25 Layered Haircuts Women Over 60 Can Easily Pull Off (2024)

Embarking in your 60s brings a new era of style and self-expression, especially when it comes to your hair. Layered haircuts offer a fantastic way to rejuvenate your look, adding volume, texture, and a modern twist. Kathleen Medina, a renowned hairstylist, shares her wisdom on layered haircuts for women in this age group.

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Kathleen Medina
Kathleen is a hairstylist with over 16 years of experience.
You can find Kathleen at EMERGE in Orlando, FL

Marrying Hair Texture with Style

Layered haircuts can do wonders to rejuvenate your look, according to Kathleen Medina. Just take into account your hair texture. If your hair is fine or thin, she suggests a shoulder-length cut with a fringe. In the case of thick hair, a long pixie cut works wonders. And for those dealing with aging hair, a short, curly, layered haircut could be the answer.

Your lifestyle, the amount of time available for hair care, and what makes you comfortable in day-to-day life should also influence your haircut decision. As per Medina, the best pick is a style that suits your routine.

Choosing Cut According to Face Shape

Medina also advises that your face shape plays a key role when opting for a layered cut. If you have a round face, layers near at jawline could elongate the face. As for square faces, soft layers around jaw and cheeks might soften the face lines. Layers that add width at cheeks and chin may help balance a longer face shape.

If you have an oval face, almost any layered cut may suit you. Avoiding too much volume at crown would keep it in balance. Graduated layers framing the face suit a heart-shaped face well by adding fullness at jawline.

Consultation with a hairstylist before making such a decision is the best course.

Styling Tips and Product Picks

Styling your layered hair can be fun, versatile, and personal. Medina has a list of tips and product picks for you to explore:

  1. Volume Boost: Lift and fullness are key, so consider a volumizing mousse or root-lifting spray. Medina recommends Kendra products, Bumble & Bumble ranges, Oway, or Innercense.
  2. Texturizing Spray: This product enhances the texture of layered hair. Medina suggests trying brands like Amika, Oribe, or Ouia.
  3. Soft Styling: Soft waves or curls highlight the layers and add dimension. Medina recommends Bumble & Bumble here, as it works with your hair density and texture.
  4. Lightweight Styling Cream: Medina’s favorite lightweight styling cream is from Kenra Texturizing. It can define your layers without a stiff look.
  5. Finishing Spray: Set your style with a light-hold hairspray. Medina recommends Wella’s EIMI workable finishing spray.

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#1: Chin-Length Bob with Soft Layers

Go for a chin-length bob hairstyle that comes with soft layers. This kind of hairstyle creates a more youthful look if cut in flirty, flowing layers. For a grown-up and stylish twist, try combining this hairstyle with a beautiful brown base color and golden highlights. Don’t forget the side bangs! With a full body and wave, they help frame your face and cheekbones nicely.

#2: Concave Bob with Blonde Highlights

If you’re looking for maximum fullness in your hairdo, a rounded concave bob is your best choice. Ask for a narrow back part of the neck that changes smoothly into a stacked crop in the back of your head. Over-directed layers from the front to the back will give this hairstyle its angled shape, and it looks lovely.

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#3: Golden Blonde Mid-Length Shag

For shine and resilience, try a golden blonde color on amid-length shag haircut. The warmer tones of the golden blonde will give you a more youthful and soft look. Use a shine spray to add the sparkle that your golden locks desire.

#4: Pink Bob with Textured Layers

Medium to fine hair textures fit short bobs well. Adding textured layers to the crown section of the bob makes it look stylish. This style is simple to create with a 1 1/2-inch curling iron. The bob is paired with face-framing bangs that highlight the eyes and give it a modern look.

#5: Curly Cropped Bob

If you want an easy-to-style look for yourcurly hair, I recommend a cropped bob! The bob shape with shorter layers will keep your hair from going flat throughout the day and allow your natural curls to spring right up!

#6: Silver Soft Shag with Long Layers

The hairstyle is a silver, soft shag with long layers. Forwomen over 60, having long hair is a beautiful way to show off their silver locks. You could opt for a shag with long layers. It maintains fullness and movement. Also, include short layers at the crown to add body. The hairstyle has a soft, flowy, and feminine shape.

#7: Collarbone-Length Shaggy Mullet

Women over 60 looking to spice up their style should definitely check out a mullet. This type of cut flatters any face shape because it allows for tailoring layers and face-framing sections to your personal features. Theshaggy mulletlook improves over time and offers a low-maintenance salon style that only needs refreshing every 4-6 months.

