50 Brand New Medium Length Hairstyles for Thick Hair

We’ve compiled 50 different medium length haircuts for thick hair to inspire you for your next big look. Thick hair is truly a blessing. Full and shiny, any style is sure to flatter. However, every chick needs a great canvas to work with!

Choosing the right cuts for your type of hair and upgrading them with flattering colors is sure to unveil a new look that you’ll adore.

1. Curly Highlighted Locks. Uniform curls on a thicker hair type prevent it from looking drab. It can also accentuate highlights in your locks – and who wouldn’t want to show off their perfect balayage job?

2. Wavy Angled Bob. A violet hair color is a perfect bold hue to opt for when you have brown midi locks. Treat your thick wavy hair with it for a laidback yet never boring style.

3. Dark Neck-Length Haircut. Face-framing layers give you an opportunity to style your hair to perfectly flatter your features.

4. Lob with Balayage. A long bob, or lob, is a classic that never goes out of style. With this all-purpose length, you will look stunning whether you decide to wear your hair up, half-up, or down. It also works great with any texture – straight, wavy, or curly. If you don’t have much time but love experimenting with color, this balayage idea is a great way to refresh your look.

5. Inverted Bob with Balayage. They say neck-length dense hair is hard to manage. In fact, this depends on the hairstyle you choose. If you don’t want to invest much time in hairstyling, this beautiful, elegant hairdo option will suit you perfectly. The shaggy inverted balayage bob is as effortless as it gets. All you have to do is pay a visit to your hairdresser every month or two for dye and trim to freshen up your look.

6. Messy Bob Hairstyle. A neck-length bob with beach waves is the flawless look for your type of hair. It’s refined, yet messy, with lots of volume.

7. Waves and Face-Framing. Here is a tip on adding layers to your type of hair — get a couple of feathered pieces along the face and let them melt into the short bouncy layers on the bottom.

8. Brunette Shag with Highlights. The razor-cut layers of this hairstyle kill two birds with one stone since they reduce the excessive weight of the thick mane and add texture emphasized by soft highlights.

9. Hair with Balayage. If you’re aiming for a romantic vibe, there is nothing better than a combination of a mid haircut and balayage. Besides, who doesn’t want to have sun-kissed hair for any season?

10. Grungy Haircut. For those who want something effortless and irresistible. You don’t have to burden your hair with styling mousses, use a curling iron, and brush it meticulously. A monthly visit to a good hairdresser is enough to maintain this fresh, daring look.

11. Midi Shag Haircut. Shaggy cuts are ideal for those with very thick, coarse hair, as the layering removes the bulk that weighs locks down.

12. Choppy Bi-Level Cut. While layers cut at the chin level create volume on the top, combining them with choppy strands on the bottom results in tons of texture.

13. Wavy Haircut. Take advantage of your dense locks and add more texture with soft waves. You’ll never look dull, especially when you add some gorgeous highlights! Go rock n’ roll or go sweet; you can never go wrong with this!

14. Brunette Hair. Magnify the waves of your locks with lovely teasy lights. Opt for choppy layers to wear your modern waves loose or sweep them up into a sassy updo.

15. Blonde Balayage. This is one of the best hairstyles blending low-maintenance and chic. Look fresh and stylish like you’ve never been before with a blonde balayage. Ace every look with this ideal combo!

16. Long Textured Bob. With the help of wispy layers starting at the mids of this vanilla blonde lob, it gets a soft textured look and a rounded shape flattering for the narrow face.

17. Choppy Balayaged Lob. It never hurts to add some dimension and shimmer of light to dark dense locks because brunette hair is innately less light-reflective than blonde manes.

18. Layered Hairstyle. Make the shaggy layers pop with some subtle highlights. Add texture and life to your hair that may look seem heavy otherwise. You can never go wrong with this natural-looking style!

19. Wide Curtain Bangs. A long fringe trimmed, tapered, and parted wide in the middle to form the trendy curtain bangs is most becoming on midi locks. Your exposed forehead makes your hair less heavy-looking.

20. Vanilla Blonde Choppy Waves. Try a choppy long bob, one of the most haircuts for denser hair types. Want to add even more spice? Make everyone’s head turn with this vanilla blonde shade! Look sweeter with wavy hair and knock people off their feet wherever you go.

21. Lob with Swoopy Layers. This is the best example of ideal neck-length haircut for dense hair. Elegant, well-shaped, and the thickness is under control. The swoopy layers took this lob haircut away from the heavy triangle shape.

22 Haircut with Long Bangs. We like what her stylist did with her hair. The pouf created at the parting elongates her face, creating a slim silhouette that makes her dense hair look less overwhelming.

23. The ‘90s Blowout. This reddish brown hair is nicely volumized by a deep side part and a chic blowout, and it feels extremely lightweight thanks to feathery layers and flippy ends.

24. Graduated Bob. The bob haircut became fashionable in the early 1920s, and it’s still trending today. In addition to its exceptional aesthetic appeal, there is a practical explanation of its popularity: this elegant style looks great with any type of hair. A graduated bob is especially recommended for tired hair, giving it a flawless, groomed look.

25. Blunt Cut Lob. Getting pretty curtain bangs to go with your hair is a splendid idea. Curtain bangs perfectly complement hairstyles suited for dense hair. The middle part breaks down the blocky look of your hair. The choppy blunt edges of her haircut are another detail that you shouldn’t overlook.

