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
🇯🇵 JapanPunch perm
Tightly curled Japanese male hairstyle from the 1960s.Curls · Straight hair · 1960
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
WorldWings
A layered cut where side hair flips out like wings.Cut · Wavy hair · 1830
WorldHair straightening
A technique to flatten and smooth hair texture using heat or chemicals.Styled · Curly hair · 1950
🇪🇬 Egypt and 4 moreWig
Artificial head covering made from human, animal or synthetic hair.Wrapped · Any hair
🇺🇸 United StatesSlicked-back hair
A flat, glossy style combed straight back from the forehead.Styled · Straight hair · 1920
🇪🇹 EthiopiaShuruba
Traditional Ethiopian cornrows and braids worn by women and men.Braid · Any hair
🇿🇦 South AfricaBantu knots
Twisted coils of hair worn as a protective style or permanent look.Styled · Curly hair
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
🇰🇷 South KoreaTwo-block haircut
Long textured top with short tapered sidesCut · Straight hair
🇫🇷 France and 1 moreFrench crop
Short men's cut with faded sides and a blunt fringe.Cut · Straight hair · 1920
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 2 moreMop-top
A bowl-shaped cut with a straight fringe, popularised by the Beatles.Cut · Straight hair · 1963
🇺🇸 United StatesMohawk
A haircut with shaved sides and a central strip of upright hair.Cut · Straight hair · 1970
WorldBraids
A hairstyle formed by interlacing three or more strands of hair.Braid · Any hair
🇺🇸 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.
- Brush cut: IMasc, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- Wig: David Ring, CC0, source
- Crew cut: greginhollywood, CC BY 2.0, source
- Edgar cut: ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Wings: Sepideh (Sepi), CC BY 2.0, source
- Regular haircut: JParker9, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Punch perm: Mike, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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