#1: Warm Auburn Shag Lob With Soft Bangs and Medium Texture
These bangs complete the look. They should hit right at the cheek bone and be slightly parted to one side or the other. Bangs that are left heavy at the front can tend to make round or heart shaped faces look fuller. This shag lob is cut to the collar bone and has layers throughout for that separated, piecey movement. It gives the effect a razor would, but without thinning the perimeter too much. The warm chestnut color with hand-painted auburn ribbons in the middle sections help to create the overall thick look with the combination of the warm chestnut color. If your hair is fine, honestly, this style will not hold out past day two, and that is the truth. I keep finding the ends are left blunt enough to hold weight while the layers form, and that sort of balance is harder to achieve than it looks.
#2 Deep Brunette Collarbone Lob With Loose Interior Texture and Off-Center Part
Most of the work is done regarding the layers, and that’s the aim.
The Internally sliced layers give a full and blunt perimeter, while the mid-lengths are free to shift about. That is why it has an effortless appearance, rather than looked over styled. That kind of layering is suitable most for medium to thick hair with a natural wave. However, fine hair will cause this to droop by noon. The deep espresso shade is a single process with no dimensional tricks of colour, and the light and shadow effect works because the texture does. Round and oval shaped faces with collarbone length hair and side-swept pieces elongate areas without much effort, really compliment this style. It’s also important to mention that the slight bend at the root on the heavier side does shape the lift. Without that it would be a lot flatter across the crown and would provide less volume.
#3 Warm Brunette Collarbone Lob With Tousled Layers and Soft Center-Parted Fringe
The layers begin high up, an almost cheekbone level, which is where most of the work is being done. This is a closed-collar medium density, naturally wavy cut with layers that are point cut at the inner layers to create movement and avoid perimeter thinning too much. The warm chestnut colour has a very natural and sun-kissed look to it and highlights through the mid-shaft. This face-framing length will be the most beneficial for oval and heart face shapes. If your hair is extremely fine, these layers will fall flat by noon and give you nothing. This cut needs texture.
#4 Collarbone Wavy Lob With Soft Center Part and Medium-Density Layering
The internal layers were designed to avoid creating any unnecessary visual bulk so that the waves display the shape of the hair instead of the cut. This is most suited for hair of medium density with waves. Fine, straight hair should be prepared for a divergence from the expected outcome post air-dry. The off-center part will create a more fall to one side, giving it an effortless appearance. Oval and heart shaped faces will suit this look best, but for round faces the part should be more over to one side. With coarse, thick hair we will likely see the ends of the cut collapse and lose the softer collar bone length look, ending with more triangular shapes at the tips instead.
#5 Messy Brunette Lob With Razored Shag Layers and Wispy Curtain Fringe
Layers that hit at the cheekbone are opening up the face, and that is the key detail to this entire haircut. This is a razored shaggy lob hitting just past the collarbone on medium density wavy hair, and curtain bangs are thin enough to separate naturally and frame (not cover) the face. If those bangs are not an option for you, or if you have a rounder or wider face shape, those high interior layers will give you structure that a blunt lob would never be able to achieve. The color is single-process dark brunette, and no highlights, and honestly that simplicity is part of why it goes so well with all the texture in the cut. This is not for straight hair, you need to have some natural wave or curl pattern for that effortless separation, because without it, you’d be doing daily styling to fake what’s going on here, and you’d be doing it for free.
#6 Dark Brunette Wavy Lob With Subtle Bronde Dimension and Middle Part Movement
Face framing pieces really make this look polished and intentional as they cut and swing at jaw level. This is medium density hair, with an internal point cut wave pattern, which allows the waves to separate, rather than clump together. Fine hair will fall directly to the ground by noon with this cut, so it’s definitely not recommended. The colour is a level 4 brunette with hand painted bronde ribbons. The ribbons are only mid-lengths, so root regrowth is completely concealed. The length will suit oval and heart shaped faces. Less so square jaws, as the waves cut right at the jawline and no length below to offer balance, add width to the face.
#7 Jet Black Collarbone Lob With Swooping Face Frame and Loose Bend
The pieces designed to frame the face create movement at cheek level to de-emphasize the center of the face, which is particularly effective on oval face shapes. With rounder face shapes, there is a greater chance that the style will create the illusion of added width to the face. The collarbone is the cut line with medium layers that are point cut to remove bulk. The color is a solid jet black that, depending on the light in the salon, has a bluish tint at some angles. This cut will not last throughout the day on fine hair, so it should be avoided. It is preferable to have a decent amount of natural texture so that the hair can be wavy without the use of an iron. The length and the forgiving layers are not likely to create a grow out issue, which is something that looks very intentional.
