about it?

This is a creative spin on the evolving vivid color trend! More clients are wanting to see a pop of color or do something fun while still keeping it acceptable for everyday work. With this look, we added a variety of purple in smaller weaved sections to keep it soft yet fun.

What products do you recommend to maintain and recreate this look?

Using a great sulfate-free shampoo and rinsing will cool water is the best way to get more longevity out of these fun colors. We styled this look with a nice root lift and an all over volumizing foam to add a volumious yet sleek finish!

What type of client would you recommend this look for?

I think anyone can have fun with their hair! If your client wants some color, find out what they like and what their comfortable with. Incorporate these things while using your creative skills to create an everyday, liveable style!
Soft Loose Waves

These beautiful waves are soft, loose and touchable. Hair like this can definitely take years off its wearer. Alterna Caviar Working Hairspray gives hair long lasting hold that is brushable and natural looking. Wider face shapes with hair that is medium in texture and medium in density is very compatible hairstyle.
Face Framing Bangs For Women Over 50

This short hairstyle is fun, youthful and stylish. Short haircuts that push towards the face instead of back tend to be more up to date and make its wearer look younger. This bob is styled straight and tucked behind the ear with a side swept fringe. Perfect Iron Spray is a thermal protection spray that protects hair up to 450 F.
Chunky Bangs Takes Years Off

Instead of beveling and curling your ends in, try styling them straight. This is definitely a more current look. If you want to take it up a notch, wear your hair with texture. Natural and less contrived styles tend to soften your look and make you look fresh and youthful.
Perfect Texture Finishing Spray gives hair dimensional texture, volume and fullness.

Longer face shapes with hair that is medium in texture and density are best.
Always shake aerosol cans well before you use them. This ensures that you mix the product well with the propellant. If you fail to do this, you could eventually end up with product in the can and not be able to spray it out.
Effortless Wavy Locks

These waves look effortlessly beautiful. They are loose, soft and very natural looking.
Kendi Dry Oil Micromist weightlessly gives hair shine and controls frizz.

Women over 50 with hair that is medium in texture and density will find this hairstyle looks very flattering.
Layered Lightweight Style

This haircut is short and layered, giving it a lot of texture and lightness. Alterna’s Texturizing Body Boost Powder from their Bamboo line gives hair lift, texture and separation.

Women over 50 with any texture and density will suit this hairstyle.
Asymmetrical Brunette Bob

This bob is tucked behind the ear on one side giving it an asymmetrical look. The fringe is long, thick, and swoops across the forehead from a deep side part for a youthful, up-to-date and stylish finish. Alterna’s Caviar Extra Hold Spray is a quick drying hairspray that provides long lasting hold without stiffness and flakiness. It also protects your hair from humidity. Oval face shapes with any hair type match this hairstyle.
Asymmetric Fringe

Short hair and a fringe seems to be the go-to, no-fail haircut for mature women. You don’t have to look like everyone else though! This is my favorite haircut on the list. If hair was fashion, her textured asymmetric fringe would definitely be couture! Paul Mitchell’s Spray Wax delivers buildable texture in aerosol form which allows for an even distribution. Oval and heart face shapes with any hair type will find this hairstyle complimentary.
Front Curled Hairstyle

This is a medium length haircut with layers that are shorter in the front and longer in the back. This causes the face to not be covered up even if the hair is curled towards the face. Alterna’s Caviar Amplifying Mousse gives hair long lasting volume and is a blessing for short hair. Women over 50 with any hair type will find this look flattering.
Loose Ponytail

Long hair in a loose ponytail seems like it wouldn’t be the best haircut and hairstyle for a mature woman, right? This beauty is proof that nothing beats having healthy, shiny hair…and a fringe that is styled on point. Alterna’s Caviar 3-Minute Shine Boost is a weekly shine enhancing treatment. It’s like lip gloss for your hair. Women over 50 with any hair types will find that this hairstyle takes off years.
Short Layered Hair

