Everyday
Quick styles for daily life. 154 hairstyles on EveryHairstyle so far.
Most hair, most days, is worn simply: a ponytail, a bun, a plait, or a short cut that needs only a comb. Everyday styles have to be quick, comfortable and practical for work, school and heat, and they last through the day. Across South Asia, an oiled plait or a quick bun; in much of the world, a short barber's cut or a ponytail.
Quick styles
A ponytail takes seconds; a bun only a minute more and keeps hair off the neck in hot weather. A single plait, the choti of South Asia, keeps long hair tidy all day and protects the ends. For short hair, the right cut is the style: a good bob, a crew cut or a regular haircut falls into shape after washing. Many people with coily hair choose protective styles that last for weeks, so daily styling is light.
Everyday care
Everyday hair depends on routine: washing as often as the hair needs, detangling gently, oiling in many South Asian homes, protecting curls with a satin bonnet at night. The quickest styles are also gentle if they are not pulled too tight. A regular trim, every six to eight weeks for short cuts and less often for long hair, keeps an everyday style in shape.
Famous everyday hairstyles
Further reading
WorldBangs
Strands of hair cut to cover the forehead and fall over the eyebrows.Cut · Any hair · 1880
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreMullet
An asymmetric haircut with short hair at the front and sides, and long hair at the back.Cut · Any hair · 1980
🇫🇷 France and 1 moreBob cut
Short to medium haircut ending at the jaw or shoulders.Cut · Any hair · 1909
WorldBowl cut
A short haircut with a straight fringe and even length around the head.Cut · Any hair · 1400
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 2 moreUndercut
Long top hair with shaved or buzzed sides and back.Cut · Any hair · 1910
🇷🇸 Serbia and 4 moreBuzz cut
A very short, uniform haircut made with clippers.Cut · Any hair · 1890
WorldFlattop
Short sides with a flat, upright top.Cut · Any hair
🇺🇸 United StatesDevilock
A punk style featuring short sides and a long front section combed forward.Cut · Any hair · 1970
🇨🇳 China and 3 moreRattail
A long strip of hair at the napeCut · Any hair · 1980
WorldLob
A medium-length haircut falling at or just below the shoulders.Cut · Any hair
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreHigh and tight
A military crew cut with shaved sides and a short top.Cut · Any hair · 1980
WorldShort hair
A general category for haircuts kept above the shoulders or chin.Cut · Any hair · 1920
🇻🇳 VietnamCurtained hair
A parted fringe with short sides and back.Cut · Any hair · 1980
WorldRegular haircut
Classic men's style with tapered sides and combed top.Cut · Any hair
WorldAsymmetric cut
A haircut where one side is longer than the otherCut · Any hair
🇫🇷 FranceTitus cut
Short layered cut with curls from late 18th-century FranceCut · Curly hair · 1791
🇬🇧 United KingdomEton crop
A very short, slicked-down women's cut from the 1920s.Cut · Any hair · 1920
WorldFrosted tips
Short spiky hair with bleached ends.Cut · Any hair · 1998
WorldBrush cut
A very short, uniform haircut following the head shape.Cut · Any hair
🇺🇸 United StatesEdgar cut
A tapered Latino youth style with a straight fringe.Cut · Any hair · 2010
🇺🇸 United StatesIvy League haircut
A side-parted crew cut with graduated top length.Cut · Any hair
🇬🇧 United KingdomBixie cut
A short hybrid haircut blending a bob's length with a pixie's cropped layers.Cut · Any hair
🇺🇸 United StatesWolf cut
A layered haircut with a shaggy top and tapered ends, described as Gen Z's version of the mullet.Cut · Any hair · 2021
WorldTaper
A haircut that gradually shortens hair length from the top down to the sides and back.Cut · Any hair
🇺🇸 United StatesSkin fade
A men's haircut where hair blends down to bare skin on the sides and back.Cut · Any hair · 1950
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Bob cut: 147 Company, CC BY 4.0, source
- Mullet: Wordzandguitar, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Brush cut: IMasc, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ponytail: Dick Thomas Johnson, CC BY 2.0, source
- Bun: Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Buzz cut: Fadi El Benni of Al Jazeera English, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Undercut: Dick Thomas Johnson, CC BY 2.0, source
- Crew cut: greginhollywood, CC BY 2.0, source
- Lob: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Curtained hair: Jacques-Émile Blanche, Public domain, source
- Asymmetric cut: Xiaweiyang, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Edgar cut: ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Titus cut: Adrien Pierre François Godefroy, Public domain, source
- Bangs: Circle of Girolamo Mocetto (Active 1490-1530), Public domain, source
- Regular haircut: JParker9, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- High and tight: Chrismillar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Flattop: NASA, Public domain, source
- Devilock: mitchbuchannon, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Bowl cut: Audun Gjerdi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ivy League haircut: U.S. Navy photo by Chief Journalist Robert Benson, Public domain, source
- Short hair: Alex Neman, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Shingle bob: Evolvingthinker, CC BY 2.0, source
- Braids: Unknown author, Public domain, source