#8 Wavy Brunette Lob With Bottleneck Bangs and Bronde Pieces
These bangs need to be corrected. The bangs are middle-short and then wider at the temples. The design adds extra volume at the cheek bone which makes it flatter over the forehead. This works because this person has medium to thick hair density. If someone has fine hair, the whole structure collapses and you’ll lose the shape of the entire cut. With the bronde balayage, only the mid-lengths of the hair are light. The roots and ends being darker adds depth and is modern rather than traditional highlighting. Oval and heart shaped faces will love this. Round faces won’t as the width at cheek level adds exactly where you don’t want it.
#9 Rich Cherry Brunette Lob With Razored Layers and Soft Curtain Fringe
This hair is most definitely a showstopper! Nothing like a cherry cola brown color with a personality. The warmth comes from the base as opposed to the highlights. The base is deep reddish-burgundy, where it pulls warm on the peaks of the waves but keeps it dark on the roots. The level of richness is incredible but with it being fine hair, a color this rich won’t last long and can go muddy in just a few weeks, which is definitely not ideal. The cut is just past collarbone length and has razored inner layers. These help with the wave separation without creating bulk so the ends still look full, even with the clear movement throughout the center. The curtain bangs are soft and point cut, so they mesh in with the face framing pieces and so well that you may not even recognize that they are bangs at all. This will be super flattering for oval and heart face shapes. Less so for round ones as the volume sits right at the jaw and the bangs don’t create enough vertical lift to balance that. If you have medium to thick hair with a natural wave, this will literally be a wash and wear style for you. Straight hair is going to be a lot more work.
#10 Shaggy Collarbone Lob With Dark Root Melt and Sandy Blonde Ends
The shortest layers that start at the cheekbones help keep the shape from looking too heavy around the jaw, especially for round or square faces. This is a collarbone length, razor cut shag lob on medium density wavy hair, with a dark root that hand painted melts to a sandy blonde. Look at the bangs and how they are broken up into thin, airy pieces, almost like a fan, rather than sitting as one solid piece across the forehead. This is a thing and it only works on hair that has some natural texture. Depending on the straightness of your hair, those bangs will instantly turn into a curtain. If your hair is thick and coarse, this cut will pouf out wider than you expect and completely lose that looseness.
#11 Shoulder-Grazing Brunette Lob With Warm Balayage and Loose Wave Movement
The wave detail on the hair starts just below the cheekbone. This is not styling. This is the cut doing its job. Long internal layers cut the bulk at the top so the ends have room to bend. This cut is a medium-density lob at collarbone length. The balayage is warm with dark brunette and sandy caramel highlights which makes it look effortless. It works best on oval or heart-shaped faces. Round faces will lose detail here as there’s no length below the jaw to form angles. If you have straight fine hair, this wave will take daily effort.
#12 Heavily Razored Brunette Shag Lob With Choppy Fringe and Air-Dried Texture
With regard to the shortest layers of the hair, cheekbone height is quite aggressive for a lob. However, this is what makes the cut work for round or fuller faces as the shorter layers provide elevation and more angled structure where it is necessary. If your face is longer or more narrow, it will actually look thinner, and that’s a bad trade. I’m not sure you want this much razor work as it will look nice on you when the ends separate and form thin, airy pieces instead of sitting together. This is ideal for medium to thick wavy hair that needs to have weight removed from it. If your hair is fine, you will just end up looking flat by day two due to excess texturizing. The fringe is cut into the layers that frame the face, so it won’t be painful to grow out.
#13 Copper-Lit Brunette Lob With Loose Layered Body and Deep Side Sweep
The copper accents add to the style and texture of the piece. The middle sections of the hair have hand-painted copper with an emphasis on the ends. This will help the hair look warm at the ends without being highlighted in a conventional way. If your hair is fine or of medium density, this look will literally fall flat. You need good texture and density in your hair to maintain a wave so that the layers don’t collapse on each other. This look is mostly suitable for medium to thick hair that has some wave to it. You can see how the hair interior layers create a lot of movement without thinning the perimeter and that blunt bottom keeps it looking full and not wispy. Most people won’t pick up on the fact that the part is off center is but it is enough to create some volume on one side which gives the whole shape an asymmetry that really elongates oval or heart-shaped faces. If your skin tone tends to run warm, this copper will work for you. It will not work for those with cool undertones.
