You keep asking yourself this question. You’ve checked with your friends. The time to decide has come and you still don’t have the answer. You’re sitting in the stylist’s chair wondering, “Should I get bangs?”
Your dilemma ends here: when it comes to face-framing curtain bangs, the answer is a resounding YES!
Why? Because curtain bangs look amazing on everyone. They’re customizable and adapt to every face shape and style. They’re tailored to—you guessed it—frame your face, creating a perfect balance and drawing attention to your eyes.
Let’s flip through the curtain bangs lookbook we prepared to discover the secrets behind this iconic style.
1. Off-Center Face-Framing Curtain Bangs
Curtain bangs are typically paired with a middle part, but try a tiny nudge to the side and see what happens. This slight change takes the focus off any facial asymmetry to make your hairstyle even more flattering.
2. Bombshell Curtain Bangs
You’ve probably heard the term “bombshell” thrown around a lot lately, and it perfectly describes recent trends. Inspired by classical glamour, this voluminous haircut with its flowing bangs is lush, alluring and sexy in a sophisticated, old school way.
3. Classic Face-Framing Curtain Bangs
Here’s the perfect example of face framing: these subtle curtain bangs work like a charm to enhance the natural beauty and balance the features without hiding them.
4. Voluminous Curtain Bangs
Giving a sweet girl-next-door vibe mixed with everyday glam, this look is bold, balanced and so beautiful! The curtain bangs and the flawless layers boost volume, making the hair look thicker and fuller.
5. Layered Hair With Curtain Bangs
Looking to make your long hair weightless, bouncy and manageable? Get layers. Lots of layers. And don’t forget to get some curtain bangs that blend with those layers for that delicious face framing.
6. Medium-Length Hair With Curtain Bangs
Long hair has its moments, but mid-length locks are the true champion of versatility and style. Add some face-framing curtain bangs, and you can do anything.
7. Kitty Cut With Curtain Bangs
The kitty cut is the hair trend of the season and it’s the perfect match for curtain bangs. Collarbone-length and full of bouncy layers, this look is as manageable as it’s cute.
8. Choppy Curtain Bangs
With a hint of edge and a lot of personality, these choppy curtain bangs are a little rebellious and totally flattering. Artfully messy, nonchalant and so cool!
9. Long Shag With Curtain Bangs
If you love having long hair, some type of layering are a must if you want to avoid limp, flat locks. The shag is a great way to remove weight and add some movement—and check out how well it works with these adorable curtain bangs.
10. Lob With Curve Bangs
The lob and curtain bags are the classic pairing, but how about a slight update? Instead of the usual way to style your bangs, let them curve inward for an on-trend look that’s just as stunning as the typical lob/curtain bang combo, but more contemporary.
11. Retro Curtain Bangs
Inspired by the cool and chic styles of icons like Jane Birkin, short curtain bangs look like the coolest vintage accessory you’ve inherited from a family member: stylish and unique. They look particularly amazing with layered medium to long hair.
12. Bouncy Face-Framing Curtain Bangs
Warning: this haircut will make you flip your hair constantly because you won’t be able to resist the way your strands bounce with every step.
13. Long Hair With Face-Framing Curtain Bangs
Curtain bangs frame the face, everyone knows that, but they also add volume to the hair by creating lift at the hairline. With longer tresses you don’t have to go too short: even jaw-length bangs will do the trick.
14. Layers With Face-Framing Curtain Bangs
For fine hair, layered haircuts bring volume and dimension. For thick hair, they bring structure and bounce. For both, they’re the perfect match for gorgeous curtain bangs designed to delicately contour the face and make the hair come alive.
15. Long Face-Framing Curtain Bangs
This haircut is gorgeously elegant and polished, but the best part about it is that it will look just as amazing air-dried and tousled as it does carefully styled.
16. Side-Parted Face-Framing Curtain Bangs
Side parts have been neglected for too long, but their time is coming. We’re seeing more and more celebs embracing the volume and the mystique created by hair falling over one eye, so jump on the trend early—starting with your side-parted curtain bangs.
17. Wolf Cut With Face-Framing Curtain Bangs
For haircuts with shorter layers like the wolf cut, go for shorter types of bangs to get the full benefits of that ultra-flattering face-frame while still looking endlessly cool.
18. Butterfly Haircut With Curtain Bangs
These long curtain bangs have met their match in the airy, textured layers of a butterfly cut. You’ll love your hair more than you usually do if you get this haircut, so if this fits your vibe, don’t wait to call your stylist.
19. Rachel Cut With Curtain Bangs
You know what’s also cool about curtain bangs? They’ll take all your updos to a whole new level. Shorter curtain bangs like these are especially amazing: they make wearing your hair up look just as stunning as letting your hair down.
20. Face-Framing Curtain Bangs
Curtain bangs: they frame your face, but they also add a ton of personality to your hairstyle, and you can switch up your vibe by styling them differently. Here, a blowout turns the whole look sultry and flirty. What else can you come up with?
21. Shoulder-Length Hair With Curtain Bangs
Here’s why we keep coming back to a shoulder-length haircut with curtain bangs: it’s long but not too long, it’s cute and versatile, and to top it off, it’s no-fuss. Basically, it’s the way to always look good without spending forever on your hair.
22. Medium-Length Butterfly Haircut
This romantic haircut is full of movement and bounce, looking so airy and pretty. Want to switch things up? Skip the blowout, spritz some texture spray and scrunch for a completely different edgy vibe.