26 Medium-length Shag Haircuts This Season
The shag haircut is back and better than ever, combining easy snip stylings with a sophisticated finish. These versatile chops can work on any hair type and face shape, giving you that effortless bedhead look with easy styling.
1. Face-Framing Layers Shag
This haircut creates stunning and beautifully sculpted layers that hugs the face, giving instant definition while the longer layers cascades down beautifully. It is hands down the best haircut for any face shape, giving effortless bone structure with movement and flow, without the effort of looking unkempt.
2. Curtain Bang Shag
Soft, face framing curtain bangs combined with shag layers creates the perfect retro and modern shag that can be worn au natural with a middle part. You instantly look put together with a simple ‘messy’ bun for the morning, on the go routine.
3. Choppy Bob Shag
A ‘bob’ meets ‘rockstar’ scenario, only with soft shagged layers, that can be worn bare on a ‘hair down’ day. It is one of the most flattering bobs, giving effortless body and gorg wavy textures, perfect for the straight to wavy hair types.
4. Wavy Textured Shag
Work with your natural waves with this ‘done’ shag cut that allows your natural texture to be seen, while still adding movement and definition. You can also spend less time with your hot tools, and the unstylized layers cut weight, avoiding any triangle shape.
5. Long Layered Shag
Without sacrificing length, add serious movement and dimension with layers starting at the collarbones. Your hair will no longer feel heavy and looks incredible in photos, as the different lengths catch the light beautifully.
6. Feathered Shag
Soft, feathered layers create the most feminine shape with pieces that flip away from the face organically. This cut pays homage to vintage glamour while still feeling modern, creating natural bounce with little effort.
7. Asymmetrical Shag
One side a bit longer than the other offers an edgy, forward fashion feel and increases visual interest. The oddness gives the cut a coupe feel a bit more character, and is a nice touch if the hair is separated to one side.
8. Pixie Inspired Shag
Tops that are shorter than the rest give the hair positive, and a youthful emotion. This in return creates volume and a more interesting look. This hairstyle is really easy to maintain and looks good in a messy bun or clean style.
9. Blunt Shag
This looks high fashion and fresh out the salon at the same time, due to the sharp blunt cuts mixed with layered movement. The blunt edges provide definition while internal layers give flow to the cut, which works really well with thick hair.
10. Curly Shag
Embrace and honor your curls with strategic layers that highlight and keep the curls’ spring and volume and avoid the dreaded triangle! Curls will be more defined and less frizzy because each layer can curl freely.
11. Retro 70s Shag
Step back into the 70s with a cut that is still rock and roll inspired and professional. Heavily textured layers feel uniquely modern yet still fresh.
12. Modern Minimalist Shag
This is a professional cut with tailored features and controlled volume and texture that maintains a soft appearance. The balance is superb with the controlled yet playful layers. The cut is more tailored for office settings but still maintains a hint of personality.
13. Tousled Beach Shag
This miraculous hairstyle captures the feeling of a permanent beach vacation. The texture is effortlessly sleepy as if a sea breeze just kissed your hair. The hair tumbles naturally to the body and the styling is a breeze—just water with a bit of sea salt.
14. Volume-Boosting Shag
These layers are specifically tailored and placed to remove the bottom weight and offer a substantial lift and fullness to fine hair. With volume and balance available in the bottom weight layers, your hair will appear sleek and dense without extensions.
15 Swept Layered Shag
The smooth polished look which does not overdo shagging layers and still retains its class looks stunning along the neck. The angle polish style emphasizes natural locks and captures the light beautifully. The depth created would make anyone feel like a superstar and leaves them visually interested instead of overdone.
16 Middle Length Bob
Jawline , shoulder and collarbone look gorgeous when open and flowing. The subtle bouncy movement of the rest of the hair perfectly frames the face without doing an over the top soft curl. The balance also found in the back of the hair adds a unique twist since the rest is traditional. The straight layers hitting in the middle at the back would catch the light and move seamlessly which will feel effortless and exquisite.
17 Fluffy Layered Shag
These extremely fine and soft layers make the style look like it is floating. The balanced movement of the hair which has less touchable texture creates the best form which adds range without being dramatic.
18 French Bob
This cut creates a stunning aura since the face seamlessly blends perfectly below the chin and collarbone. The sleeves touch and blend beautifully along the shoulder. The bouncy asymmetrical layers the hair open and create effortless look. The messiness along the edges highlights the entire style which radiates confidence and adds attitude
19 Shag Cut
This is perfect for those who love the classic shag bob and are looking for something more light and a tad playful. The tips of the hair seem to float as the bob edges pass along collarbone. Perfectly undone along the bottom edges adds them gorgeous texture and a sense of silhouette.
20. Romantic Soft Shag
Some soft, flowing layers crafted at one’s head’s crown offer a silky-smooth, feminine, and romantic touch, gently providing volume to a hairstyle without any sharp edges. This is the ultimate, undone hairstyle for sensitive styles and soft edges and gives the impression of having been styled for hours, but really only needs minutes to fluff and style.
21. Textured Lob Shag
The collarbone grazing length, high in the back and shaggy bob layers is a perfect and odd combination of sophisticated and edgy. It gives the impression of long hair styled in the lob shag style, and offers incredible volume without the extreme weight that comes with a lob in office appropriate destinations.
22. Layered Fringe Shag
The face framing, texturized fringe and layers bob cut styled shag offers incredible attention to the cheekbones and also high-lighted eyes. This add a youthful and energetic, yet edgy vibe accompanied with soft moves that somehow manages to break the perfect versus pretty cliché.
23. Disheveled Chic Shag
Those, ‘I just woke up and didn’t brush my hair, but look perfect as always,’ vibes are easily achievable with the shag cut. The hairstyle softens dry and frizzy hair and turns the messy bed hair hairstyle, achieved only during the ‘special’ mornings, into bed worthy hair in a matter of minutes.
24. Graduated Shag
Unique, angled layers add volume along with a light and bouncy feeling and movement to the hair, and the cuts seem to be blended together, yet set apart in length. This adds a carefree touch, even when the hair is left to dry natrually. The style adds a delightful, ‘I just walked out of the salon’ touch for thick hair.
25. Bohemian Shag
This free-spirited style enjoys the texture of relaxed attitude hair. It has an effortlessly artistic vibe that is beautifully natural. It looks great with waves and gives the impression that the wearer is a creative traveler.
26. Subtle Movement Shag
This professional and polished look is perfect for someone trying the shag trend for the first time. In addition to the movement that enhances natural beauty, there is soft movement that enhances natural beauty.
Conclusion
Each of these styles has a personality and lifestyle to suit them. Different types of texture and bold statement layers are available.
Shag is beautifully adaptable, as each variation of the cut can be tailored to suit the wearer’s hair type, face shape and style preferences.