#14 Before and After Wavy Brunette Lob With Internal Layers and Natural Texture
The hair in the first photo isn’t damaged or poorly taken care of, simply heavy. It is causing the wave pattern and creating that curtain effect on thick, wavy hair. In the after picture, by removing weight from the hair, you can see internal layering through the mid-lengths. This allows the wave pattern to spring up, and when cut to collarbone length, the density works with you instead of against you. Many people won’t notice the change in volume in the crown and the sides when length is taken off. This cut is for medium to thick wavy or curly hair. It will not hold this shape without a good amount of product and effort, period. It is perfect for oval and heart-shaped faces as the width at the cheekbone level helps to balance the fullness. If your hair is straight and you expect the layers to create a lot of movement, you’re in for a disappointment because they most certainly will not.
#15 Warm Brunette Shag Lob With Soft Bangs and Natural Wave Texture
The bangs have a specific style; they’re cut shorter in the middle and longer on the sides which helps them to blend into the layers and not create a harsh line across the forehead. This and the next cut is going to work for both round and oval faces. This is medium density, collarbone length, heavily layered cut. The layers are done with a razor or some point cutting technique so the ends are left looking soft while the outer perimeter stays thick. The waves give a natural look and not like they were styled that way. If your hair is straight, it won’t look anything like this. Instead, you’re going to have a flat shag with heavy bangs. On the contrary, if you have truly wavy or loosely curly hair with a medium to thick density, this cut will style itself. The warm caramel highlights will be subtle enough that they will grow out in a natural way.
#16 Soft Black Wavy Lob With Feathered Bangs and Piecey Interior Layers
In the mirror, we see the back of the hair is noticeably denser than the front, indicating the layering is concentrated more around the face frame and mid-lengths and leaving perimeter fullness. This is point cutting, and it gives hair that is medium to thick piecey ends that are separated and aren’t looking thin at the ends. The bangs are a little off center, feathered, and rest at the cheekbone level which works for round and oval shapes because it breaks up the width without shortening the face. This will not suit fine hair. The body waves underneath those ends are what hold that mess shape. Without it, you will simply end up with flat, wispy ends that, by day two, look dirty. It’s natural dark hair, no color, and the texture looks collarbone length and as if it had been scrunched with a light mousse and left to dry. If your hair is already somewhat wavy and you are looking for something that appears a little messy, then this is definitely one of those haircuts to have.
#17 Shoulder-Length Wavy Lob With Soft Fringe and Caramel Threading
The bangs are doing a lot of the work here, and they are cut and styled for it. To help avoid the “wall” effect, they are point cut and trimmed enough to split apart naturally. An airy fringe will benefit an oval or heart shape face as it closes in space without cutting sections harshly. The lob goes just a little past the collarbone and has internal layers so that the waving can stack in a fold and side pouf is prevented. A soft caramel thread suspended in the mid shaft is very pretty and catches the light but is not an in-your-face highlight. This length will reach naturally if your hair is medium in thickness or above. Fine hair will not hold this shape past noon without a product and will collapse to be just a limp strand. If the thought of having to maintain your bangs fills you with dread, cull this from your list because it will need to be trimmed every 3-4 weeks or it will lose the whole effect.
#18 Undone Brunette Lob With Natural Wave Pattern and Soft Center Part
You probably don’t know about the layers. That’s the point. The layers were slide cut, so the wave pattern fans out without a blunt weight line at the bottom. This is what makes the ends look more feathery as opposed to thick. This is medium to thick hair, and on fine hair, this exact cut would fall flat by day two. The face frame of this length with a center part is going to narrow a rounder face shape nicely, but if your face is already long, then you may want to consider shifting the part off center. The wave isn’t super tight throughout which is nice. It is tighter towards the front and then more loose as you go towards the back. That gives a really nice texture as opposed to the fake curling iron texture. If your hair doesn’t wave on its own, then you can forget about it looking like this.
#19 Textured Copper-Kissed Lob With Shaggy Curtain Fringe
Movement is the detail that the layers are creating around the head. The very short pieces near the crown lift away from the head, and the longer pieces sit around the collar bone. There is no heat tool movement here. The texture is created using a razor or dry-cut technique and the hair is of medium density and has a natural wave. This style is ideal for round and oval faces as the curtain fringe and jaw length pieces help to break up the width and do not close off the face completely. If your hair is straight and fine, it is unlikely that this will be the result. It will fall flat and appear thin. The warm brown base is interspersed with fine caramel pieces throughout the midsections. These are hand-painted ribbons, not foiled highlights. The layers with coarse thick wavy hair and these ribbons could puff out and lose their shape really quickly.
