After 40 years, women open a new page in their lives. They are full of energy and strength, confident and deserve sincere admiration. How to create a decent image with a short haircut for women of mature age, read this article.
Features
Hair is one of the main ornaments of a woman at any age. Curly and straight, long and short - they should always look well-groomed and healthy.
To keep elegance, to look young and attractive, leading hairdressers stylists advise women after 40 to prefer short haircuts.
Many do not dare to part with long hair, not realizing that among the features of short haircuts there are many advantages.
- Time saving. Care for long curls can be left to young ladies who have to conquer the world. You have already successfully conquered him with charm and beauty.
- Feeling of lightness and freedom. Bundles, braids, numerous studs and barrettes are in the past. No need to worry about locks of hair. Now it will be quite justified, natural and extravagant.
- Opportunity to look younger, create a new fresh look that matches your temperament, mood, and lifestyle.
- You can allow bold experimentsthat you did not dare: change hair, drastically change hair color.
Before choosing a specific model of female short hair, carefully consider the decisive nuances.
- Figure. If you are a lady of large forms, it is not worth making a super-short haircut: a magnificent figure and a miniature head will not give the appearance of charm.
- Face shape: oval, round, square, triangular. Each type has its own spectacular models.
- Hair structure The same haircut looks different on curly and straight, hard and soft, sparse and thick, thin and dense hair. Make the right choice will help an experienced stylist.
- Hair color. It is worth refusing from dark tones when coloring, give preference to light natural shades or creative courageous tones.
- Beautiful gray hair on short hair looks very noble. You can give it an interesting and unusual accent with tonic or coloring mousses.
- Skin on the face. Short haircuts make the face and neck completely open. Small mimic wrinkles for this are not a hindrance, but deep noticeable folds are forbidden.
Certain troubles are associated with a short haircut:
- daily styling;
- monthly visit to the hairdresser;
- applying flawless make-up.
Afraid of this is not worth it.
- A few days after the haircut, you will learn to masterly do the styling yourself, skillfully using the hair dryer and styling tools. You will see that styling is not a burden, but a great opportunity to change yourself by inventing new forms and images.
- Some haircuts do not require styling at all. It is enough to wash, dry your head - and the hair will be in perfect order.
- Careful daily care of the face and décolleté, skillful application of makeup should be a mandatory ritual for 40 years.
- A visit to the stylist very soon will be for you a pleasant pastime. It is enough to find a good master, who understands your desires, who will successfully select the necessary haircut model for you.
Fashion options
Today, haircuts in fashion, different in length and shape. Consider the most popular.
Pixie
Translated from English, the word pixie - a fairy or a fluttering elf, and hence the image created with the help of this haircut, will be easy and unconstrained.
Haircut fantastically changes a woman, making her much younger, giving the appearance of mischief and coquetry. Hairstyle has many options.
- Brash short, with sharp, densely milled strands resembling teeth. This is a fashion model for slim and sporty ladies.
- Feminine elongated, slightly covering the neck.
- Rolling in bob.
- In this year's trend is the pixie cascade, which has long strands on the back of the head.
- Pixie with voluminous asymmetric bangs.
Principles haircut:
- layering;
- thick filigree;
- open temples, ears, neck;
- short hair on the back of the head;
- sharp and torn thrash-like strands that add volume.
Caret
This women's haircut is always in trend. Suitable for any type of hair and face shape. Skillful styling will look spectacular with this hairstyle and on weekdays and holidays.
The variations of the caret are varied:
- classic
- short false;
- graduated;
- layered with short crown and asymmetrical torn fringe;
- Kare-bob in traditional execution.
Bean
The perfect solution for the modern lady who wants to look always graceful and young. This classic version of the haircut gives the image of femininity and refinement. In contrast to the square square care, where a large volume of hair is in the area of the ears and temples, the bob has an elegant top of the head and a completely open occipital zone.
Lack of a parting allows to lay hair in any chosen direction.
Bob can be found in a variety of versions:
- classical;
- elongated;
- creative with torn strands;
- asymmetric.
Cascade
Popular among middle-aged women, the multi-layered cascade looks great not only on long but also short hair.
The model name speaks for itself: it has a stepped base. A densely filleted crown, long strands in the occipital and lateral zones allow you to adjust the shape of the face, make the neck longer.
The presence of light bangs with torn strands will help hide the wrinkles on the forehead.
Short cascade happens:
- ragged;
- graduated;
- Italian;
- cascade moving into a bean.
Hairstyles without styling
Haircuts that do not require styling, make it possible to feel "light". The famous phrase of the main character of the movie “Office Romance”: “It’s much better perky than a house on the head” is the motto of many middle-aged women who do not want to burden themselves with this daily procedure.
Creativity and imagination of stylists gave modern women the opportunity to choose haircuts that perfectly keep their shape without additional troubles.