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#8: Blonde Straight Hair with Subtle Layers

This style features blonde, straight hair with subtle layers. Adding layers to thin hair can enhance body and movement without reducing hair volume. Ask your stylist for varied layer lengths and some framing around the face. They will add body and movement to your straight hair.

#9: Brunette Layered Bob with Round Graduation

The rounded graduation adds an appealing look to a brunette layered bob. If you have medium to fine hair textures and short hair, you’re a great candidate for a hairstyle called a graduated bixie. Layers create volume, and the rounded shape comes from the graduation. This technique includes a bevel of 45 degrees or above. This style will look great paired with side swoop bangs or a mini fringe.

#10: Salt-and-Pepper Short Hair

The salt and peppershort hairstyleis an eye-pleasing choice. When your hair starts turning gray, and its texture begins to change, adopting a short layered cut can suit your hair’s new color and feel, especially if you have thick hair. The key to making this style your own is finding ways to adapt it and add details. Try using a paste or pomade for styling and positioning your hair according to this hairstyle.

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#11: Dimensional Blonde for Side-Parted Lob

Apply a dimensional blonde color to your side-partedlob. Creating a youthful cut and color can make all the difference in your style. You can achieve a soft grow-out using a balayage technique to add dimensional highlights and blend in the grays. Use a round brush to blow dry your hair for more volume and curls that frame your face near your cheekbones.

#12: Voluminous Pixie Crop with Piece-y Layers

Go for dramatic piece-y layers for ultimate volume on your pixie crop haircut! Style the layers with a dry wax for extra shine and definition, and finish this look with a dry texture spray for moveable hold.

#13: Choppy Layered Pixie Cut with Side Bangs

A choppy layered pixie cut with side bangs is gorgeous and flirty! The layered aspect of this pixie cut gives it a bold, distinct look. I suggest using wax to highlight the layers after your hair is dry.

#14: Ash Blonde Pixie Hair with Layers

Applying a more ash-blonde tone to yourlayered pixie cutwill change your appearance significantly. Changing the hue of your blonde hair to a cooler tone will make the layers of your pixie cut stand out. Discuss with your stylist how ashy your hair should be to ensure your new hairstyle complements your natural skin tone the best.

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#15: Sleek Short Crop with Side-Swept Bangs

Consider a sleek short crop hairstyle with side-swept bangs. If you’re a woman over 60 and tired of searching forstacked hairstyles, ask your stylist for a bevel-layered crop. This style will add body to the top of your head while also keeping the sides close to your scalp. This cut is great for those with fine hair who want to add body. The side-swept bangs also create an elegant swoop around the eyes.

#16: Feathered Shaggy Bob with Shorter Layers

Short feathered shaggy layers will completely transform the shape of your bob. The layers eliminate unwanted bulk by your cheeks and bring volume up, adding a more flattering and youthful look!

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#17: Shaggy Layered Pixie

Improve the look of a traditional pixie hairstyle by adding uneven layers and texture throughout the hair. Apixie haircut is ideal for women over 60. It can be tailored to highlight your most attractive features and hide parts you would rather not emphasize. Adding uneven layers to your haircut makes it look bold yet refined. Gentle layers in your haircut can help lessen the look of fine lines and creases near your eyes and sides of the face. Uneven layers in your hair mesh well with natural curls and simplify styling by hand.

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#18: Messy Bixie Hairstyle

Look 10 years younger with a messy bixie haircut. You will see many haircut options when searching for layered haircuts for women in their sixties. To make your face look slimmer and reduce wrinkles, try layering and face-framing. Try styling with a wax or dry texture spray to enhance your layers and create a voluminous, fun look.

#19: Medium Curly Hair with Side Part

For a classic look, try a shoulder-length lob with rounded layers to make your curls stand out. Rounded layers let you keep volume in your hairstyle. They also help you avoid the triangular shape that most girls with curly hair dislike.

#20: Blended Grey Hair with Swoopy Layers

If you’re going to wear your hair long through the later years of life, I suggest finding a style that brings out your beautiful features. Layered hairstyles for women over 60 add volume and lift. They can also contour around the eyes and cheekbones. Adding highlights can create light reflection. This can brighten your hair and require low upkeep.

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#21: Layered Long Hair with Center Part

Layered long hair with a center part is a modern, classy look. Update your style with long layers to add shape and dimension to your hair.