This chic short hairstyle features short layers in the back that gradually get longer towards the front. The longer layers in front become a sweet fringe sweeping across the forehead. Gloss Drops will remove frizz and add luminous shine to hair. Oval face shapes with any hair type look great in this style.
Long Layered Youthful Cut

This youthful haircut features long layers that allow the hair to have movement without removing too much of its density. Women over 50 with low to medium density and fine to medium texture can rock this style best.
Volumous Curls

This short hairstyle is heavily layered which makes it light enough to style serious volume into. Extra-Body Sculpting Foam gives hair a blowout filled with volume.
Longer Pixie Cut

If you are looking for an low maintenance style, this is it! The really short layers throughout this haircut make it easy to style with fun texture.
Oval face shapes with any hair type will suit this style. Any woman over 50 will love this shorter haircut.
Short Textured Waves

This haircut has the sides graduated shorter in the bottom and longer on top. The hair on top of the head is left longer. The entire haircut is texturized a lot to give it tons of beautiful movement! Women over 50 with any hair type will find the waves energetic.
Short Layered Waves

This beautiful haircut has shorter layers in the front and longer ones in the back, causing hair to naturally push backwards. This style is perfect for people who can’t stand having hair on their face! Women over 50 with hair that is medium in density and texture will suit this style.
Organic Looking Curls

This style is very youthful. It is a chin-length haircut with organic looking curls. Hot Off The Press protects the hair from heat and has hold that helps make the style last longer.
Curled Out Bob Hairstyle

One length hair keeps maximum density and is perfect for fine hair. This one length look is styled with the ends flipped out for a trendy finish. Longer face shapes with hair that is low in density and fine in texture are more suited to this look.
Graduated Bob

This is a short graduated bob that is shorter in the back and longer in the front. In this picture, it is styled tucked behind the model’s ear. Graduated hairstyles build weight and allow the hair to have great wash-and-wear volume.
Softening Layers

This glamorous look is softened by layers and waves.
Long Layered Short Haircut

This haircut has long layers which gives it some movement, but without removing too much weight.
Chic Crop

This haircut is very stylish, chic and trendy, yet still age appropriate.
Natural Curls

If you have it, flaunt it! Naturally curly hair provides a built-in style and can look absolutely breathtaking with the right products and care. Scrunching Grooming Pomade into the hair helps define curls and adds shine.
Amazing Pixie Cut

This beautifully textured pixie cut is for the confident woman who doesn’t have to hide beneath the security of long hair. How sexy is that? Sexy short hairstyles for women over 50 give an air of confidence.
Short Wavy Bob

This short bob is styled with volume and some wave. What I love about it is that it has the option of being styled wash-and-wear.
Short Wavy Layers

This style has very short layers compared to its overall length. This removes a lot of weight, allowing the style to have movement and softness.
Chin-length Bob

This chin-length bob is nearly all one length. This keeps the style heavy and dense which is perfect for fine hair!
Wispy Fringe Cut

This short style features longer layers on top of the head and a beautiful wispy fringe.
Short Blonde Hairstyle

This fabulous layered haircut features a texturized straight-across fringe.
Highlights and Bangs

This bob is nearly all one length. This allows it to keep most of its weight, making it the perfect cut for fine hair. The way that it is styled keeps it from looking too heavy and the slight bend on the hair in the front gives a softer overall look.
Layered Framing Style

This gorgeous layered haircut has the fringe and the rest of the hair styled away from the face.
Wispy Bob

The curve and wispiness of this bob softens the face and makes it more youthful. It softens the face as it frames it by having the ends beveled in. The fringe gives the same effect because it is cut at a curve and is texturized, soft and wispy.
The Wispy Look

This pretty short hairstyle looks effortlessly beautiful and casual!
Graduated Bob Hairstyle

This bob is shorter in the front and longer in the back. This causes hair to naturally fall to the back, making it perfect for people who want to keep hair away from their face.

Gone are the days of outdated hairstyles only suited for grandmothers. These days, there are no rules for short hairstyles for women over 50. You can totally take on today’s trends and rock an awesome, chic hairstyle without looking too youthful! Need some ideas? Look no further than this list!