Boy
A short male haircut for a boy suits women fragile and slim. Active temperamental beauties look with such a hairstyle very attractively on a par with young ladies who prefer creative. Owners of volumetric shapes and chubby ladies this model is not suitable. Open temples and sides, short crown will make the face fuller and older, and the figure - more massive.
Ladies with regular features, good skin, and no second chin can indulge themselves in such a bold and bold ultrashort version. This is the best choice for owners of naughty curls, and women who love to look natural without much effort.
Hair does not require styling, but involves a visit to the hairdresser at least once a month.
Pixie
The novelty of the short models of pixie, having a minimum length, looks great, even if it dries out naturally without the use of a hair dryer. If desired, you can form the "needles" of the tips of the strands with wax, but this is not necessary.
Cesson
This is one of the best models that designers have managed to come up with for absolutely smooth hair. The haircut is done on the hair of medium length, perfectly fits the "cap", framing the contour of the face.No ladders, steps and torn individual strands that need to be laid for a long time and hard in the technology of cutting is not present. Only smooth, gentle lines, giving the lady a special charm and nobility.
Cesson form is not only oval. You can experiment and decide on the arched or asymmetrical version. Creative approach to allow any woman to look young and energetic.
Caret
Hairstyle does not require long work on yourself, especially if it is a traditional or graduated four. A maximum of 5-10 minutes depending on the thickness and length of the hair will take to look stylish and well-groomed.
Bean
Hairstyle without hassle. It is enough just to slightly round the strands of the frontal zone with the help of brushing and hair dryer. Hair dry and perfectly take the desired shape. A tattered layered bob can be hooliganly raslohmatit hands with a drop of mousse - and you are in full readiness, bold and beautiful.
Aurora
A multi-layered haircut without sharp transitions is also a very convenient option for those who save time on hair styling.
The hairstyle frames the lines of the face and opens the neck. You can simply smooth the hair during drying or give it a slightly disheveled look. That's the whole styling. A huge plus model in the fact that growing up, it does not look untidy.
Italian cascade
This model is preferred by ladies who want to keep the average hair length. There are no sharp transitions, and the multi-layer hairstyle makes the hair lush and voluminous, which will suit the owners of thin and brittle hair.
How to pick up?
When choosing a haircut should not act spontaneously. First of all, determine what shape your face has: round, square, triangular or oval.
Round face
The face of chubby ladies seems the same in length and width. The main task of the haircut is to correct the oval, to extend it, making it more correct.
For this fit:
- multi-layered haircuts with a short top, creating a large amount in the parietal and occipital zone;
- long strands with sharp corners.
Do not make straight square bangs. Let it be youthful, frivolous, asymmetrical, with torn edges.
Suitable haircuts:
- an elongated bean covering the plump cheeks;
- graded car, narrowing face with long side strands;
- stepped multi-layered cascade with raised crown and asymmetrical bangs;
- pixies with a volume frontal zone.
Square
Here hide the outstanding cheekbones and heavy chin. We make facial contours softer due to elongated strands in the side zones. Wide forehead adjust the volume at the roots. Asymmetrical, arched or zigzag bangs. Graceful coquettish curls will help to create a young and energetic image of ladies with curly hair.
Stylists recommend:
- asymmetry with wavy smooth lines;
- elongated graduated bob with lateral strands below the chin;
- elongated pixie;
- multilayer cascade.
Oval
Happy owners of the correct oval can afford most of the trendy options. Here are appropriate haircuts of any length, with bangs and without, asymmetrical creative and traditional.
Here it will be appropriate:
- traditional square or any other kind of it;
- bob - classic, hooligan asymmetrical, ragged, elongated;
- sesson in all its variations;
- cascade and multi-layer ladder;
- pixie, which allows you to look like a youthful fervently.
When choosing a final hairstyle, it is worth considering that your style and temperament are crucial. If you are energetic, love sport and a fast pace of life, the flighty naughty hairstyles will give you confidence. Romantic and calm nature, loving gloss and elegance, we can recommend elongated haircuts and hairstyles that require styling, which they will do very enthusiastically.
Important! When making a choice, remember that if you are over 40, it means that you are experienced, smart and attractive.Love yourself, and do not give up the pleasure of becoming even more charming and beautiful.
Beautiful examples
Consider a few examples of beautiful haircuts on famous attractive women.
- Charming actress and television host Lera Kudryavtseva with a bob haircut.
- Gorgeous Alice Freindlich with a feminine haircut in the "Office Romance."
- Famous Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway looks great with pixie.
- The stunning short-haired pixie Elizabeth Taylor looks young and sexy.
- Stylish and energetic Meryl Streep with a spectacular short square on gray hair.
- Charming Tatiana Ustinova looks much brighter and younger in the new image.
- Chic short bob very much to the face of the amazing actress Yulia Menshova. She is no less charming with a haircut.
- A model of grace and femininity Mireille Mathieu with a haircut sesson.
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