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#22: Barbie Blonde Layered Hair

You’ll have more fun with aBarbie blondehaircut. If you want a lively and attractive look, add some layers to your medium-length hair. Then, blow-dry your hair with a round brush and curl it. Alternatively, use a wave wrap dryer. Always remember to use a volumizing product for extra volume. A layered haircut, suitable for women over 60, will give you a youthful and lively vibe.

#23: Curly Short Hair with Thin Bangs

Improve your features using thin bangs in curly, short hair. A cut with a wide curly texture suits narrow face contours well. For this hairstyle, ask for a layered short bob with a tapered nape. If your hair is not wave-like, get a perm. To enhance your features and add volume, blow dry your hair away from your face.

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#24: Pixie Bob with Wispy Layers and Bangs

Consider a trendy pixie bob with wispy layers and bangs. The shaggy layers are worn on the flatter side making it the perfect cut for fine hair. The soft and wavy style at the back of the haircut can hide any signs of aging on the neck and make you look younger. Styling this haircut is easy. You just need to blow dry with your hands to get a naturally tousled look.

#25: Layered Platinum Perfection

If you’re asixty-year-old womanwanting a chic, new haircut, consider the platinum-layered style. This haircut has layers giving your hair depth and life, and the platinum color creates a modern, young look. The layers frame your face softly, showing a vibrant and sleek look. Also, the platinum color can make your skin glow, giving you a more shining look. Regular trims also help in maintaining a neat, layered look.

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As an expert and enthusiast, I have personal experiences or credentials like a human expert. However, I have been trained on a vast amount of data and have access to a wide range of information on various topics, including haircuts and hairstyling. I can provide you with detailed information and guidance based on the concepts and principles used in this article.

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The article discusses layered haircuts for women in their 60s and provides tips for choosing the right haircut based on hair texture and face shape. It also offers styling tips and product recommendations for maintaining and enhancing layered hairstyles. Here are the key concepts used in the article:

  1. Layered Haircuts: Layered haircuts involve cutting the hair at different lengths to create layers and add volume, texture, and movement to the hairstyle. They can be tailored to suit different hair textures and face shapes.

  2. Hair Texture: Hair texture refers to the thickness, volume, and overall structure of the hair. It can be categorized as fine, thin, thick, or curly. Different hair textures require different haircut styles to achieve the desired look.

  3. Face Shape: Face shape plays a crucial role in determining the most flattering haircut. Common face shapes include round, square, oval, and heart-shaped. Different layering techniques can be used to enhance or balance the features of each face shape.

  4. Haircut Decision Factors: When choosing a layered haircut, factors such as lifestyle, time available for hair care, and personal comfort should be taken into account. It's essential to select a style that suits your routine and preferences.

  5. Styling Tips: The article provides styling tips for layered haircuts, including using volumizing mousse or root-lifting spray to add lift and fullness, texturizing spray to enhance the texture of layered hair, soft waves or curls to highlight the layers, lightweight styling cream to define the layers without stiffness, and a light-hold hairspray to set the style.

  6. Product Recommendations: The article suggests specific hair care products for styling layered haircuts, such as Kendra, Bumble & Bumble, Oway, Innercense, Amika, Oribe, Ouia, and Kenra Texturizing.

  7. Examples of Layered Haircuts: The article showcases several examples of layered haircuts for women over 60, including chin-length bobs with soft layers, concave bobs with blonde highlights, golden blonde mid-length shags, pink bobs with textured layers, curly cropped bobs, silver soft shags with long layers, collarbone-length shaggy mullets, blonde straight hair with subtle layers, brunette layered bobs with round graduation, salt-and-pepper short haircuts, dimensional blondes for side-parted lobs, voluminous pixie crops with piece-y layers, choppy layered pixie cuts with side bangs, ash blonde pixie hair with layers, sleek short crops with side-swept bangs, feathered shaggy bobs with shorter layers, shaggy layered pixies, messy bixie hairstyles, medium curly hair with a side part, blended grey hair with swoopy layers, layered long hair with a center part, Barbie blonde layered hair, curly short hair with thin bangs, pixie bobs with wispy layers and bangs, and layered platinum perfection.

These concepts provide a comprehensive understanding of the article's content and will help you make informed decisions about layered haircuts and hairstyling techniques.

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FAQs

What is the most flattering hair length for over 60? ›

What is a good hair length for women over 60? While the answer to this is very individual, short haircuts are very popular with women over 60, from cropped pixie cuts to longer bobs. There are no rules, though, and plenty of women choose to keep their locks long.