26. Lightened Tips. Since a lighter shade placed at the ends makes your hair appear less heavy, highlights offer a great alternative to layering, more so if coupled with thinning out.

27. Boho-Style Haircut. Boho hairstyles are brilliant for creative souls. Long, carelessly loose hair is classic. Light waves or curls can add to your chic. Denser hair type is perfect for this boho style! Try braids, flowers, or feathers – the only limit is your imagination.

28. Uneven Cut with Highlights. Here’s one of the prettiest hairstyles for dense hair. The uneven layers look random and make this cut unique. Be more vibrant and gorgeous than ever with this partial balayage and money pieces.

29. Shaggy Hair with Contouring. With the deep honey highlights arranged strategically around the face, this girl can rest assured her lavish shaggy mane will receive its share of attention yet won’t steal all the show.

30. Choppy Bob. Choppy bobs are a long-lasting trend that will work for everyone – no matter your personal style.

31. Beach Waves. Subtle warm balayage brings the feel of summer into any season.

32. Combed-Over Hair. Combing your hair over delivers instant side bangs you can play with to style your hair. A side part also cuts down the volume of the hair on one side of your face to give you a slender look and accentuate your eyes, lips, and cheekbones.

33. Brown and Gray Style. Want a messy hairstyle but don’t like the bed-head trend? This bob mixes the best of refined glossiness and messy waves for a more balanced look.

34. Blonde Midi Hairstyle. If you are looking to ease up the weight of your locks, this hairstyle can give you an inspo. Blonde highlights will add brightness that lightens up any heaviness.

35. Side-Parted Hairstyle. Thick hair is often very durable and can stand the damage of the intensive lightening sessions necessary to accomplish a pure white or platinum.

36. Center-Parted Neck-Length Hair. Manipulating a thick mane to appear light can be as easy as lifting up a few chunks of hair at your crown to make your hair and facial structure look slender. Going as far as adding soft highlights to your hair is worth all the effort.

37. Swoopy Feathered Layers. We all know that layers can bring plenty of movement into midi hair, yet not all of them feel as airy as this stunning cascade of feathered strands.

38. Voluminous Shaggy Waves. Coarse hair is inherently voluminous. However, if you find yourself having a flat hair day, don’t be afraid to add some volumizing mousse, blowdry using a round brush, and tousle hair for a hairstyle filled with body.

39. Messy Hairstyle. It seems like windswept hair is a trend to stay here for a while. A haircut with choppy layers creates a casual yet classy look fit for any occasion. Go for highlights or lowlights to add even more dimension to your hair!

40. Midi Cut with Highs and Lows. Those searching for low maintenance should set their eyes on these super-forgiving jagged edges complemented with an equally undemanding color scheme with highlights and lowlights for a lived-in look.

41. Tousled Shoulder-Grazing Bob. From debulking layers and choppy ends that equal texture to lots of volume and fuss-free messy styling, this blonde bob has everything a thick-haired girl may need to feel happy with her fresh cut.

42. Butterfly Cut with Curtain Bangs. Working in tandem with the cheekbone-hitting curtain bangs, the shorter layers of this amazingly rich copper hairstyle give structure and add volume to the thick mane without weighing it down.

43. Money Piece Highlights. A middle part with your hair narrowed at the top is a fantastic way of tweaking dense hair to make it lighter. A lovely money piece in a light bronde shade makes a world of difference.

44. Mushroom Balayage Hair. Talking of blonde hair colors, this is an example of how a lighter shade towards the ends can make your hair look less heavy. The flips of hair in an iridescent champagne blonde hue are intriguing.

45. Red Money Pieces. Following your facial structure, your stylist can cut gorgeous layers in your hair. Curling the hair away from the face softened her angular jawline.

46. Hollywood-Style Hair. Tweak your dense hair to arrive at that drop-dead gorgeous screen-goddess look reserved exclusively for top models and actresses. The secret is in the chic undefined side part, captivating blonde highlights, and a sultrily messy finish. Of course, smoky makeup will handle the rest.

47. Below-the-Shoulders Layers. Jumbo curtain bangs cupping your upper face and flipped-up curls dancing around your shoulders create a magnificent hairstyle that is both angelic and dramatic. This cut looks slim above and fuller below the shoulders.

48. Espresso Brown Rachel 2.0. Here is another version of bouncy, layered hairstyles inspired by the ‘90s, where the longer bottom layers are paired with a winged hybrid of curtain bangs and face-framing layers.

49. Straight Textured Hair. Midi haircuts are fabulous, whether on curly or straight hair. Layers indeed add volume, but a good stylist knows how to use sleek and tapered layers to thin out your thick straight hair. The result looks stunning.

50. Lob with Face-Framing. This wavy blunt cut lob is a beauty to behold. Finished with a middle part and stunning front money highlights, this midi dense hair is just elegant. Brush on a bright lip color and you’re ready to hit the road.

Thick hair has a great styling potential compared to thinner textures, and looks very flattering in a wide range of hairstyles from shags, to choppy bobs, and layered hairstyles. Hope you liked these 50 ideas. Take advantage of your beautiful locks and go for an out-of-the-box look!