Thinking about shaking up your look in 2025? Seriously soft and sexy, the long shag haircut is back and it isn t just for rockstars (or twenty-somethings). It is literally, one of the most flattering, wearable cuts women over 60 that ever felt fresh, up to date and effortlessly chic. Do you have straight and fine hair, or thick bombshell-curly hair or anything in between? This cut has a little bit of everything. Swipe through these 23 stylish looks that show long shags are the ace up your sleeves to classic style with a forward attitude.
1. Windswept Layers with Side Bangs
There’s something effortlessly sensual about these windswept layers that sweep across the cheekbone just so. The side-swept fringe gives a whisper of mystery, perfect for days when you’re feeling a little flirty but still grounded. It is a style that you want to take off your favorite sunglasses on and roll the windows down and drive.
This look thrives on thick wavy hair, but it’s surprisingly workable for fine hair straight types if you add a volumizing mousse before blow drying. These layered pieces of hair surrounding the face add soft depths to the cheekbones and the choppy length keeps it light and with a flow. The round brush style then apply texture spray to give it that lived-in polish.
2. Bouncy Volume with Retro Face Framing
It is one of the full-volume fantasies, which are composed of the 80s style of structure and a softness of today. It is almost bomb-shell-who-still-owns-vinyl-style -prehistoric but definitely up to date. The shape framing your face is all about grace and lift as though your hair is always ready to be photographed even at the grocery store.
A perfect fit on ladies over 50 or women over 60 who are looking to turn up the glam but not the fuss. It has soft layers to open up the cheeks and add some volume to the natural wave or blowout (thick wavy hair or coarse strands in particular). The full effect will make you less than 15 minutes using hot rollers or a blow-dry brush.
3. Boho Shag with Curtain Bangs
This light, teased shag is almost the scent of wildflowers and summer breeze. It is a nostalgic, sun-drenched look with those curtain bangs wavy hair that girls since the 70s have been dreaming about. It is uninhibited, relationship oriented, and it is an ideal match to that person whose soul feels at peace most when it is barefoot in an open pasture.
It is magically fabulous on curvy curly hair or bouncy curly hair with its inbuilt movement and texture. It can be used by anyone who seeks structure but not a stiff shape because the bangs blend into the layers. To immediately achieve the lightest and most effortless finish, use a curl-enhancing cream and allow to dry by air or diffuse it.
4. Grunge-Inspired Messy Shag
It has a courageous, I-just-got-up-and-I-don t-need-no-stinkin-trends vibe that conveys the message: I know I do not follow fashion, fashion follows me. The dishevelled finish, sulky fringe and dark roots exude a cool, effortless sexiness of an undone confidence which is distinctly rock-n-roll.
This style works best with thick wavy hair or with fine hair that can hold a bend but it is definitely better that there is some element of mess. Add some dry shampoo for some mid-day lift and scrunch on some texturizing cream to accentuate that rebel look. Perfect on days when you are in more of a creative mood, and don not want to spend time styling.
5. Mid-Length Shag with Flippy Layers
This is the meaning of flirty cool, consider French cinema with a contemporary touch. The layers are flipped out in all the right spots, providing bounce and movement to the look with the lengthy bangs adding the perfect drama to finish off the look. It appears something that you would wear to an art opening and hold a glass of red wine.
It will bring some life to your straight or thin fine hair instantly and without the use of heating appliances daily. Just line-dry using a diffuser or air-dry up a bit using a light mousse. It does not take much of a wave or a natural bend to make this style sing.
6. Rocker Shag with Baby Bangs
This rocker-chic shag is totally a stunner as it combines the baby bangs and face hugging texture. There’s something daring yet playful about it — like you’re channeling Joan Jett but brunching in modern-day Brooklyn. It balances softness with bite, and that’s the charm.
Perfectly suited to all women past the age of 60 who need a bit of an edge, and still don t want to say goodbye to the soft quality. It is the most optimal in wave controlled hair or the natural wave and styling could be as quick as one or two spritzes of salt spray and a scrunch. Accentuate it to the upbeat with some bold lipstick or the right step-out earrings.
7. Voluminous Shag with Soft Waves
The style behind this cut is all about owning your roundness, it is large, soft with no apologies. There’s a natural elegance to the volume that flows from crown to ends, making it look like you’re living your best life (and have great taste in wine and skincare).
In case you have voluminous curvy hair or simply have large strands, this haircut is going to be your symbol. The layers make it less bulky and provide you with a lift and mobility and the half curtain thins out the whole silhouette. To add bounce blow-dry upside down, or to smooth ends use a big barrel curling iron.