#20 Dark Chocolate Lob With Burgundy Undertones and Side-Swept Layering
This color has a lot of different elements. There is a hand-painted deep burgundy color that is only noticeable at the wave bends. This type of subtlety is challenging to accomplish. The color will become muddy without a color depositing treatment every few weeks. The cut is at collarbone length with cheekbone length internal layers. The bangs are soft, slightly off-center, and blend into the longer pieces without a noticeable line. A medium to thick hair density is preferable here, as the layers need a good amount of hair to hold their shape without going flat. On fine hair, this will lose all of its body by noon. This style is great for oval and heart-shaped faces as the bangs and layering add width to where it’s needed most and offers softness elsewhere.
#21 Choppy Brunette Lob With Golden Ribbon Pieces and Shaggy Bangs
What we are looking at is not a balayage. These highlights are spaced out, thin, careful ribbons of color that go through the middle and ends of the hair. The roots are left untouched which is why the grow-out looks intentional. This is especially important because this haircut lives or dies based on its texture, and the lighter pieces make each wave more pronounced. This is a collar-bone length lob with a razor cut internal layering that gives a piece-y separation feel to the ends. The fringe is soft and broken up and she isn’t fully committing to the bangs look either. This looks really good for medium density wavy hair on oval or heart shape faces. You lose this shape with fine hair because it will just flatten by noon and you’ll look like you forgot to brush it.
#22 Warm Brunette Lob With Curtain Bangs and Face-Framing Layers
Check out how the shorter layers kick out just at the cheekbone. That does some serious work here and opens the face up in a way that a one length lob just wouldn’t do. The cut sits at the collarbone with internal layers point cut through the mid lengths which is what gives it that loose piecey movement without looking thinned out. Handpainted warm caramel ribbons around the face and ends with the root being natural, low maintenance, and ideal for medium density wavy hair. If your hair is thick and coarse, those layers will fan out wider than you want and the whole shape just gets lost. Round and oval faces will love what the curtain bangs do here. Square jaws, less so, because the volume sits right at the jawline and adds width exactly where you don’t need it.
#23 Collarbone Brunette Lob With Sandy Balayage
The way balayage is done with more emphasis on the framing of the face, while also being more subtle and focused on the back does a lot here. This lob is collarbone length and has long internal layers that have been razored so the ends don’t look blunt or blocky. This is why the wave pattern also looks more natural and less structured. This shape will be held up really well by medium to coarse textured hair, but not if it’s fine. It’ll actually fall flat by noon and the layers will look more sparse instead of being textured. For the dark root, leaving about 3 inches in the back untouched and a little deeper gives more time between appointments and the sandy blonde at the ends gives warmth without being too orange on olive or warm skin tones. This hairstyle works well with round and oval face shapes as the center part and cheekbone length pieces give a lot of length without cover anything.
#24 Dark Wavy Lob With Copper Ribbon Highlights
Just look at the minimal copper accents! You’d be surprised at how few there are. If you take a close look, you may be able to see four to five ultra-thin ribbons. \It’s a collarbone length bob with some inner layers so the weight doesn’t sit heavy at the bottom, and is cut with a razor or point cut to giving those ends a separated and textured look. It works best with medium to thick hair. If you have fine hair, it will require a lot of effort to achieve and maintain the wave pattern, and the deep side part will just lay flat. This style rounds especially oval faces because the length past the jaw balances out the features along with the asymmetry. The copper will fade quickly on dark hair and will pull warm and muddy within weeks if you skip gloss appointments.
#25 Tousled Honey Lob With Wispy Bangs and Lived-In Texture
The ends may appear a bit dry, while the ends look a bit rough. That is not damage, that is intentional. These layers have been cut with either a razor, or deep point cuts for a very shredded, piecey look. This allows medium-density, wavy hair to appear as if these layers are cut with a more natural density. The hand-painted balayage is a gorgeous color melt from a mousy brown root to warm honey and light caramel. The highlights are painted in a way that reflects the light where the waves bend, so they are very well placed. Wispy bangs that sit right on the eyebrows and break apart easily are great for round and heart-shaped faces because a blunt fringe can be quite closing. This is not going to look like this on super sleek hair. You will need a bit of natural wave or curl to really hold that shape and movement, otherwise you will be fighting with the cut every single morning.
