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
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreNatural hair movement
A social and cultural campaign for wearing textured hair without chemical straightening.Natural · Coily and kinky hair · 1960
WorldDread perming
A chemical treatment to create or maintain dreadlocks quickly.Styled · Straight hair
🇸🇩 Sudan and 4 moreDreadlocks
A hairstyle of rope-like hair strands formed by matting or twisting.Natural · Coily and kinky hair · 1970
🇺🇸 United StatesAfro
A rounded style of combed-out natural hair.Natural · Coily and kinky hair · 1960
🇺🇸 United StatesMohawk
A hairstyle with shaved sides and a central strip of longer hair.Shaved · Any hair · 1970
WorldShort hair
A general category for haircuts kept above the shoulders or chin.Cut · Any hair · 1920
🇺🇸 United StatesFinger wave
S-shaped waves set by hand with comb and gelStyled · Straight hair · 1920
WorldLiberty spikes
Long, thick upright hair spikes resembling the Statue of Liberty crown.Styled · Any hair · 1970
WorldFrosted tips
Short spiky hair with bleached ends.Cut · Any hair · 1998
🇺🇸 United StatesShape-up
A sharp, straight trim along the natural hairline.Shaved · Coily and kinky hair · 1980
WorldBackcombing
A styling method that creates volume by tangling hair near the root.Styled · Any hair
WorldCrochet braids
A protective hairstyle using a latch hook to attach synthetic hair to cornrows.Braid · Any hair
WorldKiss curl
A single lock of hair curled and flattened against the cheek or forehead.Curls · Curly hair
🇺🇸 United StatesThe Rachel
Voluminous layered cut popularised by FriendsCut · Straight hair · 1995
WorldHair straightening
A technique to flatten and smooth hair texture using heat or chemicals.Styled · Curly hair · 1950
WorldBeach waves
A loose, tousled wavy hairstyle inspired by the ocean.Styled · Any hair · 2010
WorldJellyfish haircut
A two-tiered style with a short top layer and long lower sections resembling tentacles.Cut · Straight hair · 2023
🇺🇸 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
🇰🇷 South KoreaHush cut
A soft, layered haircut from South Korea designed for natural movement and easy styling.Cut · Straight hair · 2023
🇯🇵 JapanChapatsu
Japanese brown bleached hair styleStyled · Any hair · 1997
🇺🇸 United StatesMohawk
A haircut with shaved sides and a central strip of upright hair.Cut · Straight hair · 1970
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Shape-up: Stella8358, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dreadlocks: Richard Mortel, CC BY 2.0, source
- The Rachel: ABC Television, Public domain, source
- Kiss curl: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Hair straightening: Adam Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Ponytail: Dick Thomas Johnson, CC BY 2.0, source
- Bun: Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Afro: Jason Melcher, CC BY 2.0, source
- Crew cut: greginhollywood, CC BY 2.0, source
- Finger wave: Unknown author Unknown author (Either deceased family member or work f, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Liberty spikes: THOR, CC BY 2.0, source
- Mohawk: Duke.emerson, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Regular haircut: JParker9, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Natural hair movement: livepict.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Backcombing: Alexander Blum, Public domain, source
- Short hair: Alex Neman, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Chapatsu: No machine-readable author provided. Berntgrapher assumed (based on co, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Shingle bob: Evolvingthinker, CC BY 2.0, source
- Mohawk: Godmodeking, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Braids: Unknown author, Public domain, source