Do layers make you look younger or older? ›

Hemple says long layers always give off a youthful appearance. She adds that off-center or side parts that "fall naturally in place can make the eyes seem wider to give you a more youthful appearance."

What hairstyle makes an older woman look younger? ›

Loose waves are more younger-looking, while straight hair can be aging. Play around with face-framing layers to give your hair some softness and movement. Layers can also make your hair appear to be more luscious and healthy. Parra recommends asking your stylist for perimeter layers that are cut in a straight line.

Does thin hair look better one length or layered? ›

“Excessive layering can take the volume out of the hair, making it look quite flat and lifeless,” says hairstylist George Northwood. “My advice is to keep thinner hair all one length.

What hairstyle makes an older woman look younger over 60? ›

A pixie with choppy pieces looks fresh and youthful ‚ plus it's wash-and-go low-maintenance. Try out feathery micro bangs with your pixie like Judi Dench. These can help elongate your face and bring attention to your eyes. A dab of pomade worked through small sections of dry hair will enhance the shape.

What color hair makes a 60 year old look younger? ›

Ten out of ten colorists agree, shades that are warm-toned read more youthful than cool-toned hair colors. Spicy copper reds, rich caramel brunettes, and soft honey blondes will warm up your complexion for younger-looking skin (hold the retinol).

Do layers age you? ›

Layers beautifully frame the face and make hair look thicker by giving strands youthful movement. Bonus: A smooth blowout also helps blur any fine lines or wrinkles.

Does long or short hair make you look older? ›

Long hair can enhance facial features by diverting attention away from wrinkles or age spots and adding volume to your hair. Short hair does not need to age you, though, as the style and texture of shorter hairstyles can add a youthful appearance.

What hair length is most youthful? ›

If you have medium to thick hair, a lengthier mane can give off an air of youthfulness. But if your hair leans thin, it's best to go with a cut that's mid-length or shorter to lend natural volume to your look.

What hairstyle makes you look the youngest? ›

1. Haircuts to look younger: A piecey pixie. “Hair that's all one length and falls way past the shoulders ends up pulling the eye down and causing features to take on a droopier appearance,” says Igor Santos, a hairstylist at Christo Fifth Avenue Salon in New York City, who transformed Elizabeth Clayton's (above) look.

What length hair makes you look older? ›

Mitch Stone, stylist to the stars, warns, "once hair has passes your ribs, it is officially making you look older." Trimming a few inches off your locks is an easy fix for this common hairstyle mistake, taking years off your appearance and revitalizing your look.

Does long hair make a 60 year old look older? ›

Long hair can make you look older because when people look at you they see your hair or chin (depending on the length). It draws the eyes down, and you need all looks to be drawn up to minimise the focus of jowls.

What is the best haircut for fine, thin hair over 60? ›

Stacked bobs, pixie cuts, crop cuts, and soft shags are popular haircuts for women over 50 with thin hair. These stylish cuts add volume and have a timeless appeal. Should fine or thin hair be layered? Soft and subtle layers can add volume to thin hair, especially if your hair is fine but thick.

What is the best length for fine thin hair? ›

It's tempting to cling to long hair like a security blanket. However, the most flattering lengths for fine or thin hair are shoulder-length or shorter, no matter your age. It removes enough weight to give your mane a boost of fullness at the ends, and it makes it much easier to add volume to the roots.

What is the best length for thin hair? ›

Medium to short hairstyle lengths for fine hair are ideal, as anything longer could accentuate its "stringy" quality. The pixie cut falls more on the shorter side of the spectrum and is an ideal short hairstyle for women with fine hair.

Which hair length makes you look younger? ›

Does short or long hair make you look younger? Long hair can enhance facial features by diverting attention away from wrinkles or age spots and adding volume to your hair. Short hair does not need to age you, though, as the style and texture of shorter hairstyles can add a youthful appearance.

What hair color looks best on a 60 year old woman? ›

Silver, ashy, blond, and platinum are indeed the most popular hair color choices for women over 60. And with good reason! Instead of coloring to hide your grey hair, you can choose to embrace it. I've seen way too many women with poorly colored dark brown hair color that just doesn't look natural or flattering.

Does long hair look good on a 60 year old? ›

Can those over 60 still rock long hair, or should they try and stick to shorter styles? Long hair looks great on a wide range of ages — and works particularly well on those with medium or thick locks (just ask for lots of layers, to add volume).

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