8. Long Shag with Textured Baby Bangs
The long shag has effortless cools to it that are difficult to neglect. The baby bangs with feathers add the adventurous twist, and then the length and the cascading effect of the layers add a touch of femininity to it all, like you are both the artist and the muse of your own life.
The look of this is very flattering when applied to thin hair that requires shaping but not shortening. It lengthens the neck, smooths aggressive jawlines, and best of all, necessitates minimal styling- a touch of dry shampoo, some finger tousling and you are good to go and take the room. The initial difference of the texture that appears soft and the fringe bold makes it appear strikingly unusual, however, charming.
9. Carefree Shag with Tousled Bangs
This shag has a certain romantic rebellion to it — like you’ve just stepped out of a gallery opening or vintage bookstore. The disheveled bangs hang naturally without pressing and the breezy waves are the ones that evolve with the hint of cinematographic style.
This cut is ideal on hair that is wavy or has a slight natural wave to it, great on a woman over 50 that wants a easy and youthful look. It’s low-fuss and highly forgiving — just scrunch in some mousse or sea salt spray and let it do its thing.
10. Sleek Curtain Bangs with Feathered Layers
Elegant need not be rigid and this haircut offers evidence. The straight hair and feathering ends through the sleek curtain bangs makes this style easy to wear in its elegance. It’s the kind of cut that pairs beautifully with a bold lip and classic coat.
It provides polish without heaviness which is ideal in straight hair or fine hair in terms of texture. The wearability has been retained through the length, whereas the volume and the swing have been achieved through light layering. To give it a sleek shine, use a flat iron, or a paddle brush to blow-dry to achieve the blow out.
11. Soft Layered Shag with Wispy Bangs
It is that frothy middle-ground between cool and cuddly. Thinner-than-thin-hairs- girls of your dreams wispy, fluttery bangs in the appropriate touch of whimsy. Coupled with loose, beach-inspired waves, it is Sunday morning in a cashmere blanket.
Suits fine thin hair or people who just want the feel of a lot of movement in what they are wearing. The bangs draw the focus on the eyes and smooth out the forehead so it is a universally flattering look. Pare it with chunky earrings and a comfy sweater and it will have a muted chic feel.
12. 80s Revival Curls with Volume Bangs
This is unadulterated party style- big curly hair, big audience, a lot of much-missed 80s. The round silhouette, full bangs, and bouncy body scream confidence and fun, like you’re always ready to dance to a power ballad.
A lovely match to king of curls or plus size ladies who prefer a structured design with drama. The face gets definition with the curved roots of hair and the curls burst in a controlled way. Just use a curl cream, dry it up with a diffuser and the hair should be the life of the party and no teasing.
13. Feathered Blowout Shag
This trim involves a whiff of airiness feathered layers and more lift than a salon-blow out making you feel like you just walked out of a 90s rom-com. It is young without being obnoxious, and refined without the fiddle.
Ideal for post-menopausal women that desire movement and softness, particularly when you have straight hair or a bit of a natural wave. The layers are designed to provide the body and face-framing lift yet are easy to maintain. Your best friend on this will be a root-lifting spray and a large round brush.
14. Piecey Mid-Length Shag with Highlights
This cut has a contemporary, cool-girl vibe to them tousled waves, deliberate separation, and face-framing layers that hit the light in all the right places. The blonde balayage maintains it light and dimensional, as the rays of light through your hair.
This trim is magic on thin hair, or medium density hair that requires thickness. The curtain bangs blend into layers which give shape but without committment. You will still have that casual undone feeling, no hot tool is needed thanks to a lightweight mousse and finger styling.
15. Beachy Shag with Tousled Curtain Bangs
It resembles a love letter to late summer, in textured, relaxed, a tad-wild fashion. With a romantic yet slightly unpolished vibe the curtain bangs wavy hair combo makes it feel like you just walked out of the beach.
Perfect on wavy curly hair, this shag plays to your texture and not against it. Put a curl enhancer or sea salt spray on and dry it over the air. Two days will never look exactly the same and that is the charm.
16. Gritty Layers with a Boho Edge
This cut has a defiant gentleness to it, grunge-y but poetic. The messy wavy strands and the lived-in look scream that you are low maintenance and high style, and the soft fringe flatter your eyes in the most flattering light.
Thick, wavy hair or layered fine hair will have its match in heaven with this hair style. To distinguish the ends use a little texture paste or dry wax. Wear soft linen blouse or a leather jacket with it depending on how you feel.
17. Defined Shag with Curly Bangs
Likewise, this curly shag is about shine in your texture. The curly hair in bouncy bangs that these girls hardly ever have the chance to enjoy, takes center stage, and the whole effect is both child-like and yet entirely adult in nature. It says: I know I am–and I love every coil of me.
