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
WorldLong hair
Head hair grown to a considerable length, often past the shoulders.Styled · Any hair
WorldPayot
Sidelocks worn by Orthodox Jewish men based on religious law.Styled · Curly hair
🇺🇦 UkraineOseledets
Traditional Ukrainian Cossack style with a shaved head and long top lock.Shaved · Any hair
WorldBun
A hairstyle where hair is gathered and coiled into a circular shape on the head.Updo · Any hair
🇫🇷 France and 2 morePompadour
High-volume hair swept up and back from the forehead.Updo · Any hair · 1950
WorldComb over
A hairstyle for balding men that uses long hair to cover thinning areas.Styled · Straight hair
🇬🇧 United KingdomQuiff
A voluminous front sweep with short sides and back.Styled · Any hair · 1950
🇨🇳 China and 3 moreRattail
A long strip of hair at the napeCut · Any hair · 1980
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreDucktail
A 1950s men's cut with a central rear parting.Cut · Straight hair · 1950
🇬🇧 United KingdomLovelock
A single long braid worn over the left shoulder by 17th-century Europeans.Braid · Any hair · 1580
WorldShort hair
A general category for haircuts kept above the shoulders or chin.Cut · Any hair · 1920
🇺🇸 United StatesHi-top fade
Tall flat top with shaved sides from hip hop cultureCut · Coily and kinky hair · 1984
🇺🇸 United StatesConk
Chemically straightened hair popular with African-American men mid-20th century.Styled · Coily and kinky hair · 1920
WorldFrosted tips
Short spiky hair with bleached ends.Cut · Any hair · 1998
WorldWings
A layered cut where side hair flips out like wings.Cut · Wavy hair · 1830
WorldBig hair
A hairstyle style defined by large volume and significant space around the head.Styled · Curly hair · 1960
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreSurfer hair
Tousled, sun-bleached locks from the sea.Styled · Wavy hair · 1950
🇬🇷 GreeceGreco-Roman hairstyles
Hair practices of ancient Greece and Rome, including long locks, short crops, and net head-dresses.Wrapped · Any hair
🇯🇵 JapanPunch perm
Tightly curled Japanese male hairstyle from the 1960s.Curls · Straight hair · 1960
🇺🇸 United StatesShape-up
A sharp, straight trim along the natural hairline.Shaved · Coily and kinky hair · 1980
WorldHair straightening
A technique to flatten and smooth hair texture using heat or chemicals.Styled · Curly hair · 1950
🇺🇸 United StatesSlicked-back hair
A flat, glossy style combed straight back from the forehead.Styled · Straight hair · 1920
🇿🇦 South AfricaBantu knots
Twisted coils of hair worn as a protective style or permanent look.Styled · Curly hair
🇺🇸 United StatesMohawk
A haircut with shaved sides and a central strip of upright hair.Cut · Straight hair · 1970
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreDucktail
A 1950s men's cut with a central rear parting.Cut · Straight hair · 1950
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Long hair: Adam Jones Adam63, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Shape-up: Stella8358, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Quiff: Anefo, CC0, source
- Comb over: Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo, Public domain, source
- Hair straightening: Adam Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Ponytail: Dick Thomas Johnson, CC BY 2.0, source
- Payot: Mark Neyman, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bun: Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Oseledets: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pompadour: Pearson Scott Foresman, Public domain, source
- Crew cut: greginhollywood, CC BY 2.0, source
- Lovelock: Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599 - 1641) Details on Google Art Project, Public domain, source
- Ducktail: Rockbillyboogie, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hi-top fade: Kct02, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Wings: Sepideh (Sepi), CC BY 2.0, source
- Big hair: Photo by Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, source
- Surfer hair: Rachel Amarette, CC BY 2.0, source
- Greco-Roman hairstyles: ArchaiOptix, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Regular haircut: JParker9, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Punch perm: Mike, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Conk: NBC Television, Public domain, source
- Short hair: Alex Neman, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Shingle bob: Evolvingthinker, CC BY 2.0, source
- Mohawk: Godmodeking, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Braids: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Ducktail: Oceanaris, CC BY 2.0, source