Its shape is best suited to thick curly hair or wavy curly hair, and keeps things airy but not puffed up. Put in a wide tooth comb and curl-defining cream in a damp state. Let air dry or diffuse. This trim virtually styles itself and adds stylish volume in all the right places.
18. Sleek Layers with Side Part and Subtle Volume
Classic and casual this long shag with the slight side part exudes low-key luxury. It works best on women who are not ready to lose their length and yet desire some movement and a lift around the face. Imagine class that does not have to shout to get any attention.
Most appropriate with fine hair straight or bangs side lovers who are not into dramatic chop. The choppy long layers add softness particularly when a little curl under at the ends. Add some shine serum in and a round brush blow out to give it more bounce.
19. Glossy Layers with Soft Women’s Bangs
There is something casually classy about this cut- it tells rather than screams of grace. The bangs on the soft women flow into long flowing lengths that enframes the face like a silk scarf. It is the type of style that makes you feel refined without much effort, perfect when you don not feel like getting dressed in the morning, but need to look like you made an effort. This gaze exudes confidence, coziness and a kind of flirtation which is hard to define but easy to adore.
It is a game-changer to the women more than 60 years old with fine hair straight or thin fine hair. The soft layering creates volume but does not look excessive and the pieces that frame the face are done to pull the eye upwards, which is ideal to accentuate cheekbones and soften jawlines. Blow-dry with a big, round brush or it can air-dry to create a more casual-looking look.
20. 70s-Inspired Curtain Bangs with Choppy Layers
The haircut has a retro feeling of an old fashioned goddess about it imagine Farrah Fawcett but muted and contemporary and appropriate to wear in real life to achieve everyday glam. The bangs of the feathered curtain and cushiony layers move around creating an illusion that you have just emerged out of the salon even on a slacker Tuesday. It is a turnhead, in the most good sense: a sharper outfit, but not embarrassingly show-off, young but not so inauthentically.
The cut is ideal to suit the thick wavy or wavy curly hair with bangs. Curtain bangs and wavy hair combo aid in softening the face and choppy layers take the weight out, making it manageable and full of life. You can have drama with hot rollers or a big-barrel curling iron or be more bohemian and simply scrunch it out — all things 2025-ready!
21. Lived-In Layers with Side-Swept Bangs
This cut has a romantic, weekend-at-the-cabin vibe- it is soft, messy, and self-assured. The naturally chic side part wavy hair coupled with lived in layers and blended bangs thick hair adds to an overall effect of the style. It is a haircut that affirms the statement that you have your life in order even when we are going to the grocery store to pick up some items in yoga pants.
The style suits especially those women in the age bracket of over 50 with natural wave or thick wavy hair. The side swept fringe neutralizes harsher features, and the long layers help maintain the youthfulness of the appearance, but avoid the appearance of being overdone. Day one will require a light mousse which will give the textural boost and second-day fine dry shampoo can only improve it further- no complaints about that!
22. Long Textured Shag with Classic Bangs
And this is to the wild hearts – yeah it has the relaxed rocker-chic vibe with just a smidge of Parisian cool. The straight-down fringe and the long free waves provide added dramatic instant structure, but with that casual carefree feel we all secretly desire. It looks fashionable, slightly enigmatic and not too pompous, or as they say, the cool-girl hairstyle par excellence, any time for any woman.
Surprisingly versatile, this shaggy style best fits the long thick hair or bangs thick hair. The fringe offsets the longer face shapes and suits the fringe with and without levels located around the crown. Sweep with a wave wand to achieve soft texture or have leave your natural pattern to do the hard work. Low-maintenance and endlessly cool — what’s not to love?
23. Bouncy Shag with Soft Curls and Curtain Bangs
This voluminous shag is pure joy in haircut form. With curtain bangs hair shape, it becomes youthful and full of bounces that lit all over your face. It feels playful and spirited without ever looking messy. It is that kind of transformation which makes you feel good about yourself on the very first trip out with it, and then you get asked, Did you do something new?
This is your opportunity in case you have a thick curly hair. The layers manage to hold the bulk at bay but ramp up your curl factor, and the bangs give the whole thing a sleek new wrinkle of freshness and youthfulness. Put in a curl cream and dry by air. Perfect to rock natural texture and walk out the door and look magnificent.
Whether you’re craving movement, volume, softness, or just a fun little edge, the long shag is your ticket to a hair glow-up in 2025. It is carefree, easy to wear and something you can be creative with- what could be better suited to the aesthetic preference of a woman who does not want to strive too hard to look good? Well, and, to be frank, age is only a figure when your hair is enjoying so much. Ready to book that appointment? You know you want to.
